1987 Extremaduran regional election

Election in the Spanish region of Extremadura 1987 Extremaduran regional election Extremadura parliamentary no 1983 Extremaduran regional election 1983 1991 Extremaduran regional election 1991 All 65 seats in the Assembly of Extremadura 33 #Opinion polls 808,654 10px 2.9% 601,597 (74.4%)10px 2.5 pp 10 June 1987 170x170px Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura 20 December 1982 Badajoz 35 seats, 53.0% 34 10px 1 292,935 49.2% 10px 3.8 pp 170x170px Adolfo Díaz-Ambrona People's Alliance (Spain) 1976 Badajoz 20 seats (CP)"AP–PDP–UL" Within the AP–PDP–UL alliance in the 1983 election. 17 10px 3 144,117 24.2% n/a 170x170px Tomás Martín Tamayo Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 1983 Badajoz 0 seats, 0.8% 8 10px 8 73,554 12.4% 10px 11.6 pp 170x170px Pedro Cañada United Extremadura 10 December 1980 Cáceres 6 seats, 8.5% 4 10px 2 34,606 5.8% 10px 2.7 pp 170x170px Manuel Pareja United Left Extremadura 1983 Badajoz 4 seats, 6.5%"PCE" Results for PCE in the 1983 election. 2 10px 2 32,240 5.4% 10px 1.1 pp ExtremaduraProvinceMapAssembly1987.png 250px Constituency results map for the Assembly of Extremadura President President after election Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura A regional election was held in Extremadura on 10 June 1987 to elect the 2nd Assembly of the autonomous community. All 65 seats in the Assembly were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won the election with a new absolute majority of seats, albeit losing 1 seat from its 1983 result. The People's Alliance (AP), which had undergone an internal crisis after the breakup of the People's Coalition in 1986, lost support and fell from the coalition's 30% of the share to 24%, losing 3 seats as a result. The main election winner was the centrist Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), a party led by the former Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez, which entered the Assembly for the first with 8 seats and 12% of the vote, becoming the only party within the Assembly that made gains, as all others (including regionalist United Extremadura (EU)) lost votes. United Left, an electoral coalition comprising the Communist Party of Spain and other left-wing parties, also lost 2 seats. Overview Under the 1983 Statute of Autonomy, the Assembly of Extremadura 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 1983 arts. 20 & 24–25. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.LEEx 1987 final prov. 1. Date The term of the Assembly of Extremadura expired four years after the date of its previous ordinary election. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 25 days before the scheduled expiration date of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of Extremadura (DOE), with election day taking place between 54 and 60 days after the decree's publication.Statute 1983 art. 22; LEEx 1987 arts. 21–23 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 art. 42). The previous election was held on 8 May 1983, which meant that the chamber's term would have expired on 8 May 1987. The election decree was required to be published in the DOE no later than 14 April 1987, setting the latest possible date for election day on 13 June 1987. The Assembly of Extremadura 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 first ballot. In such a case, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.Statute 1983 arts. 20 & 34; LGAEx 1984 art. 6. The election to the Assembly of Extremadura was officially called on 14 April 1987 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the DOE, setting election day for 10 June.Decree of 13 April 1987 art. 1. Electoral system Voting for the Assembly was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Extremadura and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.Statute 1983 art. 22; LEEx 1987 arts. 2–3 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 2–3). The Assembly of Extremadura had a maximum of 65 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at that number. All were elected in two multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of Badajoz and Cáceres, each of which was assigned an initial minimum of 20 seats and the remaining 25 distributed in proportion to population—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency. Alternatively, parties could also enter the seat distribution as long as they ran candidates in both constituencies and reached five percent regionally.Statute 1983 art. 22; LEEx 1987 arts. 17–19. As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Assembly constituency was entitled the following seats:Decree of 13 April 1987 art. 2. Seats Constituencies 35 Badajoz 30 Cáceres 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.LEEx 1987 arts. 19 & 26 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 46 & 48). 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 10 days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least two percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list.LEEx 1987 arts. 25–26; suppl. LOREG 1985 art. 44. Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election: Candidacy Parties andalliances Candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Government Ref. References Vote % Seats PSOE List on Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 50px Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra Social democracy 53.0% 35 30 April 1985 El PSOE extremeño tendrá una dirección colectiva https://elpais.com/diario/1985/04/30/espana/483660015_850215.html es El País Madrid 31 December 2025 AP List on People's Alliance (AP) 50px Adolfo Díaz-Ambrona ConservatismNational conservatism 30.1%"AP–PDP–UL" 20 PDP List on People's Democratic Party (PDP) 50px Manuel Pérez Pérez Christian democracy 14 September 1986 El PDP irá en solitario https://elpais.com/diario/1986/09/14/espana/527032808_850215.html es El País 10 March 202628 January 1987 Alzaga descarta cualquier coalición del PDP con Alianza Popular https://elpais.com/diario/1987/01/28/espana/538786813_850215.html es El País Valencia 28 November 2025 PL List on Liberal Party (PL) 50px Miguel Martínez Hidalgo Classical liberalismConservative liberalism EU List on United Extremadura (EU) 50px Pedro Cañada RegionalismConservatism 8.5% 6 IU List on Communist Party of Extremadura (PCEx) Socialist Action Party (PASOC) Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) Progressive Federation (FP) Republican Left (IR) 50px Manuel Pareja SocialismCommunism 6.5%"PCE" 4 González Ibáñez Juan 8 January 1987 Divergencias en Izquierda Unida sobre su futuro electoral https://elpais.com/diario/1987/01/08/espana/537058810_850215.html es El País Madrid 2 January 2026 CDS List on Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 50px Tomás Martín Tamayo CentrismLiberalism 0.8% 0 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 intention estimates The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 33 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Extremadura. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 17px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 35px|link=People's Coalition (Spain)|AP–PDP–PL 27px|link=United Extremadura|EU 35px|link=United Left Extremadura|IU 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS 30px|link=People's Alliance (Spain)|AP Lead 1987 regional election 10 Jun 1987 74.4 49.275% Verdana 34 – 5.875% Verdana 4 5.475% Verdana 2 12.475% Verdana 8 24.275% Verdana 17 25.0 Demoscopia/El PaísLos socialistas mantienen la hegemonía https://recursos.march.es/linz/I34494.pdf es El País 4 June 1987 1 January 2026 12 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170312055256/https://recursos.march.es/linz/I34494.pdf bot: unknown 22–26 May 1987? 73 49.175% Verdana 35 – 7.275% Verdana 6 3.475% Verdana 1 9.775% Verdana 6 27.575% Verdana 17 21.6 Sofemasa/APUna encuesta de AP pronostica un fuerte descenso del PSOE en las municipales http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1987/04/17/018.html es ABC 17 April 1987Notable descenso del PSOE en los próximos comicios, según una encuesta encargada por AP http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/sevilla/abc.sevilla/1987/04/17/016.html es ABC 17 April 1987 16 Apr 1987?? 43.5 – – 4.8 14.5 24.1 19.4 1986 general election 22 Jun 1986 73.6 55.975% Verdana (39) 26.775% Verdana (19) 2.775% Verdana (1) 3.975% Verdana (1) 8.075% Verdana (5) "CP" Within CP. 29.2 1983 regional election 8 May 1983 71.9 53.075% Verdana 36 30.175% Verdana 20 8.575% Verdana 6 6.5"PCE"75% Verdana 4 0.875% Verdana 0 "CP" 22.9 Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 17px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 35px|link=People's Coalition (Spain)|AP–PDP–PL 27px|link=United Extremadura|EU 35px|link=United Left Extremadura|IU 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS 30px|link=People's Alliance (Spain)|AP 27px|link=People's Democratic Party (Spain)|PDP Lead 1987 regional election"CERA" Does not include non-resident citizens. 10 Jun 1987 36.2 – 4.3 4.0 9.1 17.8 0.6 25.6 18.4 CISPreelectoral municipales y autonómicas de Extremadura 1987 (IV) (Estudio nº 1669. Junio 1987) https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es1669marpdf es CIS 5 June 1987 2–5 Jun 1987 998 34.6 – 4.0 3.1 7.3 12.5 0.2 32.6 4.7 22.1 CISPreelectoral municipales y autonómicas de Extremadura 1987 (III) (Estudio nº 1643. Mayo 1987) https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es1643marpdf es CIS 16 May 1987 8–16 May 1987 1,781 35.2 – 4.1 3.0 5.8 9.7 0.3 37.8 3.6 25.5 CISPreelectoral municipales y autonómicas de Extremadura 1987 (II) (Estudio nº 1623. Abril 1987) https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es1623mar_spdf es CIS 21 April 1987 12–21 Apr 1987 1,800 33.0 – 5.0 3.0 5.0 9.0 0.0 40.0 4.0 24.0 CISPreelectoral municipales y autonómicas de Extremadura 1987 (I) (Estudio nº 1606. Marzo 1987) https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es1606mar_spdf es CIS 23 March 1987 14–23 Mar 1987 2,396 35.0 – 4.0 2.0 5.0 13.0 0.0 37.0 3.0 22.0 CISBarómetro de la comunidad autónoma de Extremadura (IV) (Estudio nº 1544. Septiembre 1985) https://www.cis.es/es/estudios/barometro-de-la-comunidad-autonoma-de-extremadura-iv- es CIS 1 September 1986Estudio CIS nº 1544. Ficha técnica https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/ft1544pdf es CIS 1 September 1986 1 Sep 1986 1,991 34.3 – 2.1 2.4 5.4 11.6 0.4 34.6 6.0 22.7 1986 general election"CERA" 22 Jun 1986 40.8 19.5 1.9 2.8 5.9 "CP" "CP" 26.1 21.3 CISBarómetro de la comunidad autónoma de Extremadura (III) (Estudio nº 1512. Febrero 1986) https://www.cis.es/es/estudios/barometro-de-la-comunidad-autonoma-de-extremadura-iii- es CIS 1 February 1986Estudio CIS nº 1512. Ficha técnica https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/ft1512pdf es CIS 1 February 1986 1 Feb 1986 1,988 34.4 10.2 3.6 2.6 2.4 "CP" "CP" 39.2 6.8 24.2 CISBarómetro de la comunidad autónoma de Extremadura (II) (Estudio nº 1475. Septiembre 1985) https://www.cis.es/es/estudios/barometro-de-la-comunidad-autonoma-de-extremadura-ii- es CIS 1 September 1985Estudio CIS nº 1475. Ficha técnica https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/ft1475pdf es CIS 1 September 1985 1 Sep 1985 1,979 29.5 11.6 3.7 1.9 2.1 "CP" "CP" 42.2 8.4 17.9 CISBarómetro de la comunidad autónoma de Extremadura (I) (Estudio nº 1451. Febrero-Marzo 1985) https://www.cis.es/es/estudios/barometro-de-la-comunidad-autonoma-de-extremadura-i- es CIS 15 March 1985Estudio CIS nº 1451. Ficha técnica https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/ft1451pdf es CIS 15 March 1985 28 Feb–15 Mar 1985 1,958 33.3 11.5 6.8 3.0 1.6 "CP" "CP" 37.9 5.4 21.8 1983 regional election 8 May 1983 37.8 21.4 6.0 4.6"PCE" 0.6 "CP" "CP" 28.1 16.4 Victory preferences The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 17px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 27px|link=United Extremadura|EU 35px|link=United Left Extremadura|IU 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS 30px|link=People's Alliance (Spain)|AP 27px|link=People's Democratic Party (Spain)|PDP Other/None Lead CIS 2–5 Jun 1987 998 42.2 5.8 3.2 9.0 13.8 0.1 1.7 24.1 28.4 CIS 8–16 May 1987 1,781 43.5 4.7 3.7 6.7 11.8 0.6 0.6 28.4 31.7 CIS 12–21 Apr 1987 1,800 40.0 6.0 3.0 7.0 12.0 0.0 2.0 32.0 28.0 CIS 14–23 Mar 1987 2,396 39.0 4.0 2.0 7.0 15.0 0.0 1.0 33.0 24.0 Victory likelihood The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 17px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 27px|link=United Extremadura|EU 35px|link=United Left Extremadura|IU 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS 30px|link=People's Alliance (Spain)|AP Other/None Lead CIS 2–5 Jun 1987 998 58.5 0.6 1.3 4.1 4.2 0.4 31.0 54.8 CIS 8–16 May 1987 1,781 57.8 0.4 0.6 2.0 3.0 0.1 36.2 54.8 CIS 12–21 Apr 1987 1,800 58.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 36.0 55.0 CIS 14–23 Mar 1987 2,396 51.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 0.0 42.0 47.0 Preferred President The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Regional Government of Extremadura. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 55px 55px 55px 55px 55px 55px Other/None/Notcare Lead IbarraPSOE AmbronaAP CañadaEU ParejoIU MartínCDS PérezPDP CIS 2–5 Jun 1987 998 34.3 10.2 5.8 0.5 3.8 0.7 12.2 32.5 24.1 CIS 8–16 May 1987 1,781 30.5 7.0 4.5 1.0 1.7 0.8 15.7 38.8 23.5 CIS 12–21 Apr 1987 1,800 28.0 5.0 6.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 19.0 39.0 22.0 CIS 14–23 Mar 1987 2,396 28.0 9.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 – 14.0 41.0 19.0 Results Overall + ← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Assembly of Extremadura election results → center|335px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 292,935 49.18 −3.84 34 −1 People's Alliance (AP)1 144,117 24.19 n/a 17 −3 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 73,554 12.35 +11.56 8 +8 United Extremadura (EU) 34,606 5.81 −2.67 4 −2 United Left (IU)2 32,240 5.41 −1.07 2 −2 Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) 5,317 0.89 New 0 ±0 People's Democratic Party (PDP)1 5,203 0.87 n/a 0 ±0 Liberal Party (PL)1 2,286 0.38 n/a 0 ±0 Humanist Platform (PH) 619 0.10 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 4,785 0.80 +0.33 Total 595,662 65 ±0 Valid votes 595,662 99.01 −0.08 Invalid votes 5,935 0.99 +0.08 Votes cast / turnout 601,597 74.39 +2.49 Abstentions 207,057 25.61 −2.49 Registered voters 808,654 SourcesLozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/aextremadura.html Elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura (desde 1983) es Historia Electoral.com 18 October 202521 July 1987 Resolución de 15 de julio de 1987, haciendo públicos los resultados del Escrutinio General y Proclamación de Diputados Electos resultantes de las Elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura, celebradas el día 10 de junio de 1987 https://doe.juntaex.es/pdfs/doe/1995/680o/95060578.pdf es Official Journal of Extremadura 57 2483-5188 933–934 21 December 2025https://www.tcu.es/export/sites/portal/repositorio2/INFORME/1988/75_1988_I.pdf Nº 75. Informe de fiscalización de la regularidad de las contabilidades electorales derivadas de las elecciones celebradas el 10 de junio de 1987 es Court of Auditors 25 January 2026 left Footnotes: 1 Within the People's Coalition alliance in the 1983 election. 2 United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 election. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura 49.18 AP People's Alliance (Spain) 24.19 CDS Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 12.35 EU United Extremadura 5.81 IU United Left Extremadura 5.41 Others #777777 2.25 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 0.80 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura 52.31 AP People's Alliance (Spain) 26.15 CDS Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 12.31 EU United Extremadura 6.15 IU United Left Extremadura 3.08 Distribution by constituency Constituency PSOE AP CDS EU IU % S % S % S % S % S Badajoz 51.9 19 23.8 9 13.2 5 1.6 − 7.0 2 Cáceres 45.1 15 24.9 8 11.1 3 12.2 4 3.0 − Total 49.2 34 24.2 17 12.4 8 5.8 4 5.4 2 Sources Aftermath Government formation InvestitureNomination of Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra (PSOE) Ballot → 17 July 1987 Required majority → 33 out of 65 15 Yes • PSOE (34) 34 65 green 125px No • AP (14) • IU (2) 16 65 red 125px Abstentions • CDS (8) • EU (4) 12 65 gray 125px Absentees • AP (3) 3 65 black 125px Sources18 July 1987 https://elpais.com/diario/1987/07/18/espana/553557613_850215.html El aliancista Gabriel Cañellas ha sido elegido presidente del Gobierno balear es El País Madrid 1 January 2026 Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Bibliography 30em y Ley Orgánica 1/1983, de 25 de febrero, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Extremadura Organic Law 1/1983 25 February 1983 version as of 26 February 1983 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1983-6190 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1983-6190&tn=1&p=19830226 15 November 2025 Statute 1983 y Ley 2/1984, de 7 de junio, del Gobierno y de la Administración de la Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura Law 2/1984 7 June 1984 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1984-17656 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1984-17656 5 April 2026 LGAEx 1984 y Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General Organic Law 5/1985 19 June 1985 version as of 3 April 1987 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-11672 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=19870403 5 October 2025 LOREG 1985 y Ley 2/1987, de 16 de marzo, de Elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura Law 2/1987 16 March 1987 version as of 16 March 1987 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1987-8817 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1987-8817&tn=1&p=19870316 7 October 2025 LEEx 1987 y Decreto del Presidente, de 13 de abril de 1987, por el que se convocan elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura Decree 13 April 1987 Official Journal of Extremadura es https://doe.juntaex.es/pdfs/doe/1987/290o/87030004.pdf 21 December 2025 Decree of 13 April 1987 Regional election Extremadura Category:Regional elections in Extremadura Extremadura