Spanish general election, 1989

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Spanish general election, 1989
Spain
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October 29, 1989
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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 69.74%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Felipe González José María Aznar Julio Anguita
Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party People's Party United Left
Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Madrid
Last election 184 seats, 44.06% 105 seats, 25.97% 7 seats, 4.63%
Seats won 175 107 17
Seat change decrease9 increase2 increase1
Popular vote 8,115,568 5,285,972 1,858,588
Percentage 39.60% 25.79% 9.07%
Swing decrease4.46% decrease0.18% increase4.44%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Adolfo Suárez Miquel Roca Iñaki Anasagasti
Party Democratic and Social Centre Convergence and Union Basque Nationalist Party
Leader since 29 July 1982 1977 22 June 1986
Leader's seat Madrid Barcelona Vizcaya
Last election 19 seats, 9.22% 18 seats, 5.02% 6 seats, 1.53%
Seats won 14 18 5
Seat change decrease5 steady0 decrease1
Popular vote 1,617,716 1,032,243 254,681
Percentage 7.89% 5.04% 1.24%
Swing decrease1.33% increase0.02% decrease0.29%

Elecciones generales españolas de 1989 - distribución del voto.svg

Most voted party in each province, PSOE (red) and PP (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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General elections were held in Spain on 29 October 1989.

[edit] Results

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

Spanish general election, October 29, 1989

Party Votes % Seats
Spanish Socialist Worker Party(PSOE) + Party of the Socialists of Catalonia (PSC-PSOE) [1] 8115568 (6,991,593 + 1,123,975) 39,87 (34.35 + 5,52) 175 (155 + 20) [2]
People's Party (PP) 5,117,049 25.14 101
United Left (IU) 1,627,136 8.00 14
Democratic and Social Center (CDS) 1,617,716 7.89 14
Convergencia i Unio (CiU) 1,032,243 5.04 18
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) 252,119 1.24 5
Iniciativa per Catalunya (IC) [3] 231,452 1.14 3
Herri Batasuna (HB) 217,278 1.07 4
Andalucist Party (PA) 212,687 1.05 2
Valencian Union (UV) 144,924 0.71 2
Basque Solidarity (EA) 136,955 0.67 2
Basque Left (EE) 105,238 0.52 2
Navarrese People's Union - Coalition PP (UPN-PP) [4] 92,216 0.45 3
PP - Coalition Centristas de Galicia (PP-CG) [5] 76,707 0.38 3
Aragonese Regionalist Party (PAR) 71,733 0.35 1
Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) 64,767 0,32 1
Other 1,236,099 6.07 -

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ PSC is the fraternal party of PSOE in Catalonia
  2. ^ Spain's Ministry of the Interior: Official election results
  3. ^ IC was the fraternal organisation of IU in Catalonia
  4. ^ UPN run in coalition with PP in this election in Navarre (soon after UPN would fully become the sister party of PP in this community)
  5. ^ Centristas de Galicia run in coalition with PP in Galicia in this election (later it would be absorbed by it)

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