Madrilenian parliamentary election, 1987

Madrilenian parliamentary election, 1987

10 June 1987

All 96 seats in the Assembly of Madrid 49 seats needed for a majority Registered 3,515,847 4.0% Turnout 2,456,467 (69.9%) 0.2 pp   First party Second party   Leader Joaquín Leguina Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Party PSM-PSOE AP Leader since 14 December 1979 8 February 1987 Last election 51 seats, 50.5% 34 seats, 34.1%[lower-alpha 1] Seats won 40 32 Seat change 11 2 Popular vote 932,878 762,102 Percentage 38.4% 31.4% Swing 12.1 pp 2.7 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Fernando Castedo Isabel Villalonga Party CDS IU Leader since 1987 1987 Last election 0 seats, 3.1% 9 seats, 8.8%[lower-alpha 2] Seats won 17 7 Seat change 17 2 Popular vote 403,440 181,512 Percentage 16.6% 7.5% Swing 13.5 pp 1.3 pp

President before election Joaquín Leguina PSM-PSOE Elected President Joaquín Leguina PSM-PSOE

The 1987 Madrilenian parliamentary election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd Assembly of Madrid, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Madrid. At stake were all seats in the Assembly, determining the President of the Community of Madrid. The number of members increased from 94 to 96 compared to the previous election.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) under Joaquín Leguina lost its overall majority in the Assembly, but remained the largest party. The most notable election result was the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) breakthrough, emerging as the third largest party at the expense of all other parties in the regional parliament. The People's Alliance (AP) of newly elected AP Madrid leader Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón remained static, maintaining its position as the second largest party, while United Left (IU), a coalition of the Communist Party of Spain and other left-wing political forces, slipped to fourth place.

In the aftermath of the election, the CDS chose to abstain in the investiture voting in order to allow the PSOE to continue to govern in minority.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the regional Assembly was determined by the population count, with 1 seat per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000, according to the most updated census data.^[1] As the updated population census for the 1987 election was the corresponding to year 1986 (4,780,582), the Assembly size was set to 96 seats.^[2]

All Assembly members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of Madrid), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[3]

Opinion polls

Vote estimations

Poll results are listed in the tables below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. 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. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown empty.

Polling Firm/Link	Last Date of Polling					Margin of Error	Sample Size	Lead
Regional Election	June 10, 1987	38.4	31.4	7.5	16.6			7.0
Gallup	June 4, 1987	37.2	31.9	10.3	14.6		3,583	5.3
Demoscopia	May 26, 1987	34.4	26.6	7.8	25.0			7.8
Sofemasa	April 17, 1987	36.3	23.0	7.2	18.0			13.3
General Election	June 22, 1986	40.8	32.0	6.0	13.9			8.8
Regional Election	May 8, 1983	50.5	34.1	8.8	3.1			16.4

Parliamentary 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. 49 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid.

49 seats needed for majority

Polling Firm/Link	Last Date of Polling
Regional Election	June 10, 1987	40	32	7	17
Gallup	June 4, 1987	38	32/33	10/11	15
Demoscopia	May 26, 1987	35	27	7	25
General Election	June 22, 1986	(43)	(33)	(6)	(14)
Regional Election	May 8, 1983	51	34	9	0

Results

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Madrid Assembly election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	932,878	38.45	12.02	40	11
	People's Alliance (AP)[lower-alpha 1]	762,102	31.41	2.72	32	2
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	403,440	16.63	13.51	17	17
	United Left (IU)[lower-alpha 2]	181,512	7.48	1.37	7	2
	Workers' Party of Spain-Communist Unity (PTE-UC)	41,323	1.70	New	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	26,187	1.08	New	0	±0
	Confederation of the Greens (CV)	12,755	0.53	New	0	±0
	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	9,101	0.38	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	4,963	0.20	New	0	±0
	Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	3,574	0.15	New	0	±0
	Autonomic Independent Group of Madrid (AIAM)	3,432	0.14	New	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	3,009	0.12	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	42,196	1.74	1.15
Total		2,426,472	100.00		96	2
Valid votes		2,426,472	98.78	0.51
Invalid votes		29,995	1.22	0.51
Votes cast / turnout		2,456,467	69.87	0.16
Abstentions		1,059,380	30.13	0.16
Registered voters		3,515,847
Source(s): Assembly of Madrid Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PSOE			38.45%
AP			31.41%
CDS			16.63%
IU			7.48%
PTE-UC			1.70%
LV			1.08%
Others			1.51%
Blank ballots			1.74%

Parliamentary seats
PSOE			41.67%
AP			33.33%
CDS			17.71%
IU			7.29%

Notes

1. Compared to the People's Coalition results in the 1983 election.
2. Compared to the Communist Party of Spain results in the 1983 election.

References

1. "Statute of Autonomy of Madrid; Title I. Chapter I. Of the Assembly of Madrid.)".
2. "Chronology of the Assembly of Madrid" (in Spanish). ABC. 2010-05-17.
3. "Law 11/1986, of 16 December, electoral of the Community of Madrid; Chapter VII. The electoral system.".