Basque parliamentary election, 1984

Basque parliamentary election, 1984

26 February 1984

All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority Registered 1,584,540 1.9% Turnout 1,085,304 (68.5%) 8.7 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Carlos Garaikoetxea Txiki Benegas No candidate Party EAJ-PNV PSE-PSOE HB Leader since 1977 1977 N/A Last election 25 seats, 38.0% 9 seats, 14.2% 11 seats, 16.5% Seats won 32 19 11 Seat change 7 10 ±0 Popular vote 451,178 247,786 157,389 Percentage 41.8% 23.0% 14.6% Swing 3.8 pp 8.8 pp 1.9 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Jaime Mayor Oreja Mario Onaindia Party CP EE Leader since 1984 1982 Last election 2 seats, 4.8%[lower-alpha 1] 6 seats, 9.8% Seats won 7 6 Seat change 5 ±0 Popular vote 100,581 85,671 Percentage 9.3% 7.9% Swing 4.5 pp 1.9 pp

Lehendakari before election Carlos Garaikoetxea EAJ-PNV Elected Lehendakari Carlos Garaikoetxea EAJ-PNV

The 1984 Basque parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 26 February 1984, to elect the 2nd Basque Parliament, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country. At stake were all seats in the Parliament, determining the Lehendakari (President of the Basque Country). The number of members increased from 60 to 75 compared to the previous election.

The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) won 32 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE-PSOE) came second with 19 seats, People's Unity (HB) came third with 11 seats, the People's Coalition (AP-PDP-UL) won 7 seats, and Basque Country Left (EE) won 6 seats.

Electoral system

The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected in 3 multi-member districts, corresponding to the Basque Country's three provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was assigned a fixed set of seats, distributed as follows: Alava (25), Biscay (25) and Gipuzkoa (25).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 26 February 1984 Basque Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV)	451,178	41.81	3.86	32	7
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE-PSOE)	247,786	22.96	8.80	19	10
	People's Unity (HB)	157,389	14.59	1.89	11	±0
	People's Coalition (AP-PDP-UL)[lower-alpha 1]	100,581	9.32	4.56	7	5
	Basque Country Left (EE)	85,671	7.94	1.84	6	±0
	Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE-EPK)	14,985	1.39	2.62	0	1
	Neighborhood Labor (Auzolan)	10,714	0.99	0.76	0	±0
	Left Socialist Candidature (CSI)	2,507	0.23	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	2,173	0.20	0.03	0	±0
	Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m-l))	1,044	0.10	New	0	±0
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	N/A	N/A	8.49	0	6
	Blank ballots	5,029	0.47	0.08
Total		1,079,057	100.00		75	15
Valid votes		1,079,057	99.42	0.41
Invalid votes		6,247	0.58	0.41
Votes cast / turnout		1,085,304	68.49	8.73
Abstentions		499,236	31.51	8.73
Registered voters		1,584,540
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share
EAJ-PNV			41.81%
PSE-PSOE			22.96%
HB			14.59%
AP-PDP-UL			9.32%
EE			7.94%
PCE-EPK			1.39%
Others			1.52%
Blank ballots			0.47%

Parliamentary seats
EAJ-PNV			42.67%
PSE-PSOE			25.33%
HB			14.67%
AP-PDP-UL			9.33%
EE			8.00%

Notes

1. Compared to the People's Alliance results in the 1980 election.

References

1. "Law 28/1983, of 25 November, of elections to the Basque Parliament.".