1983 Cantabrian regional election

Election in the Spanish region of Cantabria 1983 Cantabrian regional election Cantabria parliamentary no 1987 Cantabrian regional election 1987 All 35 seats in the Regional Assembly of Cantabria 18 #Opinion polls 384,993 283,197 (73.4%) 8 May 1983 170x170px José A. Rodríguez Martínez People's Coalition (Spain, 1983) 21 March 1983 18 122,748 44.0% 170x170px Jaime Blanco Socialist Party of Cantabria 7 December 1980 15 107,168 38.4% 170x170px Miguel Ángel Revilla Regionalist Party of Cantabria 1983 2 18,767 6.7% President José A. Rodríguez Martínez Independent (AP–PDP–UL) José A. Rodríguez Martínez Independent (AP–PDP–UL) The 1983 Cantabrian regional election was held on 8 May 1983 to elect the 1st Regional Assembly of the autonomous community of Cantabria. All 35 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain. The People's Coalition, an electoral alliance made up of the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL) which fielded incumbent president José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez as its candidate, won the election with an unexpected absolute majority of seats in spite of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) having won the October 1982 general election in the region.10 May 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/05/10/espana/421365619_850215.html Los socialistas deberán pactar en cinco comunidades atonómas para gobernar es El País 11 December 2019 The PSOE came second with 15 seats, its defeat mainly attributed to independent mayor of Santander Juan Hormaechea's personal appeal in the concurrent local elections securing an insurmountable lead of 22,000 votes in favour of the Coalition in the capital city of Cantabria.10 May 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/05/10/espana/421365634_850215.html El poder, en manos de ex centristas es El País 11 December 2019 The Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) entered the Assembly with 2 seats. The former ruling party of Spain, the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), had chosen to dissolve itself in February 1983 and did not contest the election as a result.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 13 December 2019 While the election result would allow the Coalition's candidate, José Antonio Rodríguez, to get elected as regional president,16 June 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/06/16/espana/424562418_850215.html José Antonio Rodríguez, elegido presidente del Gobierno cántabro es El País 8 December 201918 June 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/06/18/espana/424735222_850215.html Tomó posesión de su cargo el presidente regional de Cantabria es El País 11 December 2019 a series of political discrepancies and a crisis between AP and PDP would lead to his resignation on 2 March 1984, being replaced by AP's Ángel Díaz de Entresotos until the end of the legislature.19 February 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/02/19/espana/445993220_850215.html La inminente dimisión de Rodríguez como presidente de Cantabria cerrará la primera crisis interna de la Coalición Popular es El País 11 December 2019 Overview Electoral system The Regional Assembly of Cantabria was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Cantabria, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the regional Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.Ley Orgánica 8/1981, de 30 de diciembre, de Estatuto de Autonomía para Cantabria Organic Law 8 es 30 December 1981 https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1982-635&tn=1&p=19820111 18 September 2017 Transitory Provision First of the Statute established a specific electoral procedure for the first election to the Regional Assembly of Cantabria, to be supplemented by the provisions within Royal Decree-Law 20/1977, of 18 March, and its related regulations. Voting for the Regional Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Cantabria and in full enjoyment of their civil and political rights. The 35 members of the Regional Assembly of Cantabria were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally.Real Decreto-ley 20/1977, de 18 de marzo, sobre Normas Electorales Royal Decree-Law 20 es 18 March 1977 https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1977-7445 14 December 2019Boletín Oficial del Estado 59 10 March 1983 7046 0212-033X Real Decreto 451/1983, de 9 de marzo, de convocatoria de elecciones a la Asamblea Regional de Cantabria https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1983/03/10/pdfs/A07046-07046.pdf es 14 December 2019 Election date The Regional Council of Cantabria was required to call an election to the Regional Assembly of Cantabria within from 1 February to 31 May 1983. On 7 March 1983, it was confirmed that the first election to the Regional Assembly of Cantabria would be held on 8 May, together with regional elections for twelve other autonomous communities as well as 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 13 December 20199 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 13 December 201910 March 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/03/10/portada/416098801_850215.html Convocadas las elecciones locales y autonómicas para el domingo 8 de mayo es El País 13 December 2019 with the election decree being published in the Official State Gazette on 10 March. Background The procedure for the approval of a regional statute of autonomy for Cantabria started after the Provincial Council of Santander, as well as more than two-thirds of the local councils in the province, voted for applying for autonomy as a single-province autonomous community out of historical reasons through the "slow-track" procedure set down under Article 143 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978.23 June 1979 https://elpais.com/diario/1979/06/23/espana/298936825_850215.html Cantabria puede ser la primera comunidad autónoma uniprovincial es El País 15 December 201911 September 1979 https://elpais.com/diario/1979/09/11/espana/305848825_850215.html Cantabria, primera región que opta por la vía del artículo 143 es El País 15 December 2019 Cantabria was among the few regions not to have a pre-autonomic regime approved, together with La Rioja and Madrid.June 2005 https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2005/06/espana/estatutos_autonomia/historia.html La España de las Autonomías. El modelo territorial. "Café para todos" es El Mundo 17 December 2019https://app.congreso.es/consti/estatutos/sinopsis.jsp?com=69 Sinopsis del Estatuto de Cantabria es congreso.es Congress of Deputies 17 December 2019 Negotiations for the drafting of a Statute ensued between the parties with parliamentary representation in the province—the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)—amid discussion on whether the province was to be integrated, either at the time or in the future, within the autonomous community of Castile and León (as the province of Santander had been part of the historical region of Old Castile).21 May 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/05/21/espana/327708025_850215.html Finaliza la redacción del Estatuto de Autonomía de Cantabria es El País 15 December 20194 June 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/06/04/espana/328917633_850215.html Aprobado el proyecto de Estatuto de Autonomía de Cantabria es El País 15 December 2019 The regional Statute, which would establish the territory of the province as a single electoral constituency instead of the judicial districts which had been considered during the drafting process,3 April 1981 https://elpais.com/diario/1981/04/03/espana/355096828_850215.html Cinco estatutos de autonomía, pendientes de tramitación en el Congreso es El País 15 December 201926 June 1981 https://elpais.com/diario/1981/06/26/espana/362354407_850215.html Posible acuerdo especial de Cantabria con la comunidad castellano-leonesa es El País 15 December 2019 was finally approved on 15 December 1981,14 October 1981 https://elpais.com/diario/1981/10/14/espana/371862012_850215.html El Pleno del Congreso aprueba el articulado del Estatuto de Cantabria es El País 15 December 201916 December 1981 https://elpais.com/diario/1981/12/16/espana/377305214_850215.html Los acuerdos UCD-PSOE condicionan la autonomía cántabra es El País 15 December 201916 December 1981 https://elpais.com/diario/1981/12/16/espana/377305213_850215.html Aprobados los Estatutos de Asturias y Cantabria, los primeros tramitados por la vía del artículo 143 es El País 14 December 2019 coming into force on 31 January 1982.June 2005 https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2005/06/espana/estatutos_autonomia/estatutos/cantabria.html La España de las Autonomías. Cantabria. Breve historia es El Mundo 17 December 2019 Both the PSOE and the UCD saw internal party crises develop within their respective parties in the years preceding the regional election. The PSOE had seen a regional leadership lasting only nine months as a result of the resignation of party's secretary general Pilar Quintanal in August 1980,20 September 1979 https://elpais.com/diario/1979/09/20/espana/306626407_850215.html Posible expediente disciplinario contra la directiva del PSOE de Cantabria es El País 15 December 20196 August 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/08/06/espana/334360805_850215.html Crisis en el PSOE de Cantabria es El País 15 December 201914 August 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/08/14/espana/335052002_850215.html Los socialistas cántabros intentan salir de su crisis con un congreso en septiembre es El País 15 December 2019 who had been elected to the post in November 1979,20 November 1979 https://elpais.com/diario/1979/11/20/espana/311900403_850215.html Pilar Quintanal, secretaria general del PSOE de Cantabria es El País 15 December 2019 being replaced by Congress deputy Jaime Blanco.25 November 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/11/25/espana/343954820_850215.html La comisión de conflictos del PSOE rehabilita al diputado Jaime Blanco es El País 12 December 20194 December 1980 https://elpais.com/diario/1980/12/04/espana/344732421_850215.html Jaime Blanco, virtual secretario del PSOE de Cantabria es El País 14 December 2019 The UCD crisis, which had initially started as an extension of the ongoing hardships within the national party with some members breaking away from the party's discipline,25 June 1981 https://elpais.com/diario/1981/06/25/espana/362268014_850215.html Otro diputado centrista amenaza con abandonar el partido es El País 15 December 20199 July 1981 https://elpais.com/diario/1981/07/09/espana/363477612_850215.html El sector "crítico" de UCD de Cantabria no reconocerá al nuevo comité ejecutivo es El País 15 December 201918 November 1981 https://elpais.com/diario/1981/11/18/espana/374886016_850215.html El diputado Díaz Porras se da de baja en el partido centrista es El País 15 December 2019 came further aggravated over the issue of the appointment of the new autonomous institutions as supporters of the incumbent president of the Regional Council, José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez, refused to support the party's official candidates, Leandro Valle as Rodríguez Martínez's successor and Justo de las Cuevas as Speaker of the Regional Assembly (the latter involved in a financial scandal).23 December 1981 https://elpais.com/diario/1981/12/23/espana/377910008_850215.html Conflicto en la UCD de Cantabria por la elección de candidatos a las instituciones regionales es El País 15 December 20198 January 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/01/08/espana/379292420_850215.html Divergencias en UCD por la presidencia de la Diputacion de Cantabria es El País 15 December 201912 January 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/01/12/espana/379638021_850215.html Enfrentamientos entre PSOE y UCD en la Diputación es El País 15 December 2019 8 UCD deputies rebelled on the party's discipline and allied with the PSOE, the PRC and the split Democratic Action Party (PAD) to have dissident UCD's Isaac Aja elected as the Assembly's Speaker,17 February 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/02/17/espana/382748418_850215.html Problemas en UCD para la elección de presidente de la Asamblea de Cantabria es El País 15 December 201921 February 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/02/21/espana/383094018_850215.html El diputado de UCD Isaac Aja, presidente de la Asamblea Regional es El País 15 December 201923 February 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/02/23/espana/383266821_850215.html Virulenta reacción en la UCD cántabra por la derrota de Justo de las Cuevas es El País 15 December 2019 while maintaining Rodríguez Martínez in his post.4 March 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/03/04/espana/384044417_850215.html Los centristas 'disidentes' de Cantabria pueden ocupar el Gobierno regional es El País 15 December 20196 March 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/03/06/espana/384217219_850215.html Acuerdo para que el ex presidente de la Diputación forme Gobierno en Cantabria es El País 15 December 2019 All rebels, including Aja and Rodríguez Martínez, were subsequently expelled from the party,16 March 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/03/16/espana/385081213_850215.html Expulsado de UCD el presidente del Gobierno autónomo de Cantabria, elegido ayer es El País 15 December 201917 March 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/03/17/espana/385167614_850215.html Indignación en Cantabria por la decisión de UCD de expulsar a los ocho diputados regionales es El País 15 December 201930 March 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/03/30/espana/386287218_850215.html La Asamblea de Cantabria se reserva la capacidad de destituir a sus miembros es El País 15 December 2019 and the government formation delayed until April 1982,6 April 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/04/06/espana/386892020_850215.html Los problemas internos de UCD impiden la formación del primer Gobierno autónomo cántabro es El País 15 December 20198 April 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/04/08/espana/387064818_850215.html El día 15, presentación del Gobierno autónomo de Cantabria ante la Asamblea Regional es El País 15 December 201916 April 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/04/16/espana/387756025_850215.html Mayoría de independientes en el primer Gobierno de Cantabria es El País 15 December 2019 with the UCD subsequently dissolving local party groupings and sanctioning any party member who had shown support for the rebels.10 June 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/06/10/espana/392508033_850215.html Depuración de militantes centristas que apoyan al Gobierno autónomo es El País 15 December 2019 Later, the formation of the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) by former prime minister Adolfo Suárez had a severe impact in the UCD regional as its leadership joined the new party.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 15 December 201931 August 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/08/31/espana/399592813_850215.html Las 'fugas' obligan a constituir una gestora de UCD en Cantabria es El País 15 December 2019 Parliamentary composition The composition of the provisional Regional Assembly was determined by the provisions of Transitory Provision Fourth of the Statute, which established that its members be the elected deputies and senators for Cantabria in the Cortes Generales as well as the members of the Provincial Council of the then province of Santander. As a result, the composition of the provisional Regional Assembly of Cantabria upon its constitution in February 1982 was established as indicated below:http://www.historiaelectoral.com/diputacions.html 1979 Provincial Council elections es Historia Electoral.com 14 December 2019Diario de Sesiones de la Asamblea Regional de Cantabria 1 27 February 1982 1–58 2171-6838 Sesión Plenaria, nº 1, celebrada el día 20 de febrero de 1982, de constitución de la Asamblea Regional de Cantabria https://parlamento-cantabria.es/sites/default/files/diarios/1-PLENO.pdf es 15 December 2019 + Parliamentary composition in February 1982 Parties Cortes Generales Prov.dep. Provincial deputies Seats Dep. Deputies Sen. Senators Total +/− UCDOne UCD deputy, Ciriaco Díaz Porras, had left the party and joined the PAD in November 1981. Also, two UCD members, Ambrosio Calzada Hernández and Leandro Valle González-Torre, served concurrently as senators and provincial deputies. 2 3 16 21 n/a PSOE 2 1 8 11 n/a PRC 0 0 1 1 n/a PAD 1 0 0 1 n/a Total 5 4 25 34 n/a The 1982 Spanish general election resulted in changes in the composition of the provisional regional assembly, in accordance with the new seat distribution of Cortes Generales members in the region.22 November 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/11/22/espana/406767627_850215.html Los socialistas serán la minoría mayoritaria de la Asamblea cántabra es El País 15 December 201925 November 1982 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/11/25/espana/407026829_850215.html Críticas del presidente de la Asamblea cántabra a la gestión del Gobierno autónomo es El País 15 December 2019 Changes shown include the expulsion of eight former UCD deputies in March 1982, with six joining the AP–PDP coalition after the general election and the other two remaining within the Mixed Group as independents.https://parlamento-cantabria.es/actividad/legislaturas/legislatura-provisional Legislatura Provisional es parlamento-cantabria.es Parliament of Cantabria 15 December 2019 + Parliamentary composition in November 1982 Parties Cortes Generales Prov.dep. Provincial deputies Seats Dep. Deputies Sen. Senators Total +/− PSOEOne PSOE member, Jesús Cabezón Alonso, was elected as senator in the 1982 general election while concurrently serving as provincial deputy. 3 3 7 13 +2 UCD 0 0 10 10 −11 AP–PDPAmbrosio Calzada Hernández served concurrently as senator and provincial deputy. 2 1 5 8 +8 PRC 0 0 1 1 ±0 PAD 0 0 0 0 −1 INDEP 0 0 2 2 +2 Total 5 4 25 34 ±0 Parties and candidates The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one-thousandth of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election—with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. A minimum of three deputies was required for the constitution of parliamentary groups in the Regional Assembly of Cantabria.Diario de Sesiones de la Asamblea Regional de Cantabria 9 1 June 1982 233–276 2171-6838 Resolución de 31 de mayo de 1982 por la que se ordena la publicación en el "Boletín Oficial de la Asamblea Regional de Cantabria" del Reglamento de la misma https://parlamento-cantabria.es/sites/default/files/bop/9-P%2082.pdf es 15 December 2019 Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election: Candidacy Parties andalliances Leading candidate Ideology Gov. Government Ref. References AP–PDP–UL List on People's Alliance (AP) People's Democratic Party (PDP) Liberal Union (UL) 50px José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez ConservatismChristian democracy 22 March 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/03/22/espana/417135613_850215.html José Antonio Rodríguez, candidato por AP-PDP a la presidencia de la Diputación cántabra es El País 12 December 201916 April 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/04/16/espana/419292012_850215.html Un presidente polémico para frenar al PSOE es El País 12 December 2019 PSOE List on Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 50px Jaime Blanco Social democracy PRC List on Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 50px Miguel Ángel Revilla RegionalismProgressivismPopulism 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,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 14 December 2019 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.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 14 December 201916 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 14 December 2019 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),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 14 December 201930 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 14 December 2019 had limited success due to concerns from both AP and UCD over such an alliance policy: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 14 December 201922 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 14 December 2019 AP strongly rejected any agreement that implied any sort of global coalition with UCD due to the party's ongoing decomposition,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 14 December 201918 January 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/01/18/espana/411692423_850215.html UCD negociará pactos locales para los próximos comicios es El País 14 December 2019 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 14 December 201917 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 14 December 201918 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 14 December 2019 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 Exito y fracaso sin precedentes en la historia de las democracias es El País 13 December 201921 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 17 December 2019 electoral alliances with the AP–PDP coalition had only been agreed in some provinces of the Basque Country and Galicia.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 14 December 201931 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 14 December 201911 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 14 December 2019 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 13 December 201913 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 13 December 201922 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 13 December 2019 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.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 13 December 2019 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 14 December 201920 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 13 December 201921 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 13 December 2019 Even before the dissolution of the UCD, several of its former members in Cantabria, such as Mayor of Santander Juan Hormaechea, had already announced their integration within AP–PDP lists as early as January 1983.10 January 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/01/10/espana/411001208_850215.html Presencia de centristas en las listas municipales de AP en Cantabria es El País 17 December 2019 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; 18 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Regional Assembly of Cantabria. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 27px|link=Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD 17px|link=Socialist Party of Cantabria|PSOE 35px|link=People's Coalition (Spain)|AP–PDP–UL 30px|link=Communist Party of Cantabria|PCE 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS PRC Lead 1983 regional election 8 May 1983 73.6 – 38.475% Verdana 15 44.075% Verdana 18 4.075% Verdana 0 2.675% Verdana 0 6.775% Verdana 2 5.6 Sofemasa/El PaísHormaechea conseguirá la reelección en Santander https://elpais.com/diario/1983/05/01/espana/420588009_850215.html es El País 1 May 1983Ficha técnica de los sondeos https://elpais.com/diario/1983/05/01/espana/420588007_850215.html es El País 1 May 1983 23–26 Apr 1983?? –?75% Verdana 18/20?75% Verdana 13/15?75% Verdana 0?75% Verdana 0?75% Verdana 2? PSOEEl PSOE puede lograr la mayoría simple en los trece parlamentos autonóminos nuevos, de acuerdo con los resultados del 28-O https://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/21/espana/414630009_850215.html es El País 21 February 1983 Feb 1983???75% Verdana 2?75% Verdana 17?75% Verdana 14?75% Verdana 0?75% Verdana 2 –? 1982 general election 28 Oct 1982 82.7 5.475% Verdana (2) 45.075% Verdana (17) 38.9"AID/AP–PDP" Results for AID (1979) and AP–PDP (1982).75% Verdana (15) 3.175% Verdana (0) 5.175% Verdana (1) – 6.1 1979 general election 1 Mar 1979 70.5 41.975% Verdana (17) 30.375% Verdana (12) 10.3"AID/AP–PDP"75% Verdana (4) 6.675% Verdana (2) – – 11.6 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=Socialist Party of Cantabria|PSOE 35px|link=People's Coalition (Spain)|AP–PDP–UL 30px|link=Communist Party of Cantabria|PCE 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS PRC 28px|link=Liberal Democratic Party (Spain, 1982)|PDL Lead 1983 regional election 8 May 1983 – 30.5 31.9 2.9 1.9 4.9 1.2 26.4 1.4 CISE–Metra Seis–ECO/CISPreelectoral municipales y autonómicas 1983 (VII). Cantabria (Estudio nº 1352. Abril 1983) http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/1340_1359/1352/CANTABRIA/es1352Cant.pdf es CIS 8 April 1983 5–8 Apr 1983 401 – 34.2 14.8 2.8 2.5 6.5 0.3 28.7 9.0 19.4 1982 general election 28 Oct 1982 4.3 36.1 31.2"AID/AP–PDP" 2.5 4.1 – – 17.3 4.9 1979 general election 1 Mar 1979 28.9 20.9 7.1"AID/AP–PDP" 4.6 – – – 29.5 8.0 Results + Summary of the 8 May 1983 Regional Assembly of Cantabria election results → center|325px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) 122,748 43.99 n/a 18 n/a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 107,168 38.41 n/a 15 n/a Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 18,767 6.73 n/a 2 n/a Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 11,052 3.96 n/a 0 n/a Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 7,164 2.57 n/a 0 n/a Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) 4,474 1.60 n/a 0 n/a United Cantabrian Left Group (AICU) 3,179 1.14 n/a 0 n/a Cantabria Nationalist Electoral Group (AENC) 1,869 0.67 n/a 0 n/a Ecologist Movement of Spain (MEE) 1,019 0.37 n/a 0 n/a Blank ballots 1,569 0.56 n/a Total 279,009 35 n/a Valid votes 279,009 98.52 n/a Invalid votes 4,188 1.48 n/a Votes cast / turnout 283,197 73.56 n/a Abstentions 101,796 26.44 n/a Registered voters 384,993 Sourceshttp://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/CANTABRIA_1983_Resultados.pdf Regional Assembly of Cantabria election results, 8 May 1983 28 October 1983 es www.juntaelectoralcentral.es Electoral Commission of Cantabria 28 September 2017https://parlamento-cantabria.es/informacion-general/elecciones-auton%C3%B3micas-8-de-mayo-de-1983-0 Regional election, 8 May 1983 es parlamento-cantabria.es Parliament of Cantabria 28 September 2017http://www.historiaelectoral.com/acantabria.html Elecciones al Parlamento de Cantabria (1983 - 2019) es Historia Electoral.com 28 September 2017 Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px AP–PDP–UL People's Coalition (Spain, 1983) 43.99 PSOE Socialist Party of Cantabria 38.41 PRC Regionalist Party of Cantabria 6.73 PCE Communist Party of Cantabria 3.96 CDS Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 2.57 PDL Liberal Democratic Party (Spain, 1982) 1.60 AICU #E71839 1.14 Others #777777 1.04 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 0.56 Seats #ddd 550px 500px AP–PDP–UL People's Coalition (Spain) 51.43 PSOE Socialist Party of Cantabria 42.86 PRC Regionalist Party of Cantabria 5.71 Aftermath Government formation Under Article 16 of the Statute, investiture processes to elect the president of the Regional Council of Cantabria required of an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later requiring only of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If the proposed candidate was not elected, successive proposals were to be transacted under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Regional Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.Boletín Oficial del Estado 89 14 April 1983 10303–10306 0212-033X Ley 2/1982, de 4 de octubre, del Régimen Jurídico del Estatuto Personal, atribuciones, y organización del Presidente de la Diputación Regional de Cantabria y de su Consejo de Gobierno https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1983-10268 es 14 December 2019 In an investiture session held on 14 June 1983, José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez was re-elected as president of the Regional Council with an absolute majority of votes. InvestitureJosé A. Rodríguez Martínez (Independent) Ballot → 14 June 1983 Required majority → 18 out of 35 15 Yes • AP–PDP–UL (18) 18 35 green 125px No • PSOE (15) • PRC (2) 17 35 red 125px Abstentions 0 35 gray 125px Absentees 0 35 black 125px Sources 1983–84 government crisis While AP and the PDP were the main parties forming the regional government, President José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez was an independent figure who did not belong to either party.17 May 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/05/17/espana/421970409_850215.html Presiones de AP para que el presidente de Cantabria se integre en el partido de Fraga es El País 12 December 2019 Rodríguez and AP deputies within the People's Coalition had been forced to forcefully cohabitate throughout the first months of the legislature,22 June 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/06/22/espana/425080823_850215.html José Antonio Rodríguez impone a AP sus criterios en la formación del Gobierno de Cantabria es El País 12 December 201928 September 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/09/28/espana/433551628_850215.html Superadas las diferencias entre el Gobierno regional y Alianza Popular es El País 12 December 2019 until Rodríguez's dismissal of AP regional minister for Public Works Francisco Ignacio de Cáceres without prior consultation with the party's leadership resulted in the AP losing confidence in the regional president and in a breakup of the collaboration and the near-split of the AP–PDP alliance, as the later chose to side with Rodríguez.4 December 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/12/04/espana/439340417_850215.html Ruptura entre los partidos políticos que integran la Coalición Popular en Cantabria es El País 12 December 2019 AP demanded Rodríguez Martínez to hand over his post,6 December 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/12/06/espana/439513218_850215.html El presidente cántabro desoye la petición de que dimita efectuada por Alianza Popular es El País 12 December 201925 January 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/01/25/espana/443833215_850215.html Fraga se reúne hoy en Madrid con el presidente regional para pedirle que dimita es El País 12 December 2019 which the later refused,12 January 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/01/12/espana/442710017_850215.html El presidente del Gobierno de Cantabria afirma que sólo se sometería a un posible pacto Fraga-Alzaga es El País 12 December 201928 January 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/01/28/espana/444092420_850215.html El presidente de Cantabria rechaza la petición de Manuel Fraga de que presente su dimisión es El País 12 December 2019 amid accusations of "irresponsability" and of political meddling to coherce local mayors into supporting the regional president.29 December 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/12/29/espana/441500418_850215.html Un alcalde denuncia 'sucios manejos' para forzarle a apoyar al presidente cántabro es El País 12 December 201930 December 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/12/30/espana/441586809_850215.html El secretario del presidente cántabro niega haber presionado a un alcalde es El País 12 December 2019 Manuel Fraga's party subsequently threatened to bring Rodríguez down through a motion of no confidence which, nonetheless, required the votes from the PDP deputies that still supported the President.2 January 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/01/02/espana/441846015_850215.html Nueva tentativa de AP para forzar la dimisión del presidente del Gobierno autónomo es El País 12 December 20197 January 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/01/07/espana/442278011_850215.html Compromiso de Fraga y Alzaga para resolver el conflicto de la coalición en Santander es El País 12 December 20199 January 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/01/09/espana/442450814_850215.html El presidente no ha podido suspender su comparecencia ante la Asamblea Regional es El País 12 December 2019 The personal intervention in the crisis of AP and PDP leaders, Manuel Fraga and Óscar Alzaga, in an effort to prevent it from escalating further and disrupting the nationwide alliance between both parties, eventually led to Rodríguez Martínez accepting to resign the post of regional president while retaining his seat in the Regional Assembly and abandoning the People's Coalition group, leaving the new government in a parliamentary minority.18 February 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/02/18/espana/445906817_850215.html El presidente cántabro hará pública el lunes la dimisión del cargo es El País 12 December 20192 March 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/03/02/espana/447030024_850215.html El presidente de Cantabria anuncia para hoy su dimisión es El País 12 December 2019 AP member Ángel Díaz de Entresotos was nominated by the Regional Assembly to replace Rodríguez Martínez,7 March 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/03/07/espana/447462017_850215.html El presidente es El País 12 December 201913 March 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/03/13/espana/447980416_850215.html Profunda crisis política en las direcciones de los dos partidos mayoritarios de Cantabria es El País 12 December 2019 but the infighting within the parties forming the regional government would dominate the Cantabrian political landscape in the ensuing months.25 August 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/08/25/espana/462232817_850215.html La ruptura del pacto AP-PDP inicia una nueva crisis en el Gobierno cántabro es El País 12 December 201926 August 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/08/26/espana/462319214_850215.html El PDP culpa de la crisis del Gobierno cántabro al consejero de la Presidencia es El País 12 December 201931 August 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/08/31/espana/462751206_850215.html Cantabria ha tenido tres crisis de Gobierno en 15 meses a causa de las luchas entre AP y PDP es El País 12 December 20193 September 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/09/03/espana/463010401_850215.html Los dirigentes de Coalición Popular llegan a un acuerdo para evitar que la crisis de Cantabria se extienda a nivel nacional es El País 12 December 2019 InvestitureÁngel Díaz de Entresotos (AP) Ballot → 16 March 1984 18 March 1984 Required majority → 18 out of 35 15 Simple 15 Yes • AP–PDP–PL (17) 17 35 green 125px 17 35 green 125px No • PSOE (14) • PRC (2) 16 35 red 125px 16 35 red 125px Abstentions • PSOE (1) • Independent (1) 2 35 gray 125px 2 35 gray 125px Absentees 0 35 black 125px 0 35 black 125px Sources19 March 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/03/19/espana/448498807_850215.html Díaz de Entresotos logra la investidura para presidir el Gobierno cántabro es El País 8 December 2019 Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Category:1983 in Cantabria Cantabria Category:Regional elections in Cantabria