Navarrese regional election, 1983

Navarrese regional election, 1983
8 May 1983
All 50 seats in the Parliament of Navarre
26 seats needed for a majority
Registered 379,692 4.0%
Turnout 269,042 (70.9%)
0.1 pp

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gabriel Urralburu Balbino Bados José Luis Monge Recalde
Party PSN–PSOE UPN AP–PDP–UL
Leader since 15 June 1982 1983 1983
Last election 15 seats, 18.9% 13 seats, 16.0% Did not contest
Seats won 20 13 8
Seat change 5 0 8
Popular vote 94,737 62,072 37,554
Percentage 35.6% 23.3% 14.1%
Swing 16.7 pp 7.3 pp New party
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Iñaki Aldekoa Ignacio Cabasés
Party HB EAJ/PNV
Leader since 1983 1983
Last election 9 seats, 11.1% 3 seats, 5.0%
Seats won 6 3
Seat change 3 0
Popular vote 28,055 18,161
Percentage 10.6% 6.8%
Swing 0.5 pp 1.8 pp
President before election

Juan Manuel Arza
UCD

 Elected President

Juan Manuel Arza (ad interim)
Independent

The 1983 Navarrese regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Parliament of the Foral Community of Navarre. All 50 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Overview

Electoral system

The Parliament of Navarre was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Foral Community of Navarre, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Reintegration and Enhancement of the Foral Regime of Navarre Law, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Foral Deputation.[1] Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Navarre and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 50 members of the Parliament of Navarre were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.

The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 0.1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election—needing to secure, in any case, the signature of 500 electors—. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election being called.[2]

Election date

The Foral Deputation of Navarre, in agreement with the Government of Spain, was required to call an election to the Parliament of Navarre within from 1 February to 31 May 1983. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was deemed to be automatically elected.[1][2]

Results

← Summary of the 8 May 1983 Parliament of Navarre election results →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialist Party of Navarre (PSN–PSOE)1 94,73735.63+16.69 20+5
Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 62,07223.34+7.35 13±0
People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) 37,55414.12New 8+8
Popular Unity (HB) 28,05510.55–0.53 6–3
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)2 18,1616.83+1.79 3±0
Neighborhood Labor (Auzolan)3 8,3563.14+0.44 0±0
Carlist Party (PC) 6,7332.53–2.24 0–1
Basque Country Left (EE) 6,2922.37New 0±0
Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 1,7120.64–1.80 0±0
Communist League (LC) 4090.15New 0±0
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) n/an/a–26.69 0–20
Electoral Groups of Merindad (Amaiur) n/an/a–6.78 0–7
Navarrese Left Union (UNAI) n/an/a–2.91 0–1
Navarrese Foral Independents (IFN) n/an/a–1.46 0–1
Blank ballots 1,8260.69+0.28
Total 265,907 50–20
Valid votes 265,90798.83+0.15
Invalid votes 3,1351.17–0.15
Votes cast / turnout 269,04270.86+0.10
Abstentions 110,65029.14–0.10
Registered voters 379,692
Sources[3][4]
Popular vote
PSN–PSOE
 
 35.63%
UPN
 
 23.34%
AP–PDP–UL
 
 14.12%
HB
 
 10.55%
EAJ/PNV
 
 6.83%
Auzolan
 
 3.14%
PC
 
 2.53%
EE
 
 2.37%
Others
 
 0.80%
Blank ballots
 
 0.69%
Seats
PSN–PSOE
 
 40.00%
UPN
 
 26.00%
AP–PDP–UL
 
 16.00%
HB
 
 12.00%
EAJ/PNV
 
 6.00%

Aftermath

Investiture processes to elect the President of Navarre required for an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later under the same majority requirement, with successive votes requiring only of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If such majorities were not achieved, successive candidate proposals would be processed under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was deemed to be automatically elected.[1]

After successive failures in the investiture process resulted in a political deadlock, constitutional conflict arose in 1984 on whether the legal provision from Section 29.3 of the Enhancement Law meant the candidate from the largest party or the candidate with the highest number of votes. This was resolved in May 1984 by the Constitutional Court of Spain, which ruled that this was to correspond to the candidate from the largest party in the Parliament. As a result, Gabriel Urralburu was automatically elected as President of Navarre on 15 May 1984.

Investiture
José Ángel Zubiaur (UPN)
Ballot → 21 June 1983 23 June 1983 25 June 1983 27 June 1983
Required majority → 26 out of 50 ☒ 26 out of 50 ☒ Simple ☒ Simple ☒
21 / 50
21 / 50
21 / 50
21 / 50
23 / 50
23 / 50
23 / 50
23 / 50
Abstentions
0 / 50
0 / 50
0 / 50
0 / 50
6 / 50
6 / 50
6 / 50
6 / 50
Sources[4]
Investiture
Gabriel Urralburu (PSN)
Ballot → 2 March 1984 4 March 1984 6 March 1984 8 March 1984
Required majority → 26 out of 50 ☒ 26 out of 50 ☒ Simple ☒ Simple ☒
20 / 50
20 / 50
20 / 50
20 / 50
24 / 50
24 / 50
24 / 50
24 / 50
Abstentions
0 / 50
0 / 50
0 / 50
0 / 50
6 / 50
6 / 50
6 / 50
6 / 50
Sources[4]
Investiture
José Luis Monge Recalde (AP)
Ballot → 8 April 1984 10 April 1984 12 April 1984 14 April 1984
Required majority → 26 out of 50 ☒ 26 out of 50 ☒ Simple ☒ Simple ☒
21 / 50
21 / 50
21 / 50
21 / 50
22 / 50
22 / 50
23 / 50
23 / 50
Abstentions
0 / 50
0 / 50
0 / 50
0 / 50
7 / 50
7 / 50
6 / 50
6 / 50
Sources[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Reintegration and Enhancement of the Foral Regime of Navarre Law of 1982". Organic Law No. 13 of 10 August 1982. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Electoral Rules Decree of 1977". Royal Decree-Law No. 20 of 18 March 1977. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "I Legislature (1983-1987)". parlamentodenavarra.es (in Spanish). Parliament of Navarre. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Parliament of Navarre elections since 1979". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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