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1987 European Parliament election in Spain

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Field	Value
election_name	1987 European Parliament election in Spain
country	Spain
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
next_election	1989 European Parliament election in Spain
next_year	1989
outgoing_members	List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 1986–87
elected_members	List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 1987–89
seats_for_election	All 60 Spanish seats in the European Parliament
opinion_polls	1987 European Parliament election in Spain#Opinion polls
registered	28,450,491
turnout	19,494,098 (68.5%)
election_date	10 June 1987
image1	[[File:Fernando Morán 1985 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader1	Fernando Morán
party1	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
alliance1	Socialist Group
leader_since1	10 April 1987
leaders_seat1	Spain
seats1	28
popular_vote1	7,522,706
percentage1	39.1%
image2	[[File:Manuel Fraga 1983 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader2	Manuel Fraga
party2	People's Alliance (Spain)
alliance2	European Democrats
leader_since2	16 March 1987
leaders_seat2	Spain
seats2	17
popular_vote2	4,747,283
percentage2	24.6%
image3	[[File:Eduard Punset 2008 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader3	Eduard Punset
party3	Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)
alliance3	Non-Inscrits
leader_since3	30 April 1987
leaders_seat3	Spain
seats3	7
popular_vote3	1,976,093
percentage3	10.3%
image4	[[File:Portrait placeholder.svg	170x170px]]
leader4	Fernando Pérez Royo
party4	United Left (Spain)
alliance4	Communists and Allies
leader_since4	25 April 1987
leaders_seat4	Spain
seats4	3
popular_vote4	1,011,830
percentage4	5.3%
image5	[[File:Portrait placeholder.svg	170x170px]]
leader5	Carles Gasòliba
party5	Convergence and Union
alliance5	LDR
EPP
leader_since5	1 January 1986
leaders_seat5	Spain
seats5	3
popular_vote5	853,603
percentage5	4.4%
image6	[[File:Portrait placeholder.svg	170x170px]]
leader6	Txema Montero
party6	Herri Batasuna
alliance6	Non-Inscrits
leader_since6	28 April 1987
leaders_seat6	Spain
seats6	1
popular_vote6	360,952
percentage6	1.9%
map	{{Switcher

EPP

| [[File:1987 European election in Spain - Vote Strength.svg|x315px]] | Vote winner strength by province | [[File:1987 European election in Spain - AC results.svg|x315px]] | Vote winner strength by autonomous community An election was held in Spain on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the MEP delegation from the country for the 2nd European Parliament. All 60 seats allocated to the Spanish constituency as per the 1985 Treaty of Accession were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Spain had acceded the European Communities on 1 January 1986 and had been represented in the European Parliament by 60 temporarily appointed delegates until a proper election could be held. As a European-wide election was due in 1989, elected MEPs only served for the remainder of the European Parliament term.

Electoral system

60 members of the European Parliament were allocated to Spain as per the 1985 Treaty of Accession. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

All seats were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with no electoral threshold being applied in order to be entitled to enter seat distribution. Seats were allocated to a single multi-member constituency comprising the entire national territory. The use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.

Background

The ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) designated former Foreign Affairs Minister Fernando Morán to lead their campaign. The main opposition People's Alliance party (AP), running on its own after the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and Liberal Party (PL) broke away from the People's Coalition, chose Manuel Fraga—who had resigned as party leader in December 1986—to lead the party list. Adolfo Suárez had considered running as main candidate for his Democratic and Social Centre party (CDS), but declined after the electoral law was amended by the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party to make elected MEPs incompatible for posts in the Cortes Generales—Suárez was deputy in the Congress of Deputies, and would have been forced to renounce one of the two offices if elected.

Outgoing delegation

Groups	MEPs	Seats
Socialist Group}}"	Socialist Group	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"	PSOE	36
European Democrats}}"	European Democrats	People's Alliance (Spain)}}"	AP	12
Majorcan Union}}"	UM	1
People's Democratic Party (Spain)}}"	PDP	1
European People's Party}}"	European People's Party	People's Democratic Party (Spain)}}"	PDP	2
Basque Nationalist Party}}"	EAJ/PNV	2
Democratic Union of Catalonia}}"	UDC	1
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group}}"	Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}}"	CDC	2
Independent politician}}"	INDEP	1
Rainbow Group}}"	Rainbow Group	Euskadiko Ezkerra}}"	EE	1
Non-Inscrits}}"	Non-Inscrits	Independent politician}}"	INDEP	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. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates.

Candidacy	Parties and
alliances	Leading candidate	Ideology	Ref.
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"		PSOE	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on
People's Alliance (Spain)}}"		AP	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on
Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"		CDS	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on
Convergence and Union}}"		CiU	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on
United Left (Spain)}}"		IU	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on
Europeanist Union}}"		UE	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on
Herri Batasuna}}"		HB	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on
Left of the Peoples (1987)}}"		IP	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on
Coalition for the Europe of the Peoples}}"		CEP	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on
People's Democratic Party (Spain)}}"		PDP	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on
Majorcan Union}}"		UM	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on

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 given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout	[[File:Logo PSOE, 1976-2001.svg	17px	link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	PSOE]]	[[File:AP logo (1983–1989).svg	30px
[1987 EP election](1987-european-parliament-election-in-spain-results)	10 Jun 1987		68.5		39.1
24.6
10.3
4.4
5.3
1.2
1.9
1.2
1.4
1.7
0.9
0.6
0.6
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"	14.5
title=Algunas encuestas electorales plantean un descenso exagerado del PSOE	url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1987/06/05/028.html	language=es	work=ABC	date=4 June 1987}}	4 Jun 1987	?	?		46.8
24.7
9.3
4.0
4.4
?
–	?
?
–	–	–	–	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"	22.1
title=El CDS, único partido que ha progresado durante la campaña	url=https://recursos.march.es/linz/I34457.pdf	language=es	work=Diario 16	date=4 June 1987}}	30 May–1 Jun 1987	2,500	?		**41.0–
43.0**
24.0–
26.0
11.0–
13.0
4.0–
4.8
4.5–
5.5
1.0–
1.6
1.4–
2.0
–	1.4–
1.9
0.8–
1.4
–	0.8–
1.4
0.8–
1.4
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"	17.0
title=PSOE y AP, en cabeza aunque pierden votos	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/19870604/pag_003.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=4 June 1987}}	25–29 May 1987	2,497	?		41.6
25.2
10.0
4.4
5.4
0.8
2.0
1.0
2.0
1.9
–	0.5
0.5
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"	16.4
title=El PSOE pierde el control mayoritario de las grandes ciudades	url=https://recursos.march.es/linz/I34481.pdf	language=es	work=El País	date=4 June 1987}}	22–26 May 1987	11,000	?		38.6
24.4
14.7
4.7
3.3
1.4
1.7
1.3
1.6
1.4
1.3
0.7
0.5
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"	14.2
title=Un sondeo del CIS para el Gobierno da la mayoría del PSOE en Madrid y Barcelona	url=https://recursos.march.es/linz/I34500.pdf	language=es	work=El País	date=4 June 1987}}	18–19 May 1987	2,497	?		45.1
26.4
9.9
4.2
4.0
–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"	18.7
Sigma Dos/Diario 16	8 May 1987	?	?		42.3
26.1
10.8
5.1
5.2
1.6
1.4
–	1.1
1.1
–	1.6
2.1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"	16.2
[1986 general election](1986-spanish-general-election)	22 Jun 1986		70.5		44.1
26.0
9.2
5.0
4.6
1.5
1.1
1.1
0.8
0.4
–	–	–	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}; color:white;"	18.1

Results

Overall

Parties and alliances	Popular vote	Seats	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	7,522,706	39.06	n/a	28	n/a
People's Alliance (Spain)}}"		People's Alliance (AP)	4,747,283	24.65	n/a	17	n/a
Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"		Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,976,093	10.26	n/a	7	n/a
United Left (Spain)}}"		United Left (IU)	1,011,830	5.25	n/a	3	n/a
Convergence and Union}}"		Convergence and Union (CiU)	853,603	4.43	n/a	3	n/a
Herri Batasuna}}"		Popular Unity (HB)	360,952	1.87	n/a	1	n/a
Coalition for the Europe of the Peoples}}"		Coalition for the Europe of the Peoples (EA–ERC–PNG)	326,911	1.70	n/a	1	n/a
Left of the Peoples (1987)}}"		Left of the Peoples (IP)	261,328	1.36	n/a	0	n/a
Europeanist Union}}"		Europeanist Union (PNV–PGN)	226,570	1.18	n/a	0	n/a
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity}}"		Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)	222,680	1.16	n/a	0	n/a
Andalusian Party}}"		Andalusian Party (PA)	185,550	0.96	n/a	0	n/a
People's Democratic Party (Spain)}}"		People's Democratic Party (PDP)	170,866	0.89	n/a	0	n/a
Valencian Union}}"		Valencian Union (UV)	162,128	0.84	n/a	0	n/a
National Front (Spain, 1986)}}"		National Front (FN)	122,799	0.64	n/a	0	n/a
Ruiz-Mateos Group}}"		Social Action (AS)	116,761	0.61	n/a	0	n/a
Confederation of the Greens}}"		The Greens (LV)	107,625	0.56	n/a	0	n/a
Regionalist Aragonese Party}}"		Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR)	105,865	0.55	n/a	0	n/a
Canarian Independent Groups}}"		Canarian Independent Groups (AIC)	96,895	0.50	n/a	0	n/a
Workers' Socialist Party (Spain)}}"		Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	77,132	0.40	n/a	0	n/a
Confederation of the Greens (1987)}}"		Confederation of the Greens (CV)	65,574	0.34	n/a	0	n/a
Galician Nationalist Bloc}}"		Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	53,116	0.28	n/a	0	n/a
United Extremadura}}"		United Extremadura (EU)	39,369	0.20	n/a	0	n/a
Revolutionary Workers' Party (Spain)}}"		Revolutionary Workers' Party of Spain (PORE)	30,157	0.16	n/a	0	n/a
	National Assembly of Medicine Students and Associates (ANEMYA)	30,143	0.16	n/a	0	n/a
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party}}"		Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	25,270	0.13	n/a	0	n/a
Social Democratic Party of Catalonia}}"		Social Democratic Coalition (CSD)	25,058	0.13	n/a	0	n/a
Falange Española de las JONS (1976)}}"		Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	23,407	0.12	n/a	0	n/a
Humanist Party (Spain)}}"		Humanist Platform (PH–FV)	22,333	0.12	n/a	0	n/a
Communist Unification of Spain}}"		Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	21,482	0.11	n/a	0	n/a
Majorcan Union}}"		Majorcan Union (UM)	19,066	0.10	n/a	0	n/a
	Valencian Coalition Party (PCV)	14,749	0.08	n/a	0	n/a
Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}"		Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	14,553	0.08	n/a	0	n/a
Nationalist Party of Castile and León}}"		Nationalist Party of Castile and León (PANCAL)	12,616	0.07	n/a	0	n/a
Andalusian Liberation}}"		Andalusian Liberation (LA)	9,881	0.05	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic Spanish Party (PED)	9,146	0.05	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots	189,729	0.99	n/a
Total	19,261,226		60	n/a
Valid votes	19,261,226	98.81	n/a
Invalid votes	232,872	1.19	n/a
Votes cast / turnout	19,494,098	68.52	n/a
Abstentions	8,956,393	31.48	n/a
Registered voters	28,450,491
Sources

Maps

File:1987 European election in Spain - Vote Strength.svg|Vote winner strength by province. File:1987 European election in Spain - AC results.svg|Vote winner strength by autonomous community.

Distribution by European group

Groups	Parties	Seats	Total	%
Socialist Group}}"		Socialist Group (SOC)		28	28
European Democrats}}"		European Democrats (ED)		17	17
Communists and Allies}}"		Communist and Allies Group (COM)		1
1
1	3
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party}}"		Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (LDR)		2	2
European People's Party}}"		European People's Party (EPP)		1	1
Rainbow Group}}"		Rainbow Group (RBW)		1	1
Non-Inscrits}}"		Non-Inscrits (NI)		7
1	8
Total	60	60	100.00

Notes

References

;Opinion poll sources

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Bibliography

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