Asturian parliamentary election, 1983

Asturian parliamentary election, 1983

8 May 1983 → 1987

All 45 seats in the Asturian General Junta 23 seats needed for a majority Registered 873,690 Turnout 568,271 (65.0%)   First party Second party Third party   Leader Pedro de Silva Francisco Álvarez Cascos Francisco Javier Suárez Party PSOE AP–PDP–PL PCE Leader since 15 March 1983 1983 1983 Seats won 26 14 5 Popular vote 293,320 170,654 62,855 Percentage 52.0% 30.2% 11.1%

President before election Rafael Fernández PSOE Elected President Pedro de Silva PSOE

Rafael Fernández
PSOE

Pedro de Silva
PSOE

The 1983 Asturian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st General Junta of the Principality of Asturias, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Asturias. At stake were all 45 seats in the General Junta, determining the President of the Principality of Asturias.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won the election with a comfortable absolute majority of 26 out of 45 seats and 52.0% of the vote. The People's Coalition, headed by the conservative People's Alliance, became the second political force and the main opposition party in the General Junta with 14 seats and 30.2%. The Communist Party of Spain (PCE) won 5 seats and 11.1%.

As a result of the election, Socialist Pedro de Silva replaced Rafael Fernández as President of Asturias, becoming the first democratically elected head of the regional government.

The 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected in 3 multi-member districts using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Unlike other regions, districts did not coincide with provincial limits, being determined by law as such:

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