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Catalan parliamentary election, 1988
← 1984 29 May 1988 1992 →
All 135 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia
68 seats needed for a majority
Turnout2,709,685 (59.4%)
Decrease5.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jordi Pujol Raimon Obiols Rafael Ribó
Party CiU PSC Initiative for Catalonia
Leader since 19 September 1978 12 July 1983 23 February 1987
Last election 72 seats, 46.8% 41 seats, 30.1% 6 seats, 5.6%
Seats won 69 42 9
Seat change Decrease3 Increase1 Increase3
Popular vote 1,232,514 802,828 209,211
Percentage 45.7% 29.8% 7.8%
Swing Decrease1.1 pp Decrease0.3 pp Increase2.2 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jorge Fernández Díaz Joan Hortalà Antoni Fernández Teixidó
Party AP ERC CDS
Leader since 1985 1987 1988
Last election 11 seats, 7.7% 5 seats, 4.4% Did not stand
Seats won 6 6 3
Seat change Decrease5 Increase1 Increase3
Popular vote 143,241 111,647 103,351
Percentage 5.3% 4.1% 3.8%
Swing Decrease2.4 pp Decrease0.3 pp New party
Graphic of the results in the Catalan Parliament election, 1988, based in seats and constituencies.
President before election

Jordi Pujol
CiU

Elected President

Jordi Pujol
CiU

The 1988 Catalan parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 29 May 1988, to elect the 3rd Parliament of Catalonia, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia. At stake were all 135 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of Catalonia.

Electoral system

The 135 members of the Parliament of Catalonia were elected in 4 multi-member districts, corresponding to Catalonia's four provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation. As the community did not have an electoral law of its own passed into law at the time of the 1988 election, the electoral system came regulated under the community's Statute of Autonomy rules, and subsidiarily, under the Spanish general electoral law (Organic Law 5/1985, of the General Electoral Regime). As a result of the lack of an autonomous electoral law, seats were allocated to districts through specific Laws or Decrees for each election. For the 1988 election, seats were distributed as follows: Barcelona (85), Girona (17), Lleida (15) and Tarragona (18).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which includes blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1][2]

Background

After of 8 years of a Convergence and Union government, these elections didn't open up expectations for a possible change in the Catalan Government.

In the past 1984 elections, Convergence and Union won the absolute majority.

Parties

Results

← Summary of the 29 May 1988 Catalan Parliament election results →
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color" | Convergence and Union (CiU) 1,232,514 45.72 Decrease1.08 69 Decrease3
bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color" | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC-PSOE) 802,828 29.78 Decrease0.33 42 Increase1
bgcolor="Template:Initiative for Catalonia Greens/meta/color" | Initiative for Catalonia (IC) 209,211 7.76 New 9 Increase9
bgcolor="Template:People's Alliance (Spain)/meta/color" | People's Alliance (AP) 143,241 5.31 Decrease2.39 6 Decrease5
bgcolor="Template:Republican Left of Catalonia/meta/color" | Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 111,647 4.14 Decrease0.27 6 Increase1
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color" | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 103,351 3.83 New 3 Increase3
Green Alternative-Ecologist Movement of Catalonia (AV-MEC) 16,346 0.61 New 0 ±0
The Ecologist Greens (EVE) 8,730 0.32 New 0 ±0
The Greens (EV) 8,105 0.30 New 0 ±0
Ecologist Party of Catalonia-VERDE (PEC-VERDE) 5,927 0.22 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Andalusian Party/meta/color" | Andalusian Party of Catalonia (PAC) 5,815 0.22 New 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Workers' Socialist Party (Spain)/meta/color" | Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 5,794 0.21 Increase0.02 0 ±0
Social Democratic Party of Catalonia (PSDC) 5,156 0.19 Decrease0.05 0 ±0
Spanish Juntas (JJEE) 4,524 0.17 New 0 ±0
Revolutionary Workers' Party of Spain (PORE) 2,727 0.10 Increase0.01 0 ±0
Blank ballots 16,946 0.63 Increase0.13
Total 2,695,935 100.00 135 ±0
Valid votes 2,695,935 99.49 Increase0.01
Invalid votes 13,750 0.51 Decrease0.01
Votes cast / turnout 2,709,685 59.37 Decrease4.99
Abstentions 1,854,704 40.63 Increase4.99
Registered voters 4,564,389
Source(s):
Vote share
CiU
 
 45.72%
PSC-PSOE
 
 29.78%
IC
 
 7.76%
AP
 
 5.31%
ERC
 
 4.14%
CDS
 
 3.83%
Others
 
 2.83%
Blank ballots
 
 0.63%
Parliamentary seats
CiU
 
 51.11%
PSC
 
 31.11%
IC
 
 6.67%
AP
 
 4.44%
ERC
 
 4.44%
CDS
 
 2.22%

Results by province

Party BC GI LL TA Total
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color" | CiU S 39 11 9 10 69
V 43.6 56.3 53.8 47.6 45.7
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color" | PSC S 28 5 4 5 42
V 31.4 23.6 23.1 27.0 29.8
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Initiative for Catalonia/meta/color" | IC S 8 0 0 1 9
V 8.8 3.9 3.6 5.5 7.7
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:People's Party of Catalonia/meta/color" | AP S 4 0 1 1 6
V 5.2 3.7 6.2 7.1 5.3
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Republican Left of Catalonia/meta/color" | ERC S 3 1 1 1 6
V 3.7 5.5 5.9 5.3 4.1
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color" | CDS S 3 0 0 0 3
V 3.8 3.2 4.3 4.0 3.8
Total seats 85 17 15 18 135
Others V 2.8 3.1 2.4 2.9 2.8
Blank 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6
Total seats 85 17 15 18 135
Turnout 58.6 65.6 61.2 59.2 59.4

Post-election

Investiture voting

22 June 1988
Investiture voting for Jordi Pujol i Soley (CiU)
Absolute majority: 68/135
Vote Parties Votes
checkY Yes CiU (69)
69 / 135
No PSC (41), IC (9), ERC (6)
56 / 135
Abstentions AP (6), CDS (3)
9 / 135
Source: Historia Electoral

References

  1. ^ "Organic Law 5/1985, of 19 June, of the General Electoral Regime".
  2. ^ "Organic Law 4/1979, of 18 December, of Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia".
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