Basque regional election, 1984

Basque regional election, 1984

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All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority
Registered	1,584,540 1.9%
Turnout	1,085,304 (68.5%) 8.7 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Carlos Garaikoetxea Txiki Benegas — Party EAJ/PNV PSE–PSOE HB Leader since 1977 1977 — Leader's seat Gipuzkoa Biscay — Last election 25 seats, 38.0% 9 seats, 14.2% 11 seats, 16.5% Seats won 32 19 11 Seat change 7 10 0 Popular vote 451,178 247,786 157,389 Percentage 41.8% 23.0% 14.6% Swing 3.8 pp 8.8 pp 1.9 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Jaime Mayor Oreja Mario Onaindia Party AP–PDP–PL EE Leader since 1984 1982 Leader's seat Gipuzkoa Álava Last election 2 seats, 4.8% 6 seats, 9.8% Seats won 7 6 Seat change 5 0 Popular vote 100,581 85,671 Percentage 9.3% 7.9% Swing 4.5 pp 1.9 pp
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 1984 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 26 February 1984, to elect the 2nd Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) won 32 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) came second with 19 seats, People's Unity (HB) came third with 11 seats, the People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) won 7 seats, and Basque Country Left (EE) won 6 seats.

The approval of an electoral law in 1983 replaced the provisional legislation that had been in force for the first regional election in 1980. The Basque Parliament was elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation. Under the regional Statute of Autonomy, all three Basque historical territories—the provinces—were to constitute multi-member districts, being assigned an equal number of seats each. The electoral law set this to a fixed-number of 25, for a total of 75 seats. A threshold of 5% of valid votes—which, unlike other electoral legislation in Spain, did not include blank ballots—was applied in each constituency, with parties not reaching the threshold not taken into consideration for seat distribution.