The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) emerged as the largest party in 11 out of the 13 autonomous communities holding elections, reaching or nearing the absolute majority in 9 (Aragon, Asturias, Castilla–La Mancha, Castile and León, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia and Valencian Community) and winning a plurality in the Canary Islands and Navarre.[1][2] The conservative People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) was victorious in the Balearic Islands and Cantabria, securing a majority of seats in the later.[3][4] The Communist Party of Spain (PCE) saw an improvement of its results over those obtained in the October 1982 general election, while other minor national parties, such as the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) and the Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) failed to make significant inroads.[5][6][7]
The elections resulted in the full institutionalization—for the first time in the history of Spain—of an administrative structure of political power between that of the state and of the local councils, represented in the figure of the new autonomous communities.[8]
^ abcdThe UCD was dissolved as a political party in February 1983,[9] with its regional presidents and elected officials maintaining their offices either as independents or joining other parties ahead of the May 1983 regional elections.
Referencesedit
^"El PSOE domina 12 de las 17 comunidades autónomas". El País (in Spanish). 9 May 1983. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^"Los resultados de Córdoba, Cantabria, Castilla-León y Navarra empañaron la victoria esperada por el PSOE". El País (in Spanish). 9 May 1983. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^"Fraga: "Me retiraré cuando Dios y el pueblo me lo exijan"". El País (in Spanish). 9 May 1983. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^"Serán necesarios pactos para gobernar en cuatro comunidades autónomas". El País (in Spanish). 11 May 1983. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^"Euforia en el PCE, que ha visto duplicados los votos con respecto al 28-O". El País (in Spanish). 9 May 1983. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^"Suárez y Garrigues, entre la satisfacción y la resignación". El País (in Spanish). 9 May 1983. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^"Para Europa, crece el predominio socialista". El País (in Spanish). 10 May 1983. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^"Las elecciones autonómicas institucionalizan por primera vez, en toda España un nuevo escalón de poder político". El País (in Spanish). 16 April 1983. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
^"La crisis de UCD culmina con la decisión de disolverse como partido político". El País (in Spanish). 19 February 1983. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
External linksedit
www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Central Electoral Commission – Regional elections
www.argos.gva.es (in Spanish). Argos Information Portal – Electoral Historical Archive
www.historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish and Catalan). Electoral History – Regional elections since 1980
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1983, spanish, regional, elections, local, elections, held, concurrently, 1983, spanish, local, elections, regional, elections, were, held, spain, 1983, elect, regional, parliaments, thirteen, seventeen, autonomous, communities, namely, aragon, asturias, balea. For the local elections held concurrently see 1983 Spanish local elections Regional elections were held in Spain in 1983 to elect the regional parliaments of thirteen of the seventeen autonomous communities namely Aragon Asturias the Balearic Islands the Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and Leon Castilla La Mancha Extremadura La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre and the Valencian Community 764 of 1 139 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election The 6 May 1983 elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain 1983 Spanish regional elections 1979 8 May 1983 1987 764 seats in the regional parliaments of Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and Leon Castilla La Mancha Extremadura La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre and Valencian CommunityRegistered14 888 251Turnout10 374 787 69 7 Regional administrations after the 1983 regional elections National parties PSOE AP PDP UL Regional parties CiU EAJ PNVThe Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE emerged as the largest party in 11 out of the 13 autonomous communities holding elections reaching or nearing the absolute majority in 9 Aragon Asturias Castilla La Mancha Castile and Leon Extremadura La Rioja Madrid Murcia and Valencian Community and winning a plurality in the Canary Islands and Navarre 1 2 The conservative People s Coalition AP PDP UL was victorious in the Balearic Islands and Cantabria securing a majority of seats in the later 3 4 The Communist Party of Spain PCE saw an improvement of its results over those obtained in the October 1982 general election while other minor national parties such as the Democratic and Social Centre CDS and the Liberal Democratic Party PDL failed to make significant inroads 5 6 7 The elections resulted in the full institutionalization for the first time in the history of Spain of an administrative structure of political power between that of the state and of the local councils represented in the figure of the new autonomous communities 8 Contents 1 Regional governments 2 Overall results 3 Summary by region 3 1 Aragon 3 2 Asturias 3 3 Balearics 3 4 Canary Islands 3 5 Cantabria 3 6 Castile and Leon 3 7 Castilla La Mancha 3 8 Extremadura 3 9 La Rioja 3 10 Madrid 3 11 Murcia 3 12 Navarre 3 13 Valencian Community 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksRegional governments editThe following table lists party control in autonomous communities Election day Region Previous control New control8 May Aragon Independent ex UCD a Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Asturias Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Balearics Independent ex UCD a People s Coalition AP PDP UL Canary Islands Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Cantabria People s Coalition AP PDP UL People s Coalition AP PDP UL Castile and Leon Independent ex UCD a Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Castilla La Mancha Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Extremadura Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE La Rioja Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Madrid Autonomous community established Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Murcia Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Navarre Independent ex UCD a Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Valencian Community Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE Overall results editSummary of the 8 May 1983 regional election results in Spain Parties and alliances Popular vote TotalseatsVotes Spanish Socialist Workers Party PSOE 4 908 728 47 86 388People s Coalition AP PDP UL 3 443 057 33 57 273Communist Party of Spain PCE 658 574 6 42 27Democratic and Social Centre CDS 324 654 3 17 9Liberal Democratic Party PDL 139 602 1 36 2Regionalist Aragonese Party PAR 124 018 1 21 13Navarrese People s Union UPN 62 072 0 61 13United Extremadura EU 47 504 0 46 6Majorcan Union UM 46 915 0 46 6Canarian People s Union Canarian Assembly UPC AC 46 784 0 46 2Popular Unity HB 28 055 0 27 6Canarian Nationalist Convergence CNC 24 376 0 24 1Regionalist Party of Cantabria PRC 18 767 0 18 2Basque Nationalist Party EAJ PNV 18 161 0 18 3Socialist Party of Majorca Socialist Party of the Islands PSM PSI 16 979 0 17 2Progressive Riojan Party PRP 10 102 0 10 2Majorera Assembly AM 5 551 0 05 3Socialist Party of Menorca PSM 3 732 0 04 2Independent Gomera Group AGI 3 294 0 03 2Menorcan Independent Candidacy CIM 3 250 0 03 1Independent Herrenian Group AHI 944 0 01 1Others 257 435 2 51 0Blank ballots 63 592 0 62Valid votes 10 256 146 98 86Invalid votes 118 141 1 14Votes cast turnout 10 374 287 69 68Registered voters 14 888 251Popular votePSOE 47 86 AP PDP UL 33 57 PCE 6 42 CDS 3 17 PDL 1 36 PAR 1 21 UPN 0 61 Others 5 19 Blank ballots 0 62 Summary by region editAragon edit Main article 1983 Aragonese regional election Parties and alliances Votes pp Seats PSOE 283 226 46 83 n a 33 n aAP PDP UL 136 853 22 63 n a 18 n aPAR 124 018 20 51 n a 13 n aPCE 23 960 3 96 n a 1 n aCDS 19 902 3 29 n a 1 n aOthers 12 941 2 14 0 0Blank ballots 3 918 0 65 n aValid votes 604 818 98 58 n aInvalid votes 8 732 1 42 n aVotes cast turnout 613 550 66 74 n aRegistered voters 919 295Asturias edit Main article 1983 Asturian regional election Parties and alliances Votes pp Seats PSOE 293 320 51 96 n a 26 n aAP PDP UL 170 654 30 23 n a 14 n aPCA PCE 62 855 11 13 n a 5 n aCDS 19 495 3 45 n a 0 n aOthers 15 898 2 82 0 0Blank ballots 2 298 0 41 n aValid votes 564 520 99 34 n aInvalid votes 3 751 0 66 n aVotes cast turnout 568 271 65 04 n aRegistered voters 873 690Balearics edit Main article 1983 Balearic regional election Parties and alliances Votes pp Seats AP PDP UL 110 629 35 58 n a 21 n aPSOE 107 906 34 71 n a 21 n aUM 46 915 15 09 n a 6 n aPSM PSI 16 979 5 46 n a 2 n aPCIB 7 669 2 47 n a 0 n aCDS 6 611 2 13 n a 0 n aPDL 3 896 1 25 n a 1 n aPSM 3 732 1 20 n a 2 n aCIM 3 250 1 05 n a 1 n aPCOE 1 509 0 49 n a 0 n aBlank ballots 1 820 0 59 n aValid votes 310 916 98 46 n aInvalid votes 4 879 1 54 n aVotes cast turnout 315 795 64 67 n aRegistered voters 488 336Canary Islands edit Main article 1983 Canarian regional election Parties and alliances Votes pp Seats PSOE 233 991 41 50 n a 27 n aAP PDP UL 163 419 28 98 n a 17 n aUPC AC 46 784 8 30 n a 2 n aCDS 40 789 7 23 n a 6 n aPCC 24 868 4 41 n a 1 n aCNC 24 376 4 32 n a 1 n aPPC 7 676 1 36 n a 0 n aAM 5 551 0 98 n a 3 n aAGI 3 294 0 58 n a 2 n aAHI 944 0 17 n a 1 n aOthers 12 130 2 15 0 0Blank ballots 0 0 00 n aValid votes 563 822 97 60 n aInvalid votes 13 848 2 40 n aVotes cast turnout 577 670 62 41 n aRegistered voters 925 572Cantabria edit Main article 1983 Cantabrian regional election Parties and alliances Votes pp Seats AP PDP UL 122 748 43 99 n a 18 n aPSOE 107 168 38 41 n a 15 n aPRC 18 767 6 73 n a 2 n aPCE 11 052 3 96 n a 0 n aCDS 7 164 2 57 n a 0 n aPDL 4 474 1 60 n a 0 n aAICU 3 179 1 14 n a 0 n aOthers 2 888 1 04 0 0Blank ballots 1 569 0 56 n aValid votes 279 009 98 52 n aInvalid votes 4 188 1 48 n aVotes cast turnout 283 197 73 56 n aRegistered voters 384 993Castile and Leon edit Main article 1983 Castilian Leonese regional election Parties and alliances Votes pp Seats PSOE 608 604 44 37 n a 42 n aAP PDP UL 543 851 39 65 n a 39 n aCDS 81 741 5 96 n a 2 n aPCE 44 357 3 23 n a 0 n aPDL 37 301 2 72 n a 1 n aBAR PREPAL 34 398 2 51 n a 0 n aOthers 8 233 0 60 0 0Blank ballots 13 103 0 96 n aValid votes 1 371 588 98 51 n aInvalid votes 20 815 1 49 n aVotes cast turnout 1 392 403 69 84 n aRegistered voters 1 993 809Castilla La Mancha edit Main article 1983 Castilian Manchegan regional election Parties and alliances Votes pp Seats PSOE 416 177 46 70 n a 23 n aAP PDP UL 364 676 40 92 n a 21 n aPCE 61 132 6 86 n a 0 n aCDS 26 911 3 02 n a 0 n aPDL 15 890 1 78 n a 0 n aPCOE PCEU 579 0 06 n a 0 n aBlank ballots 5 823 0 65 n aValid votes 891 188 98 82 n aInvalid votes 10 684 1 18 n aVotes cast turnout 901 872 73 32 n aRegistered voters 1 230 011Extremadura edit Main article 1983 Extremaduran regional election Parties and alliances Votes pp Seats PSOE 296 939 53 02 n a 35 n aAP PDP UL 168 606 30 10 n a 20 n aEU 47 504 8 48 n a 6 n aPCE 36 294 6 48 n a 4 n aOthers 8 126 1 45 0 0Blank ballots 2 622 0 47 n aValid votes 560 091 99 09 n aInvalid votes 5 153 0 91 n aVotes cast turnout 565 244 71 90 n aRegistered voters 786 200La Rioja edit Main article 1983 Riojan regional election Parties and alliances Votes pp Seats PSOE 63 848 47 17 n a 18 n aAP PDP UL 54 121 39 98 n a 15 n aPRP 10 102 7 46 n a 2 n aCDS 3 264 2 41 n a 0 n aPCE 2 934 2 17 n a 0 n aBlank ballots 1 090 0 81 n aValid votes 135 359 98 83 n aInvalid votes 1 605 1 17 n aVotes cast turnout 136 964 70 24 n aRegistered voters 194 994Madrid edit Main article 1983 Madrilenian regional election Parties and alliances Votes pp Seats PSOE 1 181 277 50 48 n a 51 n aAP PDP UL 798 353 34 12 n a 34 n aPCE 207 058 8 85 n a 9 n aCDS 73 124 3 12 n a 0 n aPDL 43 309 1 85 n a 0 n aOthers 23 269 0 99 0 0Blank ballots 13 735 0 59 n aValid votes 2 340 125 99 29 n aInvalid votes 16 800 0 71 n aVotes cast turnout 2 356 925 69 70 n aRegistered voters 3 381 610Murcia edit Main article 1983 Murcian regional election Parties and alliances Votes pp Seats PSOE 238 968 52 23 n a 26 n aAP PDP UL 162 074 35 42 n a 16 n aPCE 32 113 7 02 n a 1 n aPCAN 12 967 2 83 n a 0 n aCDS 5 224 1 14 n a 0 n aOthers 3 603 0 79 0 0Blank ballots 2 608 0 57 n aValid votes 457 557 98 99 n aInvalid votes 4 655 1 01 n aVotes cast turnout 462 212 68 47 n aRegistered voters 675 082Navarre edit Main article 1983 Navarrese regional election Parties and alliances Votes pp Seats PSOE 94 737 35 63 16 69 20 5UPN 62 072 23 34 7 35 13 0AP PDP UL 37 554 14 12 New 8 8HB 28 055 10 55 0 53 6 3EAJ PNV 18 161 6 83 1 79 3 0Auzolan 8 356 3 14 0 44 0 0PC 6 733 2 53 2 24 0 1EE 6 292 2 37 0 54 0 1UCD n a n a 26 69 0 20Amaiur n a n a 6 78 0 7IFN n a n a 1 46 0 1Others 2 121 0 80 0 0Blank ballots 1 826 0 69 0 28Valid votes 265 907 98 83 0 15Invalid votes 3 135 1 17 0 15Votes cast turnout 269 042 70 86 0 10Registered voters 379 692Valencian Community edit Main article 1983 Valencian regional election Parties and alliances Votes pp Seats PSOE 982 567 51 41 n a 51 n aAP PDP UL UV 609 519 31 89 n a 32 n aPCE PCPV 142 570 7 46 n a 6 n aUPV 58 712 3 07 n a 0 n aCDS 36 015 1 88 n a 0 n aPDL 29 788 1 56 n a 0 n aOthers 38 895 2 04 0 0Blank ballots 13 180 0 69 n aValid votes 1 911 246 98 97 n aInvalid votes 19 896 1 03 n aVotes cast turnout 1 931 142 72 74 n aRegistered voters 2 654 967Notes edit a b c d The UCD was dissolved as a political party in February 1983 9 with its regional presidents and elected officials maintaining their offices either as independents or joining other parties ahead of the May 1983 regional elections References edit El PSOE domina 12 de las 17 comunidades autonomas El Pais in Spanish 9 May 1983 Retrieved 11 December 2019 Los resultados de Cordoba Cantabria Castilla Leon y Navarra empanaron la victoria esperada por el PSOE El Pais in Spanish 9 May 1983 Retrieved 11 December 2019 Fraga Me retirare cuando Dios y el pueblo me lo exijan El Pais in Spanish 9 May 1983 Retrieved 11 December 2019 Seran necesarios pactos para gobernar en cuatro comunidades autonomas El Pais in Spanish 11 May 1983 Retrieved 11 December 2019 Euforia en el PCE que ha visto duplicados los votos con respecto al 28 O El Pais in Spanish 9 May 1983 Retrieved 11 December 2019 Suarez y Garrigues entre la satisfaccion y la resignacion El Pais in Spanish 9 May 1983 Retrieved 11 December 2019 Para Europa crece el predominio socialista El Pais in Spanish 10 May 1983 Retrieved 11 December 2019 Las elecciones autonomicas institucionalizan por primera vez en toda Espana un nuevo escalon de poder politico El Pais in Spanish 16 April 1983 Retrieved 14 December 2019 La crisis de UCD culmina con la decision de disolverse como partido politico El Pais in Spanish 19 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