1987 Valencia municipal election

Election in the Spanish municipality of Valencia 1987 Valencia municipal election City of Valencia parliamentary no 1983 Valencia municipal election 1983 1991 Valencia municipal election 1991 All 33 seats in the City Council of Valencia 17 #Opinion polls 551,507 10px 0.3% 394,449 (71.5%)10px 1.6 pp 10 June 1987 170x170px Ricard Pérez Casado Socialist Party of the Valencian Country 5 October 1979 18 seats, 48.8% 13 10px 5 143,037 36.8% 10px 12.0 pp 170x170px Vicente González Lizondo Valencian Union 30 August 1982 2 seats (CP–UV)"CP–UV" Within the CP–UV alliance in the 1983 election: AP (8 seats), PDP (2 seats), UV (2 seats) and UL/PL (1 seat).Official Gazette of the Province of Valencia 83 9 April 1983 es Juntas Electorales de Zona de Valencia y de Sagunto. Candidaturas proclamadas (BOP Valencia núm. 83 supl., de 9 de abril de 1983) https://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/Candidaturas_1983_Valencia1.pdf 2483-1867 26 29 November 2025 7 10px 5 77,353 19.9% n/a 170x170px Martín Quirós People's Alliance (Spain) 1987 8 seats (CP–UV)"CP–UV" 7 10px 1 73,830 19.0% n/a 170x170px Manuel del Hierro Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 1987 0 seats, 1.9% 4 10px 4 44,133 11.3% 10px 9.4 pp 170x170px Carmen Arjona IU–UPV FF787F 1986 2 seats, 9.1%"PCPV+UPV" Results for PCE–PCPV (7.6%, 2 seats) and UPV (1.5%, 0 seats) in the 1983 election. 2 10px 0 30,963 8.0% 10px 1.1 pp 170x170px Ángel Villanueva Pareja PDP–CV 1987 2 seats (CP–UV)"CP–UV" 0 10px 2 1,096 0.3% n/a Mayor Mayor after election Ricard Pérez Casado PSOE Ricard Pérez Casado PSOE A municipal election was held in Valencia on 10 June 1987 to elect the 3rd City Council of the municipality. All 33 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, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election. 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; LBRL 1985 art. 19. 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).LBRL 1985 art. 19; LOREG 1985 art. 196. In the case of Valencia, the top-tier administrative and governing body was the City Council of Valencia. 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 25 days prior to the scheduled expiration date of the assemblies and published on the following day in the Official State Gazette (BOE), with election day taking place between 54 and 60 days after the decree's publication.LOREG 1985 arts. 42 & 194. The previous local elections were held on 8 May 1983, which meant that the chambers' terms would have expired on 8 May 1987. The election decree was required to be published in the BOE no later than 14 April 1987, setting the latest possible date for election day on 13 June 1987. Local assemblies could not be dissolved before the expiration of their term, except in cases of mismanagement that seriously harmed the public interest and implied a breach of constitutional obligations, in which case the Council of Ministers could—optionally—decide to call a by-election.LBRL 1985 art. 61. Elections to the assemblies of local entities were officially called on 14 April 1987 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOE, setting election day for 10 June.Royal Decree 508/1987 1987 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 political rights (provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated), as well as resident non-nationals whose country of origin allowed reciprocal voting by virtue of a treaty.Constitution 1978 art. 13; LBRL 1985 art. 19; LOREG 1985 arts. 2–3 & 176. 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.LOREG 1985 arts. 163 & 180. Each municipality was a multi-member constituency, with a number of seats based on the following scale:LOREG 1985 art. 179. 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.LOREG 1985 arts. 46, 48 & 182. 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 a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list. In the case of Valencia, as its population was between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures were required.LOREG 1985 arts. 44 & 187. Below is a list of the main parties and 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 Ricard Pérez Casado Social democracy 48.8% 18 Villena Miguel Ángel 25 March 1987 Joan Lerma obstaculiza la candidatura de Pérez Casado a la alcaldía de Valencia https://elpais.com/diario/1987/03/25/espana/543625220_850215.html es El País Valencia 29 November 2025Muñoz Manuel 27 March 1987 El alcalde de Valencia se presentará a la reelección https://elpais.com/diario/1987/03/27/espana/543798019_850215.html es El País Valencia 29 November 2025 AP List on People's Alliance (AP) 50px Martín Quirós ConservatismChristian democracy 37.1%Results for CP–UV in the 1983 election. 13 UV List on Valencian Union (UV) 50px Vicente González Lizondo BlaverismConservatism Jardí Manuel 30 November 1985 Unión Valenciana abandona Coalición Popular https://elpais.com/diario/1985/11/30/espana/502153214_850215.html es El País Valencia 4 January 2026 PDP–CV List on People's Democratic Party (PDP) 50px Ángel Villanueva Pareja 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 IU–UPV List on United Left (EU)– Communist Party of the Valencian Country (PCPV)– Socialist Action Party (PASOC)– Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)– Progressive Federation (FP)– Republican Left (IR) Valencian People's Union (UPV) 50px Carmen Arjona Socialism 9.1%"PCPV+UPV" 2 CDS List on Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 50px Manuel del Hierro CentrismLiberalism 1.9% 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; 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Valencia. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 17px|link=Socialist Party of the Valencian Country|PSOE 35px|link=People's Coalition (Spain)|AP–PDP–PL 35px|link=United Left of the Valencian Country|IU 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS 35px|link=Valencian People's Union|UPV 27px|link=Valencian Union|UV 30px|link=People's Alliance (Spain)|AP 32px|EU–UPV Lead 1987 municipal election 10 Jun 1987 71.5 36.875% Verdana 13 – "IU–UPV" Within IU–UPV. 11.375% Verdana 4 "IU–UPV" 19.975% Verdana 7 19.075% Verdana 7 8.075% Verdana 2 16.9 Demoscopia/El PaísEl CDS e IU-UPV, partidos 'bisagra' https://recursos.march.es/linz/I34492.pdf es El País 4 June 1987 8 December 2017 17 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160217063006/http://recursos.march.es/linz/I34492.pdf dead 22–26 May 1987? 73 40.475% Verdana 14 – "IU–UPV" 12.375% Verdana 4 "IU–UPV" 8.775% Verdana 3 31.075% Verdana 10 6.275% Verdana 2 9.4 1986 general election 22 Jun 1986 75.7 40.675% Verdana (16) 30.575% Verdana (12) 4.875% Verdana (0) 9.275% Verdana (3) 1.775% Verdana (0) 7.675% Verdana (2) "CP" Within AP–PDP–UL–UV/AP–PDP–PL. – 10.1 1983 municipal election 8 May 1983 69.9 48.875% Verdana 18 37.175% Verdana 13 7.6Results for PCE–PCPV in the 1983 election.75% Verdana 2 1.975% Verdana 0 1.575% Verdana 0 "CP" "CP" – 11.7 Results + ← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Valencia election results → center|320px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 143,037 36.75 −12.08 13 −5 Valencian Union (UV)1 77,353 19.87 n/a 7 +5 People's Alliance (AP)1 73,830 18.97 n/a 7 −1 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 44,133 11.34 +9.41 4 +4 United Left–Valencian People's Union (IU–UPV)2 30,963 7.96 −1.09 2 ±0 Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) 5,608 1.44 New 0 ±0 Spanish Vertex Ecological Development Revindication (VERDE) 3,278 0.84 New 0 ±0 Valencian Electoral Coalition (CEV) 2,370 0.61 New 0 ±0 People's Democratic Party–Valencian Centrists (PDP–CV)1 1,096 0.28 n/a 0 −2 Humanist Platform (PH) 879 0.23 New 0 ±0 Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 860 0.22 New 0 ±0 Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 800 0.21 New 0 ±0 Republican Popular Unity (UPR)3 601 0.15 +0.01 0 ±0 Liberal Party (PL)1 n/a n/a n/a 0 −1 Blank ballots 4,406 1.13 +0.70 Total 389,214 33 ±0 Valid votes 389,214 98.67 −0.07 Invalid votes 5,235 1.33 +0.07 Votes cast / turnout 394,449 71.52 +1.60 Abstentions 157,058 28.48 −1.60 Registered voters 551,507 SourcesLozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/mvalencia.html Eleccions municipals a València (des de 1979) ca Historia Electoral.com 4 November 2025http://www.valencia.es/ayuntamiento/webs/estadistica/Anuario/2007/Pdf/215.pdf Consultes electorals. 1. Eleccions municipals ca City Council of Valencia https://web.archive.org/web/20171206005841/http://www.valencia.es/ayuntamiento/webs/estadistica/Anuario/2007/Pdf/215.pdf 27 November 2025 6 December 2017 https://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 Official State Gazette 172 20 July 1987 es Resultados de las elecciones municipales celebradas el 10 de junio de 1987 https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1987/07/20/pdfs/R22136-02194.pdf 0212-033X 1–565 26 November 2025 left Footnotes: 1 Within the People's Coalition–Valencian Union alliance in the 1983 election. 2 United Left–Valencian People's Union results are compared to the combined totals of Communist Party of the Valencian Country and Valencian People's Union in the 1983 election. 3 Republican Popular Unity results are compared to Popular Struggle Coalition totals in the 1983 election. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PSOE Socialist Party of the Valencian Country 36.75 UV Valencian Union 19.87 AP People's Alliance (Spain) 18.97 CDS Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 11.34 IU–UPV United Left–Valencian People's Union 7.96 PTE–UC Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity 1.44 Others #777777 2.54 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 1.13 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PSOE Socialist Party of the Valencian Country 39.39 UV Valencian Union 21.21 AP People's Alliance (Spain) 21.21 CDS Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 12.12 IU–UPV United Left–Valencian People's Union 6.06 Aftermath Government formation Investiture Ballot → 30 June 1987 Required majority → 17 out of 33 Ricard Pérez Casado (PSOE) • PSOE (13) 13 33 Socialist Party of the Valencian Country 125px yellow 15 Vicente González Lizondo (UV) • UV (7) 7 33 Valencian Union 125px 15 Martín Quirós (AP) • AP (7) 7 33 People's Alliance (Spain) 125px 15 Manuel del Hierro (CDS) • CDS (4) 4 33 Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 125px 15 Abstentions/Blank ballots • IU–UPV (2) 2 33 gray 125px Absentees 0 33 black 125px Sources1 July 1987 https://elpais.com/diario/1987/07/01/espana/552088827_850215.html Pérez Casado fue reelegido alcalde con los votos socialistas El País Valencia 29 November 2025 1989 investiture Investiture Ballot → 13 January 1989 Required majority → 17 out of 33 Clementina Ródenas (PSOE) • PSOE (13) • Independent (1) 14 33 Socialist Party of the Valencian Country 125px yellow 15 Vicente González Lizondo (UV) • UV (7) • AP (5) • Independent (1) 13 33 Valencian Union 125px 15 Abstentions/Blank ballots • CDS (3) • IU–UPV (2) • Independent (1) 6 33 gray 125px Absentees 0 33 black 125px SourcesGarcía del Moral Juanjo 14 January 1989 La socialista Clementina Ródenas accede a la alcaldía de Valencia gracias a la abstención del CDS https://elpais.com/diario/1989/01/14/espana/600735618_850215.html es El País Valencia 28 November 2025 Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Bibliography 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 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local Law 7/1985 2 April 1985 version as of 3 April 1985 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-5392 es https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-5392&tn=1&p=19850403 4 November 2025 LBRL 1985 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 4 November 2025 LOREG 1985 y Real Decreto 508/1987, de 13 de abril, de convocatoria de elecciones locales Royal Decree 508/1987 13 April 1987 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1987-9222 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1987-9222 27 November 2025 Royal Decree 508/1987 1987 Municipal election Valencia Category:Elections in Valencia Valencia