Basque parliamentary election, 1986

Basque parliamentary election, 1986

30 November 1986

All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority Registered 1,660,143 4.8% Turnout 1,155,815 (69.6%) 1.1 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader José Antonio Ardanza Txiki Benegas Iñaki Esnaola Party EAJ-PNV PSE-PSOE HB Leader since 2 March 1985 1977 1986 Last election 32 seats, 41.8% 19 seats, 23.0% 11 seats, 14.6% Seats won 17 19 13 Seat change 15 ±0 2 Popular vote 271,208 252,233 199,900 Percentage 23.6% 22.0% 17.4% Swing 18.2 pp 1.0 pp 2.8 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Carlos Garaikoetxea Juan María Bandrés Julen Guimón Party EA EE AP Leader since 4 September 1986 1985 1986 Last election Did not contest 6 seats, 7.9% 7 seats, 9.3%[lower-alpha 1] Seats won 13 9 2 Seat change 13 3 5 Popular vote 181,175 124,423 55,606 Percentage 15.8% 10.8% 4.8% Swing New party 2.9 pp 4.5 pp

Lehendakari before election José Antonio Ardanza EAJ-PNV Elected Lehendakari José Antonio Ardanza EAJ-PNV

The 1986 Basque parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 30 November 1986, to elect the 3rd Basque Parliament, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country. At stake were all 75 seats in the Parliament, determining the Lehendakari (President of the Basque Country).

The Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE-PSOE) won 19 seats, the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) came second with 17 seats, People's Unity (HB) and Basque Solidarity (EA), a PNV split, each won 13 seats, and Basque Country Left won 9 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 30 November 1986 Basque Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV)	271,208	23.60	18.21	17	15
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE-PSOE)	252,233	21.95	1.01	19	±0
	People's Unity (HB)	199,900	17.40	2.81	13	2
	Basque Solidarity (EA)	181,175	15.77	New	13	13
	Basque Country Left (EE)	124,423	10.83	2.89	9	3
	People's Alliance-Liberal Party (AP-PL)[lower-alpha 1]	55,606	4.84	4.48	2	5
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	40,445	3.52	New	2	2
	United Left (EB-IU)	6,750	0.59	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE-EPK)	5,675	0.49	0.90	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	2,925	0.25	0.05	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	1,400	0.12	New	0	±0
	Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	1,190	0.10	New	0	±0
	Republican People's Unity (UPR)	1,102	0.10	±0.00	0	±0
	Blank ballots	5,003	0.44	0.03
Total		1,149,035	100.00		75	±0
Valid votes		1,149,035	99.41	0.01
Invalid votes		6,780	0.59	0.01
Votes cast / turnout		1,155,815	69.62	1.13
Abstentions		504,328	30.38	1.13
Registered voters		1,660,143
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share
EAJ-PNV			23.60%
PSE-PSOE			21.95%
HB			17.40%
EA			15.77%
EE			10.83%
AP-PL			4.84%
CDS			3.52%
Others			1.66%
Blank ballots			0.44%

Parliamentary seats
PSE-PSOE			25.33%
EAJ-PNV			22.67%
HB			17.33%
EA			17.33%
EE			12.00%
AP-PL			2.67%
CDS			2.67%

Notes

1. Compared to the People's Coalition results in the 1984 election.

References

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