1983 Navarrese regional election

1983 Navarrese regional election
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All 50 seats in the Parliament of Navarre
26 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered379,692 Green arrow up4.0%
Turnout269,042 (70.9%)
Green arrow up0.1 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gabriel Urralburu Balbino Bados José Luis Monge
Party PSOE UPN AP–PDP–UL
Leader since 15 June 1982 1983 1983
Last election 15 seats, 18.9% 13 seats, 16.0% Did not contest
Seats won 20 13 8
Seat change Green arrow up5 Blue arrow right0 Green arrow up8
Popular vote 94,737 62,072 37,554
Percentage 35.6% 23.3% 14.1%
Swing Green arrow up16.7 pp Green arrow up7.3 pp New party
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Iñaki Aldekoa Iñaki Cabasés
Party HB EAJ/PNV
Leader since 1983 1983
Last election 9 seats, 11.1% 3 seats, 5.0%
Seats won 6 3
Seat change Red arrow down3 Blue arrow right0
Popular vote 28,055 18,161
Percentage 10.6% 6.8%
Swing Red arrow down0.5 pp Green arrow up1.8 pp
President before election

Juan Manuel Arza
Independent (ex-UCD)[a]

Elected President

Gabriel Urralburu
PSOE

The 1983 Navarrese regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Parliament of the Chartered Community of Navarre. All 50 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The election resulted in a deadlocked situation: the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) became the largest political force with 20 seats but fell short of an absolute majority,[2] whereas the conservative Navarrese People's Union (UPN) and the People's Coalition—an electoral conglomerate of the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL)—soon announced a political agreement to join their 13 and 8 seats to form the government at the regional level and in the local city councils.[3][4][5] The Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) was left holding the balance of power with its 3 seats, as Herri Batasuna (HB) followed a policy of abstentionism.[6][7] The former ruling party of Spain, the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), had chosen to dissolve itself in February 1983 and did not contest the election as a result.[8]

A constitutional conflict erupted in August 1983 as a result of the PSOE and UPN clashing over the law's interpretation as to whom should be proposed as candidate, aggravated after the Parliament's speaker attempted to propose UPN's José Ángel Zubiaur instead of PSOE candidate Gabriel Urralburu for the post.[9][10][11] The Spanish Constitutional Court intervened to end the political deadlock ruling in PSOE's favour,[12] and after talks for a prospective government supported by UPN, CP and PNV failed,[13] Gabriel Urralburu was automatically elected as new Navarrese premier in April 1984 and his government sworn in on 4 May, putting an end to one of the most severe political crises in Navarre history.[14][15]

  1. ^ "La crisis de UCD culmina con la decisión de disolverse como partido político". El País (in Spanish). 19 February 1983. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Los socialistas deberán pactar en cinco comunidades atonómas para gobernar". El País (in Spanish). 10 May 1983. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Los socialistas descartan todo pacto poselectoral con AP-PDP-UL". El País (in Spanish). 14 May 1983. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Alianza Popular". El País (in Spanish). 18 May 1983. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. ^ "La situación, política de Navarra no tiene salida, salvo en el ámbito de la negociación". El País (in Spanish). 29 May 1983. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. ^ "El PSOE de Navarra propone al PNV un acuerdo para gobernar la comunidad". El País (in Spanish). 17 June 1983. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Los votos del PNV, decisivos para elegir al presidente de Navarra". El País (in Spanish). 20 June 1983. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  8. ^ "La crisis de UCD culmina con la decisión de disolverse como partido político". El País (in Spanish). 19 February 1983. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
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  12. ^ "El Tribunal Constitucional da la razón al PSOE sobre la presidencia del Gobierno navarro". El País (in Spanish). 7 February 1984. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Fracaso de las negociaciones para lograr un Gobierno de coalición en Navarra". El País (in Spanish). 23 March 1984. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Urralburu, propuesto formalmente al Rey como presidente del Gobierno de Navarra". El País (in Spanish). 18 April 1984. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Urralburu incorpora al Gobierno navarro a cuatro no afiliados al PSOE". El País (in Spanish). 27 April 1984. Retrieved 12 December 2019.


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