1983 Seville municipal election

Election in the Spanish municipality of Seville 1983 Seville municipal election Seville parliamentary no 1979 Seville municipal election 1979 1987 Seville municipal election 1987 All 31 seats in the City Council of Seville 16 #Opinion polls 454,851 10px 6.3% 274,080 (60.3%)10px 3.3 pp 8 May 1983 170x170px Manuel del Valle PSOE–A 1983 8 seats, 24.8% 19 10px 11 153,002 56.2% 10px 31.4 pp 170x170px Pedro Albert Lasierra AP–PDP–UL — 0 seats, 1.2%Data for CD in the 1979 election. 10 10px 10 80,542 29.6% 10px 28.4 pp 170x170px Javier Aristu PCE 971324 — 6 seats, 18.4% 2 10px 4 24,099 8.9% 10px 9.5 pp Mayor Mayor after election Luis Uruñuela PSA–PA Manuel del Valle Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia A municipal election was held in Seville on 8 May 1983 to elect the 2nd City Council of the municipality. All 31 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain. Overview Under the 1978 Constitution, the governance of municipalities in Spain—part of the country's local government system—was centered on the figure of city councils (es ayuntamientos), local corporations with independent legal personality composed of a mayor, a government council and an elected legislative assembly.Constitution 1978 art. 140; LBERL 1975 bases 1 & 4. The mayor was indirectly elected by the local assembly, requiring an absolute majority; otherwise, the candidate from the most-voted party automatically became mayor (ties were resolved by drawing lots).LEL 1978 art. 28. In the case of Seville, the top-tier administrative and governing body was the City Council of Seville. Date The term of local assemblies in Spain expired four years after the date of their previous election. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the day after the expiration date of the assemblies, with election day taking place within from 55 to 70 days after the decree's publication in the Official State Gazette (BOE).LEL 1978 art. 3 & trans. prov. 2 (am. amended by LEL 1983 art. 2). Elections to the assemblies of local entities were officially called on 10 March 1983 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOE, setting election day for 8 May.Royal Decree 448/1983 1983 arts. 1–2 Electoral system Voting for local assemblies was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality and with full civil and political rights.LEL 1978 art. 6. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each municipality. Each municipality was a multi-member constituency, with a number of seats based on the following scale:LEL 1978 arts. 5 & 10–11. Population Councillors <250 5 251–1,000 7 1,001–2,000 9 2,001–5,000 11 5,001–10,000 13 10,001–20,000 17 20,001–50,000 21 50,001–100,000 25 >100,001 +1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction+1 if total is an even number 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.LEL 1978 art. 11. 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 20px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia|PSOE 27px|link=Andalusian Party|PSA–PA 20px|link=Communist Party of Andalusia|PCA–PCE 35px|link=People's Coalition (Spain)|AP–PDP–UL 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS Lead 1983 municipal election 8 May 1983 – 33.6 1.8 5.3 17.7 0.7 40.4 15.9 Alef–Emopública/CISPreelectoral municipales y autonómicas 1983 (III). Sevilla capital (Estudio nº 1351. Marzo 1983) https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es1351mar_2sevillapdf es CIS 25 March 1983 17–25 Mar 1983 497 0.6 59.3 – 3.0 11.5 0.2 14.9 4.8 47.8 1982 general election 28 Oct 1982 2.1 47.1 2.5 4.5 21.2"CD/AP/AP–PDP" Results for CD (1979), AP (May 1982) and AP–PDP (October 1982). 0.8 18.1 25.9 1982 regional election 28 Oct 1982 4.6 33.9 4.0 5.0 15.7"CD/AP/AP–PDP" – 34.1 18.2 1979 municipal election 3 Apr 1979 15.4 14.0 13.3 10.4 0.7"CD/AP/AP–PDP" – 43.0 1.4 Results + ← Summary of the 8 May 1983 City Council of Seville election results → center|315px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A) 153,002 56.22 +31.44 19 +11 People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)1 80,542 29.60 +28.43 10 +10 Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 24,099 8.86 −9.57 2 −4 Socialist Party of Andalusia–Andalusian Party (PSA–PA) 8,080 2.97 −20.51 0 −8 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 3,191 1.17 New 0 ±0 Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE) 1,460 0.54 −0.11 0 ±0 United Candidacy of Workers (CUT) 540 0.20 New 0 ±0 Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) n/a n/a −27.09 0 −9 Blank ballots 1,221 0.45 +0.32 Total 272,135 31 ±0 Valid votes 272,135 99.29 −0.21 Invalid votes 1,945 0.71 +0.21 Votes cast / turnout 274,080 60.26 +3.28 Abstentions 180,771 39.74 −3.28 Registered voters 454,851 SourcesLozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/msevilla.html Elecciones municipales en Sevilla (desde 1979) es Historia Electoral.com 4 November 2025https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/ Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales es Ministry of the Interior 5 November 2025 5 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240805154842/https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/ dead http://www.sevilla.org/ayuntamiento/competencias-areas/area-de-hacienda-y-administracion-publica/servicio-estadistica/atribuciones-del-servicio/anuarios/historico/anuario-1999 Anuario Estadístico de la ciudad de Sevilla 1999 es City Council of Seville 7 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171207192616/http://www.sevilla.org/ayuntamiento/competencias-areas/area-de-hacienda-y-administracion-publica/servicio-estadistica/atribuciones-del-servicio/anuarios/historico/anuario-1999 7 December 2017 dead left Footnotes: 1 People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PSOE–A Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia 56.22 AP–PDP–UL People's Coalition (Spain) 29.60 PCE Communist Party of Andalusia 8.86 PSA–PA Andalusian Party 2.97 CDS Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 1.17 Others #777777 0.73 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 0.45 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PSOE–A Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia 61.29 AP–PDP–UL People's Coalition (Spain) 32.26 PCE Communist Party of Andalusia 6.45 Aftermath Government formation Investiture Ballot → 23 May 1983 Required majority → 16 out of 31 Manuel del Valle (PSOE–A) • PSOE–A (19) 19 31 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia 125px 15 Pedro Albert Lasierra (AP–PDP–UL) • AP–PDP–UL (10) 10 31 People's Coalition (Spain) 125px 15 Javier Aristu (PCE) • PCE (2) 2 31 Communist Party of Andalusia 125px 15 Abstentions/Blank ballots 0 31 gray 125px Absentees 0 31 black 125px SourcesAguilar José 25 May 1983 Guerra afirma que la dirección del PSOE no ha pactado con AP ninguna alcaldía andaluza https://elpais.com/diario/1983/05/25/espana/422661602_850215.html es El País Seville 21 May 2026 Notes References Bibliography 30em y Ley 41/1975, de 19 de noviembre, de Bases del Estatuto de Régimen Local Law 41/1975 19 November 1975 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1975-23920 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1975-23920 18 December 2025 LBERL 1975 y Ley 39/1978, de 17 de julio, de elecciones locales Law 39/1978 17 July 1978 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1978-18636 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1978-18636 17 December 2025 LEL 1978 y Constitución Española Constitution 27 December 1978 version as of 29 December 1978 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1978-31229 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1978-31229&tn=1&p=19781229 27 December 2016 Constitution 1978 y Ley Orgánica 6/1983, de 2 de marzo, por la que se modifican determinados artículos de la Ley 39/1978, de 17 de julio, de Elecciones Locales Organic Law 6/1983 2 March 1983 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1983-6573 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1983-6573 18 December 2025 LEL 1983 y Real Decreto 448/1983, de 9 de marzo, de convocatoria de Elecciones Locales Royal Decree 448/1983 9 March 1983 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1983-7296 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1983-7296 2 January 2026 Royal Decree 448/1983 1983 Municipal election Seville Category:Elections in Seville Seville