1984 Basque regional election

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Basque regional election, 1984
← 1980 26 February 1984 1986 →
All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament
38 seats needed for a majority
Registered1,584,540 1.9%
Turnout1,085,304 (68.5%)
8.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Carlos Garaikoetxea Txiki Benegas —
Party EAJ/PNV PSOE HB
Leader since 1977 1977 —
Leader's seat Guipúzcoa Biscay —
Last election 25 seats, 38.0% 9 seats, 14.2% 11 seats, 16.5%
Seats won 32 19 11
Seat change 7 10 0
Popular vote 451,178 247,786 157,389
Percentage 41.8% 23.0% 14.6%
Swing 3.8 pp 8.8 pp 1.9 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Jaime Mayor Oreja Mario Onaindia
Party AP–PDP–PL EE
Leader since 1984 1982
Leader's seat Guipúzcoa Álava
Last election 2 seats, 4.8%[a] 6 seats, 9.8%
Seats won 7 6
Seat change 5 0
Popular vote 100,581 85,671
Percentage 9.3% 7.9%
Swing 4.5 pp 1.9 pp
Constituency results map for the Basque Parliament
Lehendakari before election

Carlos Garaikoetxea
EAJ/PNV

Elected Lehendakari

Carlos Garaikoetxea
EAJ/PNV

The 1984 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 26 February 1984, to elect the 2nd Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) won 32 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) came second with 19 seats, People's Unity (HB) came third with 11 seats, the People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) won 7 seats, and Basque Country Left (EE) won 6 seats.

Overview

Electoral system

The Basque Parliament was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Basque Country, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Basque Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a Lehendakari.[1] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Basque Country and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which, unlike other electoral legislation in Spain, did not include blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Guipúzcoa. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of 25 seats each, to provide for an equal representation of the three provinces in Parliament as required under the regional Statute of Autonomy.[1][2] This meant that Álava was allocated the same number of seats as Biscay and Gipuzkoa, despite their populations being, as of 1 January 1984: 264,410, 1,189,417 and 694,822, respectively.[3]

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 at least the signature of 500 electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. 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 fifteen days of the election being called.[2][4]

Election date

The term of the Basque Parliament expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. An election was required to take place within from thirty-six and forty-five days from the date of expiry of parliament. The previous election was held on 9 March 1980, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 9 March 1984. The election was required to be held no later than the forty-fifth day from dissolution, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Monday, 23 April 1984.[1][2]

After legal amendments in 1981, the Lehendakari was granted the prerogative to dissolve the Basque Parliament at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a Lehendakari within a sixty-day period from the Parliament re-assembly, the Parliament was to be dissolved and a fresh election called.[5]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 26 February 1984 Basque Parliament election results →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Basque Nationalist Party/meta/color"| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 451,178 41.81 +3.86 32 +7
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of the Basque Country/meta/color"| Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 247,786 22.96 +8.80 19 +10
bgcolor="Template:Herri Batasuna/meta/color"| Popular Unity (HB) 157,389 14.59 –1.89 11 ±0
bgcolor="Template:People's Coalition (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)1 100,581 9.32 +4.56 7 +5
bgcolor="Template:Euskadiko Ezkerra/meta/color"| Basque Country Left (EE) 85,671 7.94 –1.84 6 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Basque Country/meta/color"| Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 14,985 1.39 –2.62 0 –1
Blank ballots3 5,029 0.47 +0.08
Total 1,079,057 75 +15
Valid votes 1,079,057 99.42 +0.41
Invalid votes 6,247 0.58 –0.41
Votes cast / turnout 1,085,304 68.49 +8.73
Abstentions 499,236 31.51 –8.73
Registered voters 1,584,540
Sources[6][7]
Popular vote
EAJ/PNV
 
 41.81%
PSE–PSOE
 
 22.96%
HB
 
 14.59%
AP–PDP–UL
 
 9.32%
EE
 
 7.94%
PCE/EPK
 
 1.39%
Others
 
 1.52%
Blank ballots
 
 0.47%
Seats
EAJ/PNV
 
 42.67%
PSE–PSOE
 
 25.33%
HB
 
 14.67%
AP–PDP–UL
 
 9.33%
EE
 
 8.00%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PNV PSE HB CP EE
colspan="2" style="background:Template:Basque Nationalist Party/meta/color"| colspan="2" style="background:Template:Socialist Party of the Basque Country/meta/color"| colspan="2" style="background:Template:Herri Batasuna/meta/color"| colspan="2" style="background:Template:People's Coalition (Spain)/meta/color"| colspan="2" style="background:Template:Euskadiko Ezkerra/meta/color"|
% S % S % S % S % S
Álava style="background:Template:Basque Nationalist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 35.5 9 25.1 7 10.8 3 16.2 4 7.7 2
Biscay style="background:Template:Basque Nationalist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 43.8 12 23.1 6 12.9 3 9.4 2 7.4 2
Guipúzcoa style="background:Template:Basque Nationalist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 40.8 11 22.1 6 18.7 5 6.8 1 8.9 2
Total style="background:Template:Basque Nationalist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 41.8 32 23.0 19 14.6 11 9.3 7 7.9 6

Aftermath

Investiture vote

First round: 11 April 1984
Absolute majority (38/75) required
Choice Vote
Parties Votes
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Basque Nationalist Party/meta/color"| ☒NCarlos Garaikoetxea PNV (32)
32 / 75
Blank ballots PSE (19), AP–PDP–UL (7), EE (6)
32 / 75
Absences: HB (11)
Source: historiaelectoral.com
Second round: 12 April 1984
Simple majority required
Choice Vote
Parties Votes
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Basque Nationalist Party/meta/color"| checkYCarlos Garaikoetxea PNV (32)
32 / 75
Blank ballots PSE (19), AP–PDP–UL (7), EE (6)
32 / 75
Absences: HB (11)
Source: historiaelectoral.com

Notes

  1. ^ Data for AP in the 1980 election.

References

  1. ^ a b c Statute of Autonomy for the Basque Country of 1979. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 3) (in Spanish). 18 December 1979. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Basque Parliament Elections Law of 1983. Official Gazette of the Basque Country (Law 28) (in Spanish). 25 November 1983. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Principales series desde 1971. Resultados por Provincias. Población residente por fecha, sexo y edad". ine.es (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  4. ^ Electoral Rules Decree of 1977. Official State Gazette (Royal Decree-Law 20) (in Spanish). 18 March 1977. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  5. ^ Government Law of 1981. Official Gazette of the Basque Country (Law 7) (in Spanish). 30 June 1981. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Election Results Archive". euskadi.eus (in Spanish). Basque Government. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Basque Parliament elections since 1980". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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