Spanish general election, 1986

Spanish general election, 1986

1982 ← June 22, 1986 → 1989

All 350 seats of the Congress of Deputies and 208 of 254 seats in the Senate 176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies Turnout 70.49%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Felipe González Manuel Fraga Adolfo Suárez Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party People's Coalition Democratic and Social Centre Leader since 13 October 1974 23 September 1976 29 July 1982 Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Madrid Last election 202 seats, 48.11% 107 seats, 26.36% 2 seats, 2.87% Seats won 184 105 19 Seat change 18 2 17 Popular vote 8,901,718 5,247,677 1,861,912 Percentage 44.06% 25.97% 9.22% Swing 4.05% 0.39% 6.35%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Miquel Roca Gerardo Iglesias Iñaki Anasagasti Party Convergence and Union United Left Basque Nationalist Party Leader since 1980 November 1982 22 June 1986 Leader's seat Barcelona Madrid Vizcaya Last election 12 seats, 3.67% 4 seats, 4.11% 8 seats, 1.88% Seats won 18 7 6 Seat change 6 3 2 Popular vote 1,014,258 935,504 309,610 Percentage 5.02% 4.63% 1.53% Swing 1.35% 0.52% 0.35%

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

Prime Minister before election Felipe González Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Elected Prime Minister Felipe González Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

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

General elections were held in Spain on 23 June 1986. In this election, the Communist Party of Spain merged with other minor left parties to form the coalition Izquierda Unida; in Catalonia they ran as the Catalan Left Union. Similarly, the People's Alliance merged with two other conservative parties to form the People's Coalition Coalición Popular.

Results

Party	Abbr	Votes	%	Seats
Partido Socialista Obrero Español	PSOE	8 901 718	44.33	184
Coalición Popular (AP-PDP-PL)	CP	5 247 677	26.13	105
Centro Democrático y Social	CDS	1 861 912	9.27	19
Convergencia i Unió	CiU	1 014 258	5.05	18
Izquierda Unida	IU	782 772	3.90	6
Basque Nationalist Party	EAJ-PNV	309 610	1.54	6
Herri Batasuna	HB	231 722	1.15	5
Mesa para la Unidad de los Comunistas	MUC	219 440	1.09
Partido Reformista Democrático	PRD	194 538	0.97
Unió de l'Esquerra Catalana (PSUC-ENE)	UEC	123 912	0.62	1
Euskadiko Ezkerra	EE	107 053	0.53	2
Partido Andalucista	PA	94 008	0.47
Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya	ERC	84 628	0.42
Coalición Galega	CG	79 972	0.40	1
Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores	PST	77 914	0.39
Partido Aragonés Regionalista	PAR	73 004	0.36	1
Coalición Agrup Independientes Canarias	AIC	65 664	0.33	1
Unió Valenciana	UV	64 403	0.32	1
Partit dels Comunistes de Catalunya	PCC	57 107	0.28
Partido Socialista Galego-Esquerda Galega	PSG-EG	45 574	0.23
Falange Española de las JONS	FE-JONS	43 449	0.22
Unificación Comunista de España	UCE	42 451	0.21
Unitat del Poble Valencià	UPV	40 264	0.20
Asamblea Canaria Izq Nac Canaria	AC-INC	36 892	0.18
Los Verdes	LV	31 909	0.16
Alternativa Verde (Movimiento Ecologista de Cataluña)	AV-MEC	29 567	0.15
Coalición Izquierda Canaria Unida	ICU	28 820	0.14
Unidad Popular Republicana	UPR	27 473	0.14
Bloque Nacionalista Galego	BNG	27 049	0.13
Partido Obrero Socialista Internacionalista	POSI	21 853	0.11
Vértice Español de Reivindicación y Desarrollo Ecológico	VERDE	16 572	0.08
Extremadura Unida	EU	16 091	0.08
Partido Socialista del Pueblo Andaluz	PSPA	14 999	0.07
Partido Ecologista de Catalunya Verde	PEC-Verde	11 746	0.06
Partido Comunista de Euskadi-Euskadiko Partidu Komunista	PCE-EPK	10 255	0.05
PSM Esquerra Nacionalista	PSM-EN	7 539	0.04
Coalición de Unidad Nacional	CUN	5 209	0.03
Partit dels Obrers Revolucionaris d'Espanya	PORE	5 126	0.03
Partit Socialdemócrata de Catalunya	PSDC	4 885	0.02
Agrupación de Electores Independientes	ADEI	3 857	0.02
Coalición Convergencia Leonesista	CONLEON	2 520	0.01
Partido Regionalista del País Leones	PREPAL	2 449	0.01
Esquerra Nacionalista Valenciana	ENV-URV	2 116	0.01
Liga Obrera Comunista	LOC	1 952	0.01
Partido Moderado-Centristas de Navarra	PMCN	1 932	0.01
Cultura Natural	CN	1 886	0.01
Partido Regionalista Murciano	PRM	1 401	0.01
Partido Español Demócrata	PED	1 169	0.01
Partido Nacionalista de Castilla y León	PANCAL	1 047	0.01
Coalición Candidatura por la Autonomía	CA	758	0.00
Partido Proverista	PP	756	0.00
Agrupación Independiente de Ceuta	AE-AIC	601	0.00
Partido Español Cristiano	PEC	254	0.00

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