Spain 1989 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Spanish Socialist Workers' Party won 27 of 60 seats with 40.1% of the vote; 54.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 13.8 points on 1987.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | 27 | −1 | 40.1 | +0.6 | 6,275,552 |
| People's Party | 15 | −2 | 21.7 | −3.2 | 3,395,015 |
| Democratic and Social Centre | 5 | −2 | 7.2 | −3.1 | 1,133,429 |
| Communist Party / United Left | 4 | +1 | 6.1 | +0.8 | 961,742 |
| Convergence and Union | 2 | −1 | 4.3 | −0.2 | 666,602 |
| Ruiz-Mateos Group | 2 | 3.9 | 608,560 | ||
| European Coalitionwith Basque Nationalist Party | 1 | 1.9 | 303,038 | ||
| Andalusian Party | 1 | +1 | 1.9 | +0.9 | 295,047 |
| Left of the Peoples | 1 | +1 | 1.9 | +0.5 | 290,286 |
| Batasuna | 1 | 0 | 1.7 | −0.2 | 269,094 |
| Coalition for the Europe of the Peoples | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | −0.2 | 238,909 |
| Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | +0.1 | 197,095 |
| Confederation of the Greens | 0 | 1.1 | 164,524 | ||
| The Ecologist Greens | 0 | 1.0 | 161,903 |
± is the change against the Spain 1987 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 6,275,552
- People's Party 3,395,015
- Democratic and Social Centre 1,133,429
- Communist Party / United Left 961,742
- Convergence and Union 666,602
- Ruiz-Mateos Group 608,560
- European Coalition 303,038
- Andalusian Party 295,047
- Left of the Peoples 290,286
- Batasuna 269,094
- Coalition for the Europe of the Peoples 238,909
- Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity 197,095
- Confederation of the Greens 164,524
- The Ecologist Greens 161,903
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
54.7% of the 29,283,982 registered voters cast a ballot (16,022,276 ballots), down 13.8 points on 1987. 15,657,676 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party40.1% of votes45.0% of seats
- People's Party21.7% of votes25.0% of seats
- Democratic and Social Centre7.2% of votes8.3% of seats
- Communist Party / United Left6.1% of votes6.7% of seats
- Convergence and Union4.3% of votes3.3% of seats
- Ruiz-Mateos Group3.9% of votes3.3% of seats
- European Coalition1.9% of votes1.7% of seats
- Andalusian Party1.9% of votes1.7% of seats
- Left of the Peoples1.9% of votes1.7% of seats
- Batasuna1.7% of votes1.7% of seats
- Coalition for the Europe of the Peoples1.5% of votes1.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.5 by votes and 3.6 by seats; Spanish Socialist Workers' Party led People's Party by 18.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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