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   170x170px 170x170px Leader Manuel Fraga Fernando González Laxe Xosé Manuel Beiras Party PP PSdeG BNG Leader since 1989 19 June 1985 1982 Last election 34 seats, 40.9% 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   170x170px Leader Camilo Nogueira Xosé Luís Barreiro Party PSG-EG CG Leader since 1980 22 November 1987 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 PSdeG Elected President Manuel Fraga PP

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.

Results

Overall

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

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Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	583,579	44.02	3.13	38	4
	Socialist Party of Galicia (PSdeG-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-IU)	19,774	1.49	0.65	0	±0
	Galician Nationalist Party-Galicianist Party (PNG-PG)	18,036	1.36	New	0	±0
	Ruiz Mateos' Group (ARM)	7,058	0.53	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	3,724	0.28	0.49	0	±0
	The Greens of Galicia (OVG)	3,214	0.24	New	0	±0
	The Ecologist Greens (OVE)	2,789	0.21	New	0	±0
	Galician People's Front (FPG)	2,629	0.20	New	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		4,141	0.31	–	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Galician People (PCPG-PCPE)	989	0.07	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	748	0.06	0.52	0	±0
	United Galicia Party (PGU)	746	0.06	New	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	691	0.05	0.18	0	±0
	Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m-l))	530	0.04	0.08	0	±0
	Alliance for the Republic (AR)	437	0.03	New	0	±0

	Blank ballots	5,285	0.40	0.28
Total		1,325,657	100.00		75	4
Valid votes		1,325,657	99.18	0.38
Invalid votes		10,921	0.82	0.38
Votes cast / turnout		1,336,578	59.50	2.10
Abstentions		909,877	40.50	2.10
Registered voters		2,246,455
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PP			44.02%
PSdeG-PSOE			32.68%
BNG			7.97%
PSG-EG			3.78%
CG			3.64%
CDS			2.88%
EU-IU			1.49%
PNG-PG			1.36%
Others			1.78%
Blank ballots			0.40%

Parliamentary seats
PP			50.67%
PSdeG-PSOE			37.33%
BNG			6.67%
PSG-EG			2.67%
CG			2.67%