1982 Spanish General Election

The PSOE landslide

28 October 1982 · The democratic era · 350 seats

The election was called several months ahead of schedule by Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, amid poor polling ratings and severe infighting within the ruling Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) party, which had seen the splits of former prime minister Adolfo Suárez's Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), Óscar Alzaga's People's Democratic Party (PDP), and the Democratic Ac

Prime Minister before

Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo

UCD

Prime Minister after

Felipe González

PSOE

Largest force

PSOE

202 of 350 seats

Turnout

80.0%

The result

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PSOE

Felipe González · 48.1% of votes · +81 seats

202

seats

AP–PDP

Manuel Fraga · 26.4% of votes · +91 seats

107

seats

CiU

Miquel Roca · 3.7% of votes · +4 seats

seats

UCD

Landelino Lavilla · 6.8% of votes · -152 seats

seats

EAJ/PNV

Íñigo Aguirre · 1.9% of votes · +1 seats

seats

PCE

Santiago Carrillo · 4.1% of votes · -19 seats

seats


PSOE	Felipe González	202	+81	10.127.392	48.1%	+17.7
AP–PDP	Manuel Fraga	107	+91	5.548.108	26.4%	+19.0
CiU	Miquel Roca	12	+4	772.726	3.7%	+1.0
UCD	Landelino Lavilla	11	-152	1.425.094	6.8%	-27.1
EAJ/PNV	Íñigo Aguirre	8	+1	395.656	1.9%	+0.3
PCE	Santiago Carrillo	4	-19	865.272	4.1%	-6.7

6 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.