Spanish general election, 1977

Spanish general election, 1977

1936 ← June 15, 1977 → 1979

All 350 seats of the Congress of Deputies and 208 of 248 seats in the Senate 176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies Turnout 78.83%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Adolfo Suárez González Felipe González Márquez Santiago Carrillo Party Union of the Democratic Centre Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Communist Party of Spain Leader since 3 May 1977 13 October 1974 3 July 1960 Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Madrid Last election --- --- --- Seats won 166 118 19 Seat change 166 118 19 Popular vote 6,310,391 5,371,866 1,709,890 Percentage 34.44% 29,32% 9.33% Swing 34.44% 29,32% 9.33%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Manuel Fraga Enrique Tierno Galván Jordi Pujol i Soley Party People's Alliance People's Socialist Party Democratic Agreement for Catalonia Leader since 23 September 1976 1974 17 November 1974 Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Barcelona Last election --- --- --- Seats won 16 6 11 Seat change 16 6 11 Popular vote 1,504,771 816,582 514,647 Percentage 8.21% 4.46% 2.81% Swing 8.21% 4.46% 2.81%

Most voted party in each province, PSOE (red) and UCD (light green). Every province is a multi-member district for the Congress.

Prime Minister before election Adolfo Suárez González Elected Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez González Union of the Democratic Centre

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The Spanish general election of 1977 took place on 15 June 1977. It was the first election since the death of Francisco Franco.

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The elections were held using closed list proportional representation in 52 electoral districts corresponding to the 50 provinces of Spain and the African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. The largest districts Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia elected 32, 31 and 15 members respectively. Other districts elected from 3 to 12 members. The exceptions were Ceuta and Melilla which were single member districts. Seats were allocated using the D'Hondt method and only lists which polled 3% of the total vote (which included votes "en blanco" i.e. for none of the above) were eligible for seats. With the exception of the Communist Party of Spain, none of the parties which supported the Second Republic or those which were descended from them were legalised until after the elections, and were therefore rendered ineligible to take part .

The elections took place against the backdrop of a poor economic situation in Spain. They were marred by demonstrations against alleged irregularities and bombings in many areas. In Barcelona, 2,000 demonstrators gathered outside the building housing the local election board. They claimed they had not been included in the census which would have given them the right to vote. Two policemen were also hurt when a Molotov cocktail was thrown at their vehicle. In Seville, three people, including two policemen, suffered minor injuries when a bomb exploded at the magistrates' court. Additionally four explosions occurred in Pamploma and two in Cordoba.

The election results were a disappointment for the Communist Party which fell short of its objective of obtaining 30 to 40 deputies.

• Voters: 18,590,130 (78.8% participation)
• Valid votes: 18,3243,33
• Blank votes: 46,248 (0.3% of valid votes)

Party	Abbreviation	Votes	%	Seats
Democratic Centre Union (Unión de Centro Democrático)	UCD	6,310,391	34.52	166
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español)	PSOE	5,371,866	29.39	118
Communist Party of Spain (Partido Comunista de España)	PCE	1,709,890	9.35	19
Popular Alliance (Alianza Popular)	AP	1,504,771	8.23	16
Popular Socialist Party-Socialist Unity (Partido Socialista Popular - Unidad Socialista)	PSP-US	816,582	4.47	6
Democratic Agreement for Catalonia (Pacte Democratic per Catalunya)	PDPC	514,647	2.82	11
Basque Nationalist Party (Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea - Partido Nacionalista Vasco)	PNV	296,193	1.62	8
Coalición Electoral Equipo de la Democracia Cristiana	FDC-EDC	215,841	1.18
Center and Christian Democratic Union of Catalonia (Unió del Centre i la Democracia Cristiana de Catalunya)	UDC-IDCC	172,791	0.95	2
Catalan Left-Democratic Electoral Front (Esquerra de Catalunya - Front Electoral Democràtic)	EC-FED	143,954	0.79	1
Frente Democrático de Izquierdas	FDI	122,608	0.67
Alianza Socialista Democrática	ASDCI	101,916	0.56
Agrupación Electoral de Trabajadores	AET	77,575	0.42
Alianza Nacional del 18 de Julio	AN18	67,336	0.37
Reforma Social Española	RSE	64,241	0.35
Euskadiko Ezkerra	EE	61,417	0.34	1
Falange Española de las JONS Auténtica	FJONSA	46,548	0.25
Independents	INDEP	43,786	0.24
Frente para la Unidad de los Trabajadores	FUT	41,208	0.23
Candidatura Aragonesa Independiente de Centro	CAIC	37,183	0.2	1
Partido Socialista Vasco	ESB	36,002	0.2
Partit Socialista del Pais Valencià	PSPV	31,138	0.17
Candidatura Independiente del Centro	INDEP	29,834	0.16	1
Partido Socialista Gallego	PSG	27,197	0.15
Democracia Cristiana Vasca	DCV	26,100	0.14
Falange Española de las JONS	FJONS	25,017	0.14
Unión Navarra de Izquierda	UNAI	24,489	0.13
Bloque Nacional Popular Gallego	BNPG	22,771	0.12
Alianza Foral Navarra	AFN	21,900	0.12
Unidad Regional Andaluza	URA	21,350	0.12
Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Sector Histórico)	PSOE-H	21,242	0.12
Lliga de Catalunya Partit Liberal Català	LLIGA	20,109	0.11
Asociación Nacional para el Estudio de Problemas Actuales	ANEPA-CP	18,113	0.1
Unión Autonomista de Navarra	UAN	18,079	0.1
Pueblo Canario Unido	PCU	17,717	0.1
Demócratas Independientes Vascos	DIV	15,505	0.08
Unitat Popular per Socialisme	CUPS	12,040	0.07
Unión Autonomista de Baleares	UAB	11,914	0.07
Centro Izquierda de Albacete	CCIA	11,879	0.06
Unidad Regionalista	URAS	10,821	0.06
Frente Navarro Independiente	FNI	10,606	0.06
Partido Popular Canario	PPCAN	9,650	0.05
Democracia Social Cristiana de Cataluña	DSCC	9,157	0.05
Movimiento Socialista	MS	8,741	0.05
Montejurra-Federalismo-Autogestión	MFA	8,461	0.05
Acción Social Agraria	ASA	8,439	0.05
Asociación Círculos José Antonio	CJA	8,184	0.04
Acción Nacionalista Vasca	ANV	6,435	0.04
Democracia Cristiana Aragonesa	DCAR	6,014	0.03
Fuerza Nueva	FN	5,541	0.03
Unidad Popular	CUP	5,206	0.03
Partido Socialista de Canarias	PSCAN	5,110	0.03
Partido Independiente de Madrid	PIM	4,814	0.03
Frente Autonomista Aragonés	FAA	4,791	0.03
Partido Proverista	PPROV	4,590	0.03
Izquierda Canaria Unida	ICU	4,118	0.02
Partido Socialista Democrático Español	PSDE	3,786	0.02
Partido Demócrata Gallego	PDG	3,196	0.02
Unión Demócrata de las Islas Baleares	UDIB	2,946	0.02
Federación Laborista	FL	2,631	0.01
Partido Radical Socialista de Valencia	PRSV	2,345	0.01
Agrupación Electoral Independiente del Campo y la Ciudad	AEICYC	1,623	0.01
Candidatura Unitaria de la Izquierda Regionalista	CUIR	1,504	0.01
Candidatura Independiente de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa	CIPYE	1,480	0.01
Asociación de Electores de Ceuta	ADEC	1,099	0.01
Agrupación de Electores Carlistas	ADC	938	0.01
Falange Esporádica Independiente	FEI	855	0
Partido Agrario Español	PAE	833	0
Partido Liberal Independiente	PLI	805	0
Bloque Andaluz de Izquierdas	BAI	226	0
Total		18,278,085	100%	350