Spanish general election, 1982

Spanish general election, 1982

1979 ← October 28, 1982 → 1986

All 350 seats of the Congress of Deputies and 208 of 227 seats in the Senate 176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies Turnout 79.97%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Felipe González Manuel Fraga Landelino Lavilla Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party People's Alliance Union of the Democratic Centre Leader since 13 October 1974 23 September 1976 29 July 1982 Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Madrid Last election 121 seats, 30.40% 10 seats, 6.05% 168 seats, 34.84% Seats won 202 107 11 Seat change 81 97 157 Popular vote 10,127,392 5,548,107 1,425,094 Percentage 48.11% 26.36% 6.77% Swing 17.71% 20.31% 28.07%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Santiago Carrillo Miquel Roca Adolfo Suárez Party Communist Party of Spain Convergence and Union Democratic and Social Centre Leader since 3 July 1960 1980 29 July 1982 Leader's seat Madrid Barcelona Madrid Last election 23 seats, 10.77% 8 seats, 2.69% N/A Seats won 4 12 2 Seat change 19 4 2 Popular vote 846,515 772,726 604,309 Percentage 4.02% 3.67% 2.87% Swing 6.75% 0.98% 2.87%

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

Prime Minister before election Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo Union of the Democratic Centre Elected Prime Minister Felipe González Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

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General elections were held in Spain on 28 October 1982. PSOE and PSC presented two different lists of candidates: with the PSOE contesting most of Spain and the PSC (Catalan Social Party) only standing in Catalonia. Despite their subtle differences, both PSC and PSOE would later to merge to form the current Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE). PCE also presented a different list of candidates in Catalonia, called the Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya, which obtained one seat, which is included with the PCE in the table below.

Alianza Popular and Unión de Centro Democrático ran on a joint list in the three provinces of the Basque autonomous community and won two seats. These seats are included in the Alianza Popular totals below.

Evolution of popular vote in the Spanish General Elections from the democratic transition until 2008. Voter turnout is usually high.

Spanish general election, October 28, 1982
Party	%	Seats
Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE+PSC)*	48.34	202
Alianza Popular (AP-PDP)	26.46	107
Unión de Centro Democrático (UCD)	6.47	11
Partido Comunista de España (PCE)	4.04	4
Convergencia i Unio (CiU)	3.69	12
Centro Democratico y Social (CDS)	2.87	2
Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV)	1.89	8
Herri Batasuna (HB)	1.01	2
Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC)	0.66	1
Euskadiko Ezkerra (EE)	0.40	1

References

• El País official webpage (Spanish)
• Congreso de españa official webpage (Spanish)