Basque parliamentary election, 1984

Basque parliamentary election, 1984
Basque Country (autonomous community)
26 February 1984
All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament
38 seats needed for a majority
Registered 1,584,540 Increase1.9%
Turnout 1,085,304 (68.5%)
Increase8.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Carlos Garaikoetxea Txiki Benegas No candidate
Party EAJ/PNV PSE–PSOE HB
Leader since 1977 1977 N/A
Last election 25 seats, 38.0% 9 seats, 14.2% 11 seats, 16.5%
Seats won 32 19 11
Seat change Increase7 Increase10 ±0
Popular vote 451,178 247,786 157,389
Percentage 41.8% 23.0% 14.6%
Swing Increase3.8 pp Increase8.8 pp Decrease1.9 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Jaime Mayor Oreja Mario Onaindia
Party AP–PDP–PL EE
Leader since 1984 1982
Last election 2 seats, 4.8%[lower-alpha 1] 6 seats, 9.8%
Seats won 7 6
Seat change Increase5 ±0
Popular vote 100,581 85,671
Percentage 9.3% 7.9%
Swing Increase4.5 pp Decrease1.9 pp
Lehendakari before election

Carlos Garaikoetxea
EAJ/PNV

 Elected Lehendakari

Carlos Garaikoetxea
EAJ/PNV

The 1984 Basque parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 26 February 1984, to elect the 2nd Basque Parliament, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country. At stake were all seats in the Parliament, determining the Lehendakari (President of the Basque Country). The number of members increased from 60 to 75 compared to the previous election.

The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) won 32 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE-PSOE) came second with 19 seats, People's Unity (HB) came third with 11 seats, the People's Coalition (AP-PDP-UL) won 7 seats, and Basque Country Left (EE) won 6 seats.

Electoral system

The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected in 3 multi-member districts, corresponding to the Basque Country's three provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was assigned a fixed set of seats, distributed as follows: Alava (25), Biscay (25) and Gipuzkoa (25).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 26 February 1984 Basque Parliament election results →
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 451,178 41.81 +3.86 32 +7
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 247,786 22.96 +8.80 19 +10
Popular Unity (HB) 157,389 14.59 –1.89 11 ±0
People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)[lower-alpha 1] 100,581 9.32 +4.56 7 +5
Basque Country Left (EE) 85,671 7.94 –1.84 6 ±0
Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 14,985 1.39 –2.62 0 –1
Blank ballots 5,029 0.47 +0.08
Total 1,079,057 100.00 75 +15
Valid votes 1,079,057 99.42 +0.41
Invalid votes 6,247 0.58 –0.41
Votes cast / turnout 1,085,304 68.49 +8.73
Abstentions 499,236 31.51 –8.73
Registered voters 1,584,540
Source: Argos Information Portal
  1. 1 2 People's Coalition results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1980 election.
  2. ↑ Auzolan results are compared to the combined totals of EMK/MCE and LKI/LCR in the 1980 election.
Vote share
EAJ/PNV
  
 41.81%
PSE–PSOE
  
 22.96%
HB
  
 14.59%
AP–PDP–UL
  
 9.32%
EE
  
 7.94%
PCE/EPK
  
 1.39%
Others
  
 1.52%
Blank ballots
  
 0.47%
Parliamentary seats
EAJ/PNV
  
 42.67%
PSE–PSOE
  
 25.33%
HB
  
 14.67%
AP–PDP–UL
  
 9.33%
EE
  
 8.00%

Results by district

District PNV PSE HB AP–PDP–UL EE
% S % S % S % S % S
Álava 35.5 9 25.1 7 10.8 3 16.2 4 7.7 2
Biscay 43.8 12 23.1 6 12.9 3 9.4 2 7.4 2
Gipuzkoa 40.8 11 22.1 6 18.7 5 6.8 1 8.9 2
Total 41.8 32 23.0 19 14.6 11 9.3 7 7.9 6

Aftermath

Investiture vote

First round: 11 April 1984
Absolute majority (38/75) required
Choice Vote
Parties Votes
Carlos Garaikoetxea PNV (32)
32 / 75
Blank ballots PSE (19), AP–PDP–UL (7), EE (6)
32 / 75
Absences: HB (11)
Source: Historia Electoral
Second round: 12 April 1984
Simple majority required
Choice Vote
Parties Votes
YesCarlos Garaikoetxea PNV (32)
32 / 75
Blank ballots PSE (19), AP–PDP–UL (7), EE (6)
32 / 75
Absences: HB (11)
Source: Historia Electoral

References

  1. ↑ "Law 28/1983, of 25 November, of elections to the Basque Parliament.".
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