Galician parliamentary election, 1985

Galician parliamentary election, 1985

24 December 1985

All 71 seats in the Parliament of Galicia 36 seats needed for a majority Registered 2,226,449 2.4% Turnout 1,277,897 (57.4%) 11.1 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Xerardo Fernández Albor Fernando González Laxe Pablo González Mariñas Party CP PSdeG-PSOE CG Leader since 1981 19 June 1985 23 July 1985 Last election 26 seats, 30.5%[lower-alpha 1] 16 seats, 19.6% Did not stand Seats won 34 22 11 Seat change 8 6 11 Popular vote 516,218 361,946 163,425 Percentage 40.9% 28.7% 12.9% Swing 10.4 pp 9.1 pp New party   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Camilo Nogueira Xosé Manuel Beiras Party PSG-EG BNG Leader since 1980 1982 Last election 1 seat, 3.4% 3 seats, 6.3% Seats won 3 1 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 71,599 53,072 Percentage 5.7% 4.2% Swing 2.3 pp 2.1 pp

President before election Xerardo Fernández Albor CP Elected President Xerardo Fernández Albor CP

The 1985 Galician parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 24 November 1985, to elect the 2nd Parliament of Galicia, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia. At stake were all 71 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of the Xunta of Galicia.

Electoral system

The 71 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. For the 1985 election, seats were distributed as follows: Corunna (22), Lugo (15), Ourense (15) and Pontevedra (19).

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]

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

Date	Polling Firm/Source	CP	PSdeG	BNG	PSG-EG	CDS	CG	Oth.	Lead
24 Nov 1985	Regional Election	40.9	28.7	4.2	5.7	3.3	12.9	4.3	12.2
Exit polls
13–14 Nov	Alef	40.0	30.6					29.4	9.4
4–8 Nov	Aresco	41.3	28.8	4.2	4.9	6.6	7.1	7.1	12.5
23–25 Oct	Alef	40.0	31.9	6.0		7.3	7.3	7.5	8.1
24 Jun–7 Jul	Sofemasa	45.1	31.9	2.9	3.5	3.5	5.9	7.2	13.2
1985
1984
1983
1982
20 Oct 1981	Regional Election	30.5	19.6	6.3	3.4			40.2	10.9

Seat projections

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 36 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Galicia.

36 seats needed for majority

Date	Polling Firm/Source	CP	PSdeG	BNG	PSG-EG	CDS	CG	Others
24 Nov 1985	Regional Election	34	22	1	3	0	11	0
Exit polls
13–14 Nov	Alef	32−36	23−27	3	2	3−4	4−5	0
4–8 Nov	Aresco	35−40	21−25	0−2	0−3	2−5	3−7	0
23–25 Oct	Alef	32−36	23−27	3	2	3−4	4−5	0
24 Jun–7 Jul	Sofemasa	38	27	0	2	1	3	0
1985
1984
1983
1982
20 Oct 1981	Regional Election	26	16	3	1			25

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 24 November 1985 Galician Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Coalition (AP-PDP-PL)[lower-alpha 1]	516,218	40.89	10.37	34	8
	Socialist Party of Galicia (PSdeG-PSOE)	361,946	28.67	9.05	22	6
	Galician Coalition (CG)	163,425	12.94	New	11	11
	Galician Socialist Party-Galician Left (PSG-EG)	71,599	5.67	2.27	3	2
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	53,072	4.20	2.07	1	2
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	41,411	3.28	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of Galicia (PCG-PCE)	10,625	0.84	2.09	0	1
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	9,689	0.77	1.08	0	±0
	Communist Party of Galicia (Revolutionary Marxist) (PCG (m-r))	8,318	0.66	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	7,280	0.58	New	0	±0
	Galician Rural Party (PGC)	3,172	0.25	New	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	2,922	0.23	0.08	0	±0
	Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m-l))	1,554	0.12	±0.00	0	±0
	Galician Socialist Unity (USG)	1,379	0.11	1.18	0	±0
	Communist Movement of Galicia (MCG)	1,327	0.11	0.38	0	±0
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	N/A	N/A	27.80	0	24
	Blank ballots	8,627	0.68	0.68
Total		1,262,564	100.00		71	±0
Valid votes		1,262,564	98.80	0.79
Invalid votes		15,333	1.20	0.79
Votes cast / turnout		1,277,897	57.40	11.12
Abstentions		948,552	42.60	11.12
Registered voters		2,226,449
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share
AP-PDP-PL			40.89%
PSdeG-PSOE			28.67%
CG			12.94%
PSG-EG			5.67%
BNG			4.20%
CDS			3.28%
Others			3.66%
Blank ballots			0.68%

Parliamentary seats
AP-PDP-PL			47.89%
PSdeG-PSOE			30.99%
CG			15.49%
PSG-EG			4.23%
BNG			1.41%

Notes

1. Compared to the People's Alliance results in the 1981 election.

References

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

External links

• Results Electoral History (Spanish)