1983 Extremaduran regional election

1983 Extremaduran regional election

8 May 1983 1987 →
All 65 seats in the Assembly of Extremadura 33 seats needed for a majority
Registered	786,200
Turnout	565,244 (71.9%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra Adolfo Díaz-Ambrona Pedro Cañada Party PSOE AP–PDP–PL EU Leader since 20 December 1982 1976 10 December 1980 Leader's seat Badajoz Badajoz Cáceres Seats won 35 20 6 Popular vote 296,939 168,606 47,504 Percentage 53.0% 30.1% 8.5%   Fourth party   Leader Manuel Pareja Party PCE Leader since 1983 Leader's seat Badajoz Seats won 4 Popular vote 36,294 Percentage 6.5%
Constituency results map for the Assembly of Extremadura
President before election Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra PSOE Elected President Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra PSOE

The 1983 Extremaduran regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Assembly of the autonomous community of Extremadura. All 65 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), under the leadership of pre-autonomic president Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra,^[1][2] won a landslide victory by securing 53% of the share and 36 out of 65 seats. The People's Coalition, the electoral alliance of the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL), emerged as the second largest political force with 30% of the vote and 20 seats, whereas United Extremadura (EU) and the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) entered the Assembly with 6 and 4 seats, respectively.^[3]