1983 Madrid municipal election

Election in the Spanish municipality of Madrid 1983 Madrid municipal election City of Madrid parliamentary no 1979 Madrid municipal election 1979 1987 Madrid municipal election 1987 All 57 seats in the City Council of Madrid 29 #Opinion polls 2,380,846 10px 0.1% 1,685,115 (70.8%)10px 4.8 pp 8 May 1983 170x170px Enrique Tierno Galván Madrilenian Socialist Federation 1979 25 seats, 39.5% 30 10px 5 808,350 48.4% 10px 8.9 pp 170x170px Jorge Verstrynge AP–PDP–UL 1983 Did not contest 23 10px 23 631,183 37.8% New party 170x170px Adolfo Pastor Communist Party of Madrid 1983 9 seats, 14.7% 4 10px 5 113,112 6.8% 10px 7.9 pp Mayor Mayor after election Enrique Tierno Galván Madrilenian Socialist Federation Enrique Tierno Galván Madrilenian Socialist Federation A municipal election was held in Madrid on 8 May 1983 to elect the 2nd City Council of the municipality. All 57 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. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won with an absolute majority of 30 councillors and 48.7% of the vote, the only time to date it would do so. The People's Coalition, the electoral alliance led by the People's Alliance (AP) and including the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL), consolidated its gains made in the 1982 Spanish general election and emerged as the second political force in the city, with 38.0% and 23 seats in the City Council. Meanwhile, the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) vote fell as a result of PSOE's growth, losing over half of its councillors down to 4.9 May 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/05/09/espana/421279203_850215.html El PSOE consume la mayoría absoluta de concejales Madrid a costa de la baja del PCE es El País 9 December 2019 The Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) had collapsed in the October general election and was disbanded in early 1983. Several UCD split parties such as Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) or former Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez' Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) contested the election but failed to win any representation. As a result of the election, Enrique Tierno Galván, was re-elected as Mayor of Madrid for a second term in office. Tierno Galván would die halfway throughout his term of natural causes, being substituted by party colleague Juan Barranco. 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 Madrid, the top-tier administrative and governing body was the City Council of Madrid.LBERL 1975 final prov. 1 (suppl. supplemented by Decree 1674 of 11 July 1963 art. 3). 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 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 also displayed below (or in place of) the voting estimates in a smaller font; 29 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Madrid. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 27px|link=Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD 17px|link=Madrilenian Socialist Federation|PSOE 30px|link=Communist Party of Madrid|PCE 35px|link=People's Coalition (Spain)|AP–PDP–UL 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS 28px|link=Liberal Democratic Party (Spain, 1982)|PDL Lead 1983 municipal election 8 May 1983 70.8 – 48.475% Verdana 30 6.875% Verdana 4 37.875% Verdana 23 3.075% Verdana 0 2.675% Verdana 0 10.6 Sofemasa/El PaísEl PSOE tendrá tres veces más votos que AP en las dos elecciones http://elpais.com/diario/1983/05/01/espana/420588020_850215.html es El País 1 May 1983Ficha técnica de los sondeos http://elpais.com/diario/1983/05/01/espana/420588007_850215.html es El País 1 May 1983 23–26 Apr 1983? 78.0 – 56.775% Verdana 37/39 8.575% Verdana 4/5 20.975% Verdana 15/17 3.975% Verdana 0 1.175% Verdana 0 35.8 APUndecided and/or abstentionists excluded.Una encuesta de Alianza Popular les aproxima en votos al PSOE https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=7155935&posicion=4&presentacion=pagina es Hoja del Lunes de Madrid 14 March 1983 14 Mar 1983 3,082 71 – 44.875% Verdana 27 6.175% Verdana 3 43.875% Verdana 27 <5.075% Verdana 0 – 1.0 1982 general election 28 Oct 1982 86.9 3.575% Verdana (0) 48.175% Verdana (33) 4.575% Verdana (0) 35.7"AP–PDP" Results for AP–PDP.75% Verdana (24) 4.775% Verdana (0) – 12.4 1979 municipal election 3 Apr 1979 66.0 40.375% Verdana 25 39.575% Verdana 25 14.775% Verdana 9 – – – 0.8 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=Madrilenian Socialist Federation|PSOE 30px|link=Communist Party of Madrid|PCE 35px|link=People's Coalition (Spain)|AP–PDP–UL 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS 28px|link=Liberal Democratic Party (Spain, 1982)|PDL Lead 1983 municipal election 8 May 1983 – 33.7 4.7 26.3 2.1 1.8 30.6 7.4 Alef–Emopública/CISPreelectoral municipales y autonómicas 1983 (III). Madrid capital (Estudio nº 1351. Marzo 1983) https://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/1340_1359/1351/es1351mar_1MADRID.pdf es CIS 25 March 1983 17–25 Mar 1983 498 – 45.7 4.2 8.7 0.8 0.2 32.6 6.8 37.0 1982 general election 28 Oct 1982 3.0 41.1 3.8 30.5"AP–PDP" 4.1 – 13.1 10.6 1979 municipal election 3 Apr 1979 26.6 26.1 9.7 – – – 34.0 0.5 Results + ← Summary of the 8 May 1983 City Council of Madrid election results → center|325px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 808,350 48.44 +8.95 30 +5 People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) 631,183 37.82 New 23 +23 Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 113,112 6.78 −7.91 4 −5 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 50,824 3.05 New 0 ±0 Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) 44,159 2.65 New 0 ±0 Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 5,721 0.34 New 0 ±0 Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE) 3,284 0.20 −0.13 0 ±0 Natural Culture (CN) 2,281 0.14 New 0 ±0 Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) 1,543 0.09 −0.02 0 ±0 Popular Struggle Coalition (CLP) 859 0.05 New 0 ±0 Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) n/a n/a −40.29 0 −25 Blank ballots 7,402 0.44 +0.44 Total 1,668,718 57 −2 Valid votes 1,668,718 99.03 −0.97 Invalid votes 16,397 0.97 +0.97 Votes cast / turnout 1,685,115 70.78 +4.80 Abstentions 695,731 29.22 −4.80 Registered voters 2,380,846 SourcesLozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/mmadrid.html Elecciones Municipales en Madrid (desde 1979) es Historia Electoral.com 4 November 2025https://www.madrid.es/portales/munimadrid/es/Inicio/El-Ayuntamiento/Estadistica/Publicaciones/Ayuntamiento-de-Madrid?vgnextfmt=default&vgnextoid=e2fecf3088c48310VgnVCM2000000c205a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=86cfe3e2be73a210VgnVCM1000000b205a0aRCRD Municipio de Madrid. Elecciones al Ayuntamiento de Madrid de 8 de mayo de 1983. Censo electoral, abstención y votos a candidaturas por mesas es City Council of Madrid 25 December 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 Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PSOE Madrilenian Socialist Federation 48.44 AP–PDP–UL People's Coalition (Spain) 37.82 PCE Communist Party of Madrid 6.78 CDS Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 3.05 PDL Liberal Democratic Party (Spain, 1982) 2.65 Others #777777 0.82 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 0.44 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PSOE Madrilenian Socialist Federation 52.63 AP–PDP–UL People's Coalition (Spain) 40.35 PCE Communist Party of Madrid 7.02 Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Bibliography 30em y Decreto 1674/1963, de 11 de julio, por el que se aprueba el texto articulado de la Ley que establece un régimen especial para el Municipio de Madrid Decree 1674/1963 11 July 1963 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1963-14593 es https://boe.es/boe/dias/1963/07/18/pdfs/A10982-10992.pdf 18 December 2025 Decree 1674 of 11 July 1963 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 Madrid Category:Elections in Madrid Madrid