Spanish general election, 1989

Spanish general election, 1989

1986 ← 29 October 1989 → 1993

All 350 seats of the Congress of Deputies and 208 of 254 seats in the Senate 176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies Turnout 69.7%   First party Second party Third party   150x150px Leader Felipe González José María Aznar Julio Anguita Party PSOE PP IU Leader since 13 October 1974 4 September 1989 November 1989 Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Madrid Last election 184 seats, 44.1% 105 seats, 26.0% 7 seats, 4.6% Seats won 175 107 17 Seat change 9 2 10 Popular vote 8,115,568 5,285,972 1,858,588 Percentage 39.6% 25.8% 9.1% Swing 4.5% 0.2% 4.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Adolfo Suárez Miquel Roca Iñaki Anasagasti Party CDS CiU EAJ-PNV Leader since 29 July 1982 1980 1986 Leader's seat Madrid Barcelona Vizcaya Last election 19 seats, 9.2% 18 seats, 5.0% 6 seats, 1.5% Seats won 14 18 5 Seat change 5 0 1 Popular vote 1,617,716 1,032,243 254,681 Percentage 7.9% 5.0% 1.2% Swing 1.3% 0.0% 0.3%

Most voted party in each province. Every province is a multi-member district for the Congress.

Prime Minister before election Felipe González PSOE Elected Prime Minister Felipe González PSOE

General elections were held in Spain on 29 October 1989.

Opinion polls

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded but both are displayed in bold. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead. Seat projections are included below the % estimation where available. "–" denotes no individual figure.

176 seats needed for a majority

Polling Firm	Date	Link	PSOE	PP	CDS	CiU	IU	Others	Lead
Election Results	October 29, 1989	HTML	39.6% 175	25.8% 107	7.9% 14	5.0% 18	9.1% 17	12.6% 19	13.8%
Exit polls
Sigma Dos	October 23	HTML	– 168	– 103	– 23	– 17	– 16	– 23	–
ICP Research	October 16–19	HTML	– 174–178	– 87–91	– 18–21	– 17–19	– 22–26	– 25–26	–
Opina	October 16–18	HTML	41.5% 172–178	25.0% 104–107	6.5% 14–15	4.5% 17–18	7.5% 13	15.0% 18–27	16.5%
IIF	October 16–17	HTML	– 173–183	– 95–101	– 20–21	– 17–18	– 14–16	– 18–23	–
Demoscopia	October 9–15	HTML	41.6% 176–182	22.8% 95–104	– 16–19	– 18	– 15–16	– 17–23	18.8%
Opina	October 7–11	HTML	41.0% 172–178	24.0% 100–102	9.0% 18	4.8% 18–19	8.8% 15	12.4% 18–24	17.0%
PSOE	October 5	HTML	– 175–185	– 93–99	– 14–15	–	– 12	–	–
El País	October 5	HTML	– 176	– 100	–	–	– 11–15	–	–
CIS	October 5	HTML	43.0% 178–180	21.0% 96	9.0% 18	–	8.0% 12	–	22.0%
Metra Seis	September 19–22	HTML	– 172–179	– 92–99	– 19	– 17–18	– 16–17	– 26–28	–
European Election (seat extrapolation)	June 15, 1989	HTML	39.6% 186	21.4% 96	7.2% 13	4.2% 17	6.1% 10	21.5% 28	18.2%
Opina	June 4	HTML	36.1%	22.4%	12.4%	6.1%	5.7%	17.3%	13.7%
Opina	January 17–18	HTML	37.9%	23.1%	13.2%	6.2%	6.6%	13.0%	14.8%
1989
Opina	November 29–30	HTML	34.3%	27.1%	9.9%	7.2%	7.8%	13.7%	7.2%
1988
European Election (seat extrapolation)	June 10, 1987	HTML	39.1% 169	24.7% 108	10.3% 23	4.4% 16	5.3% 9	16.2% 25	14.4%
Local Elections	June 10, 1987	HTML	37.1%	20.4%	9.8%	5.2%	7.2%	20.3%	16.7%
1987
Gallup	October 19–December 23	HTML	42.0%	23.1%	11.6%	–	–	–	18.9%
Election Results	June 22, 1986	HTML	44.1% 184	26.0% 105	9.2% 19	5.0% 18	4.6% 7	11.1% 17	18.1%

Results

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  Seating in the Congress of Deputies after the election.

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  Seating in the Senate after the election.

 Summary of the 29 October 1989 Spanish General Courts election results

Parties and coalitions			Votes			Congress		Senate
			#	%	Swing	Seats	+/−	Elect.	App.	Seats	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	PSOE	8,115,568	39.60	−4.46	175	−9	107	21	128	−20
	People's Party	PP	5,285,972	25.79	−0.18	107	+2	78	12	90	+13
	United Left	IU	1,858,588	9.07	+4.44	17	+10	1	2	3	+2
	Democratic and Social Centre	CDS	1,617,716	7.89	−1.33	14	−5	1	6	7	+4
	Convergence and Union	CiU	1,032,243	5.04	+0.02	18	±0	10	2	12	+1
	Basque Nationalist Party	PNV	254,681	1.24	−0.29	5	−1	4	1	5	−4
	Herri Batasuna	HB	217,278	1.06	−0.09	4	−1	3	0	3	+2
	Andalusian Party	PA	212,687	1.04	+0.57	2	+2	0	0	0	±0
	Valencian Union	UV	144,924	0.71	+0.39	2	+1	0	0	0	±0
	Eusko Alkartasuna	EA	136,955	0.67	New	2	+2	0	1	1	+1
	Euskadiko Ezkerra	EE	105,238	0.51	−0.02	2	±0	0	0	0	±0
	Aragonese Regionalist Party	PAR	71,733	0.35	−0.01	1	±0	1	0	1	+1
	Canarian Independent Groups	AIC	64,767	0.32	−0.01	1	±0	2	0	2	+1
	Majoreran Assembly	AM	0	0.00	±0.00	0	±0	1	0	1	±0
	Independent El Hierro Group	AHI	0	0.00	±0.00	0	±0	1	0	1	+1
	Others		1,233,537	6.02		0	−1	0	0	0	−2
	Blank ballots		141,795	0.69	+0.09
Total			20,493,682	100.00		350	±0	208	46	254	±0
Valid votes			20,493,682	99.26	+0.83
Invalid votes			152,683	0.74	−0.83
Votes cast / turnout			20,646,365	69.74	−0.75
Abstentions			8,957,690	30.26	+0.75
Registered voters			29,604,055
Source: Ministry of the Interior