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1989 Galician regional election

1989 Galician regional election
← 1985 17 December 1989 1993 →
All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia
38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered2,246,455 Green arrow up0.9%
Turnout1,336,578 (59.5%)
Green arrow up2.1 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Manuel Fraga Fernando González Laxe Xosé Manuel Beiras
Party PP PSdeG–PSOE BNG
Leader since 1989 19 June 1985 1982
Leader's seat Lugo La Coruña La Coruña
Last election 34 seats, 40.9%[a] 22 seats, 28.7% 1 seat, 4.2%
Seats won 38 28 5
Seat change Green arrow up4 Green arrow up6 Green arrow up4
Popular vote 583,579 433,256 105,703
Percentage 44.0% 32.7% 8.0%
Swing Green arrow up3.1 pp Green arrow up4.0 pp Green arrow up3.8 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Camilo Nogueira Xosé Luís Barreiro
Party PSG–EG CG
Leader since 1980 22 November 1987
Leader's seat Pontevedra Orense
Last election 3 seats, 5.7% 11 seats, 12.9%
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Red arrow down1 Red arrow down9
Popular vote 50,047 48,208
Percentage 3.8% 3.6%
Swing Red arrow down1.9 pp Red arrow down9.3 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Galicia
President before election

Fernando González Laxe
PSdeG–PSOE

Elected President

Manuel Fraga
PP

The 1989 Galician regional election was held on Sunday, 17 December 1989, to elect the 3rd Parliament of the autonomous community of Galicia. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

Overview

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Electoral system

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The Parliament of Galicia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Galician Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[1] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Galicia and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 75 members of the Parliament of Galicia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of La Coruña, Lugo, Orense and Pontevedra, with each being allocated an initial minimum of 10 seats and the remaining 35 being distributed in proportion to their populations.[1][2]

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:

Seats Constituencies
24 La Coruña(+2)
21 Pontevedra(+2)
15 Lugo, Orense

In smaller constituencies, the use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.[3]

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[2][4]

Election date

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The term of the Parliament of Galicia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of Galicia (DOG), with election day taking place between the fifty-fourth and the sixtieth day from publication. The previous election was held on 24 November 1985, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 24 November 1989. The election decree was required to be published in the DOG no later than 31 October 1989, with the election taking place up to the sixtieth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Saturday, 30 December 1989.[1][2][4]

After legal amendments in 1988, the president was granted the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Galicia and call a snap election, provided that it did not occur before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.[5]

Opinion polls

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The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Galicia (36 until 24 November 1985).[b]

Results

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Overall

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← Summary of the 17 December 1989 Parliament of Galicia election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP)1 583,579 44.02 +3.13 38 +4
Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) 433,256 32.68 +4.01 28 +6
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 105,703 7.97 +3.77 5 +4
Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left (PSG–EG) 50,047 3.78 –1.89 2 –1
Galician Coalition (CG) 48,208 3.64 –9.30 2 –9
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 38,214 2.88 –0.40 0 ±0
United Left (EU)2 19,774 1.49 +0.65 0 ±0
Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party (PNG–PG) 18,036 1.36 New 0 ±0
Ruiz-Mateos Group (ARM) 7,058 0.53 New 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 3,724 0.28 –0.49 0 ±0
The Greens of Galicia (OVG) 3,214 0.24 New 0 ±0
The Ecologist Greens (OVE) 2,789 0.21 New 0 ±0
Galician People's Front (FPG) 2,629 0.20 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Galician People (PCPG) 989 0.07 New 0 ±0
Humanist Platform (PH) 748 0.06 –0.52 0 ±0
United Galicia Party (PGU) 746 0.06 New 0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 691 0.05 –0.18 0 ±0
Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m–l)) 530 0.04 –0.08 0 ±0
Alliance for the Republic (AxR) 437 0.03 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 5,285 0.40 –0.28
Total 1,325,657 75 +4
Valid votes 1,325,657 99.18 +0.38
Invalid votes 10,921 0.82 –0.38
Votes cast / turnout 1,336,578 59.50 +2.10
Abstentions 909,877 40.50 –2.10
Registered voters 2,246,455
Sources[6][7]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
 
 44.02%
PSdeG–PSOE
 
 32.68%
BNG
 
 7.97%
PSG–EG
 
 3.78%
CG
 
 3.64%
CDS
 
 2.88%
EU
 
 1.49%
PNG–PG
 
 1.36%
Others
 
 1.78%
Blank ballots
 
 0.40%
Seats
PP
 
 50.67%
PSdeG–PSOE
 
 37.33%
BNG
 
 6.67%
PSG–EG
 
 2.67%
CG
 
 2.67%

Distribution by constituency

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Constituency PP PSdeG BNG PSG–EG CG
% S % S % S % S % S
La Coruña 40.9 11 35.3 10 9.3 2 4.1 1 1.6 –
Lugo 48.1 8 30.9 5 6.6 1 1.7 – 7.2 1
Orense 44.1 8 32.8 6 5.4 – 2.1 – 6.4 1
Pontevedra 45.8 11 30.2 7 8.1 2 5.1 1 3.1 –
Total 44.0 38 32.7 28 8.0 5 3.8 2 3.6 2
Sources[6][7]

Aftermath

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Investiture
Manuel Fraga (PP)
Ballot → 31 January 1990
Required majority → 38 out of 75 checkY
Yes
38 / 75
No
37 / 75
Abstentions
0 / 75
Absentees
0 / 75
Sources[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Results for AP–PDP–PL–CdG in the 1985 election.
  2. ^ The Law No. 2 of 13 August 1985 set the Parliament's size at 75, but it was established that such a provision would not be applicable to the first election held after the law's passing.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Within PP.
  4. ^ a b Within CP.

References

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Opinion poll sources
  1. ^ "Fraga y Laxe priman el voto urbano en la recta final del 17-D". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 December 1989.
  2. ^ "Las elecciones se disputarán con muy estrecho margen". El País (in Spanish). 10 December 1989.
  3. ^ "El PP no conseguirá la mayoría absoluta en las elecciones gallegas". El País (in Spanish). 10 December 1989.
  4. ^ "Ficha técnica". El País (in Spanish). 10 December 1989.
  5. ^ "La campaña, al día". ABC (in Spanish). 2 December 1989.
  6. ^ "Es improbable la mayoría absoluta del PP en Galicia". El País (in Spanish). 26 November 1989.
  7. ^ "El PP tiene muy difícil la mayoría absoluta en Galicia". El País (in Spanish). 26 November 1989.
  8. ^ "Ficha técnica". El País (in Spanish). 26 November 1989.
Other
  1. ^ a b c Ley Orgánica 1/1981, de 6 de abril, de Estatuto de Autonomía para Galicia (Organic Law 1) (in Spanish). 6 April 1981. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Ley 8/1985, de 13 de agosto, de elecciones al Parlamento de Galicia (Law 2) (in Spanish). 13 August 1985. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. ^ Gallagher, Michael (30 July 2012). "Effective threshold in electoral systems". Trinity College, Dublin. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  5. ^ Ley 1/1983, de 22 de febrero, de normas reguladoras de la Xunta y su Presidencia (Law 1) (in Spanish). 22 February 1983. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "Elecciones al Parlamento de Galicia (1981 - 2020)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Parliament of Galicia election results, 17 December 1989" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Galicia. 8 February 1990. Retrieved 25 September 2017.