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1987 Spanish local elections

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65,577 councillors in 8,062 municipal councils
1,028 seats in 38 provincial deputations
Registered28,442,348 3.5%
Turnout19,744,334 (69.4%)
4.3 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Felipe González Antonio Hernández Mancha Adolfo Suárez
Party PSOE AP CDS
Leader since 13 October 1974 8 February 1987 29 July 1982
Last election 23,729 c., 43.0% 21,076 c., 26.4%[a] 658 c., 1.7%
Seats won 23,241 16,581 5,972
Seat change 488 4,495 5,288
Popular vote 7,229,782 4,080,705 1,904,984
Percentage 37.1% 20.9% 9.8%
Swing 5.9 pp 5.5 pp 8.1 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Gerardo Iglesias Jordi Pujol Javier Rupérez
Party IU CiU PDP
Leader since 10 December 1982 19 September 1978 22 May 1987
Last election 2,558 c., 8.6%[b] 3,329 c., 4.2% 872 c., 0.9%[c]
Seats won 2,576 4,350 1,520
Seat change 18 1,021 648
Popular vote 1,534,946 1,004,115 319,519
Percentage 7.9% 5.2% 1.6%
Swing 0.7 pp 1.0 pp New party

Provincial results map for municipal elections

The 1987 Spanish local elections were held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect all 65,577 councillors in the 8,062 municipalities of Spain and all 1,028 seats in 38 provincial deputations.[1][2] The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country, the ten island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands and the 1987 European Parliament election.

Electoral system

Municipal elections

Municipalities in Spain were local corporations with independent legal personality. They had a governing body, the municipal council or corporation, composed of a mayor, deputy mayors and a plenary assembly of councillors. Voting for the local assemblies was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the corresponding municipality and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. The mayor was in turn elected by the plenary assembly, with a legal clause providing for the candidate of the most-voted party to be automatically elected to the post in the event no other candidate was to gather an absolute majority of votes.

Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:

Population Councillors
<250 5
251–1,000 7
1,001–2,000 9
2,001–5,000 11
5,001–10,000 13
10,001–20,000 17
20,001–50,000 21
50,001–100,000 25
>100,001 +1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction
+1 if total is an even number

Councillors of municipalities with populations between 100 and 250 inhabitants were elected under an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties and for up to four candidates. Additionally, municipalities below 100 inhabitants, as well as those whose geographical location or the best management of municipal interests or other circumstances made it advisable, were to be organized through the open council system (Spanish: régimen de concejo abierto), in which voters would directly elect the local major.[3][4][5]

The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election:

  • At least 1 percent of the electors in municipalities below 5,000 inhabitants, provided that the number of signers was more than double that of councillors at stake.
  • At least 100 signatures in municipalities between 5,001 and 10,000.
  • At least 500 signatures in municipalities between 10,001 and 50,000.
  • At least 1,500 signatures in municipalities between 50,001 and 150,000.
  • At least 3,000 signatures in municipalities between 150,001 and 300,000.
  • At least 5,000 signatures in municipalities between 300,001 and 1,000,000.
  • At least 8,000 signatures in municipalities over 1,000,001.

Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.[3][4]

Deputations and island councils

Provincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain, having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary. Basque provinces had foral deputations instead—called Juntas Generales—, whereas deputations for single-province autonomous communities were abolished: their functions transferred to the corresponding regional parliaments. For insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, deputations were replaced by island councils in each of the islands or group of islands. For Majorca, Menorca and IbizaFormentera this figure was referred to in Spanish as consejo insular (Catalan: consell insular), whereas for Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma its name was cabildo insular.

Most deputations were indirectly elected by local councillors from municipalities in each judicial district. Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale:

Population Seats
<500,000 25
500,001–1,000,000 27
1,000,001–3,500,000 31
>3,500,001 51

Island councils and foral deputations were elected directly by electors under their own, specific electoral regulations.[3][4]

Municipal elections

Overall

Councillor share for different parties in the elections.

  PSOE (35.44%)
  AP (25.28%)
  CDS (9.11%)
  CiU (6.63%)
  IU (3.93%)
  PDP (2.32%)
  PAR (1.37%)
  EAJ/PNV (1.25%)
  HB (1.02%)
  EA (0.76%)
  PA (0.45%)
  AIC (0.37%)
  Other (12.07%)
Summary of the 10 June 1987 municipal election results in Spain
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Councillors
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 7,229,782 37.08 –5.97 23,241 –488
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) 4,080,705 20.93 –5.52 16,581 –4,495
People's Alliance (AP)1 3,972,359 20.38 –5.50 16,312 –4,506
People's AllianceLiberal Party (AP–PL)2 108,346 0.56 –0.01 269 +11
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 1,904,984 9.77 +7.93 5,972 +5,288
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)3 1,902,293 9.76 +7.94 5,952 +5,294
Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI)4 2,691 0.01 –0.01 20 –6
rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color"| United Left (IU) 1,534,946 7.87 –0.70 2,576 +18
United Left (IU)5 1,399,364 7.18 –0.52 2,315 +61
United LeftValencian People's Union (IU–UPV)6 131,942 0.68 –0.19 251 –46
Agreement of the Left of Menorca (PSMEU)7 3,640 0.02 ±0.00 10 +3
bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU) 1,004,115 5.15 +0.98 4,350 +1,021
bgcolor="Template:People's Democratic Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Democratic Party (PDP)8 319,519 1.64 +0.71 1,520 +648
bgcolor="Template:Basque Nationalist Party/meta/color"| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 241,832 1.24 –0.99 819 –503
bgcolor="Template:Herri Batasuna/meta/color"| Popular Unity (HB) 239,010 1.23 +0.37 669 +284
bgcolor="Template:Andalusian Party/meta/color"| Andalusian Party (PA) 221,825 1.14 +0.54 294 +148
bgcolor="Template:Eusko Alkartasuna/meta/color"| Basque Solidarity (EA) 207,054 1.06 New 497 +497
bgcolor="Template:Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity/meta/color"| Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) 185,104 0.95 New 179 +179
bgcolor="Template:Valencian Union/meta/color"| Valencian Union (UV) 148,878 0.76 New 215 +215
rowspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Canarian Independent Groups/meta/color"| Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) 140,469 0.72 +0.33 243 +120
Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) 119,943 0.62 +0.26 173 +88
La Palma Group of Independents (API) 11,356 0.06 +0.05 46 +37
Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC) 4,557 0.02 New 2 +2
Lanzarote Independents Group (AIL) 2,713 0.01 ±0.00 16 +4
Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) 1,900 0.01 ±0.00 6 –11
bgcolor="Template:Regionalist Aragonese Party/meta/color"| Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) 129,370 0.66 +0.08 896 –224
bgcolor="Template:Euskadiko Ezkerra/meta/color"| Basque Country Left (EE) 107,354 0.55 +0.13 157 +36
bgcolor="Template:Republican Left of Catalonia/meta/color"| Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 75,422 0.39 –0.08 188 +33
bgcolor="Template:Independent Solution/meta/color"| Independent Solution (SI) 72,661 0.37 New 129 +129
bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 61,256 0.31 +0.03 139 +21
bgcolor="Template:Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left/meta/color"| Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left (PSG–EG)9 57,062 0.29 +0.19 60 +38
bgcolor="Template:Navarrese People's Union/meta/color"| Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 43,818 0.22 +0.04 134 +55
bgcolor="Template:Canarian Assembly/meta/color"| Canarian AssemblyCanarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)10 41,390 0.21 –0.04 40 –11
bgcolor="Template:Independents of Galicia/meta/color"| Independents of Galicia (IG) 33,032 0.17 New 69 +69
bgcolor="Template:Majorcan Union/meta/color"| Majorcan Union (UM) 32,218 0.17 –0.04 119 –21
bgcolor="Template:Valencian People's Union/meta/color"| Valencian People's Union (UPV) 30,018 0.15 –0.01 65 +30
bgcolor="Template:Humanist Party (Spain)/meta/color"| Humanist Platform (PHFV) 28,489 0.15 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Regionalist Party of Cantabria/meta/color"| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 28,227 0.14 +0.07 100 +37
bgcolor="Template:Cantonal Party/meta/color"| Cantonal Party (PCAN) 26,343 0.14 +0.07 10 +5
bgcolor="Template:Confederation of the Greens/meta/color"| The Greens (LV) 20,470 0.10 New 2 +2
bgcolor="Template:Falange Española de las JONS (1976)/meta/color"| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 18,920 0.10 +0.06 6 –7
bgcolor="Template:United Extremadura/meta/color"| United Extremadura (EU) 18,483 0.09 –0.03 112 –90
bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party/meta/color"| Galician Nationalist Party (PNG) 18,354 0.09 New 38 +38
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (Spain, 1976)/meta/color"| Liberal Party (PL) 12,582 0.06 New 58 +58
Municipal Progress of Osona (PMO) 11,877 0.06 New 48 +48
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Majorca/meta/color"| Socialist Party of Majorca–Nationalist Left (PSM–EN)11 11,674 0.06 –0.01 25 –7
bgcolor="Template:Valencian Independent Organization/meta/color"| Valencian Independent Organization (OIV) 11,385 0.06 –0.03 25 –38
bgcolor="Template:Canarian Nationalist Convergence/meta/color"| Centre Canarian Union (UCC) 9,834 0.05 New 4 +4
Nationalist and Progressive Independent Groups (AIPN) 9,629 0.05 New 132 +132
Valencian Electoral Coalition (CEV) 9,352 0.05 New 17 +17
Independent Socialist Party (PSI) 7,494 0.04 New 15 +15
bgcolor="Template:National Congress of the Canaries/meta/color"| National Congress of the Canaries (CNC) 7,331 0.04 New 1 +1
Others 885,856 4.54 5,832 –5,037
Blank ballots 217,300 1.11 +0.65
Total 19,495,424 100.00 65,577 –1,735
Valid votes 19,495,424 98.74 –0.95
Invalid votes 248,910 1.26 +0.95
Votes cast / turnout 19,744,334 69.42 +2.56
Abstentions 8,698,014 30.58 –2.56
Registered voters 28,442,348
Sources[6][7]
Popular vote
PSOE
37.08%
AP
20.93%
CDS
9.77%
IU
7.87%
CiU
5.15%
PDP
1.64%
EAJ/PNV
1.24%
HB
1.23%
PA
1.14%
EA
1.06%
PTE–UC
0.95%
UV
0.76%
AIC
0.72%
PAR
0.66%
EE
0.55%
Others
8.12%
Blank ballots
1.11%

City control

The following table lists party control in provincial capitals, as well as in municipalities above or around 75,000.[8] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Municipality Population Previous control New control
A Coruña 239,150 width="1" bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) width="1" bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete 126,110 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcalá de Henares 144,268 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcorcón 137,884 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Algeciras 96,882 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alicante 258,112 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Almería 153,592 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ávila 43,603 bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
Avilés 86,141 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Badajoz 118,852 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Badalona 225,016 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Barakaldo 114,094 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona 1,701,812 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Bilbao 381,506 bgcolor="Template:Basque Nationalist Party/meta/color"| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) bgcolor="Template:Basque Nationalist Party/meta/color"| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Burgos 158,331 bgcolor="Template:Independent Solution/meta/color"| Independent Solution (SI) bgcolor="Template:Independent Solution/meta/color"| Independent Solution (SI) (PP in 1990)
Cáceres 69,193 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cádiz 155,299 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cartagena 168,596 bgcolor="Template:Cantonal Party/meta/color"| Cantonal Party (PCAN) bgcolor="Template:Cantonal Party/meta/color"| Cantonal Party (PCAN)
Castellón de la Plana 127,440 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ciudad Real 54,409 bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Independent Group of Ciudad Real (AICR) bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Independent Group of Ciudad Real (AICR) (PSOE in 1991)
Córdoba 295,290 bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color"| United Left (IU) bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color"| United Left (IU)
Cornellà de Llobregat 86,928 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Cuenca 41,034 bgcolor="Template:People's Democratic Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Democratic Party (PDP) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
Elche 175,649 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ferrol 86,154 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) (PSOE in 1989)
Fuenlabrada 119,848 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getafe 131,840 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getxo 77,856 bgcolor="Template:Basque Nationalist Party/meta/color"| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) bgcolor="Template:Basque Nationalist Party/meta/color"| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Gijón 258,291 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona 67,009 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Granada 256,073 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Guadalajara 59,080 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huelva 135,210 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huesca 40,736 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén 102,933 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (AP in 1989)
Jerez de la Frontera 179,191 bgcolor="Template:Andalusian Party/meta/color"| Andalusian Party (PA) bgcolor="Template:Andalusian Party/meta/color"| Andalusian Party (PA)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 279,779 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Las Palmas 356,911 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) (PSOE in 1990)
Leganés 167,783 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León 134,641 bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Independent (INDEP) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
Lleida 107,749 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU) (PSC–PSOE in 1989)
Logroño 115,622 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Lugo 75,623 bgcolor="Template:Galician Progressive Coalition/meta/color"| Galician Progressive Coalition (PDP–PL–CG) bgcolor="Template:Galician Progressive Coalition/meta/color"| Galician Progressive Coalition (PDP–PL–CG)
Madrid 3,058,182 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (CDS in 1989)
Málaga 563,332 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Marbella 74,807 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Mataró 100,021 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Móstoles 175,233 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Murcia 303,257 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ourense 100,143 bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) (PSOE in 1987; IG in 1990)
Oviedo 185,864 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Palencia 75,403 bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
Palma 295,136 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Pamplona 178,439 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Navarrese People's Union/meta/color"| Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
Pontevedra 67,289 bgcolor="Template:Independents of Galicia/meta/color"| Independents of Galicia (IG) bgcolor="Template:Independents of Galicia/meta/color"| Independents of Galicia (IG)
Reus 81,145 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sabadell 186,115 bgcolor="Template:Initiative for Catalonia/meta/color"| Initiative for Catalonia (IC) bgcolor="Template:Initiative for Catalonia/meta/color"| Initiative for Catalonia (IC)
Salamanca 152,833 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna 107,593 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Canarian Independent Groups/meta/color"| Canarian Independent Groups (AIC)
San Fernando 80,057 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (PA in 1989)
San Sebastián 171,885 bgcolor="Template:Basque Nationalist Party/meta/color"| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) bgcolor="Template:Eusko Alkartasuna/meta/color"| Basque Solidarity (EA)
Sant Boi de Llobregat 75,789 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet 135,258 bgcolor="Template:Initiative for Catalonia/meta/color"| Initiative for Catalonia (IC) bgcolor="Template:Initiative for Catalonia/meta/color"| Initiative for Catalonia (IC)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife 211,209 bgcolor="Template:Canarian Independent Groups/meta/color"| Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) bgcolor="Template:Canarian Independent Groups/meta/color"| Canarian Independent Groups (AIC)
Santander 186,145 bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
Santiago de Compostela 86,250 bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Segovia 53,397 bgcolor="Template:People's Democratic Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Democratic Party (PDP) bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
Seville 651,084 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria 31,144 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (Spain, 1976)/meta/color"| Liberal Party (PL) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
Tarragona 106,495 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) (CiU in 1989)
Telde 73,913 bgcolor="Template:Canarian Assembly/meta/color"| Canarian Assembly (AC) bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color"| United Left (IU)
Terrassa 160,105 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Teruel 27,226 bgcolor="Template:Regionalist Aragonese Party/meta/color"| Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Toledo 58,198 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
Torrejón de Ardoz 80,066 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Valencia 729,419 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Valladolid 327,452 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Vigo 261,878 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Vitoria-Gasteiz 199,449 bgcolor="Template:Eusko Alkartasuna/meta/color"| Basque Solidarity (EA) bgcolor="Template:Eusko Alkartasuna/meta/color"| Basque Solidarity (EA) (PNV in 1990)
Zamora 60,364 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
Zaragoza 573,662 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Provincial deputations

Summary

Provincial deputy share for different parties in the elections.

  PSOE (47.57%)
  AP (28.40%)
  CDS (7.49%)
  CiU (6.52%)
  IU (3.89%)
  CPG (1.26%)
  PAR (1.26%)
  PA (0.88%)
  PDP (0.68%)
  SI (0.58%)
  UV (0.29%)
  Other (1.18%)
Summary of the 10 June 1987 provincial deputations election results
Parties and coalitions Seats
Total +/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 489 –38
bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)1 292 –58
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 77 +69
bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU) 67 +18
bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color"| United Left (IU)2 40 +5
bgcolor="Template:Galician Progressive Coalition/meta/color"| Galician Progressive Coalition (PDPPLCG)3 13 –8
bgcolor="Template:Regionalist Aragonese Party/meta/color"| Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) 13 +1
bgcolor="Template:Andalusian Party/meta/color"| Andalusian Party (PA) 9 +5
bgcolor="Template:People's Democratic Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Democratic Party (PDP) 7 +7
bgcolor="Template:Independent Solution/meta/color"| Independent Solution (SI) 6 +6
bgcolor="Template:Valencian Union/meta/color"| Valencian Union (UV) 3 +3
bgcolor="Template:Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity/meta/color"| Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) 1 +1
bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 1 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left/meta/color"| Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left (PSG–EG) 1 +1
bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party/meta/color"| Galician Nationalist Party (PNG) 1 +1
Others 8 –9
Total 1,028 +4
Sources[2]

Deputation control

The following table lists party control in provincial deputations.[2] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Province Previous control New control
A Coruña width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) (PSOE in 1989)
Albacete bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alicante bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Almería bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) width="1" bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ávila bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
Badajoz bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Burgos bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
Cáceres bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cádiz bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Castellón bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ciudad Real bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Córdoba bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cuenca bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU) bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU)
Granada bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Independent (INDEP) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Guadalajara bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
Huelva bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huesca bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Lleida bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU)
Lugo bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
Málaga bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ourense bgcolor="Template:Centrists of Galicia/meta/color"| Centrists of Galicia (CdG) bgcolor="Template:Centrists of Galicia/meta/color"| Centrists of Galicia (CdG)
Palencia bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
Pontevedra bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
Salamanca bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (CDS in 1988)
Segovia bgcolor="Template:People's Democratic Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Democratic Party (PDP) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Seville bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
Tarragona bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU) bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU)
Teruel bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Toledo bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
Valencia bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Valladolid bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) (AP in 1990)
Zamora bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP) bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Alliance (AP)
Zaragoza bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Notes

  1. ^ Data for AP–PDP–UL in the 1983 elections.
  2. ^ Aggregated data for PCEPSUC, PCC and PSM in the 1983 elections.
  3. ^ Data for PGCIGA in the 1983 elections.

References

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