1989 Galician regional election
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.
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| Registered | 2,246,455  0.9% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 1,336,578 (59.5%)2.1 pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overview
Electoral system
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 of 1978 and the regional 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. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. 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]
The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.[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
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
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).[lower-alpha 2]
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout |  |
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ARM | Lead |
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| 1989 regional election | 17 Dec 1989 | — | 59.5 | – | 32.7 28 |
3.6 2 |
3.8 2 |
8.0 5 |
2.9 0 |
1.5 0 |
[lower-alpha 3] | 44.0 38 |
0.5 0 |
11.3 |
| El Correo Gallego[p 1] | 11 Dec 1989 | ? | ? | – | ? 24/27 |
? 4/5 |
? 1/2 |
? 1/2 |
? 1/3 |
? 1 |
[lower-alpha 3] | ? 37/39 |
– | ? |
| Demoscopia/El País[p 2][p 3][p 4] | 30 Nov–4 Dec 1989 | 1,600 | 58–60 | – | 34.0 30/31 |
? 2 |
? 2 |
? 3 |
? 2 |
? 0 |
[lower-alpha 3] | 39.0 35/36 |
– | 5.0 |
| Sigma Dos/COPE[p 5] | 2 Dec 1989 | ? | ? | – | 32.2 25/27 |
? 2 |
? 3 |
? 2/3 |
5.4 3/4 |
? 2 |
[lower-alpha 3] | 40.0 34/38 |
– | 7.8 |
| Demoscopia/El País[p 6][p 7][p 8] | 14–19 Nov 1989 | 1,600 | 55–60 | – | ? 27/30 |
? 2 |
? 2/3 |
? 2/3 |
? 3/4 |
? 0/1 |
[lower-alpha 3] | ? 33/37 |
– | ? |
| 1989 general election | 29 Oct 1989 | — | 60.1 | – | 34.6 (29) |
3.4 (2) |
2.6 (0) |
3.6 (2) |
7.8 (6) |
3.3 (1) |
[lower-alpha 3] | 39.0 (35) |
1.0 (0) |
4.4 |
| Eco Consulting | 16 Jul 1989 | ? | ? | – | ? 28 |
? 2 |
? 4 |
? 3 |
? 3 |
– | [lower-alpha 3] | ? 35 |
– | ? |
| 1989 EP election | 15 Jun 1989 | — | 42.7 | – | 33.0 (30) |
3.1 (2) |
3.3 (2) |
4.2 (2) |
6.7 (5) |
2.0 (0) |
[lower-alpha 3] | 33.5 (32) |
4.3 (2) |
0.5 |
| Gallup/Ya | 18–19 Sep 1987 | ? | ? | – | 28.3 | 7.2 | – | – | – | – | 43.0 | – | – | 14.7 |
| 1987 EP election | 10 Jun 1987 | — | 57.1 | – | 29.6 (26) |
– | 2.9 (0) |
3.7 (1) |
10.2 (7) |
1.3 (0) |
41.7 (41) |
– | – | 12.1 |
| 1987 local elections | 10 Jun 1987 | — | 62.4 | – | 26.6 | 11.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 8.0 | 1.4 | 33.9 | – | – | 7.3 |
| 1986 general election | 22 Jun 1986 | — | 57.9 | 39.2 (34) |
35.8 (29) |
6.2 (5) |
3.6 (2) |
2.1 (0) |
8.6 (5) |
1.1 (0) |
[lower-alpha 4] | – | – | 3.4 |
| 1985 regional election | 24 Nov 1985 | — | 57.4 | 40.9 34 |
28.7 22 |
12.9 11 |
5.7 3 |
4.2 1 |
3.3 0 |
0.8 0 |
[lower-alpha 4] | – | – | 12.2 |
Results
Overall
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| 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:
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Distribution by constituency
| 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
| Investiture Manuel Fraga (PP) | ||
| Ballot → | 31 January 1990 | |
|---|---|---|
| Required majority → | 38 out of 75  | |
38 / 75 | ||
37 / 75 | ||
| Abstentions | 0 / 75 | |
| Absentees | 0 / 75 | |
| Sources[6] | ||
Notes
- Results for AP–PDP–PL–CdG in the 1985 election.
- 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 appliable to the first election held after the law's passing.
- Within PP.
- Within CP.
References
- Opinion poll sources
- "Fraga y Laxe priman el voto urbano en la recta final del 17-D". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 December 1989.
- "Las elecciones se disputarán con muy estrecho margen". El País (in Spanish). 10 December 1989.
- "El PP no conseguirá la mayoría absoluta en las elecciones gallegas". El País (in Spanish). 10 December 1989.
- "Ficha técnica". El País (in Spanish). 10 December 1989.
- "La campaña, al día". ABC (in Spanish). 2 December 1989.
- "Es improbable la mayoría absoluta del PP en Galicia". El País (in Spanish). 26 November 1989.
- "El PP tiene muy difícil la mayoría absoluta en Galicia". El País (in Spanish). 26 November 1989.
- "Ficha técnica". El País (in Spanish). 26 November 1989.
- Other
- "Ley Orgánica 1/1981, de 6 de abril, de Estatuto de Autonomía para Galicia". Organic Law No. 1 of 6 April 1981 (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- "Ley 8/1985, de 13 de agosto, de elecciones al Parlamento de Galicia". Law No. 2 of 13 August 1985 (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- 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.
- "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985 (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "Ley 1/1983, de 22 de febrero, de normas reguladoras de la Xunta y su Presidencia". Law No. 1 of 22 February 1983 (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- "Elecciones al Parlamento de Galicia (1981 - 2020)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- "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.
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