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Aragonese parliamentary election, 1983 Registered 919,295 Turnout 613,304 (66.7%)
The 1983 Aragonese parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st democratically-elected Courts of Aragon , the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Aragon . At stake were all 66 seats in the Courts, determining the President of the Government of Aragon .
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) came first in the election by winning exactly half the seats (33 out of 66), 1 short of an absolute majority , with 46.8% of the vote. The People's Coalition , a coalition of centre-right parties including the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL) came second with 18 seats and 22.6%, while the Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) finished third with 20.5% and 13 seats. The Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) both obtained 1 seat each with between 3-4% of the vote.
As a result of the election, Socialist Santiago Marraco was elected by the Courts as the first democratically-elected President of Aragon.
Electoral system
The number of seats in the Aragonese Courts was set to 66 for the 1983-1987 period. All Courts members were elected in 3 multi-member districts, corresponding to Aragon's three provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. As the community had not passed an electoral law of its own at the time, the electoral system came regulated under Decree 24/1983, which distributed the Courts seats as follows: Huesca (18), Teruel (16) and Zaragoza (32).
Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot . Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above ) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]
Results
Overall
Summary of the 8 May 1983 Aragonese Courts election results →
Party
Vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Won
+/−
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
283,226
46.84
−
33
−
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People's Coalition (AP-PDP-UL)
136,853
22.63
−
18
−
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Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR)
124,018
20.51
−
13
−
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Communist Party of Spain (PCE)
23,960
3.96
−
1
−
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color " |
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
19,902
3.29
−
1
−
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Workers' Socialist Party (PST)
4,747
0.78
−
0
−
United Left of Aragon (IUA)
4,645
0.77
−
0
−
Communist Party of Aragon (PCA)
1,381
0.23
−
0
−
Social Aragonese Movement (MAS)
1,285
0.21
−
0
−
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Liberal Democratic Party (PDL)
883
0.15
−
0
−
Blank ballots
3,830
0.63
−
Total
604,730
100.00
66
−
Valid votes
604,730
98.60
−
Invalid votes
8,574
1.40
−
Votes cast / turnout
613,304
66.71
−
Abstentions
305,991
33.29
−
Registered voters
919,295
Source: Argos Information Portal
Vote share
PSOE
46.84%
AP-PDP-UL
22.63%
PAR
20.51%
PCE
3.96%
CDS
3.29%
Others
2.14%
Blank ballots
0.63%
Parliamentary seats
PSOE
50.00%
AP-PDP-UL
27.27%
PAR
19.70%
PCE
1.51%
CDS
1.51%
Results by province
Huesca
Party
Vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Won
+/−
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
57,033
49.06
−
10
−
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People's Coalition (AP-PDP-UL)
31,470
27.07
−
6
−
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Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR)
15,242
13.11
−
2
−
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of Spain/meta/color " |
Communist Party of Spain (PCE)
5,243
4.51
−
0
−
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color " |
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
4,252
3.66
−
0
−
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Workers' Socialist Party (PST)
1,341
1.15
−
0
−
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Liberal Democratic Party (PDL)
883
0.76
−
0
−
Blank ballots
787
0.68
−
Total
116,251
100.00
18
−
Valid votes
116,251
98.30
−
Invalid votes
2,016
1.70
−
Votes cast / turnout
118,267
69.22
−
Abstentions
52,592
30.78
−
Registered voters
170,859
Source: Argos Information Portal
Teruel
Party
Vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Won
+/−
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
30,978
38.52
−
7
−
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People's Coalition (AP-PDP-UL)
24,689
30.70
−
5
−
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Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR)
18,806
23.38
−
4
−
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
3,343
4.16
−
0
−
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Communist Party of Spain (PCE)
1,412
1.76
−
0
−
United Left of Aragon (IUA)
545
0.68
−
0
−
Blank ballots
654
0.81
−
Total
80,427
100.00
16
−
Valid votes
80,427
98.49
−
Invalid votes
1,234
1.51
−
Votes cast / turnout
81,661
65.97
−
Abstentions
42,116
34.03
−
Registered voters
123,777
Source: Argos Information Portal
Zaragoza
Party
Vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Won
+/−
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
195,215
47.84
−
16
−
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Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR)
89,970
22.05
−
7
−
bgcolor="Template:People's Coalition (Spain)/meta/color " |
People's Coalition (AP-PDP-UL)
80,694
19.78
−
7
−
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of Spain/meta/color " |
Communist Party of Spain (PCE)
17,305
4.24
−
1
−
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
12,307
3.02
−
1
−
United Left of Aragon (IUA)
4,100
1.00
−
0
−
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Workers' Socialist Party (PST)
3,406
0.83
−
0
−
Aragonese Communist Party (PCA)
1,381
0.34
−
0
−
Social Aragonese Movement (MAS)
1,285
0.31
−
0
−
Blank ballots
2,389
0.59
−
Total
408,052
100.00
32
−
Valid votes
408,052
98.71
−
Invalid votes
5,324
1.29
−
Votes cast / turnout
413,376
66.18
−
Abstentions
211,283
33.82
−
Registered voters
624,659
Source: Argos Information Portal
References