The 1983 Extremaduran regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Assembly of the autonomous community of Extremadura. All 65 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
Transitory Provision First of the Statute established a specific electoral procedure for the first election to the Regional Assembly of Murcia, to be supplemented by the provisions within Royal Decree-Law 20/1977, of 18 March, and its related regulations. Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Extremadura and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 65 members of the Assembly of Extremadura were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed listproportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Alternatively, parties failing to reach the threshold in one of the constituencies were also entitled to enter the seat distribution as long as they ran candidates in both districts and reached five percent regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Badajoz and Cáceres, with each being allocated a fixed number of seats: 35 for Badajoz and 30 for Cáceres.[4][5]
Election dateedit
The Junta of Extremadura, in agreement with the Government of Spain, was required to call an election to the Assembly of Extremadura before 31 May 1983. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[4]
On 7 March 1983, it was confirmed that the first election to the Assembly of Extremadura would be held on Sunday, 8 May, together with regional elections for twelve other autonomous communities as well as nationwide local elections.[6][7][8]
Parliamentary compositionedit
The first election to the Assembly of Extremadura was officially called on 10 March 1983, after the publication of the election decree in the Official Gazette of the Autonomous Community of Extremadura, with the mandate of the provisional Assembly ending on 8 May 1983.[9] The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the provisional Assembly at the time of its expiry.[2]
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one-thousandth of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election—with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[5]
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:
^"Los votos de dos centristas pemiten a un socialista presidir la Junta de Extremadura". El País (in Spanish). 22 December 1982. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ ab"Juan Carlos Rodríguez y Pablo Castellano, al frente de los órganos autonómicos extremeños". El País (in Spanish). 6 March 1983. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^"Rodriguez Ibarra conserva el cargo". El País (in Spanish). 10 May 1983. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ abc"Ley Orgánica 1/1983, de 25 de febrero, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Extremadura". Organic Law No. 1 of 25 February 1983 (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^ ab"Real Decreto-ley 20/1977, de 18 de marzo, sobre Normas Electorales". Royal Decree-Law No. 20 of 18 March 1977 (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^"Se confirma el 8 de mayo como la fecha de las elecciones locales". El País (in Spanish). 8 March 1983. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^"Hoy se hará oficial la convocatoria de elecciones locales para el 8 de mayo". El País (in Spanish). 9 March 1983. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^"Convocadas las elecciones locales y autonómicas para el domingo 8 de mayo". El País (in Spanish). 10 March 1983. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^"Decreto 5/83 de la Junta de Extremadura por el que se convocan elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura (in Spanish) (2): 7046–7047. 10 March 1983. ISSN 9957-196X.
^"Assembly of Extremadura election, 1983". www.datoselecciones.com (in Spanish). Election Data. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^ ab"Assembly of Extremadura election results, 8 May 1983. Badajoz and Cáceres" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Central Electoral Commission. 12 September 1983. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^ abcd"Eleccions a la Asamblea de Extremadura (1983 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^"AP se quedó sola en la moción de censura contra la Junta de Extremadura". El País (in Spanish). 20 March 1987. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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The 1983 Extremaduran regional election was held on Sunday 8 May 1983 to elect the 1st Assembly of the autonomous community of Extremadura All 65 seats in the Assembly were up for election The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain 1983 Extremaduran regional election8 May 1983 1987 All 65 seats in the Assembly of Extremadura33 seats needed for a majorityRegistered786 200Turnout565 244 71 9 First party Second party Third party Leader Juan Carlos Rodriguez Ibarra Adolfo Diaz Ambrona Pedro CanadaParty PSOE AP PDP PL EULeader since 20 December 1982 1976 10 December 1980Leader s seat Badajoz Badajoz CaceresSeats won 35 20 6Popular vote 296 939 168 606 47 504Percentage 53 0 30 1 8 5 Fourth party Leader Manuel ParejaParty PCELeader since 1983Leader s seat BadajozSeats won 4Popular vote 36 294Percentage 6 5 Constituency results map for the Assembly of ExtremaduraPresident before electionJuan Carlos Rodriguez IbarraPSOE Elected President Juan Carlos Rodriguez IbarraPSOEThe Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE under the leadership of pre autonomic president Juan Carlos Rodriguez Ibarra 1 2 won a landslide victory by securing 53 of the share and 36 out of 65 seats The People s Coalition the electoral alliance of the People s Alliance AP the People s Democratic Party PDP and the Liberal Union UL emerged as the second largest political force with 30 of the vote and 20 seats whereas United Extremadura EU and the Communist Party of Spain PCE entered the Assembly with 6 and 4 seats respectively 3 Contents 1 Overview 1 1 Electoral system 1 2 Election date 2 Parliamentary composition 3 Parties and candidates 4 Results 4 1 Overall 4 2 Distribution by constituency 5 Aftermath 5 1 Government formation 5 2 1987 motion of no confidence 6 Notes 7 ReferencesOverview editElectoral system edit The Assembly of Extremadura was the devolved unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Extremadura having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Extremaduran Statute of Autonomy as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president 4 Transitory Provision First of the Statute established a specific electoral procedure for the first election to the Regional Assembly of Murcia to be supplemented by the provisions within Royal Decree Law 20 1977 of 18 March and its related regulations Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age registered in Extremadura and in full enjoyment of their political rights The 65 members of the Assembly of Extremadura were elected using the D Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes which included blank ballots being applied in each constituency Alternatively parties failing to reach the threshold in one of the constituencies were also entitled to enter the seat distribution as long as they ran candidates in both districts and reached five percent regionally Seats were allocated to constituencies corresponding to the provinces of Badajoz and Caceres with each being allocated a fixed number of seats 35 for Badajoz and 30 for Caceres 4 5 Election date edit The Junta of Extremadura in agreement with the Government of Spain was required to call an election to the Assembly of Extremadura before 31 May 1983 In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two month period from the first ballot the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four year terms 4 On 7 March 1983 it was confirmed that the first election to the Assembly of Extremadura would be held on Sunday 8 May together with regional elections for twelve other autonomous communities as well as nationwide local elections 6 7 8 Parliamentary composition editThe first election to the Assembly of Extremadura was officially called on 10 March 1983 after the publication of the election decree in the Official Gazette of the Autonomous Community of Extremadura with the mandate of the provisional Assembly ending on 8 May 1983 9 The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the provisional Assembly at the time of its expiry 2 Parliamentary composition in May 1983 Groups Parties LegislatorsSeats TotalSocialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 41 41People s Parliamentary Group AP 16 16Centrist Parliamentary Group UCD 5 5Mixed Parliamentary Group EU 2 3PCE 1Parties and candidates editThe electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election call whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one thousandth of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates 5 Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election Candidacy Parties andalliances Leading candidate Ideology Gov Ref PSOE List Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE nbsp Juan Carlos Rodriguez Ibarra Social democracy nbsp YAP PDP UL List People s Alliance AP People s Democratic Party PDP Liberal Union UL nbsp Adolfo Diaz Ambrona ConservatismChristian democracy nbsp NEU List United Extremadura EU nbsp Pedro Canada Regionalism nbsp NPCE List Communist Party of Spain PCE nbsp Manuel Pareja Eurocommunism nbsp NResults editOverall edit Summary of the 8 May 1983 Assembly of Extremadura election results nbsp Parties and alliances Popular vote SeatsVotes pp Total Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE 296 939 53 02 n a 35 n aPeople s Coalition AP PDP UL 168 606 30 10 n a 20 n aUnited Extremadura EU 47 504 8 48 n a 6 n aCommunist Party of Spain PCE 36 294 6 48 n a 4 n aDemocratic and Social Centre CDS 4 414 0 79 n a 0 n aExtremaduran Popular Bloc BPEx 2 249 0 40 n a 0 n aSpanish Communist Workers Party Unified Communist Party PCOE PCEU 1 463 0 26 n a 0 n aBlank ballots 2 622 0 47 n aTotal 560 091 65 n aValid votes 560 091 99 09 n aInvalid votes 5 153 0 91 n aVotes cast turnout 565 244 71 90 n aAbstentions 220 956 28 10 n aRegistered voters 786 200Sources 10 11 12 Popular votePSOE 53 02 AP PDP UL 30 10 EU 8 48 PCE 6 48 Others 1 45 Blank ballots 0 47 SeatsPSOE 53 85 AP PDP UL 30 77 EU 9 23 PCE 6 15 Distribution by constituency edit Constituency PSOE CP EU PCE S S S SBadajoz 56 6 20 30 9 11 3 4 1 8 3 3Caceres 47 5 15 29 0 9 16 3 5 3 7 1Total 53 0 35 30 1 20 8 5 6 6 5 4Sources 11 12 Aftermath editGovernment formation edit InvestitureJuan Carlos Rodriguez Ibarra PSOE Ballot 7 June 1983Required majority 33 out of 65 nbsp YYes PSOE 35 PCE 3 38 65No EU 6 6 65Abstentions 0 65Absentees AP PDP UL 20 PCE 1 21 65Sources 12 1987 motion of no confidence edit Motion of no confidenceAdolfo Diaz Ambrona AP Ballot 18 March 1987Required majority 33 out of 65 nbsp NYes AP PDP PL 17 17 65No PSOE 33 EU 1 Independents 2 36 65Abstentions Independent 1 1 65Absentees PCE 4 EU 3 PSOE 2 AP PDP UL 2 11 65Sources 12 13 Notes editReferences edit Los votos de dos centristas pemiten a un socialista presidir la Junta de Extremadura El Pais in Spanish 22 December 1982 Retrieved 12 December 2019 a b Juan Carlos Rodriguez y Pablo Castellano al frente de los organos autonomicos extremenos El Pais in Spanish 6 March 1983 Retrieved 12 December 2019 Rodriguez Ibarra conserva el cargo El Pais in Spanish 10 May 1983 Retrieved 12 December 2019 a b c Ley Organica 1 1983 de 25 de febrero de Estatuto de Autonomia de Extremadura Organic Law No 1 of 25 February 1983 in Spanish Retrieved 17 March 2017 a b Real Decreto ley 20 1977 de 18 de marzo sobre Normas Electorales Royal Decree Law No 20 of 18 March 1977 in Spanish Retrieved 27 December 2016 Se confirma el 8 de mayo como la fecha de las elecciones locales El Pais in Spanish 8 March 1983 Retrieved 13 December 2019 Hoy se hara oficial la convocatoria de elecciones locales para el 8 de mayo El Pais in Spanish 9 March 1983 Retrieved 13 December 2019 Convocadas las elecciones locales y autonomicas para el domingo 8 de mayo El Pais in Spanish 10 March 1983 Retrieved 13 December 2019 Decreto 5 83 de la Junta de Extremadura por el que se convocan elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura PDF Boletin Oficial de la Comunidad Autonoma de Extremadura in Spanish 2 7046 7047 10 March 1983 ISSN 9957 196X Assembly of Extremadura election 1983 www datoselecciones com in Spanish Election Data Retrieved 26 September 2017 a b Assembly of Extremadura election results 8 May 1983 Badajoz and Caceres PDF www juntaelectoralcentral es in Spanish Central Electoral Commission 12 September 1983 Retrieved 26 September 2017 a b c d Eleccions a la Asamblea de Extremadura 1983 2019 Historia Electoral com in Spanish Retrieved 26 September 2017 AP se quedo sola en la mocion de censura contra la Junta de Extremadura El Pais in Spanish 20 March 1987 Retrieved 11 December 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1983 Extremaduran regional election amp oldid 1172797544, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
