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1987 European Parliament election in Spain

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An election was held in Spain on 10 June 1987 to elect the MEP delegation from the country for the 2nd European Parliament. All 60 seats allocated to the Spanish constituency as per the 1985 Treaty of Accession were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Registered28,450,491
Turnout19,494,098 (68.5%)
Quick facts All 60 Spanish seats in the European Parliament, Registered ...
1987 European Parliament election in Spain
10 June 1987
1989 →
All 60 Spanish seats in the European Parliament
Opinion polls
Registered28,450,491
Turnout19,494,098 (68.5%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Fernando Morán Manuel Fraga Eduard Punset
Party PSOE AP CDS
Alliance SOC ED NI
Leader since 10 April 1987 16 March 1987 30 April 1987
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain
Seats won 28 17 7
Popular vote 7,522,706 4,747,283 1,976,093
Percentage 39.1% 24.6% 10.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Fernando Pérez Royo Carles Gasòliba Txema Montero
Party IU CiU HB
Alliance COM LDR
EPP		 NI
Leader since 25 April 1987 1 January 1986 28 April 1987
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain
Seats won 3 3 1
Popular vote 1,011,830 853,603 360,952
Percentage 5.3% 4.4% 1.9%
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Spain had acceded the European Communities on 1 January 1986 and had been represented in the European Parliament by 60 temporarily appointed delegates until a proper election could be held. As a European-wide election was due in 1989, elected MEPs only served for the remainder of the European Parliament term.

Background

The ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) designated former Foreign Affairs Minister Fernando Morán to lead their campaign.[1] The main opposition People's Alliance party (AP), running on its own after the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and Liberal Party (PL) broke away from the People's Coalition, chose Manuel Fraga—who had resigned as party leader in December 1986—to lead the party list.[2] Adolfo Suárez had considered running as main candidate for his Democratic and Social Centre party (CDS),[3] but declined after the electoral law was amended by the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party to make elected MEPs incompatible for posts in the Cortes Generales—Suárez was deputy in the Congress of Deputies, and would have been forced to renounce one of the two offices if elected.[4]

Overview

Electoral system

Voting for the European Parliament in Spain was based on universal suffrage, which comprised all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.[5]

60 European Parliament seats were allocated to Spain as per the 1985 Treaty of Accession.[6] All were elected in a single multi-member constituency—comprising the entire national territory—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with no electoral threshold.[7] The use of this electoral method resulted in an effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.[8]

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.[9]

Outgoing delegation

Main article: List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 1986–1987

The table below shows the composition of the Spanish delegation in the chamber at the time of the election call.[10]

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Delegation composition in May 1987
Groups Parties MEPs
Seats Total
Socialist Group PSOE 36 36
European Democrats AP 12 14
UM 1
PDP 1
European People's Party PDP 2 5
EAJ/PNV 2
UDC 1
Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group CDC 2 2
INDEP 1
Rainbow Group EE 1 1
Non-Inscrits INDEP 2 2
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Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, alliances and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list.[11]

Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election:

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Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Leading candidate Ideology Ref.
PSOE
List
 Fernando Morán Social democracy [12]
AP
List
 Manuel Fraga Conservatism [13]
CDS
List
 Eduard Punset Centrism
Liberalism		 [4]
CiU
List
 Carles Gasòliba Catalan nationalism
Centrism
IU
List
 Fernando Pérez Royo Socialism
Communism		 [14]
UE
List
 Jon Gangoiti Peripheral nationalism [15]
HB
List
 Txema Montero Basque independence
Abertzale left
Revolutionary socialism		 [16]
IP
List
 Mario Onaindia Left-wing nationalism [15]
CEP
List
 Carlos Garaikoetxea Left-wing nationalism [17]
PDP
List
 Javier Rupérez Christian democracy
UM
List
 Antoni Rosés Liberalism
Regionalism
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Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font.

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Results

Overall

For results by autonomous community/constituency, see Results of the 1987 European Parliament election in Spain.
More information Parties and alliances, Popular vote ...
Summary of the 10 June 1987 European Parliament election results in Spain →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 7,522,70639.06n/a 28n/a
People's Alliance (AP) 4,747,28324.65n/a 17n/a
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 1,976,09310.26n/a 7n/a
United Left (IU) 1,011,8305.25n/a 3n/a
Convergence and Union (CiU) 853,6034.43n/a 3n/a
Popular Unity (HB) 360,9521.87n/a 1n/a
Coalition for the Europe of the Peoples (EA–ERC–PNG) 326,9111.70n/a 1n/a
Left of the Peoples (IP) 261,3281.36n/a 0n/a
Europeanist Union (PNV–PGN) 226,5701.18n/a 0n/a
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) 222,6801.16n/a 0n/a
Andalusian Party (PA) 185,5500.96n/a 0n/a
People's Democratic Party (PDP) 170,8660.89n/a 0n/a
Valencian Union (UV) 162,1280.84n/a 0n/a
National Front (FN) 122,7990.64n/a 0n/a
Social Action (AS) 116,7610.61n/a 0n/a
The Greens (LV) 107,6250.56n/a 0n/a
Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) 105,8650.55n/a 0n/a
Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) 96,8950.50n/a 0n/a
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 77,1320.40n/a 0n/a
Confederation of the Greens (CV) 65,5740.34n/a 0n/a
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 53,1160.28n/a 0n/a
United Extremadura (EU) 39,3690.20n/a 0n/a
Revolutionary Workers' Party of Spain (PORE) 30,1570.16n/a 0n/a
National Assembly of Medicine Students and Associates (ANEMYA) 30,1430.16n/a 0n/a
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) 25,2700.13n/a 0n/a
Social Democratic Coalition (CSD) 25,0580.13n/a 0n/a
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 23,4070.12n/a 0n/a
Humanist Platform (PH–FV) 22,3330.12n/a 0n/a
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 21,4820.11n/a 0n/a
Majorcan Union (UM) 19,0660.10n/a 0n/a
Valencian Coalition Party (PCV) 14,7490.08n/a 0n/a
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 14,5530.08n/a 0n/a
Nationalist Party of Castile and León (PANCAL) 12,6160.07n/a 0n/a
Andalusian Liberation (LA) 9,8810.05n/a 0n/a
Democratic Spanish Party (PED) 9,1460.05n/a 0n/a
Blank ballots 189,7290.99n/a
Total 19,261,226 60n/a
Valid votes 19,261,22698.81n/a
Invalid votes 232,8721.19n/a
Votes cast / turnout 19,494,09868.52n/a
Abstentions 8,956,39331.48n/a
Registered voters 28,450,491
Sources[18][19][20][21]
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Popular vote
PSOE
 
 39.06%
AP
 
 24.65%
CDS
 
 10.26%
IU
 
 5.25%
CiU
 
 4.43%
HB
 
 1.87%
EA–ERC–PNG
 
 1.70%
IP
 
 1.36%
PNV–PGN
 
 1.18%
PTE–UC
 
 1.16%
Others
 
 8.11%
Blank ballots
 
 0.99%
Seats
PSOE
 
 46.67%
AP
 
 28.33%
CDS
 
 11.67%
IU
 
 5.00%
CiU
 
 5.00%
HB
 
 1.67%
EA–ERC–PNG
 
 1.67%

Maps

  • Vote winner strength by province.
    Vote winner strength by province.
  • Vote winner strength by autonomous community.
    Vote winner strength by autonomous community.

Distribution by European group

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Summary of political group distribution in the 2nd European Parliament (1984–1989)[10]
Groups Parties Seats Total %
Socialist Group (SOC) 28 28 46.67
European Democrats (ED) 17 17 28.33
Communist and Allies Group (COM) 1
1
1		 3 5.00
Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (LDR) 2 2 3.33
European People's Party (EPP) 1 1 1.67
Rainbow Group (RBW) 1 1 1.67
Non-Inscrits (NI) 7
1		 8 13.33
Total 60 60 100.00
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