1983 Aragonese regional election

Election in the Spanish region of Aragon 1983 Aragonese regional election Aragon parliamentary no 1987 Aragonese regional election 1987 All 66 seats in the Cortes of Aragon 34 #Opinion polls 919,295 613,550 (66.7%) 8 May 1983 170x170px Santiago Marraco Socialists' Party of Aragon 23 November 1979 Huesca 33 283,226 46.8% 170x170px Rafael Zapatero AP–PDP–UL March 1983 Zaragoza 18 136,853 22.6% 170x170px Hipólito Gómez de las Roces Aragonese Party December 1977 Zaragoza 13 124,018 20.5% 170x170px Adolfo Burriel PCE 971324 1982 Zaragoza 1 23,960 4.0% 170x170px José Luis Merino Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 1983 Zaragoza 1 19,902 3.3% AragonProvinceMapCortes1983.png 225px Constituency results map for the Cortes of Aragon President President after election Juan Antonio de Andrés Independent (ex-UCD)The UCD was dissolved as a political party in February 1983,Prades Joaquina Jáuregui Fernando 19 February 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/19/espana/414457204_850215.html La crisis de UCD culmina con la decisión de disolverse como partido político es El País Madrid 16 January 2026 with its regional presidents and elected officials maintaining their offices either as independents or joining other parties ahead of the May 1983 regional elections. Santiago Marraco Socialists' Party of Aragon A regional election was held in Aragon on 8 May 1983 to elect the 1st es Cortes no of the autonomous community. All 66 seats in the es Cortes no were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain. The autonomy process in Aragon had seen the then ruling party in Spain, the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), attempt to limit the scope of devolution so that decentralization to regions happened at a slower pace. This was met with the opposition of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) and the Communist Party of Spain (PCE), leading to an inter-party agreement in 1981—not joined by the PAR—in favour of the application of the "slow-track" procedure for autonomy provided in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, in exchange for Aragon being guaranteed the maximum level of devolution within five years. Subsequently, the PSOE won a landslide victory in the 1982 Spanish general election with the UCD being wiped out, ultimately leading to the latter's dissolution in February 1983. In the regional election, the PSOE came out in first place by securing exactly half the seats—33 out of 66—one short of an overall majority. The People's Coalition, a coalition of centre-right parties comprising the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL), came second with 18 seats, while the PAR finished third closely behind with 13 seats. The PCE and the newly-established Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) both obtained one seat each.Ortega Javier 10 May 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/05/10/espana/421365620_850215.html El primer Gobierno será socialista es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 The PSOE had initially obtained 34 seats, the absolute majority, but a new count in Zaragoza following a number of claims resulted in the PSOE's 17th seat in the constituency being awarded to the People's Coalition by few votes.Ortega Javier 13 May 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/05/13/espana/421624810_850215.html La formación del Gobierno aragonés provoca división en el partido vencedor es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026Ortega Javier 15 May 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/05/15/espana/421797609_850215.html El PSOE pierde la mayoría absoluta en las Cortes de Aragón es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 As a result of the election, PSOE candidate Santiago Marraco was elected by the es Cortes no as new president of the General Deputation of Aragon.Ortega Javier 4 June 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/06/04/espana/423525619_850215.html Cinco socialistas y dos independientes forman el Gobierno autónomo de Aragón es El País Zaragoza 16 January 20267 June 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/06/07/espana/423784806_850215.html El presidente de la Diputación General de Aragón, Santiago Marraco es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 The election remains the only occasion to date in which a party has obtained 50% or more of seats on its own in an Aragonese regional election. Background Aragon had been granted a pre-autonomic regime in March 1978,12 March 1978 https://elpais.com/diario/1978/03/12/espana/258505227_850215.html Aprobadas las preautonómicas para el País Valenciano, Aragón y Canarias es El País 16 January 2026Costa José Luis 12 March 1978 https://elpais.com/diario/1978/03/12/espana/258505212_850215.html Poco entusisamo popular ante la autonomía aragonesa es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 resulting in the appointment of the first General Deputation of Aragon with Juan Antonio Bolea at its helm.Costa José Luis 11 April 1978 https://elpais.com/diario/1978/04/11/espana/261093634_850215.html Constituida la Diputación General de Aragón es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026Costa José Luis 25 April 1978 https://elpais.com/diario/1978/04/25/espana/262303235_850215.html Constituido el Gobierno preautonómico de Aragón es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 After the approval of the Spanish Constitution of 1978, the process for negotiating and approving a statute of autonomy for Aragon was initiated in September 1979,Costa José Luis 2 September 1979 https://elpais.com/diario/1979/09/02/espana/305071218_850215.html Diputación General de Aragón y el Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza se disputan la iniciativa del proceso autonómico es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026Costa José Luis 4 September 1979 https://elpais.com/diario/1979/09/04/espana/305244024_850215.html Los socialistas cortan el paso a UCD en la iniciativa autonómica es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 after local councils—with the support of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) and the Communist Party of Spain (PCE)—started applying to meet the requirements set down in Article 151 of the Constitution for the "fast-track" procedure for autonomy.9 December 1979 https://elpais.com/diario/1979/12/09/espana/313542006_850215.html Las provincias de Zaragoza y Huesca es El País 16 January 2026EFE 20 December 1979 https://elpais.com/diario/1979/12/20/espana/314492429_850215.html Los partidos aragoneses, a favor del artículo 151 es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026Rodríguez José Antonio 12 March 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/03/12/espana/321663633_850215.html El PSOE se reafirma en la vía del artículo 151 para cinco regiones es El País Palma de Mallorca 16 January 2026 Political conflict arose as the governing Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), concerned that all regions could attempt to achieve maximum devolution within a short timeframe, ruled in January 1980 that all autonomic processes other than those of the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia were to be transacted under the "slow-track" procedure of Article 143;Artal Rosa María 18 January 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/01/18/espana/316998011_850215.html La decisión ucedista causa fuerte impacto en Aragón es El País Zaragoza 16 January 202624 January 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/01/24/espana/317516434_850215.html UCD acepta la vía autonómica lenta es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026Artal Rosa María 1 March 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/03/01/espana/320713240_850215.html No hay acuerdo sobre la vía autonómica aragonesa es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 the difference between both procedures being the pace in the process of devolution.Peces-Barba Martínez Gregorio 17 January 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/01/17/espana/316911607_850215.html El acceso a la autonomía: la vía del artículo 143 es El País 16 January 2026 The decision caused outcry among opposition parties and led to the application process bogging down, as some Aragonese local councils had applied for Article 151, others clung on to the route of Article 143 and many others did not specify any preference, resulting in an insufficient support for either of the two constitutional procedures for autonomy.Artal Rosa María 16 April 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/04/16/espana/324684031_850215.html Los pronunciamientos de los ayuntamientos aragonenses, en poder del Gobierno es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026Artal Rosa María 23 April 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/04/23/espana/325288825_850215.html El desencanto preside la celebración del Día de Aragón es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026Artal Rosa María 26 October 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/10/26/espana/341362826_850215.html La iniciativa, insuficiente para las dos vías constitucionales es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 Similar complications arose in the Valencian Country and the Canary Islands,Gavela Daniel 26 October 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/10/26/espana/341362804_850215.html País Valenciano, Aragón y Canarias, nuevos escollos en la normalización de las autonomías es El País 16 January 2026 and parties agreed to hold talks to re-activate the autonomy process,Artal Rosa María 27 November 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/11/27/espana/344127631_850215.html El PSOE busca salidas para las autonomías de Aragón, Canarias, Valencia y Baleares es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 leading to an inter-party agreement in May 1981—which was not joined by the PAR—in favour of the application of Article 143, as long as Aragon was guaranteed an autonomy equivalent to that provided for in Article 151 within five years,https://app.congreso.es/consti/estatutos/sinopsis.jsp?com=64 Estatutos de Autonomía. Aragón. Sinopsis del Estatuto de Aragón es Congress of Deputies 16 January 2026 and in the drafting of a regional Statute.Artal Rosa María 6 May 1981 https://elpais.com/diario/1981/05/06/espana/357948022_850215.html Ultimadas las bases del Estatuto aragonés es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026Artal Rosa María 26 May 1981 https://elpais.com/diario/1981/05/26/espana/359676028_850215.html Los partidos aragoneses deciden llevar la autonomía por el artículo 143 es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026Labari Nuria June 2005 https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2005/06/espana/estatutos_autonomia/estatutos/aragon.html La España de las Autonomías. Aragón. Breve historia es El Mundo 16 January 2026 Concurrently, the pre-autonomic General Deputation had seen a change in leadership in March 1981, when Juan Antonio Bolea was replaced by Gaspar Castellano.Artal Rosa María 29 March 1981 https://elpais.com/diario/1981/03/29/espana/354668421_850215.html Ultimada la remodelación de la Diputación General de Aragón es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 The former would end up leaving the party over disagreements with the regional government's policy both in the autonomic procedure to adopt—Bolea had been a staunch defender of Article 151's application from the beginning—and the so-called "Ebro mini-transfer" to Tarragona (es Minitrasvase del Ebro), opposed by Bolea.Artal Rosa María 18 June 1981 https://elpais.com/diario/1981/06/18/espana/361663234_850215.html El ex presidente de la Diputación de Aragón se aleja de UCD es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 Further tensions within UCD over the electoral system to be established by the Statute led to an internal party crisis,Artal Rosa María 1 June 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/06/01/espana/391730429_850215.html El sistema electoral dificulta la tramitación del Estatuto de Autonomía aragonés es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026Ortega Javier 25 July 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/07/25/espana/396396007_850215.html Dimite el presidente de la UCD de Aragón es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 which was further aggravated after the split of former prime minister Adolfo Suárez's Democratic and Social Centre (CDS).Jáuregui Fernando Prades Joaquina 30 July 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/07/30/espana/396828003_850215.html Al menos una decena de parlamentarios centristas se unirán a Suárez es El País Madrid 16 January 2026 The Statute would be finally approved on 10 August 1982, coming into force on 5 September.Artal Rosa María 20 August 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/08/20/espana/398642411_850215.html UCD ocupará la presidencia del ejecutivo provisional de Aragón es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026Ortega Javier 13 September 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/09/13/espana/400716012_850215.html El próximo día 21 se constituirá el Parlamento autónomo es El País 16 January 2026 As a result of UCD securing a majority in the newly elected Provisional Assembly, its candidate Gaspar Castellano was re-elected, this time as the first president of the autonomous community of Aragon.Artal Rosa María 28 September 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/09/28/espana/402015621_850215.html Gaspar Castellano, investido con tan sólo los votos de UCD es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026Barrenechea Eduardo 12 October 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/10/12/espana/403225206_850215.html Aragón: una autonomía a la defensiva es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 After the UCD's collapse in the region in the 1982 general election,30 October 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/10/30/espana/404780409_850215.html ARAGÓN es El País 16 January 2026Brabo Castells Pilar Ortiz Carmen 11 November 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/11/11/espana/405817202_850215.html Giro a la izquierda del electorado en Aragón es El País 16 January 2026 Castellano resigned as regional president,Artal Rosa María 15 November 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/11/15/espana/406162829_850215.html Dimisión técnica del presidente de la Diputación General es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026Artal Rosa María 27 November 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/11/27/espana/407199623_850215.html Gaspar Castellano abandona la presidencia de la Diputación de Aragón es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 being replaced by Juan Antonio de Andrés, who maintained UCD's control over the regional government until the celebration of the May 1983 regional election.Artal Rosa María 16 December 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/12/16/espana/408841233_850215.html UCD mantiene el control del Gobierno regional aragonés es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 Overview Under the 1982 Statute of Autonomy, the Cortes of Aragon was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.Statute 1982 arts. 12 & 15–17. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions (which were those used in the 1977 general election).Statute 1982 trans. prov. 3; Decree 24/83 1983 art. 3. Date The General Deputation of Aragon was required to call an election to the es Cortes no within from 1 February to 31 May 1983.Statute 1982 trans. prov. 3. The es Cortes no of Aragon could not be dissolved before the expiration date of parliament, except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the es Cortes no's reconvening. In such a case, the chamber was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.Statute 1982 art. 22. On 7 March 1983, it was confirmed that the first es Cortes no election would be held on 8 May, together with regional elections for twelve other autonomous communities as well as the regularly scheduled nationwide local elections.8 March 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/03/08/espana/415926002_850215.html Se confirma el 8 de mayo como la fecha de las elecciones locales es El País 1 January 20269 March 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/03/09/espana/416012413_850215.html Hoy se hará oficial la convocatoria de elecciones locales para el 8 de mayo es El País Madrid 1 January 202610 March 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/03/10/espana/416098808_850215.html Convocadas elecciones autonómicas en Valencia, Navarra y Aragón es El País 1 January 2026 The election to the es Cortes no of Aragon was officially called on 10 March 1983 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the Official Gazette of Aragon, setting election day for 8 May.Decree 24/83 1983 art. 1. Electoral system Voting for the es Cortes no was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Aragon and with full political rights.Statute 1982 art. 18 (suppl. supplemented by Royal Decree-Law 20/1977 1977 art. 2). The es Cortes no of Aragon had 66 seats in their first election. All were elected in three multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of Huesca, Teruel and Zaragoza, each of which was assigned a fixed number of seats—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a three percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency.Statute 1982 art. 18 & trans. prov. 1 (suppl. supplemented by Royal Decree-Law 20/1977 1977 art. 20). The use of this electoral method resulted in a higher effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.Gallagher Michael 30 July 2012 http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php Effective threshold in electoral systems Trinity College Dublin Dublin https://web.archive.org/web/20170730092518/http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php 22 July 2017 30 July 2017 As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each es Cortes no constituency was entitled the following seats:Statute 1982 trans. prov. 1; Decree 24/83 1983 art. 2. Seats Constituencies 32 Zaragoza 18 Huesca 16 Teruel The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.Royal Decree-Law 20/1977 1977 art. 20. Provisional parliament The regional Statute established a provisional assembly—to remain in place until an election to the actual es Cortes no of Aragon could be held—which was to be made up of 66 members designated by political parties which had obtained at least five percent of the valid votes cast at the regional level in the 1979 Spanish general election (distributed by applying the D'Hondt method to provincial results).Statute 1982 trans. prov. 2. As a result, the composition of the Provisional Assembly of Aragon, upon its constitution in September 1982, was as indicated below:Artal Rosa María 22 September 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/09/22/espana/401493616_850215.html Constituida la Asamblea provisional de Aragón con mayoría de UCD es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 + Parliamentary composition in September 1982 Parties % ofvotes Seats H Huesca T Teruel Z Zaragoza Total UCD 40.95 10 10 14 34 PSOE 28.30 7 5 10 22 PCE 7.09 1 − 3 4 PAR 6.07 − − 3 3 AP 5.62 − 1 2 3 Total 18 16 32 66 Unlike what happened in other autonomous communities, the composition of the Aragonese regional assembly did not change as a result of the 1982 general election, despite efforts from the PAR for statutory transitory provisions to be applied extensively to recalculate the seat distribution according to the most recent general election's results.Artal Rosa María 4 November 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/11/04/espana/405212426_850215.html El PAR pide la remodelación del Parlamento aragonés es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026Artal Rosa María 12 November 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/11/12/espana/405903627_850215.html Aplazada la remodelación de las instituciones aragonesas es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026 Parties and candidates The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 15 days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one permille—and, in any case, 500 signatures—of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list.Royal Decree-Law 20/1977 1977 arts. 30–31 & 34. Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election: Candidacy Parties andalliances Leading candidate Ideology Gov. Government Ref. References PSOE List on Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 50px Santiago Marraco Social democracy 21 November 1979 https://elpais.com/diario/1979/11/21/espana/311986820_850215.html Congreso en varias federaciones socialistas es El País 16 January 2026Ortega Javier 22 February 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/22/espana/414716420_850215.html Dimite un dirigente del PSOE por diferencias ante las elecciones regionales es El País Zaragoza 16 January 2026Ortega Javier 22 March 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/03/22/espana/417135626_850215.html Sainz de Varanda candidato del PSOE a la alcaldía de Zaragoza es El País Zaragoza 16 January 202616 April 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/04/16/espana/419292009_850215.html Duelo de primeras figuras es El País 16 January 2026 AP–PDP–UL List on People's Alliance (AP) People's Democratic Party (PDP) Liberal Union (UL) 50px Rafael Zapatero ConservatismChristian democracy Palma Luisa 23 March 1983 http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1983/03/23/023.html Concluidas las listas de la Coalición AP-PDP-UL para las próximas elecciones es ABC Madrid 16 January 2026 12 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180712005032/http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1983/03/23/023.html bot: unknown PAR List on Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) 50px Hipólito Gómez de las Roces RegionalismConservatism PCE List on Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 50px Adolfo Burriel Eurocommunism CDS List on Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 50px José Luis Merino CentrismLiberalism The electoral disaster of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) in the October 1982 general election and the outcome of its extraordinary congress held in December, in which the party's leadership chose to transform the UCD into a christian democratic political force,Jáuregui Fernando 13 December 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/12/13/espana/408582002_850215.html Los democristianos ganan la batalla a los 'azules' en el congreso de UCD y mantienen a Lavilla en la presidencia es El País Madrid 16 January 2026 brought the party to a process of virtual disintegration as many of its remaining members either switched party allegiances, split into new, independent candidacies or left politics altogether.Jáuregui Fernando 14 December 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/12/14/espana/408668408_850215.html Ex ministros y 'notables' de UCD inician la fuga del partido es El País Madrid 16 January 202616 December 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/12/16/espana/408841216_850215.html El proceso de desintegración de UCD se acelera con peticiones de bajas en numerosas regiones es El País 16 January 2026 Subsequent attempts to seek electoral allies ahead of the incoming 1983 local and regional elections, mainly the conservative People's Alliance (AP) and the christian democratic People's Democratic Party (PDP),Jáuregui Fernando 21 December 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/12/21/espana/409273214_850215.html Sigue en el aire la posibilidad de pacto electoral entre AP-UCD es El País Madrid 16 January 2026Angulo Javier 30 December 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/12/30/espana/410050822_850215.html UCD, a favor de seguir negociando con AP para llegar a un pacto de cara a las municipales es El País Madrid 16 January 2026 had limited success due to concerns from both AP and UCD over such alliance policy:Jáuregui Fernando Prades Joaquina 18 December 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/12/18/espana/409014002_850215.html Fraga se muestra reticente sobre la conveniencia de llegar a un pacto electoral con UCD es El País Madrid 16 January 2026Jáuregui Fernando 22 December 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/12/22/espana/409359611_850215.html División en UCD sobre la conveniencia de un pacto electoral con Alianza Popular es El País Madrid 16 January 2026 AP strongly rejected any agreement that implied any sort of global coalition with UCD due to the party's ongoing decomposition,Prades Joaquina 4 January 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/01/04/espana/410482807_850215.html Aumentan los obstáculos para un acuerdo electoral entre UCD y AP es El País Madrid 16 January 2026EFE 18 January 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/01/18/espana/411692423_850215.html UCD negociará pactos locales para los próximos comicios es El País Madrid 16 January 2026 and prospects about a possible PDP–UCD merger did not come into fruition because of the latter's reluctance to dilute its brand within another party.9 February 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/09/espana/413593213_850215.html Lavilla desmiente su dimisión y asegura que "aun existen muchas incógnitas por decidir" en UCD es El País 16 January 2026Jáuregui Fernando Prades Joaquina 17 February 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/17/espana/414284406_850215.html El mantenimiento de las siglas, máximo obstáculo para el acercamiento de UCD al Partido Demócrata Popular es El País Madrid 16 January 2026Prades Joaquina Jáuregui Fernando 18 February 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/18/espana/414370813_850215.html La mayoría de los parlamentarios de UCD se opone a las negociaciones para una integración en el PDP es El País Madrid 16 January 2026 By the time the UCD's executive had voted for the liquidation of the party's mounting debts and its subsequent dissolution on 18 February 1983,19 February 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/19/espana/414457217_850215.html Éxito y fracaso sin precedentes en la historia de las democracias es El País Madrid 16 January 202621 February 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/21/espana/414630013_850215.html Disolución formal del partido centrista en Salamanca, donde llegó a tener 256 alcaldes es El País 16 January 2026 electoral alliances with the AP–PDP coalition had only been agreed in some provinces of the Basque Country and Galicia.Prades Joaquina 8 January 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/01/08/espana/410828403_850215.html Acuerdo entre UCD y AP, para concurrir juntos, a las municipales en algunas provincias es El País Madrid 16 January 202631 January 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/01/31/espana/412815617_850215.html UCD adoptará esta semana una decisión sobre las municipales es El País 16 January 202611 February 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/11/espana/413766011_850215.html UCD y AP-PDP sólo irán en coalición a las municipales en el País Vasco es El País Madrid 16 January 2026 Together with AP, the PDP had agreed to maintain their general election alliance—now rebranded as the People's Coalition—for the May local and regional elections,3 March 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/03/03/espana/415494019_850215.html Formado un comité coordinador de los partidos coaligados con AP es El País Madrid 16 January 2026Angulo Javier 13 March 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/03/13/espana/416358011_850215.html El Partido Demócrata Popular considera "correctas, pero muy difíciles", las negociaciones con AP para las próximas elecciones es El País Madrid 16 January 202622 March 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/03/22/espana/417135617_850215.html Formalizada la coalición AP-PDP-UL en todas las provincias es El País 16 January 2026 with the inclusion of the Liberal Union (UL), a political party created in January 1983 out of independents from the AP–PDP coalition in an attempt to appeal to former UCD liberal voters.Jáuregui Fernando 19 January 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/01/19/espana/411778830_850215.html Dos nuevos grupos se unen a la 'operación liberal' de Fraga es El País Madrid 16 January 2026 The Coalition had seen its numbers soar from late February as a result of many former members from the UCD's christian democratic wing joining the PDP.8 February 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/08/espana/413506814_850215.html El partido de Oscar Alzaga trata de forzar una próxima 'fuga' de militantes de UCD es El País 16 January 2026Jáuregui Fernando 20 February 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/20/espana/414543604_850215.html Centenares de militantes democristianos de UCD se integrarán hoy en el partido de Oscar Alzaga es El País Madrid 16 January 2026Jáuregui Fernando 21 February 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/21/espana/414630014_850215.html 19 dirigentes democristianos de UCD se integran en el consejo político del PDP es El País Madrid 16 January 2026 Opinion polls The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 27px|link=Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD 17px|link=Socialists' Party of Aragon|PSOE 30px|link=Communist Party of Aragon|PCE 25px|link=Regionalist Aragonese Party|PAR 35px|link=People's Coalition (Spain)|AP–PDP–PL 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS 28px|link=Liberal Democratic Party (Spain, 1982)|PDL Lead 1983 regional election 8 May 1983 – 30.8 2.6 13.5 14.9 2.2 0.1 33.3 15.9 CISE–Metra Seis–ECO/CISPreelectoral municipales y autonómicas 1983 (VII). Aragón (Estudio nº 1352. Abril 1983) http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/1340_1359/1352/ARAGON/Es1352Ara.pdf es CIS 9 April 1983 17 January 2026 28 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191228234324/http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/1340_1359/1352/ARAGON/Es1352Ara.pdf bot: unknown 4–9 Apr 1983 501 – 40.8 2.0 7.1 11.9 1.4 0.2 25.7 10.3 28.9 1982 general election 28 Oct 1982 7.6 39.5 2.3 Within AP–PDP–PAR. 24.6"CD/AP–PDP" Results for CD (1979) and AP–PDP–PAR (1982). 3.4 – 17.6 14.9 1979 general election 1 Mar 1979 29.5 20.4 5.1 4.4 4.1"CD/AP–PDP" – – 29.2 9.1 Results Overall + Summary of the 8 May 1983 Cortes of Aragon election results → center|335px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 283,226 46.83 n/a 33 n/a People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) 136,853 22.63 n/a 18 n/a Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) 124,018 20.51 n/a 13 n/a Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 23,960 3.96 n/a 1 n/a Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 19,902 3.29 n/a 1 n/a United Left of Aragon (MCA–LCR) 4,645 0.77 n/a 0 n/a Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 4,289 0.71 n/a 0 n/a Social Aragonese Movement (MAS) 1,381 0.23 n/a 0 n/a Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) 1,341 0.22 n/a 0 n/a Communist Party of Aragon (PCA) 1,285 0.21 n/a 0 n/a Blank ballots 3,918 0.65 n/a Total 604,818 66 n/a Valid votes 604,818 98.58 n/a Invalid votes 8,732 1.42 n/a Votes cast / turnout 613,550 66.74 n/a Abstentions 305,745 33.26 n/a Registered voters 919,295 SourcesLozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/aaragon.html Elecciones a las Cortes de Aragón (desde 1983) es Historia Electoral.com 24 December 2023https://www.cortesaragon.es/Resultados-electorales.3352.0.html?&no_cache=1 Elecciones a Cortes de Aragón. Resultados del año 1983 en Aragón es Cortes of Aragon 23 November 2025https://servicios.aragon.es/aeaw/processSelect.do?process=CA1983&op=set Archivo Electoral de Aragón. Cortes de Aragón 1983. Resultados. Aragón es Government of Aragon 23 November 20257 June 1983 Presentación de resultados del escrutinio y proclamación de candidatos electos. Junta Electoral Provincial de Huesca https://www.boa.aragon.es/cgi-bin/EBOA/BRSCGI?CMD=VEROBJ&MLKOB=499151614845 es Official Gazette of Aragon 17 9941-3256 222–224 15 January 20267 June 1983 Presentación de resultados del escrutinio y proclamación de candidatos electos. Junta Electoral Provincial de Teruel https://www.boa.aragon.es/cgi-bin/EBOA/BRSCGI?CMD=VEROBJ&MLKOB=499150592120 es Official Gazette of Aragon 17 9941-3256 224–225 15 January 20267 June 1983 Presentación de resultados del escrutinio y proclamación de candidatos electos. Junta Electoral Provincial de Zaragoza https://www.boa.aragon.es/cgi-bin/EBOA/BRSCGI?CMD=VEROBJ&MLKOB=499147542524 es Official Gazette of Aragon 17 9941-3256 225–227 15 January 20269 July 1983 Por error en la impresión del texto remitido para su publicación del Acta de la Junta Electoral Provincial de Huesca, inserta en el "Boletín Oficial de Aragón" número 17 de fecha 7 de junto de 1983 páginas 222, 223 y 224, se reproduce a continuación el texto íntegro de la misma https://www.boa.aragon.es/cgi-bin/EBOA/BRSCGI?CMD=VEROBJ&MLKOB=504282293028 es Official Gazette of Aragon 18 9941-3256 234–237 15 January 2026 Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 46.83 AP–PDP–UL People's Coalition (Spain) 22.63 PAR Regionalist Aragonese Party 20.51 PCE Communist Party of Aragon 3.96 CDS Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 3.29 Others #777777 2.14 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 0.65 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 50.00 AP–PDP–UL People's Coalition (Spain) 27.27 PAR Regionalist Aragonese Party 19.70 PCE Communist Party of Aragon 1.51 CDS Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 1.51 Distribution by constituency Constituency PSOE CP PAR PCE CDS % S % S % S % S % S Huesca 49.1 10 27.1 6 13.1 2 4.5 − 3.7 − Teruel 38.5 7 30.7 5 23.4 4 1.8 − 4.2 − Zaragoza 47.8 16 19.8 7 22.0 7 4.2 1 3.0 1 Total 46.8 33 22.6 18 20.5 13 4.0 1 3.3 1 Sources Aftermath Government formation On 27 May 1983, PSOE candidate Santiago Marraco was elected by the es Cortes no as new Aragonese president by an absolute majority of 35 out of 66, with support from both PCE and CDS and the abstention of the PAR.http://www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com/monograficos/historia/de_la_transicion_a_la_autonomia/entrada_europa.asp Tema 6. La entrada en Europa es www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com Great Aragonese Encyclopedia 15 December 2019 2 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140202173644/http://www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com/monograficos/historia/de_la_transicion_a_la_autonomia/entrada_europa.asp dead InvestitureNomination of Santiago Marraco (PSOE) Ballot → 27 May 1983 Required majority → 34 out of 66 15 Yes • PSOE (33) • PCE (1) • CDS (1) 35 66 green 125px No • AP–PDP–UL (18) 18 66 red 125px Abstentions • PAR (13) 13 66 gray 125px Absentees 0 66 black 125px SourcesDiario de Sesiones de las Cortes de Aragón 2 27 May 1982 10–46 1138-1167 Sesión Plenaria núm. 2. Celebrada el viernes, 27 de mayo de 1983 http://bases.cortesaragon.es/bases/original.nsf/(DSCA1)/02DC464729EF3EA2C1256C5200332449/$File/19830527002.pdf?OpenElement es 15 December 2019 After the constitution of the es Cortes no, on 22 June 1983, the Zaragoza Territorial Court issued a ruling in which it removed a seat in the province of Huesca from the AP-PDP-UL coalition and granted it to the PCE. In this way, the Communist Party of Spain was left with 2 seats in the es Cortes no of Aragon.http://bases.cortesaragon.es/bases/original.nsf/(BOCA1)/2EE426D397E82B62C1256C4F00317F84/$File/19830714002.pdf?OpenElement Actividad Parlamentaria: Variaciones en la composición de los grupos parlamentarios Boletín Oficial de las Cortes de Aragón 14 July 1983 15 December 2022 PDF es 15 December 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221215141505/http://bases.cortesaragon.es/bases/original.nsf/(BOCA1)/2EE426D397E82B62C1256C4F00317F84/$File/19830714002.pdf?OpenElement dead Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Bibliography y Real Decreto-ley 20/1977, de 18 de marzo, sobre Normas Electorales Royal Decree-Law 20/1977 18 March 1977 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1977-7445 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1977-7445 27 December 2016 Royal Decree-Law 20/1977 1977 y Ley Orgánica 8/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Aragón Organic Law 8/1982 10 August 1982 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1982-20819 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1982-20819 23 November 2025 Statute 1982 y Decreto 24/83, de 9 de marzo, de la Diputación General de Aragón por el que se convocan elecciones a Cortes de Aragón Decree 10 March 1983 Official Gazette of Aragon es https://www.boa.aragon.es/cgi-bin/EBOA/BRSCGI?CMD=VEROBJ&MLKOB=110715740059 16 January 2026 Decree 24/83 1983 Regional election Aragon Category:Regional elections in Aragon Aragon