Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1983

Valencian regional election, 1983

8 May 1983 1987 →
All 89 seats in the Corts Valencianes 45 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	2,654,967
Turnout	1,931,142 (72.7%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Joan Lerma Manuel Giner Miralles José Galán Party PSOE AP–PDP–UL–UV PCE–PCPV Leader since 31 July 1979 December 1981 23 September 1980 Leader's seat Valencia Valencia Alicante Seats won 51 32 6 Popular vote 982,567 609,519 142,570 Percentage 51.4% 31.9% 7.5%
Constituency results map for the Corts Valencianes
President before election Joan Lerma PSOE Elected President Joan Lerma PSOE

Joan Lerma
PSOE

Joan Lerma
PSOE

The 1983 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Corts of the Valencian Community. All 89 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won the election with an absolute majority of 51 out of 89 seats and almost 1 million votes (51.4% 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 Corts Valencianes with 32 seats. The Communist Party of Spain (PCE) managed to surpass the 5% autonomic threshold and entered the Courts with 6 seats.

As a result of the election, PSPV-PSOE leader Joan Lerma became the first democratically elected President of the Valencian Community.

The Corts Valencianes were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Valencian autonomous community, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Valencian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Generalitat. Voting for the Corts was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Valencian Community and in full enjoyment of their political rights.