Madrilenian parliamentary election, 1987

Madrilenian parliamentary election, 1987
Community of Madrid
10 June 1987

All 96 seats in the Assembly of Madrid
49 seats needed for a majority
Registered 3,515,847 Increase4.0%
Turnout 2,456,467 (69.9%)
Increase0.2 pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Joaquín Leguina Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
Party PSM–PSOE AP
Leader since 14 December 1979 8 February 1987
Last election 51 seats, 50.5% 34 seats, 34.1%[lower-alpha 1]
Seats won 40 32
Seat change Decrease11 Decrease2
Popular vote 932,878 762,102
Percentage 38.4% 31.4%
Swing Decrease12.1 pp Decrease2.7 pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Fernando Castedo Isabel Villalonga
Party CDS IU
Leader since 1987 1987
Last election 0 seats, 3.1% 9 seats, 8.8%[lower-alpha 2]
Seats won 17 7
Seat change Increase17 Decrease2
Popular vote 403,440 181,512
Percentage 16.6% 7.5%
Swing Increase13.5 pp Decrease1.3 pp

President before election

Joaquín Leguina
PSM–PSOE

Elected President

Joaquín Leguina
PSM–PSOE

The 1987 Madrilenian parliamentary election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd Assembly of Madrid, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Madrid. At stake were all seats in the Assembly, determining the President of the Community of Madrid. The number of members increased from 94 to 96 compared to the previous election.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) under Joaquín Leguina lost its overall majority in the Assembly, but remained the largest party. The most notable election result was the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) breakthrough, emerging as the third largest party at the expense of all other parties in the regional parliament. The People's Alliance (AP) of newly elected AP Madrid leader Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón remained static, maintaining its position as the second largest party, while United Left (IU), a coalition of the Communist Party of Spain and other left-wing political forces, slipped to fourth place.

In the aftermath of the election, the CDS chose to abstain in the investiture voting in order to allow the PSOE to continue to govern in minority.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the regional Assembly was determined by the population count, with 1 seat per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000, according to the most updated census data.[1] As the updated population census for the 1987 election was the corresponding to year 1986 (4,780,582), the Assembly size was set to 96 seats.[2]

All Assembly members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of Madrid), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the community (which include blank ballotsfor none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[3]

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 38.4 31.4 7.5 16.6 7.0
Gallup June 4, 1987 37.2 31.9 10.3 14.6 3,583 5.3
Demoscopia May 26, 1987 34.4 26.6 7.8 25.0 7.8
Sofemasa April 17, 1987 36.3 23.0 7.2 18.0 13.3
General Election June 22, 1986 40.8 32.0 6.0 13.9 8.8
Regional Election May 8, 1983 50.5 34.1 8.8 3.1 16.4

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. 49 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid.

49 seats needed for majority
Polling Firm/Link Last Date
of Polling
Regional Election June 10, 1987 40 32 7 17
Gallup June 4, 1987 38 32/33 10/11 15
Demoscopia May 26, 1987 35 27 7 25
General Election June 22, 1986 (43) (33) (6) (14)
Regional Election May 8, 1983 51 34 9 0

Results

Summary of the 10 June 1987 Madrid Assembly election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 932,878 38.45 Decrease12.02 40 Decrease11
People's Alliance (AP)[lower-alpha 1] 762,102 31.41 Decrease2.72 32 Decrease2
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 403,440 16.63 Increase13.51 17 Increase17
United Left (IU)[lower-alpha 2] 181,512 7.48 Decrease1.37 7 Decrease2
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE-UC) 41,323 1.70 New 0 ±0
The Greens (LV) 26,187 1.08 New 0 ±0
Confederation of the Greens (CV) 12,755 0.53 New 0 ±0
People's Democratic Party (PDP) 9,101 0.38 New 0 ±0
Humanist Platform (PH) 4,963 0.20 New 0 ±0
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) 3,574 0.15 New 0 ±0
Autonomic Independent Group of Madrid (AIAM) 3,432 0.14 New 0 ±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 3,009 0.12 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 42,196 1.74 Increase1.15
Total 2,426,472 100.00 96 Increase2
Valid votes 2,426,472 98.78 Decrease0.51
Invalid votes 29,995 1.22 Increase0.51
Votes cast / turnout 2,456,467 69.87 Increase0.16
Abstentions 1,059,380 30.13 Decrease0.16
Registered voters 3,515,847
Source(s):
Vote share
PSOE
 
38.45%
AP
 
31.41%
CDS
 
16.63%
IU
 
7.48%
PTE-UC
 
1.70%
LV
 
1.08%
Others
 
1.51%
Blank ballots
 
1.74%
Parliamentary seats
PSOE
 
41.67%
AP
 
33.33%
CDS
 
17.71%
IU
 
7.29%

Notes

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

References

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