1987 Riojan regional election

Election in the Spanish region of La Rioja 1987 Riojan regional election La Rioja (Spain) parliamentary no 1983 Riojan regional election 1983 1991 Riojan regional election 1991 All 33 seats in the General Deputation of La Rioja 17 #Opinion polls 201,738 10px 3.5% 146,258 (72.5%)10px 2.3 pp 10 June 1987 170x170px Alicia Izaguirre Socialist Party of La Rioja 21 February 1987 18 seats, 47.2% 14 10px 4 57,178 39.6% 10px 7.6 pp 170x170px Joaquín Espert People's Alliance (Spain) 27 March 1987 15 seats, 40.0%"CP83" Results for AP–PDP–UL in the 1983 election. 13 10px 2 50,179 34.8% 10px 5.2 pp 170x170px Manuel Fernández Ilarraza Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 1987 0 seats, 2.4% 4 10px 4 15,640 10.8% 10px 8.4 pp 170x170px Luis J. Rodríguez Moroy Progressive Riojan Party 6 December 1982 2 seats, 7.5% 2 10px 0 9,212 6.4% 10px 1.1 pp President José María de Miguel Socialist Party of La Rioja Joaquín Espert People's Alliance (Spain) The 1987 Riojan regional election was held on 10 June 1987 to elect the 2nd General Deputation of the autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. All 33 seats in the General Deputation 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. Incumbent president José María de Miguel did not seek re-election out of political differences with his party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which instead presented Alicia Izaguirre, former civil governor of Álava, as their candidate.29 May 1987 https://elpais.com/diario/1987/05/29/espana/549237609_850215.html Alicia Izaguirre, ex gobernadora civil, cabeza de los socialistas es El País 9 December 2019 The party came out first by winning the most votes and seats, but lost its absolute majority and suffered an important loss of support compared to its 1983 result.12 June 1987 https://elpais.com/diario/1987/06/12/espana/550447206_850215.html Los socialistas pierden el dominio es El País 9 December 2019 A minority government was formed with the support of the second and fourth-most voted parties: the People's Alliance (AP), which lost votes and seats from the previous election amid the breakup of the People's Coalition, and the Progressive Riojan Party (PRP). Together, they gathered 15 seats, one more than the PSOE, and were able to secure the election of AP leader, Joaquín Espert, through the decisive abstention of the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which became the third political force in the community with 4 seats and 10.8% of the share.14 July 1987 https://elpais.com/diario/1987/07/14/espana/553212018_850215.html Alianza Popular, a punto de gobernar en La Rioja gracias a la abstención del CDS es El País 9 December 201925 July 1987 https://elpais.com/diario/1987/07/25/espana/554162407_850215.html Elegidos los presidentes autonómicos de La Rioja, Asturias y Cantabria es El País 9 December 2019 The AP–PRP agreement would only last until December 1989.19 December 1989 https://elpais.com/diario/1989/12/19/espana/630025220_850215.html El Gobierno del PP en la Rioja queda en precario tras la marcha de los regionalistas es El País 9 December 2019 The PRP and two former CDS deputies would go on to join a PSOE motion of no confidence against Espert, resulting in Socialist José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz becoming new regional president in January 1990 of a PSOE–PRP government.9 January 1990 https://elpais.com/diario/1990/01/09/espana/631839606_850215.html El PSOE recupera el Gobierno de La Rioja con el apoyo de tres regionalistas es El País 9 December 2019 Overview Electoral system The General Deputation of La Rioja was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of La Rioja, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Riojan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.Ley Orgánica 3/1982, de 9 de junio, de Estatuto de Autonomía de La Rioja Organic Law 3 es 9 June 1982 https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1982-15030&tn=1&p=19820619 15 September 2017 Voting for the General Deputation was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in La Rioja and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 33 members of the General Deputation of La Rioja 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.Ley 1/1987, de 23 de enero, de Elecciones a la Diputación General de La Rioja Law 1 es 23 January 1987 https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1987-4252 15 September 2017 Election date The term of the General Deputation of La Rioja expired four years after the date of its previous election. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the expiration date of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of La Rioja, with election day taking place between the fifty-fourth and the sixtieth day from publication and set so as to make them coincide with other concurrent elections when possible. The previous election was held on 8 May 1983, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 8 May 1987. The election decree was required to be published no later than 14 April 1987, with the election taking place no later than the sixtieth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the General Deputation on 13 June 1987.Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General Organic Law 5 es 19 June 1985 https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=19870403 28 December 2016 The General Deputation of La Rioja 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 General Deputation was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term. Parliamentary composition The General Deputation of La Rioja was officially dissolved on 14 April 1987, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official Gazette of La Rioja.Boletín Oficial del Estado 89 14 April 1987 11165 0212-033X Decreto 1/1987, de 13 de abril, del Presidente de la Comunidad Autónoma de La Rioja, por el que se convocan elecciones a la Diputación General de La Rioja https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1987/04/14/pdfs/A11165-11165.pdf es The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the General Deputation at the time of dissolution.http://www.historiaelectoral.com/arioja.html Elecciones al Parlamento de La Rioja (1983 - 2019) es Historia Electoral.com 30 September 2017 + Parliamentary composition in April 1987https://www.parlamento-larioja.org/conoce-el-parlamento/legislaturas-anteriores/legislatura-1 I Legislatura es Parliament of La Rioja 9 December 2019 Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 18 18 People's Parliamentary Group AP 12 12 Mixed Parliamentary Group PDP 3 5 PRP 2 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 ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in La Rioja, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election: Candidacy Parties andalliances Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Government Ref. References Vote % Seats PSOE List on Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 50px Alicia Izaguirre Social democracy 47.2% 18 22 February 1987 https://elpais.com/diario/1987/02/22/espana/540946801_850215.html Alicia Izaguirre es El País 11 December 201913 April 1987 https://elpais.com/diario/1987/04/13/ultima/545263207_850215.html Alicia Izaguirre. Una gobernadora, candidata a presidenta de Logroño es El País 11 December 2019 AP List on People's Alliance (AP) 50px Joaquín Espert ConservatismNational conservatism 40.0%"CP83" 15 28 March 1987 https://elpais.com/diario/1987/03/28/espana/543884404_850215.html El comité regional es El País 11 December 2019 PDP List on People's Democratic Party (PDP) 50px Domingo Álvarez Ruiz de Viñaspre Christian democracy PRP List on Progressive Riojan Party (PRP) 50px Luis Javier Rodríguez Moroy RegionalismProgressivism 7.5% 2 CDS List on Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 50px Manuel Fernández Ilarraza CentrismLiberalism 2.4% 0 Opinion polls The table below lists voting intention estimates 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. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the General Deputation of La Rioja. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 17px|link=Socialist Party of La Rioja|PSOE 35px|link=People's Coalition (Spain)|AP–PDP–PL 35px|link=Progressive Riojan Party|PRP 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS 35px|link=United Left (Spain)|IU 30px|link=People's Alliance (Spain)|AP 27px|link=People's Democratic Party (Spain)|PDP Lead 1987 regional election 10 Jun 1987 72.5 39.675% Verdana 14 – 6.475% Verdana 2 10.875% Verdana 4 2.475% Verdana 0 34.875% Verdana 13 3.375% Verdana 0 4.8 Demoscopia/El PaísLos hombres de Suárez pueden decidir el Gobierno https://recursos.march.es/linz/I34497.pdf es El País 4 June 1987 22–26 May 1987? 74 36.575% Verdana 13/14 – – 13.575% Verdana 5 4.975% Verdana 0/1 37.875% Verdana 14 1.475% Verdana 0 1.3 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 Sevilla 17 April 1987 16 Apr 1987?? 38.7 – – 17.7 – 32.2 – 6.5 1986 general election 22 Jun 1986 74.3 43.975% Verdana (16) 39.275% Verdana (14) – 10.175% Verdana (3) 2.075% Verdana (0) "CP" Within CP. "CP" 4.7 1983 regional election 8 May 1983 70.2 47.275% Verdana 18 40.075% Verdana 15 7.575% Verdana 2 2.475% Verdana 0 2.2Results for PCE in the 1983 election.75% Verdana 0 "CP" "CP" 7.2 Results + ← Summary of the 10 June 1987 General Deputation of La Rioja election results → center|315px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 57,178 39.64 −7.53 14 −4 People's Alliance (AP)1 50,179 34.78 −5.20 13 −2 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 15,640 10.84 +8.43 4 +4 Progressive Riojan Party (PRP) 9,212 6.39 −1.07 2 ±0 People's Democratic Party (PDP) 4,721 3.27 New 0 ±0 United Left (IU)2 3,478 2.41 +0.24 0 ±0 Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) 1,400 0.97 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 2,452 1.70 +0.89 Total 144,260 33 −2 Valid votes 144,260 98.63 −0.20 Invalid votes 1,998 1.37 +0.20 Votes cast / turnout 146,258 72.50 +2.26 Abstentions 55,480 27.50 −2.26 Registered voters 201,738 Sourceshttp://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/LA_RIOJA_1987_Electos.pdf General Deputation of La Rioja election results, 10 June 1987 4 July 1987 es www.juntaelectoralcentral.es Electoral Commission of La Rioja 30 September 2017https://www.tcu.es/repositorio/5b3e0981-8029-4f8f-b36a-a5c719c9fe2f/75_1988_I.pdf Number 75. Audit report on the regularity of electoral accounting derived from the elections held on June 10, 1987 es tcu.es Court of Auditors 6 December 2019 left Footnotes: 1 People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals 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 Socialist Party of La Rioja 39.64 AP People's Alliance (Spain) 34.78 CDS Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 10.84 PRP Progressive Riojan Party 6.39 PDP People's Democratic Party (Spain) 3.27 IU United Left (Spain) 2.41 PTE–UC Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity 0.97 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 1.70 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PSOE Socialist Party of La Rioja 42.42 AP People's Alliance (Spain) 39.39 CDS Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 12.12 PRP Progressive Riojan Party 6.06 Aftermath Government formation The PSOE candidate, Alicia Izaguirre, had been expected to become the new regional premier—and the first female president in a Spanish autonomous community—through an arrangement with the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), under which the PSOE would support CDS's candidate to the presidency of the Parliament of La Rioja, Manuel Fernández Ilarraza, in exchange for the CDS allowing a PSOE minority government in the region.5 July 1987 https://elpais.com/diario/1987/07/05/espana/552434417_850215.html PSOE y CDS pactan en La Rioja el Gobierno y el Parlamento es El País 9 December 20197 July 1987 https://elpais.com/diario/1987/07/07/espana/552607209_850215.html El CDS ocupa las presidencias de las Cortes de Aragón y del Parlamento riojano es El País 9 December 2019 However, a last-ditch agreement between the opposition People's Alliance (AP) and Progressive Riojan Party (PRP), combined with the CDS proclaiming a policy of abstention in order to allow the government of the "largest minority", resulted in the election of AP's candidate Joaquín Espert. InvestitureJoaquín Espert (AP) Ballot → 22 July 1987 24 July 1987 Required majority → 17 out of 33 15 Simple 15 Yes • AP (13) • PRP (2) 15 33 green 125px 15 33 green 125px No • PSOE (14) 14 33 red 125px 14 33 red 125px Abstentions • CDS (4) 4 33 gray 125px 4 33 gray 125px Absentees 0 33 black 125px 0 33 black 125px Sources 1990 motion of no confidence The minority government resulting from the AP–PRP agreement with the abstention from the CDS was forced into a precarious position which remained for its entire duration. In July 1988, PSOE's Félix Palomo, which had held the presidency of the Parliament from 1983 to 1987, was returned to the post as a result of two CDS deputies splitting away from the party and a lack of agreement between the other parties to maintain Ilarraza in office.12 July 1988 https://elpais.com/diario/1988/07/12/espana/584661616_850215.html La escisión del CDS pone de nuevo el Parlamento de La Rioja en manos de los socialistas es El País 9 December 2019 In January 1989, a "pact for the governance of the autonomous community" was signed between the newly-refounded People's Party (PP), CDS and PRP, which would see the later entering into a coalition government with PP and the two remaining deputies from the CDS granting confidence and supply support from the outside.26 January 1989 https://elpais.com/diario/1989/01/26/espana/601772416_850215.html El pacto en La Rioja garantiza un gobierno estable para el resto de la legislatura es El País 9 December 2019 This pact would last until the designation of PSOE senator Marlo Fraile in December 1989 fractured the PP–PRP government after PRP's deputies voted for Fraile,5 December 1989 https://elpais.com/diario/1989/12/05/espana/628815615_850215.html Peligra el Gobierno del PP en La Rioja tras romperse el pacto con los regionalistas es El País 9 December 2019 which resulted in the PRP abandoning the government. By the end of December, the PSOE announced a motion of no confidence on Espert in order to put an end to the permanent situation of unstability within the regional government.27 December 1989 https://elpais.com/diario/1989/12/27/espana/630716410_850215.html El PSOE presentará antes de fin de año una moción de censura en La Rioja es El País 9 December 2019 The announcement had the backing of one out of the two PRP deputies—with PRP member Damián Saez Angulo going into the Mixed Group over disagreements with his party's new strategy—and the two ex-CDS deputies, who would end up joining the PRP.30 December 1989 https://elpais.com/diario/1989/12/30/espana/630975615_850215.html Censura en La Rioja es El País 9 December 20198 January 1990 https://elpais.com/diario/1990/01/08/espana/631753205_850215.html Los socialistas intentan hoy recuperar el Gobierno riojano es El País 9 December 2019 The motion succeeded after gathering the support of an absolute majority of deputies, with the two loyal CDS deputies leaving parliament before the vote in protest for what they dubbed as "transfuguism" of their two former members for joining the PRP.10 January 1990 https://elpais.com/diario/1990/01/10/espana/631926017_850215.html Tres de las ocho consejerías del Gobierno riojano estarán ocupadas por mujeres es El País 9 December 2019 Motion of no confidenceJosé Ignacio Pérez Sáenz (PSOE) Ballot → 8 January 1990 Required majority → 17 out of 33 15 Yes • PSOE (14) • PRP (3) 17 33 green 125px No • PP (13) 13 33 red 125px Abstentions • Independent (1) 1 33 gray 125px Absentees • CDS (2) 2 33 black 125px Sources Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Category:1987 in La Rioja Rioja Category:Regional elections in La Rioja (Spain) Category:June 1987 in Europe