Spanish general election, 1982
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Spanish general election, 1982
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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% |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| 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% |
9 seats, 6.0% |
168 seats, 34.84% |
| Seats won |
202 |
107 |
11 |
| Seat change |
 81 |
98 |
 157 |
| Popular vote |
10,127,392 |
5,548,108 |
1,425,094 |
| Percentage |
48.11% |
26.36 |
6.77% |
| Swing |
17.71% |
20.31% |
28.07% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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| 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 |
19 seats, 10.77% |
8 seats, 2.69% |
New party |
| Seats won |
4 |
12 |
2 |
| Seat change |
11 |
4 |
2 |
| Popular vote |
846,515 |
772,726 |
604,309 |
| Percentage |
4.02% |
3.67% |
2.87% |
| Swing |
6.75% |
0.98% |
2.87 |
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| Most voted party in each province, PSOE (red) and AP (blue). Every province is a multi-member district for the Congress |
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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 28 October 1982.[1] The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party emerged as the largest party, winning 177 of the 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 157 of the 254 seats in the Senate.[2]
[edit] Parties
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) presented two different lists of candidates: with the PSOE contesting most of Spain and the PSC only standing in Catalonia. The Communist Party of Spain also presented a different list of candidates in Catalonia, called the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia.
[edit] Results
[edit] Congress of Deputies
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
8,551,791 |
40.8 |
177 |
+73 |
| AP-PDP-UL-PAR-UPN-UV[a] |
5,543,107 |
26.5 |
107 |
+96 |
| Union of the Democratic Centre |
1,354,858 |
6.5 |
11 |
–156 |
| Socialists' Party of Catalonia |
1,575,601 |
7.5 |
25 |
+8 |
| Convergence and Union |
772,726 |
3.7 |
12 |
+4 |
| Communist Party of Spain |
686,423 |
3.3 |
3 |
–11 |
| Democratic and Social Centre |
600,842 |
2.9 |
2 |
New |
| Basque Nationalist Party |
395,656 |
1.9 |
8 |
+1 |
| Herri Batasuna |
210,601 |
1.0 |
2 |
–1 |
| Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia |
158,553 |
0.8 |
1 |
–7 |
| Republican Left of Catalonia |
138,116 |
0.7 |
1 |
0 |
| Euskadiko Ezkerra |
100,326 |
0.5 |
1 |
0 |
| Socialist Party of Andalusia–Andalusian Party |
84,474 |
0.4 |
0 |
–5 |
| Gallegan Socialist Party |
38,437 |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
| Canarian People's Union |
35,013 |
0.2 |
0 |
–1 |
| Other parties |
705,076 |
3.4 |
0 |
– |
| Invalid/blank votes |
517,695 |
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– |
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| Total |
21,469,295 |
100 |
350 |
0 |
| Registered voters/turnout |
26,853,909 |
79.9 |
– |
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| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Junta Electoral Central |
a The People's Alliance and Union of the Democratic Centre ran on a joint list in the three provinces of the Basque autonomous community.[3] The People's Alliance won all 107 seats won by the coalition.[4]
[edit] Senate
[edit] References
- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1817 ISBN 9873832956097
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1832-1834
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1827
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1832
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