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Spanish general election, 1989

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All 350 seats of the Congress of Deputies and 208 of 264 seats in the Senate
October 29, 1989
  First party Second party
  Felipe Gonzalez-Madrid-28 de enero de 2004.jpg Jose Maria Aznar DF-SD-05-00920.jpg
Leader Felipe González José María Aznar
Party PSOE People's Party
Last election 184 seats 105 seats
Seats won 175 107
Seat change -9 +2
Popular vote 8,115,568 5,285,972
Percentage 39.6% 25.8%

Elecciones generales españolas de 1989 - distribución del voto.svg


Province-level units won by PSOE (red) and PP (blue)

Previous PM
Felipe González
PSOE

PM-elect
Felipe González
PSOE



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General elections were held in Spain on 29 October 1989.

Results

Evolution of popular vote in the Spanish General Elections from the democratic transition until 2008. Voter turnout is usually high.

Spanish general election, October 29, 1989


Party Votes % Seats
Spanish Socialist Worker Party(PSOE) + Party of the Socialists of Catalonia (PSC-PSOE) 8115568 (6,991,593 + 1,123,975) 39,87 (34.35 + 5,52) 175 (155 + 20)
People's Party (PP) 5,117,049 25.14 101
United Left (IU) 1,627,136 8.00 14
Democratic and Social Center (CDS) 1,617,716 7.89 14
Convergencia i Unio (CiU) 1,032,243 5.04 18
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) 252,119 1.24 5
Iniciativa per Catalunya (IC) 231,452 1.14 3
Herri Batasuna (HB) 217,278 1.07 4
Andalucist Party (PA) 212,687 1.05 2
Valencian Union (UV) 144,924 0.71 2
Basque Solidarity (EA) 136,955 0.67 2
Basque Left (EE) 105,238 0.52 2
Navarrese People's Union - Coalition PP (UPN-PP) 92,216 0.45 3
PP - Coalition Centristas de Galicia (PP-CG) 76,707 0.38 3
Aragonese Regionalist Party (PAR) 71,733 0.35 1
Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) 64,767 0,32 1
Other 1,236,099 6.07 -

Notes

  1. ^ PSC is the fraternal party of PSOE in Catalonia
  2. ^ Spain's Ministry of the Interior: Official election results
  3. ^ IC was the fraternal organisation of IU in Catalonia
  4. ^ UPN run in coalition with PP in this election in Navarre (soon after UPN would fully become the sister party of PP in this community)
  5. ^ Centristas de Galicia run in coalition with PP in Galicia in this election (later it would be absorbed by it)

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