1980 Basque regional election

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1980 Basque regional election
9 March 1980 1984 →
All 60 seats in the Basque Parliament
31 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 1,554,527
Turnout 929,051 (59.8%)
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Carlos Garaikoetxea Francisco Letamendia Txiki Benegas
Party EAJ-PNV HB PSE-PSOE
Leader since April 1977 27 January 1980 26 February 1978
Leader's seat Guipúzcoa Biscay Guipúzcoa
Seats won 25 11 9
Popular vote 349,102 151,636 130,221
Percentage 38.0% 16.5% 14.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Juan María Bandrés Jesús María Viana Florencio Aróstegui
Party EE UCD AP
Leader since 1979 1978 1980
Leader's seat Guipúzcoa Álava Biscay
Seats won 6 6 2
Popular vote 89,953 78,095 43,751
Percentage 9.8% 8.5% 4.8%
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Constituency results map for the Basque Parliament
Lehendakari before election

Carlos Garaikoetxea
EAJ-PNV

 Elected Lehendakari

Carlos Garaikoetxea
EAJ-PNV

The 1980 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 9 March 1980, to elect the 1st Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) won 25 seats, People's Unity (HB) came second with 11 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) came third with 9 seats. The Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) and Basque Country Left (EE) won 6 seats each.

Overview

Electoral system

The Basque Parliament was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Basque Country, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the regional Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a lehendakari.[1]

Transitory Provision First of the Statute established a specific electoral procedure for the first election to the Basque Parliament, to be supplemented by the provisions within Royal Decree-Law 20/1977, of 18 March, and its related regulations. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Basque Country and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 60 members of the Basque Parliament were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Álava, Biscay and Guipúzcoa, being allocated a fixed number of 20 seats each to provide for an equal representation of the three provinces in parliament as required under the regional statute of autonomy.[1][2] This meant that Álava was allocated the same number of seats as Biscay and Gipuzkoa, despite their populations being, as of 1 January 1980: 251,850, 1,179,666 and 690,009, respectively.[3]

The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.[4]

Election date

The Basque General Council was required to call an election to the Basque Parliament within sixty days from the enactment of the Statute, with election day taking place within four months after the call.[1] As a result, an election could not be held later than the 180th day from the date of enactment of the Statute of Autonomy. The Statute was published in the Official State Gazette on 22 December 1979, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Tuesday, 20 May 1980.[5][6] In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a lehendakari within a sixty-day period from the Parliament re-assembly, the Parliament was to be dissolved and a snap election called.[1]

Initially, 24 February or 2 March 1980 were considered as the most likely dates for the election to be held, but on 22 December 1979 it was announced that it would be called for 9 March.[7][8][9]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one-thousandth of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election—with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[2]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Leading candidate Ideology Gov. Ref.
EAJ/PNV
List
 50px Carlos Garaikoetxea Basque nationalism
Christian democracy
Conservative liberalism		 YesY
PSE–PSOE
List
 50px Txiki Benegas Social democracy YesY
UCD
List
 50px Jesús María Viana Christian democracy
Social democracy
Liberalism		 YesY
HB
List
 50px Francisco Letamendia Basque independence
Left-wing nationalism
Revolutionary socialism		 N
EE
List
 50px Juan María Bandrés Basque nationalism
Socialism		 YesY
AP
List
 50px Florencio Aróstegui Conservatism
National conservatism		 N

Opinion polls

The tables below lists opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. When available, seat projections are also displayed below (or in place of) the voting estimates in a smaller font; 31 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Basque Parliament.

Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Victory likelihood

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Preferred Lehendakari

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become Lehendakari.

Predicted Lehendakari

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood for each leader to become Lehendakari.

Results

Overall

Summary of the 9 March 1980 Basque Parliament election results →
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Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 349,102 37.95 n/a 25 n/a
Popular Unity (HB) 151,636 16.48 n/a 11 n/a
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 130,221 14.16 n/a 9 n/a
Basque Country Left (EE) 89,953 9.78 n/a 6 n/a
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 78,095 8.49 n/a 6 n/a
People's Alliance (AP) 43,751 4.76 n/a 2 n/a
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Basque Country/meta/color"| Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 36,845 4.01 n/a 1 n/a
bgcolor="Template:Communist Movement of Euskadi/meta/color"| Communist Movement of the Basque Country (EMK/MCE) 10,959 1.19 n/a 0 n/a
bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Unification of the Basque Country/meta/color"| Socialists' Unification of the Basque Country (ESEI) 6,280 0.68 n/a 0 n/a
bgcolor="Template:Revolutionary Communist League (Spain)/meta/color"| Revolutionary Communist League (LKI/LCR) 5,182 0.56 n/a 0 n/a
bgcolor="Template:Workers' Party (Spain)/meta/color"| Workers' Party of the Basque Country (ORT–PTE) 3,448 0.37 n/a 0 n/a
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Action Party (Spain)/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOEh) 2,760 0.30 n/a 0 n/a
bgcolor="Template:Carlist Party (1970)/meta/color"| Carlist Party (EKA/PC) 2,434 0.26 n/a 0 n/a
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 2,099 0.23 n/a 0 n/a
bgcolor="Template:Unified Communist Party of Spain/meta/color"| Communist Unity (UC) 2,044 0.22 n/a 0 n/a
bgcolor="Template:Falange Española de las JONS (1976)/meta/color"| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 1,466 0.16 n/a 0 n/a
Blank ballots 3,570 0.39 n/a
Total 919,845 60 n/a
Valid votes 919,845 99.01 n/a
Invalid votes 9,206 0.99 n/a
Votes cast / turnout 929,051 59.76 n/a
Abstentions 625,476 40.24 n/a
Registered voters 1,554,527
Sources[10][11]
Popular vote
EAJ/PNV
  
 37.95%
HB
  
 16.48%
PSE–PSOE
  
 14.16%
EE
  
 9.78%
UCD
  
 8.49%
AP
  
 4.76%
PCE/EPK
  
 4.01%
EMK/MCE
  
 1.19%
Others
  
 2.80%
Blank ballots
  
 0.39%
Seats
EAJ/PNV
  
 41.67%
HB
  
 18.33%
PSE–PSOE
  
 15.00%
EE
  
 10.00%
UCD
  
 10.00%
AP
  
 3.33%
PCE/EPK
  
 1.67%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PNV HB PSE EE UCD AP PCE/EPK
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 % S  % S  % S  % S  % S  % S  % S
Álava 30.1 7 14.1 3 14.0 3 9.2 2 19.7 4 5.7 1 3.0 –
Biscay 40.0 9 16.4 4 14.4 3 7.8 1 6.8 1 5.8 1 4.8 1
Guipúzcoa 37.3 9 17.6 4 13.8 3 13.5 3 7.6 1 2.7 – 3.0 –
Total 38.0 25 16.5 11 14.2 9 9.8 6 8.5 6 4.8 2 4.0 1
Sources[10][11]

References

Opinion poll sources
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ley Orgánica 3/1979, de 18 de diciembre, de Estatuto de Autonomía para el País Vasco, Organic Law No. 3 of 18 December 1979 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Real Decreto-ley 20/1977, de 18 de marzo, sobre Normas Electorales, Royal Decree-Law No. 20 of 18 March 1977 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish)
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