1983 Spanish local elections

1983 Spanish local elections

← 1979 8 May 1983 1987 →
67,312 councillors in 7,781 municipal councils 1,024 seats in 38 provincial deputations
Registered	27,474,920 3.3%
Turnout	18,370,300 (66.9%) 4.4 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Felipe González Manuel Fraga Gerardo Iglesias Party PSOE AP–PDP–PL PCE Leader since 13 October 1974 9 October 1976 10 December 1982 Last election 12,069 c., 28.2% 2,383 c., 3.1%[a] 3,725 c., 13.0% Seats won 23,729 21,076 2,495 Seat change 11,660 18,693 1,230 Popular vote 7,883,502 4,843,665 1,513,023 Percentage 43.0% 26.4% 8.2% Swing 14.8 pp 23.3 pp 4.8 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jordi Pujol Xabier Arzalluz Adolfo Suárez Party CiU EAJ/PNV CDS Leader since 19 September 1978 18 January 1980 29 July 1982 Last election 1,782 c., 3.1% 1,093 c., 2.2% Did not contest Seats won 3,329 1,322 658 Seat change 1,547 229 658 Popular vote 763,758 407,908 333,001 Percentage 4.2% 2.2% 1.8% Swing 1.1 pp 0.0 pp New party
Provincial results map for municipal elections

The 1983 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect all 67,505 councillors in the 7,781 municipalities of Spain and all 1,024 seats in 38 provincial deputations.^[1][2] The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country and the ten island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands.

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