Madrid City Council election, 1983

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8 May 1983

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All 57 seats in the Madrid City Council
29 seats needed for a majority

Registered

2,382,260

0.1%

Turnout

1,652,621 (69.4%)

3.4 pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Enrique Tierno Galván	Jorge Verstrynge	Adolfo Pastor
Party	PSM–PSOE	AP–PDP–PL	PCE
Leader since	1979	1983	1983
Last election	25 seats, 39.5%	Did not stand	9 seats, 14.7%
Seats won	30	23	4
Seat change	5	23	5
Popular vote	803,983	627,189	113,150
Percentage	48.7%	38.0%	6.9%
Swing	9.2 pp	New party	7.8 pp

Mayor before election

Enrique Tierno Galván
PSM–PSOE

Elected Mayor

Enrique Tierno Galván
PSM–PSOE

The 1983 Madrid City Council election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 2nd Madrid City Council, the unicameral local legislature of the municipality of Madrid. At stake were all seats in the City Council, determining the Mayor of Madrid. The number of members decreased from 59 to 57 compared to the previous election.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won with an absolute majority of 30 seats and 48.7% of the vote, the only time in history it has done so. The People's Coalition, the electoral alliance led by the People's Alliance (AP) and including the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL), consolidated its gains made in the 1982 general election and emerged as the second political force in the city, with 38.0% and 23 seats. Meanwhile, the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) vote fell as a result of PSOE's growth, losing over half of its seats and obtaining 4.

The Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) had collapsed in the October general election, and was disbanded in early 1983. Several UCD split parties such as Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) or former Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez' Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) stood in this election, but failed to win any seats.

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