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1986 Basque regional election

Election in the Spanish region of the Basque Country

Field	Value
election_name	1986 Basque regional election
country	Basque Country
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1984 Basque regional election
previous_year	1984
next_election	1990 Basque regional election
next_year	1990
seats_for_election	All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament
majority_seats	38
opinion_polls	#Opinion polls
registered	1,660,143 4.8%
turnout	1,155,815 (69.6%)
1.1 pp
election_date	30 November 1986
image1	[[File:Txiki Benegas 1979 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader1	Txiki Benegas
party1	PSE–PSOE
leader_since1	26 February 1978
leaders_seat1	Biscay
last_election1	19 seats, 23.0%
seats1	19
seat_change1	0
popular_vote1	252,233
percentage1	22.0%
swing1	1.0 pp
image2	[[File:José Antonio Ardanza 2011 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader2	José Antonio Ardanza
party2	Basque Nationalist Party
leader_since2	2 March 1985
leaders_seat2	Guipúzcoa
last_election2	32 seats, 41.8%
seats2	17
seat_change2	15
popular_vote2	271,208
percentage2	23.6%
swing2	18.2 pp
image3	[[File:Portrait placeholder.svg	170x170px]]
leader3	Juan Carlos Yoldi
party3	Herri Batasuna
leader_since3	1986
leaders_seat3	Guipúzcoa
last_election3	11 seats, 14.6%
seats3	13
seat_change3	2
popular_vote3	199,900
percentage3	17.4%
swing3	2.8 pp
image4	[[File:Carlos Garaikoetxea 1979 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader4	Carlos Garaikoetxea
party4	Eusko Alkartasuna
leader_since4	4 September 1986
leaders_seat4	Guipúzcoa
last_election4	Did not contest
seats4	13
seat_change4	13
popular_vote4	181,175
percentage4	15.8%
swing4	New party
image5	[[File:Juan Mari Bandrés se reúne con Adolfo Suárez en el palacio de la Moncloa crop.jpg	170x170px]]
leader5	Juan María Bandrés
party5	Euskadiko Ezkerra
leader_since5	1985
leaders_seat5	Guipúzcoa
last_election5	6 seats, 7.9%
seats5	9
seat_change5	3
popular_vote5	124,423
percentage5	10.8%
swing5	2.9 pp
image6	[[File:Portrait placeholder.svg	170x170px]]
leader6	Julen Guimón
party6	AP–PL
colour6	FFA519
leader_since6	1986
leaders_seat6	Biscay
last_election6	7 seats, 9.3%
seats6	2
seat_change6	5
popular_vote6	55,606
percentage6	4.8%
swing6	4.5 pp
map	{{Switcher
title	Lehendakari
before_election	José Antonio Ardanza
before_party	Basque Nationalist Party
after_election	José Antonio Ardanza
after_party	Basque Nationalist Party

1.1 pp

A regional election was held in the Basque Country on Sunday, 30 November 1986, to elect the 3rd Parliament of the autonomous community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) won 19 seats, the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) came second with 17 seats, People's Unity (HB) and Basque Solidarity (EA), a PNV split, each won 13 seats, and Basque Country Left won 9 seats.

Overview

Electoral system

The Basque Parliament was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Basque Country, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Basque Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a lehendakari. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Basque Country and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Álava, Biscay and Guipúzcoa, with each being allocated a fixed number of 25 seats in order to provide for an equal parliamentary representation of the three provinces, as required under the regional statute of autonomy.

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 500 electors in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.

Election date

The term of the Basque Parliament expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. An election was required to take place within from thirty-six and forty-five days from the date of expiry of parliament. The previous election was held on 26 February 1984, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 26 February 1988. The election was required to be held no later than the forty-fifth day from dissolution, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Monday, 11 April 1988.

The lehendakari had the prerogative to dissolve the Basque Parliament at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a lehendakari within a sixty-day period from the Parliament re-assembly, the Parliament was to be dissolved and a fresh election called.

Opinion polls

The tables below lists 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; 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Basque Parliament.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout	PNV	[[File:Logo PSOE, 1976-2001.svg	17px	link=Socialist Party of the Basque Country	PSE–PSOE]]	[[File:Batasuna.svg
1986 regional election	30 Nov 1986		69.6		23.6
22.0
17.4
4.8
10.8
3.5
15.8
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	1.6
title=Los sondeos pronostican diferencias mínimas entre el PNV y el PSOE	url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1986/11/27/023.html	language=es	work=ABC	date=27 November 1986}}	23 Nov 1986	?	?		?
	?
?
?
?
?
?
Tie
title=Gaikoetxea y Benegas mejoran posiciones ante elecciones vascas	url=https://elpais.com/hemeroteca/elpais/portadas/1986/11/23/	language=es	work=El País	date=23 November 1986}}	14–18 Nov 1986	1,500	65–68		25.0
24.0
?
?
?
?
?
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	1.0
title=El PNV obtendrá dos escaños más que el PSOE, según un sondeo del Gobierno vasco	url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1986/11/22/025.html	language=es	work=ABC	date=23 November 1986}}	14–18 Nov 1986	1,500	?		?
?
?
?
?
?
?
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	?
Bergareche/El Correo	15–17 Nov 1986	2,972	?	?
	?
?
?
?
?
?
Socialist Party of the Basque Country}}; color:white;"	?
title=PNV gana y PSOE es segundo, según encuesta del Gobierno vasco	url=http://diariodenavarra.mynewsonline.com/index.php?screen=preview&ref=NAV19861115G003	language=es	work=Diario de Navarra	date=15 November 1986}}	9–12 Nov 1986	1,200	?		24.0
19.0
14.0
7.0
11.0
5.0
15.0
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	5.0
title=El PNV pierde respaldo, según un sondeo de EL PAÍS y la SER	url=https://elpais.com/hemeroteca/elpais/portadas/1986/11/15/	language=es	work=El País	date=15 November 1986}}	7–11 Nov 1986	1,200	65–69		28.0
25.0
16.0
?
11.0
?
13.0
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	3.0
title=Las primeras encuestas revelan la confusión del electorado nacionalista vasco	url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1986/10/19/031.html	language=es	work=ABC	date=19 October 1986}}	18 Oct 1986	?	?	?
	?
?
?
?
?
?
Socialist Party of the Basque Country}}; color:white;"	?
title=Ningún partido tendrá mayoría absoluta en el País Vasco	url=http://diariodenavarra.mynewsonline.com/index.php?screen=preview&ref=NAV19861020G004	language=es	work=Diario de Navarra	date=20 October 1986}}	18 Oct 1986	2,545	?	?
	?
?
?
?
?
?
Socialist Party of the Basque Country}}; color:white;"	?
title=Garaicoechea favorito en las elecciones vascas según una encuesta	url=http://diariodenavarra.mynewsonline.com/index.php?screen=preview&ref=NAV19861008G003	language=es	work=Diario de Navarra	date=8 October 1986}}	7 Oct 1986	?	?	16.2
18.9
17.4
3.6
11.0
3.3
	27.5
Eusko Alkartasuna}}; color:white;"	8.6
title=Una encuesta del PNV otorga la victoria a este partido	url=http://diariodenavarra.mynewsonline.com/index.php?screen=preview&ref=NAV19861009G003	language=es	work=Diario de Navarra	date=9 October 1986}}	11–19 Sep 1986	?	?		?
?
?
?
?
?
?
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	?
Gaceta del Norte	12–17 Sep 1986	?	?		?
	?
?
?
?
–	?
Tie
?		?
?
?
?
?
–	?
Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	?
1986 general election	22 Jun 1986		67.6		27.8
26.3
17.7
10.5*
9.1
5.0
–	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	1.5
[1984 regional election](1984-basque-regional-election)	26 Feb 1984		68.5		41.8
23.0
14.6
9.3*
7.9
–	–	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	18.8
(*) Results for People's Coalition.

Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	PNV	[[File:Logo PSOE, 1976-2001.svg	17px	link=Socialist Party of the Basque Country	PSE–PSOE]]	[[File:Batasuna.svg	28px	link=Herri Batasuna	HB]]	[[File:AP logo (1983–1989).svg	30px	link=People's Alliance (Spain)	AP]]	[[File:Logo-EE.svg	18px	link=Euskadiko Ezkerra
1986 regional election	30 Nov 1986			16.3	15.2	12.0	3.3	7.5	2.9	10.9		30.4	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	1.1
title=Preelectoral País Vasco 1986 (VI) (Estudio nº 1.562. Noviembre 1986)	url=http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/1560_1579/1562/es1562mar.pdf	language=es	work=CIS	date=20 November 1986}}	20 Nov 1986	1,191		19.0	13.0	12.0	1.0	10.0	2.0	10.0	28.0	5.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	6.0
title=Estudio C.I.S. nº 1.560 ("País Vasco". Noviembre 1986)	url=http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/1560_1579/1560/Es1560mar_s.pdf	language=es	work=CIS	date=10 November 1986}}	10 Nov 1986	2,077		17.0	9.0	9.0	1.0	7.0	1.0	7.0	42.0	7.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	8.0
title=Estudio C.I.S. nº 1.557 (País Vasco. Noviembre 1986)	url=http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/1540_1559/1557/Es1557mar_s.pdf	language=es	work=CIS	date=1 November 1986}}	1 Nov 1986	2,074		17.0	8.0	9.0	1.0	8.0	1.0	8.0	40.0	7.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	8.0
title=Estudio C.I.S. nº 1.555 ("País Vasco". Octubre-noviembre 1986)	url=http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/1540_1559/1555/Es1555mar_s.pdf	language=es	work=CIS	date=20 October 1986}}	20 Oct 1986	2,055		15.0	10.0	8.0	1.0	8.0	–	7.0	44.0	6.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	5.0
title=Estudio C.I.S. nº 1.551 ("País Vasco". Octubre 1986)	url=http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/1540_1559/1551/Es1551mar_s.pdf	language=es	work=CIS	date=10 October 1986}}	10 Oct 1986	1,996		17.0	9.0	8.0	1.0	7.0	1.0	8.0	41.0	7.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	8.0
title=Estudio C.I.S. nº 1.548 ("Preelectoral País Vasco". Octubre 1986)	url=http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/1540_1559/1548/Es1548mar_s.pdf	language=es	work=CIS	date=1 October 1986}}	1 Oct 1986	1,755		16.0	9.0	8.0	1.0	9.0	–	8.0	41.0	7.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	7.0
1986 general election	22 Jun 1986			18.5	17.5	11.8	7.0*	6.0	3.3	–		32.4	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	1.0
[1984 regional election](1984-basque-regional-election-results)	26 Feb 1984			28.5	15.6	9.9	6.3*	5.4	0.9	–		31.5	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	12.9
(*) Results for People's Coalition.

Victory preferences

The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a general election taking place.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	[[File:Logo PSOE, 1976-2001.svg	17px	link=Socialist Party of the Basque Country	PSE–PSOE]]	[[File:Batasuna.svg	28px	link=Herri Batasuna	HB]]	[[File:AP logo (1983–1989).svg	30px	link=People's Alliance (Spain)
None	Lead	Basque Nationalist Party}};"	Socialist Party of the Basque Country}};"		Herri Batasuna}};"		People's Alliance (Spain)}};"		Euskadiko Ezkerra}};"		Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}};"		Eusko Alkartasuna}};"
CIS	20 Nov 1986	1,191	19.0	13.0	12.0	–	9.0	1.0	8.0	1.0	37.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	6.0
CIS	10 Nov 1986	2,077	22.0	11.0	9.0	1.0	8.0	1.0	9.0	–	39.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	11.0
CIS	1 Nov 1986	2,074	21.0	10.0	10.0	1.0	10.0	1.0	10.0	1.0	36.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	11.0
CIS	20 Oct 1986	2,055	20.0	13.0	9.0	1.0	9.0	–	9.0	1.0	38.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	7.0
CIS	10 Oct 1986	1,996	22.0	10.0	8.0	1.0	8.0	1.0	10.0	–	38.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	12.0
CIS	1 Oct 1986	1,755	22.0	10.0	8.0	1.0	10.0	1.0	10.0	2.0	36.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	12.0

Victory likelihood

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	[[File:Logo PSOE, 1976-2001.svg	17px	link=Socialist Party of the Basque Country	PSE–PSOE]]	[[File:Batasuna.svg	28px	link=Herri Batasuna	HB]]	[[File:Logo-EE.svg
None	Lead	Basque Nationalist Party}};"	Socialist Party of the Basque Country}};"		Herri Batasuna}};"		Euskadiko Ezkerra}};"		Eusko Alkartasuna}};"
CIS	20 Nov 1986	1,191	38.0	16.0	1.0	–	2.0	–	43.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	22.0
CIS	10 Nov 1986	2,077	36.0	15.0	1.0	–	3.0	–	45.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	21.0
CIS	1 Nov 1986	2,074	32.0	15.0	2.0	–	4.0	–	47.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	17.0
CIS	20 Oct 1986	2,055	32.0	17.0	2.0	–	5.0	–	44.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	15.0
CIS	10 Oct 1986	1,996	35.0	15.0	1.0	–	4.0	1.0	44.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	20.0
CIS	1 Oct 1986	1,755	31.0	19.0	–	1.0	5.0	2.0	42.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	12.0

Preferred Lehendakari

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become Lehendakari.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	[[File:José Antonio Ardanza 2011 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Txiki Benegas 1979 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Juan Mari Bandrés se reúne con Adolfo Suárez en el palacio de la Moncloa crop.jpg	50px]]	[[File:Portrait placeholder.svg	50px]]	[[File:Jesús María Viana 1986 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Carlos Garaikoetxea 1979 (cropped).jpg	50px]]
None/
Not
care	Lead	Basque Nationalist Party}};"		Socialist Party of the Basque Country}};"		Euskadiko Ezkerra}};"		People's Alliance (Spain)}};"		Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}};"		Eusko Alkartasuna}};"		Ardanza
EAJ/PNV	Benegas
PSE–PSOE	Bandrés
EE	Guimón
AP	Viana
CDS	Garaiko.
EA
CIS	20 Nov 1986	1,191		23.0	14.0	14.0	–	1.0	17.0	1.0	30.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	6.0
CIS	10 Nov 1986	2,077		22.0	12.0	12.0	1.0	1.0	17.0	–	35.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	5.0
CIS	1 Nov 1986	2,074		22.0	10.0	12.0	1.0	1.0	20.0	–	34.0	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	2.0
CIS	20 Oct 1986	2,055	19.0	12.0	14.0	1.0	–		20.0	–	34.0	Eusko Alkartasuna}}; color:white;"	1.0
CIS	10 Oct 1986	1,996	25.0	–	–	–	–		38.0	–	27.0	Eusko Alkartasuna}}; color:white;"	13.0
19.0	9.0	13.0	1.0	–		22.0	–	36.0	Eusko Alkartasuna}}; color:white;"	3.0
CIS	1 Oct 1986	1,755	19.0	9.0	15.0	–	–		25.0	–	32.0	Eusko Alkartasuna}}; color:white;"	6.0

Results

Overall

Parties and alliances	Popular vote	Seats	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Basque Nationalist Party}}"		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	271,208	23.60	−18.21	17	−15
Socialist Party of the Basque Country}}"		Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE)	252,233	21.95	−1.01	19	±0
Herri Batasuna}}"		Popular Unity (HB)	199,900	17.40	+2.81	13	+2
Eusko Alkartasuna}}"		Basque Solidarity (EA)	181,175	15.77	New	13	+13
Euskadiko Ezkerra}}"		Basque Country Left (EE)	124,423	10.83	+2.89	9	+3
People's Alliance (Spain)}}"		People's Alliance–Liberal Party (AP–PL)1	55,606	4.84	−4.48	2	−5
Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"		Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	40,445	3.52	New	2	+2
Ezker Batua}}"		United Left (IU/EB)	6,750	0.59	New	0	±0
Communist Party of the Basque Country}}"		Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK)	5,675	0.49	−0.90	0	±0
Workers' Socialist Party (Spain)}}"		Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	2,925	0.25	+0.05	0	±0
Humanist Party (Spain)}}"		Humanist Party (PH)	1,400	0.12	New	0	±0
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party}}"		Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	1,190	0.10	New	0	±0
Republican Popular Unity}}"		Republican Popular Unity (UPR)2	1,102	0.10	±0.00	0	±0
Blank ballots	5,003	0.44	−0.03
Total	1,149,035		75	±0
Valid votes	1,149,035	99.41	−0.01
Invalid votes	6,780	0.59	+0.01
Votes cast / turnout	1,155,815	69.62	+1.13
Abstentions	504,328	30.38	−1.13
Registered voters	1,660,143
Sources
{{hidden	ta1=left	title=Footnotes:	content={{ubl	1 People's Alliance–Liberal Party results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1984 election.	2 Republican Popular Unity results are compared to Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) totals in the 1984 election.}}}}

Distribution by constituency

Constituency	PNV	PSE	HB	EA	EE	AP–PL	CDS	Basque Nationalist Party}}"		Socialist Party of the Basque Country}}"		Herri Batasuna}}"		Eusko Alkartasuna}}"
Álava	20.1	5	Socialist Party of the Basque Country}}; color:white;"	24.9	7	12.8	3	14.5	4	10.9	3	6.9	1	8.0	2
Biscay	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	28.8	8	22.5	6	16.0	4	11.7	3	10.2	3	5.1	1	3.2	–
Guipúzcoa	16.0	4	19.9	6	21.6	6	Eusko Alkartasuna}}; color:white;"	23.1	6	11.9	3	3.6	–	2.4	–
Total	Basque Nationalist Party}}; color:white;"	23.6	17	22.0	19	17.4	13	15.8	13	10.8	9	4.8	2	3.5	2

Aftermath

Ballot →	26 February 1987	Required majority →	Basque Nationalist Party}};"
38 out of 75
{{Collapsible list	title = José Antonio Ardanza (PNV)	• PSE (19)	• PNV (17)	• CDS (2)
Juan Carlos Yoldi (HB)
{{Collapsible list	title = Abstentions/Blank ballots	• EA (13)	• EE (9)	• AP (2)
{{Collapsible list	title = Absentees	• HB (13)
Sources

Notes

References

;Opinion poll sources

;Other

References

(18 December 1979). ["[Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country".
(25 November 1983). "Ley 28/1983, de 25 de noviembre, de Elecciones al Parlamento Vasco".
(19 June 1985). "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General".
(30 June 1981). "Government Law of 1981".
"Elecciones al Parlamento Vasco / Eusko Legebilitzarra (1980 - 2020)".
"Election Results Archive". Basque Government.

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