Catalan parliamentary election, 1988

Catalan regional election, 1988

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All 135 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia 68 seats needed for a majority
Registered	4,564,389 1.6%
Turnout	2,709,685 (59.4%) 5.0 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jordi Pujol Raimon Obiols Rafael Ribó Party CiU PSC–PSOE IC Leader since 17 November 1974 12 July 1983 23 February 1987 Leader's seat Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona Last election 72 seats, 46.8% 41 seats, 30.1% 6 seats, 5.6% Seats won 69 42 9 Seat change 3 1 3 Popular vote 1,232,514 802,828 209,211 Percentage 45.7% 29.8% 7.8% Swing 1.1 pp 0.3 pp 2.2 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jorge Fernández Díaz Joan Hortalà Antoni Fernández Teixidó Party AP ERC CDS Leader since 1985 1987 1988 Leader's seat Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona Last election 11 seats, 7.7% 5 seats, 4.4% Did not contest Seats won 6 6 3 Seat change 5 1 3 Popular vote 143,241 111,647 103,351 Percentage 5.3% 4.1% 3.8% Swing 2.4 pp 0.3 pp New party
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Catalonia
President before election Jordi Pujol CiU Elected President Jordi Pujol CiU

Jordi Pujol
CiU

Jordi Pujol
CiU

The 1988 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday, 29 May 1988, to elect the 3rd Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

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 Parliament of Catalonia was elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation. Under a regional law, the Parliament was entitled to a minimum of 100 members and a maximum of 150, which provisional rules in the Statute set to 135. All seats were allocated to four multi-member districts—each corresponding to a province, with allocation awarding 85 seats to Barcelona, 17 to Girona, 15 to Lleida and 18 to Tarragona—. 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.

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all residents over eighteen and in the full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. Concurrently, residents meeting the previous criteria and not involved in any cause of ineligibility were eligible for the Parliament. Groups of electors were required to obtain the signatures of at least 1% of registered electors in a particular district in order to be able to field candidates.