Galician parliamentary election, 1989

Galician parliamentary election, 1989
Galicia (Spain)
17 December 1989
All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia
38 seats needed for a majority
Registered 2,246,455 Increase0.9%
Turnout 1,336,578 (59.5%)
Increase2.1 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Manuel Fraga Fernando González Laxe Xosé Manuel Beiras
Party PPdeG PSdG–PSOE BNG
Leader since 1989 19 June 1985 1982
Leader's seat Lugo A Coruña A Coruña
Last election 34 seats, 40.9%[lower-alpha 1] 22 seats, 28.7% 1 seat, 4.2%
Seats won 38 28 5
Seat change Increase4 Increase6 Increase4
Popular vote 583,579 433,256 105,703
Percentage 44.0% 32.7% 8.0%
Swing Increase3.1 pp Increase4.0 pp Increase3.8 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 Ourense
Last election 3 seats, 5.7% 11 seats, 12.9%
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease9
Popular vote 50,047 48,208
Percentage 3.8% 3.6%
Swing Decrease1.9 pp Decrease9.3 pp
President before election

Fernando González Laxe
PSdG–PSOE

 Elected President

Manuel Fraga
PPdeG

The 1989 Galician parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 17 December 1989, to elect the 3rd Parliament of Galicia, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia. At stake were all seats in the Parliament, determining the President of the Xunta of Galicia. The number of members increased from 71 to 75 compared to the previous election.

Electoral system

The 75 members of the Parliament of Galicia were elected in 4 multi-member districts, corresponding to Galicia's four provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 10 seats, with the remaining 35 seats being allocated among the four provinces in proportion to their populations. For the 1989 election, seats were distributed as follows: Corunna (24), Lugo (15), Ourense (15) and Pontevedra (21).

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 includes blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 17 December 1989 Galician Parliament election results →
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party of Galicia (PPdeG)[lower-alpha 1] 583,579 44.02 +3.13 38 +4
Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–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)[lower-alpha 2] 19,774 1.49 +0.65 0 ±0
Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party (PNG–PG) 18,036 1.36 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 5,285 0.40 –0.28
Total 1,325,657 100.00 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
Source: Argos Information Portal
  1. 1 2 People's Party of Galicia results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1985 election.
  2. ↑ United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Galicia totals in the 1985 election.
Vote share
PPdeG
  
 44.02%
PSdG–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%
Parliamentary seats
PPdeG
  
 50.67%
PSdG–PSOE
  
 37.33%
BNG
  
 6.67%
PSG–EG
  
 2.67%
CG
  
 2.67%

References

  1. ↑ "Law 8/1985, of 13 August, of elections to the Parliament of Galicia.".
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