Aragonese regional election, 1987

Aragonese regional election, 1987

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All 67 seats in the Cortes of Aragon 34 seats needed for a majority
Registered	928,584 1.0%
Turnout	647,257 (69.7%) 3.0 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Santiago Marraco Hipólito Gómez de las Roces Ángel Cristóbal Party PSOE PAR AP Leader since November 1979 December 1977 1987 Leader's seat Zaragoza Zaragoza Zaragoza Last election 33 seats, 46.8% 13 seats, 20.5% 18 seats, 22.6% Seats won 27 19 13 Seat change 6 6 5 Popular vote 228,170 179,922 99,082 Percentage 35.7% 28.1% 15.5% Swing 11.1 pp 7.6 pp 7.1 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader José Luis Merino Antonio de las Casas Party CDS CAA–IU Leader since 1983 1987 Leader's seat Zaragoza Zaragoza Last election 1 seat, 3.3% 1 seat, 4.0% Seats won 6 2 Seat change 5 1 Popular vote 65,406 31,352 Percentage 10.2% 4.9% Swing 6.9 pp 0.9 pp
Constituency results map for the Cortes of Aragon
President before election Santiago Marraco PSOE Elected President Hipólito Gómez de las Roces PAR

Santiago Marraco
PSOE

Hipólito Gómez de las Roces
PAR

The 1987 Aragonese regional election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd Cortes of the Autonomous Community of Aragon. All 67 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.

The main two national parties, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the People's Alliance (AP) lost support compared to the previous election. The latter had suffered from an internal crisis and the breakup of the People's Coalition in 1986, losing 30% of its 1983 vote and finishing third as a result. The main election winners were the Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR), which came a strong second, and the centrist Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), a party led by the former Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez. United Left made a small advance of 0.9 percentage points and 1 seat, not being able to capitalize on the PSOE's losses.

The PSOE 27 seats compared to the centre-right 32 (38 if the CDS is counted in) meant that the Socialist Santiago Marraco was not re-elected as President of Aragon. Instead, Hipólito Gómez de las Roces from the PAR was elected President as head of a PAR administration with the support of the AP and the abstention of the CDS. In March 1989 the People's Alliance entered the government through a coalition for the remainder of the legislature, with AP members being appointed ministers in the regional administration.