Spanish general election, 1989

Spanish general election, 1989

1986 ← 29 October 1989 → 1993

All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 208 (of 254) seats in the Senate 176 seats needed for a majority in the Congress of Deputies Opinion polls Registered 29,604,055 1.7% Turnout 20,646,365 (69.7%) 0.8 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Felipe González José María Aznar Miquel Roca Party PSOE PP CiU Leader since 13 October 1974 4 September 1989 12 March 1980 Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Barcelona Last election 184 seats, 44.1% 105 seats, 26.0% 18 seats, 5.0% Seats won 175 107 18 Seat change 9 2 0 Popular vote 8,115,568 5,285,972 1,032,243 Percentage 39.6% 25.8% 5.0% Swing 4.5 pp 0.2 pp ±0.0 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Julio Anguita Adolfo Suárez Iñaki Anasagasti Party IU CDS EAJ/PNV Leader since 12 February 1989 29 July 1982 1986 Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Biscay Last election 7 seats, 4.6% 19 seats, 9.2% 6 seats, 1.5% Seats won 17 14 5 Seat change 10 5 1 Popular vote 1,858,588 1,617,716 254,681 Percentage 9.1% 7.9% 1.2% Swing 4.5 pp 1.3 pp 0.3 pp

Provincial results map for the Congress of Deputies

Prime Minister before election Felipe González PSOE Elected Prime Minister Felipe González PSOE

Felipe González
PSOE

Felipe González
PSOE

The 1989 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 29 October 1989, to elect the 4th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 254 seats in the Senate.

The incumbent Socialists once again emerged as the largest party, but fell just one seat short of an absolute majority in the Congress. With an hypothetical sum of all other parties being theoretically able to match the PSOE parliamentary strength, in practice the Socialist Party was able to govern as if it had an overall majority, as HB deputies remained absent throughout the entire parliamentary term until 1993. As such, Felipe González was able to be re-elected for a third consecutive term in office without much trouble.

The opposition People's Party, AP new electoral brand, remained about the same size as it had been in both 1982 and 1986, with around 26% of the vote and slightly below 110 seats. However, the election showing was way above both party and polls' expectations, even winning 2 seats from 1986, after it had obtained a mere 21% in the European Parliament election held earlier in 1989. As a result, PP candidate José María Aznar was able to consolidate his leadership within the party, assuming full control over the PP from Manuel Fraga on April next year.

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