Basque parliamentary election, 1980

Basque regional election, 1980

9 March 1980 1984 →
All 60 seats in the Basque Parliament 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	1,554,527
Turnout	929,051 (59.8%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Carlos Garaikoetxea — Ramón Rubial Party EAJ/PNV HB PSE–PSOE Leader since 1977 — 1978 Leader's seat Gipuzkoa — — Seats won 25 11 9 Popular vote 349,102 151,636 130,221 Percentage 38.0% 16.5% 14.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Juan María Bandrés Jesús María Viana Florencio Aróstegui Party EE UCD AP Leader since 1979 1980 1980 Leader's seat Gipuzkoa Álava Biscay Seats won 6 6 2 Popular vote 89,953 78,095 43,751 Percentage 9.8% 8.5% 4.8%
Constituency results map for the Basque Parliament
Lehendakari before election Carlos Garaikoetxea EAJ/PNV Elected Lehendakari Carlos Garaikoetxea EAJ/PNV

Carlos Garaikoetxea
EAJ/PNV

Carlos Garaikoetxea
EAJ/PNV

The 1980 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 9 March 1980, to elect the 1st Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) won 25 seats, People's Unity (HB) came second with 11 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) came third with 9 seats. The Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) and Basque Country Left (EE) won 6 seats each.

No electoral law was in force at the time, with election rules for the Parliament regulated under the electoral system for the Congress of Deputies and special provisions within the regional Statute of Autonomy. The Basque Parliament was elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation. Under the Statute, all three Basque historical territories—the provinces—were to constitute multi-member districts, being assigned an equal number of seats each. Statutory rules set this a fixed-number of 20, for a total of 60 seats. A threshold of 3% of valid votes—which included blank ballots—was applied in each constituency, with parties not reaching the threshold not taken into consideration for seat distribution.