Catalan regional election, 1980

Catalan regional election, 1980

20 March 1980 1984 →
All 135 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia 68 seats needed for a majority
Registered	4,432,776
Turnout	2,718,888 (61.3%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jordi Pujol Joan Reventós Josep Benet Party CiU PSC–PSOE PSUC Leader since 17 November 1974 16 July 1978 1980 Leader's seat Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona Seats won 43 33 25 Popular vote 752,943 606,717 507,753 Percentage 27.8% 22.4% 18.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Anton Cañellas Heribert Barrera Francisco Hidalgo Party CC–UCD ERC PSA–PA Leader since 1980 1976 1980 Leader's seat Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona Seats won 18 14 2 Popular vote 286,922 240,871 71,841 Percentage 10.6% 8.9% 2.7%
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Catalonia
President before election Josep Tarradellas ERC Elected President Jordi Pujol CiU

Josep Tarradellas
ERC

Jordi Pujol
CiU

The 1980 Catalan regional election was held on Thursday, 20 March 1980, to elect the 1st Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The Parliament of Catalonia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Catalonia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Catalan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to grant or revoke confidence from a President of the Generalitat. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in Catalonia and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote.

The 135 members of the Parliament of Catalonia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 per 100 of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, dependant on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Barcelona, Gerona, Lérida and Tarragona. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 85 for Barcelona, 17 for Gerona, 15 for Lérida and 18 for Tarragona.