Elections to the Madrid Assembly, 1987
Encyclopedia
The 1987 elections to the Madrid Assembly were the second elections to the Madrid Assembly
, the unicameral
regional legislature of the autonomous community
of Madrid, since the Spanish transition to democracy
. The elections were held on 10 June 1987 to elect the 96 members of the Assembly, an increase of two seats compared to the previous elections
.
Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage
in a secret ballot
. The electoral system used was closed list
proportional representation
with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method
. Only lists which polled at least 5% of the total votes (including votes "en blanco" i.e. for "none of the above") were eligible for seats.
The elections saw a breakthrough by the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which emerged as the third largest party, gaining seats and votes at the expense of all the other parties in the legislature. The largest number of seats was won by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
(PSOE), who lost their overall majority. In total the PSOE won 40 seats.
The Popular Alliance
(AP) maintained its position as the second largest party, while United Left
slipped to fourth place in terms of seats.
One of the first tasks of the Assembly was to elect the President of Madrid from among their number. With the CDS abstaining, Joaquín Leguina, the incumbent, was re-elected President.
In January 1989, the AP joined with other parties to launch the People's Party
(PP). In the first half of 1989, the PP and the CDS reached an agreement on co-operation in the Madrid Assembly. In June 1989, they tabled a motion of no confidence in the PSOE administration in an attempt to replace them with a PP-CDS administration headed by Ruiz-Gallardón as Madrid President. To succeed, the motion needed the support of a majority of members, meaning that 49 votes were needed. With the PP and CDS having 48 members, Piñeiro's support was necessary. However he abstained and the United Left members voted with the PSOE resulting in the no confidence motion failing.
Madrid Assembly
The Madrid Assembly is the unicameral regional legislature of the Autonomous Community of Madrid since the approval of the Madrid Charter of Autonomy in 1983....
, the unicameral
Unicameralism
In government, unicameralism is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber. Thus, a unicameral parliament or unicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of one chamber or house...
regional legislature of the autonomous community
Autonomous communities of Spain
An autonomous community In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . The second article of the constitution recognizes the rights of "nationalities and regions" to self-government and declares the "indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation".Political power in Spain is...
of Madrid, since the Spanish transition to democracy
Spanish transition to democracy
The Spanish transition to democracy was the era when Spain moved from the dictatorship of Francisco Franco to a liberal democratic state. The transition is usually said to have begun with Franco’s death on 20 November 1975, while its completion has been variously said to be marked by the Spanish...
. The elections were held on 10 June 1987 to elect the 96 members of the Assembly, an increase of two seats compared to the previous elections
Elections to the Madrid Assembly, 1983
The 1983 elections to the Madrid Assembly were the first elections to the Madrid Assembly, the unicameral regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Madrid. The elections were held on 8 May 1983 to elect the 94 members of the Assembly....
.
Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage
Universal suffrage
Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens as a whole, though it may also mean extending said right to minors and non-citizens...
in a secret ballot
Secret ballot
The secret ballot is a voting method in which a voter's choices in an election or a referendum are anonymous. The key aim is to ensure the voter records a sincere choice by forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation or bribery. The system is one means of achieving the goal of...
. The electoral system used was closed list
Closed list
Closed list describes the variant of party-list proportional representation where voters can only vote for political parties as a whole and thus have no influence on the party-supplied order in which party candidates are elected...
proportional representation
Proportional representation
Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method
D'Hondt method
The d'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method described is named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt who described it in 1878...
. Only lists which polled at least 5% of the total votes (including votes "en blanco" i.e. for "none of the above") were eligible for seats.
The elections saw a breakthrough by the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which emerged as the third largest party, gaining seats and votes at the expense of all the other parties in the legislature. The largest number of seats was won by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
(PSOE), who lost their overall majority. In total the PSOE won 40 seats.
The Popular Alliance
Popular Alliance (Spain)
The People's Alliance was a electoral coalition, and later a political party, founded in 1976 by Manuel Fraga along with six other former Francoist ministers.- History :...
(AP) maintained its position as the second largest party, while United Left
United Left (Spain)
The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain...
slipped to fourth place in terms of seats.
One of the first tasks of the Assembly was to elect the President of Madrid from among their number. With the CDS abstaining, Joaquín Leguina, the incumbent, was re-elected President.
Subsequent developments in the Assembly
In 1988, in a development which later proved significant, an AP deputy, Nicolás Piñeiro Cuesta, resigned from the party after ideological differences with the Madrid AP leader, Ruiz-Gallardón. Piñeiro launched his own party, the Independent Madrilenian Regional Party, shortly after.In January 1989, the AP joined with other parties to launch the People's Party
People's Party (Spain)
The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...
(PP). In the first half of 1989, the PP and the CDS reached an agreement on co-operation in the Madrid Assembly. In June 1989, they tabled a motion of no confidence in the PSOE administration in an attempt to replace them with a PP-CDS administration headed by Ruiz-Gallardón as Madrid President. To succeed, the motion needed the support of a majority of members, meaning that 49 votes were needed. With the PP and CDS having 48 members, Piñeiro's support was necessary. However he abstained and the United Left members voted with the PSOE resulting in the no confidence motion failing.
Results
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| President and government | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Change | Seats | +/- |
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Spanish Socialist Party of Madrid Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... (PSOE) |
Joaquín Leguina | 932,877 | 38.45% | -12.03% | 40 | -11 |
| Federation of parties Popular Alliance Popular Alliance The term Popular Alliance may refer to:*Popular Alliance *Popular Alliance of Chile *Popular Alliance UK political party formed in 2006... |
Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Jiménez is a Spanish politician and mayor of Madrid. A stalwart of the conservative People's Party , he has previously been a leading figure in various local and national legislative bodies.-Personal life:... |
762,102 | 31.41 | -2.92 | 32 | -2 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | Carlos Revilla | 403,440 | 16.63 | +13.49 | 17 | +17 | |
| United Left United Left (Spain) The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain... (IU) |
Isabel Villalonga | 181,512 | 7.48 | -1.42 | 7 | -2 | |
| Workers' Party Workers' Party (Spain) Workers Party was a communist political party in Spain. It was founded in 1979 through the merger of the Party of Labour of Spain and the Workers Revolutionary Organisation .... -Communist Unity (PTE-UC) |
41,323 | 1.70 | 0 | ||||
| Greens | 26,187 | 1.08 | 0 | ||||
| Confederation of the Greens Confederation of The Greens The Confederation of the Greens is a green political party in Spain.... |
12,765 | 0.53 | 0 | ||||
| PDP Democratic Popular Party (Spain) The People's Democratic Party was a christian-democratic Spanish political party.It was part of the Democratic Centre Union until 1982, when it entered into alliance with the Popular Alliance , which received the second largest number of votes in 1982 and 1986 elections.In 1989 the party, along... |
José Antonio López | 9,101 | 0.38 | 0 | |||
| Humanist Platform Humanist Party (Spain) The Humanist Party is a Spanish political party founded in 1984 and is a member of the Humanist International.-External links:* *... |
4,963 | 0.20 | 0 | ||||
| International Socialist Workers' Party | 3,574 | 0.15 | 0 | ||||
| Independent Autonomous Electoral Grouping of Madrid | 3,432 | 0.14 | 0 | ||||
| Communist Unification of Spain Communist Unification of Spain Communist Unification of Spain is a political party in Spain. The group emerged around the publication Tribuna Obrera in 1968. It was constituted as UCE in 1973... (UCE) |
3,009 | 0.12 | 0 | ||||
| None of the above | N/A | 42,196 | 0.5 | +1.2 | N/A | N/A | |
| Void | N/A | 29,995 | 0.7 | +0.5 | N/A | N/A |