Basque parliamentary election, 1980
Basque parliamentary election, 1980
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All 60 seats in the Basque Parliament
31 seats needed for a majority |
| Registered |
1,554,527 |
| Turnout |
929,051 (59.8%) |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Carlos Garaikoetxea |
No candidate |
Txiki Benegas |
| Party |
EAJ/PNV |
HB |
PSE–PSOE |
| Leader since |
1977 |
N/A |
1977 |
| Seats won |
25 |
11 |
9 |
| Popular vote |
349,102 |
151,636 |
130,221 |
| Percentage |
38.0% |
16.5% |
14.2% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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| Leader |
Juan María Bandrés |
Jesús María Viana |
Florencio Aróstegui |
| Party |
EE |
UCD |
AP |
| Leader since |
1979 |
1980 |
1980 |
| Seats won |
6 |
6 |
2 |
| Popular vote |
89,953 |
78,095 |
43,751 |
| Percentage |
9.8% |
8.5% |
4.8% |
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The 1980 Basque parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 9 March 1980, to elect the 1st Basque Parliament, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country. At stake were all 60 seats in the Parliament, determining the Lehendakari (President of the Basque Country).
The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) won 25 seats, People's Unity (HB) came second with 11 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE-PSOE) came third with 9 seats. The Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) and Nasque Country Left (EE) won 6 seats each.
Electoral system
The 60 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. As the community had not passed an electoral law of its own at the time, the electoral system came regulated under regional Decree of 12 January 1980, which distributed the Parliament seats as follows: Alava (20), Biscay (20) and Gipuzkoa (20).
Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% 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
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Blank ballots |
3,570 | 0.39 | — |
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| Total |
919,845 | 100.00 | |
60 | — |
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| Valid votes |
919,845 | 99.01 | — |
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| Invalid votes |
9,206 | 0.99 | — |
| Votes cast / turnout |
929,051 | 59.76 | — |
| Abstentions |
625,476 | 40.24 | — |
| Registered voters |
1,554,527 | |
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| Source: Argos Information Portal |
Results by district
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| District |
PNV |
HB |
PSE |
EE |
UCD |
AP |
PCE/EPK |
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% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
| Álava |
30.1 |
7 |
14.1 |
3 |
14.0 |
3 |
9.2 |
2 |
19.7 |
4 |
5.7 |
1 |
3.0 |
– |
| Biscay |
40.0 |
9 |
16.4 |
4 |
14.4 |
3 |
7.8 |
1 |
6.8 |
1 |
5.8 |
1 |
4.8 |
1 |
| Gipuzkoa |
37.3 |
9 |
17.6 |
4 |
13.8 |
3 |
13.5 |
3 |
7.6 |
1 |
2.7 |
– |
3.0 |
– |
| Total |
38.0 |
25 |
16.5 |
11 |
14.2 |
9 |
9.8 |
6 |
8.5 |
6 |
4.8 |
2 |
4.0 |
1 |
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