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1987 Madrilenian regional election

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A regional election was held in the Community of Madrid on 10 June 1987 to elect the 2nd Assembly of the autonomous community. All 96 seats in the Assembly were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.

Registered3,515,847 Increase 4.0%
Turnout2,456,467 (69.9%)
Increase 0.2 pp
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1987 Madrilenian regional election
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10 June 1987
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All 96 seats in the Assembly of Madrid
49 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered3,515,847 Increase 4.0%
Turnout2,456,467 (69.9%)
Increase 0.2 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Joaquín Leguina Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Fernando Castedo
Party PSOE AP CDS
Leader since 14 December 1979 8 February 1987 1987
Last election 51 seats, 50.5% 28 seats (CP)[a] 0 seats, 3.1%
Seats won 40 32 17
Seat change Decrease 11 Increase 4 Increase 17
Popular vote 932,878 762,102 403,440
Percentage 38.4% 31.4% 16.6%
Swing Decrease 12.1 pp n/a Increase 13.5 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Isabel Villalonga José Antonio López Casas
Party IU PDP
Leader since 1987 1987
Last election 9 seats, 8.8%[b] 6 seats (CP)[a]
Seats won 7 0
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 6
Popular vote 181,512 9,101
Percentage 7.5% 0.4%
Swing Decrease 1.3 pp n/a
President before election

Joaquín Leguina
PSOE

 President after election

Joaquín Leguina
PSOE

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The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) under Joaquín Leguina lost its overall majority in the Assembly, but remained the largest party. The most notable election result was the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) breakthrough, emerging as the third largest party at the expense of all other parties in the regional parliament. The People's Alliance (AP) of newly elected AP Madrid leader Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón remained static, maintaining its position as the second largest party, while United Left (IU), a coalition of the Communist Party of Spain and other left-wing political forces, slipped to fourth place.

In the aftermath of the election, the CDS chose to abstain in the investiture voting in order to allow the PSOE to continue to govern in minority.

Overview

Under the 1983 Statute of Autonomy, the Assembly of Madrid was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.[2] The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.[3]

Date

The term of the Assembly of Madrid expired four years after the date of its previous ordinary election. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 25 days before the scheduled expiration date of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid (BOCM), with election day taking place between 54 and 60 days after the decree's publication (and in any case within from 30 to 60 days after the parliament's expiration).[4] The previous election was held on 8 May 1983, which meant that the chamber's term would have expired on 8 May 1987. The election decree was required to be published in the BOCM no later than 14 April 1987, setting the latest possible date for election day on 13 June 1987.

The Assembly of Madrid could not be dissolved before the expiration date of parliament, except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.[5]

The election to the Assembly of Madrid was officially called on 14 April 1987 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOCM, setting election day for 10 June and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 2 July.[6]

Electoral system

Voting for the Assembly was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Community of Madrid and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.[7]

The Assembly of Madrid had one seat per 50,000 inhabitants or fraction above 25,000. All were elected in a single multi-member constituency—corresponding to the autonomous community's territory—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) regionally.[8] As a result of the aforementioned allocation, the Assembly was entitled to 96 seats, based on the official population figures resulting from the latest revision of the municipal register (as of 1 January 1986).[9]

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.[10]

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, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 0.5 percent of the electorate in the Community of Madrid, disallowing electors 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		 Candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Vote % Seats
PSOE
List
 Joaquín Leguina Social democracy 50.5% 51 Yes
AP
List
 Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Conservatism
National conservatism
34.1%
[a]		 34 No
PDP
List
 José Antonio López Casas Christian democracy No [12]
[13]
IU
List
 Isabel Villalonga Socialism
Communism
8.8%
[b]		 9 No
CDS
List
 Fernando Castedo Centrism
Liberalism		 3.1% 0 No
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Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results 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 poll.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 49 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid (48 in the 1983 election).

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Results

Overall

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← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Assembly of Madrid election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 932,87838.45−12.03 40−11
People's Alliance (AP)1 762,10231.41n/a 32+4
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 403,44016.63+13.51 17+17
United Left (IU)2 181,5127.48−1.37 7−2
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) 41,3231.70New 0±0
The Greens (LV) 26,1871.08New 0±0
Confederation of the Greens (CV) 12,7550.53New 0±0
People's Democratic Party (PDP)1 9,1010.38n/a 0−6
Humanist Platform (PH) 4,9630.20New 0±0
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) 3,5740.15New 0±0
Autonomic Independent Group of Madrid (AIAM) 3,4320.14New 0±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 3,0090.12New 0±0
Blank ballots 42,1961.74+1.15
Total 2,426,472 96+2
Valid votes 2,426,47298.78−0.51
Invalid votes 29,9951.22+0.51
Votes cast / turnout 2,456,46769.87+0.17
Abstentions 1,059,38030.13−0.17
Registered voters 3,515,847
Sources[1][14]
Footnotes:
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Popular vote
PSOE
 
 38.45%
AP
 
 31.41%
CDS
 
 16.63%
IU
 
 7.48%
PTE–UC
 
 1.70%
LV
 
 1.08%
Others
 
 1.52%
Blank ballots
 
 1.74%
Seats
PSOE
 
 41.67%
AP
 
 33.33%
CDS
 
 17.71%
IU
 
 7.29%

Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators sorted by order of election.[14]

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Aftermath

Government formation

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Investiture
Nomination of Joaquín Leguina (PSOE)
Ballot → 17 July 1987 20 July 1987
Required majority → 49 out of 96 X markN Simple checkY
Yes
  • • PSOE (40) (39 on 20 Jul)
40 / 96
39 / 96
No
  • • AP (32) (28 on 20 Jul)
32 / 96
28 / 96
Abstentions
  • • CDS (16)
  • • IU (7) (5 on 20 Jul)
23 / 96
21 / 96
Absentees
  • • AP (4) (on 20 Jul)
  • • IU (2) (on 20 Jul)
  • • PSOE (1) (on 20 Jul)
  • • CDS (1)
1 / 96
8 / 96
Sources[1]
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1989 motion of no confidence

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Motion of no confidence
Nomination of Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (AP)
Ballot → 21 June 1989[d]
Required majority → 49 out of 96 X markN
Yes
48 / 96
No
40 / 96
Abstentions
  • • PRIM (1)
1 / 96
Absentees
0 / 96
Sources[1]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Within the AP–PDP–UL alliance in the 1983 election: AP (28 seats) and PDP (6 seats).[1]
  2. [b]
    Results for PCE in the 1983 election.
  3. [c]
    Within CP.
  4. [d]
    7 IU MPs cast invalid ballots.

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