Galician parliamentary election, 1989

Galician parliamentary election, 1989

17 December 1989

All 75 seats in the Parliament of Galicia 38 seats needed for a majority Registered 2,246,455 0.9% Turnout 1,336,578 (59.5%) 2.1 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Manuel Fraga Fernando González Laxe Xosé Manuel Beiras Party PPdeG PSdG–PSOE BNG Leader since 1989 19 June 1985 1982 Leader's seat Lugo A Coruña A Coruña Last election 34 seats, 40.9%[lower-alpha 1] 22 seats, 28.7% 1 seat, 4.2% Seats won 38 28 5 Seat change 4 6 4 Popular vote 583,579 433,256 105,703 Percentage 44.0% 32.7% 8.0% Swing 3.1 pp 4.0 pp 3.8 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Camilo Nogueira Xosé Luís Barreiro Party PSG–EG CG Leader since 1980 22 November 1987 Leader's seat Pontevedra Ourense Last election 3 seats, 5.7% 11 seats, 12.9% Seats won 2 2 Seat change 1 9 Popular vote 50,047 48,208 Percentage 3.8% 3.6% Swing 1.9 pp 9.3 pp

President before election Fernando González Laxe PSdG–PSOE Elected President Manuel Fraga PPdeG

The 1989 Galician parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 17 December 1989, to elect the 3rd Parliament of Galicia, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia. At stake were all seats in the Parliament, determining the President of the Xunta of Galicia. The number of members increased from 71 to 75 compared to the previous election.

Electoral system

The 75 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. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 10 seats, with the remaining 35 seats being allocated among the four provinces in proportion to their populations. For the 1989 election, seats were distributed as follows: Corunna (24), Lugo (15), Ourense (15) and Pontevedra (21).

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]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 17 December 1989 Galician Parliament election results →

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party of Galicia (PPdeG)[lower-alpha 1]	583,579	44.02	+3.13	38	+4
	Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE)	433,256	32.68	+4.01	28	+6
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	105,703	7.97	+3.77	5	+4
	Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left (PSG–EG)	50,047	3.78	–1.89	2	–1
	Galician Coalition (CG)	48,208	3.64	–9.30	2	–9
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	38,214	2.88	–0.40	0	±0
	United Left (EU)[lower-alpha 2]	19,774	1.49	+0.65	0	±0
	Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party (PNG–PG)	18,036	1.36	New	0	±0

References

Elections and referendums in Galicia
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