1989 Spanish General Election

29 October 1989 · The democratic era · 350 seats, 176 for a majority

A general election was held in Spain on 29 October 1989 to elect the members of the 4th 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

175 of 350 seats

Turnout

69.7%

The result

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PSOE

Felipe González · 39.6% of votes · -9 seats

175

seats

José María Aznar · 25.8% of votes · +2 seats

107

seats

CiU

Miquel Roca · 5.0% of votes · 0 seats

seats

Julio Anguita · 9.1% of votes · +10 seats

seats

CDS

Adolfo Suárez · 7.9% of votes · -5 seats

seats

EAJ/PNV

Iñaki Anasagasti · 1.2% of votes · -1 seats

seats


PSOE	Felipe González	175	-9	8.115.568	39.6%	-4.5
PP	José María Aznar	107	+2	5.285.972	25.8%	-0.2
CiU	Miquel Roca	18	0	1.032.243	5.0%	0.0
IU	Julio Anguita	17	+10	1.858.588	9.1%	+4.5
CDS	Adolfo Suárez	14	-5	1.617.716	7.9%	-1.3
EAJ/PNV	Iñaki Anasagasti	5	-1	254.681	1.2%	-0.3

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