Riojan parliamentary election, 1987

Riojan parliamentary election, 1987

10 June 1987

All 33 seats in the Parliament of La Rioja 17 seats needed for a majority Registered 201,738 3.5% Turnout 146,258 (72.5%) 2.3 pp   First party Second party   Leader Alicia Izaguirre Joaquín Espert Party PSOE AP Leader since 1987 1983 Last election 18 seats, 47.2% 15 seats, 40.0%[lower-alpha 1] Seats won 14 13 Seat change 4 2 Popular vote 57,178 50,179 Percentage 39.6% 34.8% Swing 7.6 pp 5.2 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Manuel Fernández Ilarraza Luis Javier Rodríguez Party CDS PRP Leader since 1987 6 December 1982 Last election 0 seats, 2.4% 2 seats, 7.5% Seats won 4 2 Seat change 4 ±0 Popular vote 15,640 9,212 Percentage 10.8% 6.4% Swing 8.4 pp 1.1 pp

President before election José María de Miguel PSOE Elected President Joaquín Espert AP

The 1987 Riojan parliamentary election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd Parliament of La Rioja, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of La Rioja. At stake were all seats in the Parliament, determining the President of La Rioja. The number of members decreased from 35 to 33 compared to the previous election.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) came first by winning the most votes and seats, but lost its absolute majority and suffered an important loss of support from 1983. As a result, a coalition government was formed between the second and fourth-most voted parties: the People's Alliance (AP), which lost votes and seats from the previous election as a result of the breakup of the People's Coalition, and the Progressive Riojan Party (PRP). Together, they had 15 seats, one more than the PSOE, and were able to get AP leader, Joaquín Espert, elected thanks to the decisive abstention of the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which became the third political force in the community with 4 seats and 10.8% of the share.

The AP-PRP coalition would only last until January 1989, however; from that date, the PRP would leave the coalition, resulting in a minority AP government until 1990, when a motion of censure against Espert would result in the PSOE returning to government, thanks to the vote of the PRP deputies and a CDS deserter.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Parliament of La Rioja was set to a fixed-number of 33. All Parliament members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of La Rioja), 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.^[1]

Results

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 La Rioja Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	57,178	39.64	7.53	14	4
	People's Alliance (AP)[lower-alpha 1]	50,179	34.78	5.20	13	2
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	15,640	10.84	8.43	4	4
	Progressive Riojan Party (PRP)	9,212	6.39	1.07	2	±0
	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	4,721	3.27	New	0	±0
	United Left (IU)[lower-alpha 2]	3,478	2.41	0.24	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain-Communist Unity (PTE-UC)	1,400	0.97	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	2,452	1.70	0.89
Total		144,260	100.00		33	2
Valid votes		144,260	98.63	0.20
Invalid votes		1,998	1.37	0.20
Votes cast / turnout		146,258	72.50	2.26
Abstentions		55,480	27.50	2.26
Registered voters		201,738
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PSOE			39.64%
AP			34.78%
CDS			10.84%
PRP			6.39%
PDP			3.27%
IU			2.41%
PTE-UC			0.97%
Blank ballots			1.70%

Parliamentary seats
PSOE			42.42%
AP			39.39%
CDS			12.12%
PRP			6.06%

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. "Law 1/1987, of 23 January, of elections to the Regional Deputation of La Rioja." (PDF).