Spanish regional elections, 1987

10 June 1987

All 779 seats in the regional parliaments of Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile-La Mancha, Castile and León, Extremadura, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre, La Rioja and Valencia

Registered	15,341,117 3.0%
Turnout	10,364,019 (71.6%) 2.0 pp
	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Leader	Felipe González	Antonio Hernández Mancha	Adolfo Suárez
Party	PSOE	AP	CDS
Leader since	13 October 1974	8 February 1987	29 July 1982
Last election	388 seats, 47.9%	273 seats, 33.6%^{[lower-alpha 1]}	9 seats, 3.2%
Seats won	329	231	102
Seat change	59	42	93
Popular vote	4,167,207	2,981,668	1,532,031
Percentage	38.4%	27.5%	14.1%
Swing	9.5 pp	6.1 pp	10.9 pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Gerardo Iglesias	Filibert Crespo	Hipólito Gómez de las Roces
Party	IU	UV	PAR
Leader since	10 December 1982	1987	December 1977
Last election	27 seats, 6.2%^{[lower-alpha 2]}	(w. CP)	13 seats, 1.2%
Seats won	26	6	19
Seat change	1	6	6
Popular vote	687,377	183,541	179,922
Percentage	6.3%	1.7%	1.7%
Swing	0.1 pp	New party	0.5 pp

Regional administrations after the 1987 elections.
■ – PSOE ■ – AP ■ – CDS ■ – CiU ■ – PNV ■ – PAR

The 1987 Spanish regional elections were held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987 in Spain, to elect the regional parliaments of 13 of the 17 autonomous communities: Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile-La Mancha, Castile and León, Extremadura, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre, La Rioja and the Valencian Community. Andalusia, Catalonia, Galicia and the Basque Country did not held elections that day because they had separate electoral cycles. Municipal elections were held throughout Spain the same day.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) remained the largest party overall and in most regional parliaments, but lost 742,000 votes, nearly 10 percentage points and many of the absolute majorities it had obtained four years previously. As a result, several centre-right coalitions and alliances were able to oust the Socialists from government in 4 out of the 12 regional executives it held previous to the election.

The main national opposition party, the People's Alliance (AP), having suffered from an internal crisis and the breakup of the People's Coalition in 1986, also lost support compared to the previous election. Its former allies, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Party (PL), stood separately in the regional elections but remained unable to capitalize on the AP's losses.

Benefitting from the two main parties' fall was the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), a party led by the former Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez, achieving over 14% of the vote and more than 100 regional parliamentary seats. United Left (IU), a coalition made up by the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and other minor left-wing groups, remained static at the PCE's 1983 result at 6% and 26 seats.

Regional governments

Region	Outgoing government (as of 1987)			Incoming government (as of 1987)
Region	Seats	Type	Composition	Seats	Type	Composition
Autonomous communities
Aragon	33 / 66	Minority	PSOE	19 / 67	Minority	PAR
Asturias	27 / 45	Majority	PSOE	20 / 45	Minority	PSOE
Balearic Islands	23 / 54	Minority	AP	29 / 59	Coalition	AP+UM
Canary Islands	28 / 60	Minority	PSOE	30 / 60	Coalition	CDS+AIC+AP
Cantabria	14 / 35	Minority	AP	19 / 39	Majority	AP
Castile and León	42 / 84	Minority	PSOE	33 / 84	Minority	AP(+SI)
Castile-La Mancha	23 / 44	Majority	PSOE	25 / 47	Majority	PSOE
Community of Madrid	51 / 94	Majority	PSOE	40 / 96	Minority	PSOE
Extremadura	35 / 65	Majority	PSOE	34 / 65	Majority	PSOE
La Rioja	18 / 35	Majority	PSOE	15 / 33	Coalition	AP+PRP
Murcia	24 / 43	Majority	PSOE	25 / 45	Majority	PSOE
Navarre	20 / 50	Minority	PSOE	15 / 50	Minority	PSOE
Valencian Community	51 / 89	Majority	PSOE	42 / 89	Minority	PSOE

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Spanish regional election results →
Party		Vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	4,167,207	38.40	9.48	329	59
	People's Alliance (AP)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2,981,668	27.48	6.09	231	42
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,532,031	14.12	10.95	102	93
	United Left (IU)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	687,377	6.33	0.09	26	1
	Valencian Union (UV)	183,541	1.69	New	6	6
	Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR)	179,922	1.66	0.45	19	6
	Canarian Independent Groups (AIC)^{[lower-alpha 3]}	134,667	1.24	1.16	11	9
	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	127,211	1.17	New	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE-UC)	119,168	1.10	New	0	±0
	Navarrese People's Union (UPN)	69,419	0.64	0.03	14	1
	The Greens (LV)	48,449	0.45	New	0	±0
	Canarian Assembly-Canarian Nationalist Left (AC-INC)	46,229	0.43	New	2	2
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	38,202	0.35	0.17	5	3
	People's Unity (HB)	38,138	0.35	0.08	7	1
	United Extremadura (EU)	34,606	0.32	0.14	4	2
	Majorcan Union (UM)	30,186	0.28	0.18	4	2
	Humanist Platform (PH)	21,849	0.20	New	0	±0
	Basque Solidarity (EA)	19,840	0.18	New	4	4
	Independent Solution (SI)	19,282	0.18	New	1	1
	Foral Democrat Union (UDF)	17,663	0.16	New	3	3
	Cantonal Party (PCAN)	17,212	0.16	0.03	0	±0
	Socialist Party of Majorca (PSM)	16,413	0.15	0.05	2	2
	Centre Canarian Union-Liberal Party (UCC-PL)	15,580	0.14	0.10	0	1
	Confederation of the Greens (CV)	12,755	0.12	New	0	±0
	Valencian Electoral Coalition (CEV)	11,984	0.11	New	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		142,096	1.31	–	8	–
	Basque Country Left (EE)	9,618	0.09	0.03	1	1
	Progressive Riojan Party (PRP)	9,212	0.08	0.02	2	±0
	Leonesist Union (UNLE)	8,963	0.08	New	0	±0
	Canarias National Congress (CNC)	8,769	0.08	New	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	7,334	0.07	New	0	±0
	Asturianist Party (PAS)	7,302	0.07	New	0	±0
	Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	6,977	0.06	New	0	±0
	Aragonese Unity-Aragonese Union (UA-CHA)	6,154	0.06	New	0	±0
	Liberal Party (PL)	5,958	0.05	New	0	±0
	Assembly (Batzarre)	5,880	0.05	New	0	±0
	Majoreran Assembly (AM)	5,423	0.05	±0.00	3	±0
	El Bierzo Party (PB)	5,387	0.05	0.01	0	±0
	Nationalist Party of Castile and León (PANCAL)	5,190	0.05	New	0	±0
	Spanish Vertex Ecological Development Revindication (VERDE)	5,056	0.05	New	0	±0
	Republican People's Unity (UPR)	4,744	0.04	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	4,583	0.04	0.17	0	±0
	Valencian Nationalist Left-Valencianist Regional Union (ENV-URV)	4,175	0.04	0.03	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)	4,090	0.04	0.29	0	±0
	Autonomic Independent Group of Madrid (AIAM)	3,432	0.03	New	0	±0
	Asturian Nationalist Ensame (ENA)	2,800	0.03	0.01	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	2,777	0.03	New	0	±0
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV)	2,661	0.02	0.16	0	3
	Left Front (FI)	2,295	0.02	New	0	±0
	Murcian Regionalist Party (PRM)	1,976	0.02	New	0	±0
	Radicals' Movement for Cantabria (MRC)	1,864	0.02	New	0	±0
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	1,415	0.01	±0.00	2	1
	Social Democratic Party of Castile-La Mancha (PSDCLM)	1,317	0.01	New	0	±0
	Left Nationalists Union (UNI)	1,287	0.01	New	0	±0
	Regionalist Unitary Party (PUR)	1,183	0.01	New	0	±0
	Canary Islands People's Front-Awañac (FREPIC-Awañac)	1,106	0.01	New	0	±0
	Life and Autonomy (ViA)	952	0.01	New	0	±0
	Spanish Ruralist Party (PRE)	749	0.01	New	0	±0
	Lanzarote Assembly (Tagoror)	552	0.01	New	0	±0
	Manchegan Regionalist Party (PRM)	487	0.00	New	0	±0
	Canarian Democratic Union (UDC)	428	0.00	New	0	±0

	Blank ballots	138,750	1.28	0.57

Total		10,851,445	100.00		779	15

Valid votes		10,851,445	98.74	0.19
Invalid votes		138,346	1.26	0.19
Votes cast / turnout		10,989,791	71.64	2.06
Abstentions		4,351,326	28.36	2.06
Registered voters		15,341,117

Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share

PSOE			38.40%
AP			27.48%
CDS			14.12%
IU			6.33%
UV			1.69%
PAR			1.66%
AIC			1.24%
PDP			1.17%
PTE-UC			1.10%
UPN			0.64%
AC-INC			0.43%
PRC			0.35%
HB			0.35%
EU			0.32%
UM			0.28%
EA			0.18%
SI			0.18%
UDF			0.16%
PSM			0.15%
Others			2.25%
Blank ballots			1.28%

Parliamentary seats

PSOE			42.23%
AP			29.65%
CDS			13.09%
IU			3.34%
PAR			2.44%
UPN			1.80%
AIC			1.41%
HB			0.90%
UV			0.77%
PRC			0.64%
EU			0.51%
UM			0.51%
EA			0.51%
UDF			0.39%
AM			0.39%
AC-INC			0.26%
PSM			0.26%
PRP			0.26%
AHI			0.26%
Others			0.26%

Notes

1 2 People's Alliance results are compared to the People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.
1 2 United Left results are compared to the Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 election.
↑ Canarian Independent Groups results are compared to the Independents' Gomera Group and Lanzarote Island Group totals in the 1983 election.

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