Asturian parliamentary election, 1987

Asturian parliamentary election, 1987
Asturias
10 June 1987
All 45 seats in the Asturian General Junta
23 seats needed for a majority
Registered 868,611 Decrease0.6%
Turnout 580,436 (66.8%)
Increase1.8 pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Pedro de Silva Isidro Fernández
Party PSOE AP
Leader since 15 March 1983 1983
Last election 26 seats, 52.0% 14 seats, 30.2%[lower-alpha 1]
Seats won 20 13
Seat change Decrease6 Decrease1
Popular vote 222,326 144,379
Percentage 38.8% 25.2%
Swing Decrease13.2 pp Decrease5.0 pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Adolfo Barthe Aza Francisco Javier Suárez
Party CDS IU
Leader since 1987 1983
Last election 0 seats, 3.5% 5 seats, 11.1%[lower-alpha 2]
Seats won 8 4
Seat change Increase8 Decrease1
Popular vote 106,155 69,175
Percentage 18.5% 12.1%
Swing Increase15.0 pp Increase1.0 pp
President before election

Pedro de Silva
PSOE

 Elected President

Pedro de Silva
PSOE

The 1987 Asturian parliamentary election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd General Junta of the Principality of Asturias, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Asturias. At stake were all 45 seats in the General Junta, determining the President of the Principality of Asturias.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of incumbent President Pedro de Silva remained the most-voted party, but lost 13 percentage points as well as the absolute majority it had enjoyed in the previous legislature. The internal crisis within the People's Coalition after the breakup of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) from the alliance resulted in the People's Alliance (AP) standing alone in the election, losing 25,000 votes and 5 percentage points.

Disenchanted voters with the Socialist government that did not see AP as a credible opposition alternative went on to centrist Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which saw a significant increase of its vote share and entered the General Junta with 8 seats. United Left (IU), the new incarnation of the Communist Party of Spain and its allies, lost 1 seat despite achieving more votes than in 1983.

Electoral system

The 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected in 3 multi-member districts using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Unlike other regions, districts did not coincide with provincial limits, being determined by law as such:

Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 2 seats, with the remaining 39 seats allocated among the three districts in proportion to their populations. For the 1987 election, seats were distributed as follows: Central District (32), Eastern District (5) and Western District (8).

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

Opinion polls

Vote estimations

Poll results are listed in the tables below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown empty.

Polling Firm/Link Last Date
of Polling		 Margin
of Error		 Sample
Size		 Lead
Regional Election June 10, 1987 38.8 25.2 12.1 18.5 13.6
Demoscopia May 26, 1987 36.7 24.0 11.6 17.0 12.7
Sofemasa April 17, 1987 39.5 24.0 12.9 18.5 15.5
General Election June 22, 1986 46.0 27.2 9.2 13.2 18.8
Regional Election May 8, 1983 52.0 30.2 11.1 3.5 21.8

Parliamentary seat projections

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 23 seats were required for an absolute majority in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias.

23 seats needed for majority
Polling Firm/Link Last Date
of Polling
Regional Election June 10, 1987 20 13 4 8
Demoscopia May 26, 1987 19/20 11 5/6 8/9
General Election June 22, 1986 (23) (13) (6) (3)
Regional Election May 8, 1983 26 14 5 0

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Asturian General Junta election results →
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 222,326 38.85 Decrease13.11 20 Decrease6
People's Alliance (AP)[lower-alpha 1] 144,379 25.23 Decrease5.00 13 Decrease1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 106,155 18.55 Increase15.10 8 Increase8
United Left (IU)[lower-alpha 2] 69,175 12.09 Increase0.96 4 Decrease1
Asturianist Party (PAS) 7,302 1.28 New 0 ±0
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE-UC) 4,862 0.85 New 0 ±0
People's Democratic Party (PDP) 3,591 0.63 New 0 ±0
Asturian Nationalist Ensame (ENA) 2,800 0.49 Increase0.05 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 2,473 0.43 Decrease0.40 0 ±0
Humanist Platform (PH) 1,243 0.22 New 0 ±0
Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS) 949 0.17 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 7,066 1.23 Increase0.82
Total 572,321 100.00 45 ±0
Valid votes 572,321 98.60 Decrease0.74
Invalid votes 8,115 1.40 Increase0.74
Votes cast / turnout 580,436 66.82 Increase1.78
Abstentions 288,175 33.18 Decrease1.78
Registered voters 868,611
Source(s):
Vote share
PSOE
  
 38.85%
AP
  
 25.23%
CDS
  
 18.55%
IU
  
 12.09%
PAS
  
 1.28%
Others
  
 2.77%
Blank ballots
  
 1.23%
Parliamentary seats
PSOE
  
 44.44%
AP
  
 28.89%
CDS
  
 17.78%
IU
  
 8.89%

Results by district

Election results by district.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Compared to the People's Coalition results in the 1983 election.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Compared to the Communist Party of Spain results in the 1983 election.

References

  1. ↑ "Law 14/1986, of 26 December, on the regulation of elections to the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias".
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