1989 European Parliament election in Spain

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1989 European Parliament election in Spain
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  1987 15 June 1989 1994  

All 60 Spanish seats in the European Parliament
Opinion polls
Registered29,283,982 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 2.9%
Turnout16,022,276 (54.7%)
Red Arrow Down.svg 13.8 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Fernando Moran 1985 (cropped).jpg Marcelino Oreja 1980 (cropped).jpg Portrait placeholder.svg
Leader Fernando Morán Marcelino Oreja José Ramón Caso
Party PSOE PP CDS
Alliance SOC ED (EPP) LDR
Leader since10 April 198720 January 198928 April 1989
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain
Last election28 seats, 39.1%17 seats, 25.5% [lower-alpha 1] 7 seats, 10.3%
Seats won27155
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg 1 Red Arrow Down.svg 2 Red Arrow Down.svg 2
Popular vote6,275,5523,395,0151,133,429
Percentage39.6%21.4%7.1%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 0.5 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 4.1 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 3.2 pp

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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Leader Fernando Pérez Royo Carles Gasòliba José María Ruiz-Mateos
Party IU CiU Ruiz-Mateos
Alliance COM (EUL) LDR
EPP
EDA
Leader since25 April 19871 January 19867 May 1987
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain
Last election3 seats, 5.3%3 seats, 4.4%0 seats, 0.6%
Seats won422
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1 Red Arrow Down.svg 1 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 2
Popular vote961,742666,602608,560
Percentage6.1%4.2%3.8%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 0.8 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 0.2 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 3.2 pp

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The 1989 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Thursday, 15 June 1989, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 3rd European Parliament. All 60 seats allocated to Spain as per the 1985 Treaty of Accession were up for election.

Contents

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) emerged as the largest party, followed by the newly amalgamated People's Party (PP) and Adolfo Suárez's Democratic and Social Centre—both of which scoring far below expectations—, as well as left-wing United Left (IU), which improved slightly on its 1987 performance. Ruiz-Mateos Group was the election surprise by winning two seats, with former Rumasa CEO and party leader José María Ruiz Mateos being elected as MEP—which granted him immunity from criminal prosecution, as he had been a fugitive from Spanish justice at the time of his election—. Registered turnout was a record low at the time for a nationwide election held in Spain, with abstention peaking at 45.3%. [1]

The election was largely influenced by a recent string of PP–CDS agreements to vote no confidence motions on PSOE local governments, which included the Madrid city council and regional governments. [2] [3] [4] This was said to have influenced the election's outcome, which had resulted in a sizeable PSOE win and a collapse in support for both the PP and CDS. [5] [6] His party's showing in this election was said to be one of the reasons that led Prime Minister Felipe González to call a snap general election for 29 October 1989. [7] [8]

Electoral system

60 members of the European Parliament were allocated to Spain as per the 1985 Treaty of Accession. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights. [9] [10]

All seats were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with no electoral threshold being applied in order to be entitled to enter seat distribution. Seats were allocated to a single multi-member constituency comprising the entire national territory. The use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies. [11]

Outgoing delegation

Outgoing delegation in May 1989 [12]
GroupsPartiesMEPs
SeatsTotal
Socialist Group PSOE 2929
European Democrats PP 1717
Communist and Allies PCE 13
PASOC 1
PSUC 1
Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group CDC 22
European People's Party UDC 11
Rainbow Group EA 11
Non-Inscrits CDS 67
HB 1

Parties and candidates

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. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates. [9]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

CandidacyParties and
alliances
Leading candidateIdeologyPrevious resultRef.
Votes (%)Seats
PSOE Fernando Moran 1985 (cropped).jpg Fernando Morán Social democracy 39.06%28 [13]
[14]
PP Marcelino Oreja 1980 (cropped).jpg Marcelino Oreja Conservatism
Christian democracy
25.54% [lower-alpha 1] 15 [15]
CDS Portrait placeholder.svg José Ramón Caso Centrism
Liberalism
10.26%7 [16]
IU Portrait placeholder.svg Fernando Pérez Royo Socialism
Communism
5.25%3 [17]
CiU Portrait placeholder.svg Carles Gasòliba Catalan nationalism
Centrism
4.43%3
HB Portrait placeholder.svg Txema Montero Basque independence
Abertzale left
Revolutionary socialism
1.87%1
PEP Carlos Garaikoetxea 1979 (cropped).jpg Carlos Garaikoetxea Left-wing nationalism 1.70% [lower-alpha 2] 1
CN Portrait placeholder.svg Jon Gangoiti Regionalism 1.75% [lower-alpha 3] 0
IP Portrait placeholder.svg Juan María Bandrés Left-wing nationalism 1.36% [lower-alpha 4] 0
FPR
List
Portrait placeholder.svg Héctor Villalba Regionalism 1.12% [lower-alpha 5] 0
PA
List
Portrait placeholder.svg Pedro Pacheco Andalusian nationalism
Social democracy
0.96%0
Ruiz-Mateos
List
Portrait placeholder.svg José María Ruiz-Mateos Right-wing populism 0.61% [lower-alpha 6] 0 [18]

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 given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font.

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  Exit poll

Results

Overall

Summary of the 15 June 1989 European Parliament election results in Spain
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Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)6,275,55239.57+0.5127–1
People's Party (PP)13,395,01521.41–4.1315–2
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)1,133,4297.15–3.115–2
United Left (IU)961,7426.06+0.814+1
Convergence and Union (CiU)666,6024.20–0.232–1
Ruiz-Mateos Group (Ruiz-Mateos)2608,5603.84+3.232+2
Nationalist Coalition (CN)3303,0381.91+0.161+1
Andalusian Party (PA)295,0471.86+0.901+1
Left of the Peoples (IP)4290,2861.83+0.471+1
Popular Unity (HB)269,0941.70–0.171±0
For the Europe of the Peoples (PEP)5238,9091.51–0.191±0
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)197,0951.24+0.080±0
Green List (Adhered to the European Greens) (LV)6164,5241.04+0.140±0
The Ecologist Greens (LVE)161,9031.02New0±0
Federation of Regional Parties (FPR)7151,8350.96–0.160±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of SpainPCC (PCPE–PCC)79,9700.50New0±0
National Front (FN)60,6720.38–0.260±0
Spanish Vertex Ecological Development Revindication (VERDE)58,6860.37New0±0
Social Democratic Coalition (CSD)52,5770.33+0.200±0
Green Alternative–Ecologist Movement of Catalonia (AV–MEC)47,2500.30New0±0
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)46,0520.29+0.010±0
Workers' Socialist PartyRevolutionary Workers' Party (PST–PORE)838,6830.24–0.320±0
Europe for Life (EPV)30,2520.19New0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)24,3400.15+0.030±0
Free Catalonia (CLL)19,7740.12New0±0
Humanist Party (PH)19,3560.12±0.000±0
Alliance for the Republic (AxR)917,1890.11–0.020±0
Asturian Nationalist Unity (UNA)13,1650.08New0±0
Centrist Unity–Democratic Spanish Party (PED)10,3920.07+0.020±0
Andalusian Liberation (LA)9,4210.06+0.010±0
Initiative for a European Democracy (IDE)8,7890.06New0±0
Carlist Party (PC)8,4770.05New0±0
BACTERIA Electors' Group (BACTERIA)00.00New0±0
Blank ballots200,7941.27+0.28
Total15,858,47060±0
Valid votes15,858,47098.98+0.17
Invalid votes163,8061.02–0.17
Votes cast / turnout16,022,27654.71–13.81
Abstentions13,261,70645.29+13.81
Registered voters29,283,982
Sources [19] [20]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PSOE
39.57%
PP
21.41%
CDS
7.15%
IU
6.06%
CiU
4.20%
Ruiz-Mateos
3.84%
CN
1.91%
PA
1.86%
IP
1.83%
HB
1.70%
PEP
1.51%
PTE–UC
1.24%
LV
1.04%
LVE
1.02%
Others
4.39%
Blank ballots
1.27%
Seats
PSOE
45.00%
PP
25.00%
CDS
8.33%
IU
6.67%
CiU
3.33%
Ruiz-Mateos
3.33%
CN
1.67%
PA
1.67%
IP
1.67%
HB
1.67%
PEP
1.67%

Distribution by European group

Summary of political group distribution in the 3rd European Parliament (1989–1994) [21]
GroupsPartiesSeatsTotal %
Socialist Group (SOC)272745.00
European People's Party (EPP)15
1
1626.67
Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (LDR)5
1
610.00
European United Left (EUL)2
1
1
46.67
Rainbow Group (RBW)1
1
23.33
The Green Group in the European Parliament (G)111.67
Non-Inscrits (NI)2
1
1

46.67
Total6060100.00

Notes

  1. 1 2 Results for AP (24.65%, 17 seats) and PDP (0.89%, 0 seats) in the 1987 election.
  2. Results for CEP in the 1987 election.
  3. Results for UE (1.18%, 0 seats), AIC (0.50, 0 seats) and PANCAL (0.07%, 0 seats) in the 1987 election.
  4. Results for IP in the 1987 election.
  5. Results for UV (0.84%, 0 seats), EU (0.20%, 0 seats) and PRC (0.08%, 0 seats) in the 1987 election.
  6. Results for AS in the 1987 election.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Within PP.

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  1. "El PSOE, satisfecho de su triunfo porque no se ve una alternativa clara al Gobierno". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 16 June 1989.
  2. "El PSOE resiste, erosión del PP y CDS y ascenso de grupos minoritarios". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 16 June 1989.
  3. "La abstención hace que los pequeños ganen la "pedrea"". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 16 June 1989.
  4. 1 2 3 "Los sondeos electorales de los medios de comunicación muestran el retroceso del PSOE". ABC (in Spanish). 9 June 1989.
  5. "Los partidos grandes repiten, los menores cambian". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 9 June 1989.
  6. "El PSOE pierde de 3 a 5 escaños, IU gana 1 y el centro-derecha se mantiene". El País (in Spanish). 9 June 1989.
  7. "Izquierda Unida y las minorías mejoran a costa del PSOE". El País (in Spanish). 9 June 1989.
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  11. 1 2 "Una vez más, las encuestas de opinión no acertaron en sus estimaciones electorales". ABC (in Spanish). 19 June 1989.
  12. "Desciende el PSOE y suben centristas y comunistas". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 4 June 1989.
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