1986 Spanish General Election

22 June 1986 · The democratic era · 350 seats

A general election was held in Spain on 22 June 1986 to elect the members of the 3rd Cortes Generales under the Spanish Constitution of 1978. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 254 seats in the Senate.

Prime Minister before

Felipe González

PSOE

Prime Minister (continued)

Felipe González

PSOE

Largest force

PSOE

184 of 350 seats

Turnout

70.5%

The result

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PSOE

Felipe González · 44.1% of votes · -18 seats

184

seats

AP–PDP–PL

Manuel Fraga · 26.0% of votes · -2 seats

105

seats

CDS

Adolfo Suárez · 9.2% of votes · +17 seats

seats

PRD–CiU–CG

Miquel Roca · 6.4% of votes · +7 seats

seats

Gerardo Iglesias · 4.6% of votes · +3 seats

seats

EAJ/PNV

Iñaki Anasagasti · 1.5% of votes · -2 seats

seats


PSOE	Felipe González	184	-18	8.901.718	44.1%	-4.0
AP–PDP–PL	Manuel Fraga	105	-2	5.247.677	26.0%	-0.4
CDS	Adolfo Suárez	19	+17	1.861.912	9.2%	+6.3
PRD–CiU–CG	Miquel Roca	19	+7	1.288.768	6.4%	+2.7
IU	Gerardo Iglesias	7	+3	935.504	4.6%	+0.4
EAJ/PNV	Iñaki Anasagasti	6	-2	309.610	1.5%	-0.4

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