1987 Riojan regional election

1987 Riojan regional election

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All 33 seats in the General Deputation of La Rioja 17 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	201,738 3.5%
Turnout	146,258 (72.5%) 2.3 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alicia Izaguirre Joaquín Espert Manuel Fernández Ilarraza Party PSOE AP CDS Leader since 21 February 1987 27 March 1987 1987 Last election 18 seats, 47.2% 15 seats, 40.0%[a] 0 seats, 2.4% Seats won 14 13 4 Seat change 4 2 4 Popular vote 57,178 50,179 15,640 Percentage 39.6% 34.8% 10.8% Swing 7.6 pp 5.2 pp 8.4 pp   Fourth party   Leader Luis J. Rodríguez Moroy Party PR+ Leader since 6 December 1982 Last election 2 seats, 7.5% Seats won 2 Seat change 0 Popular vote 9,212 Percentage 6.4% Swing 1.1 pp
President before election José María de Miguel PSOE Elected President Joaquín Espert AP

The 1987 Riojan regional election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd General Deputation of the autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. All 33 seats in the General Deputation were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.

Incumbent president José María de Miguel did not seek re-election out of political differences with his party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which instead presented Alicia Izaguirre, former civil governor of Álava, as their candidate.^[1] The party came out first by winning the most votes and seats, but lost its absolute majority and suffered an important loss of support compared to its 1983 result.^[2] A minority government was formed with the support of the second and fourth-most voted parties: the People's Alliance (AP), which lost votes and seats from the previous election amid the breakup of the People's Coalition, and the Progressive Riojan Party (PRP). Together, they gathered 15 seats, one more than the PSOE, and were able to secure the election of AP leader, Joaquín Espert, through the decisive abstention of the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which became the third political force in the community with 4 seats and 10.8% of the share.^[3][4]

The AP–PRP agreement would only last until December 1989.^[5] The PRP and two former CDS deputies would go on to join a PSOE motion of no confidence against Espert, resulting in Socialist José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz becoming new regional president in January 1990 of a PSOE–PRP government.^[6]

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