1987 Cantabrian regional election

1987 Cantabrian regional election

← 1983 10 June 1987 1991 →
All 39 seats in the Regional Assembly of Cantabria 20 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	395,043 2.6%
Turnout	299,115 (75.7%) 2.3 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan Hormaechea Jaime Blanco Miguel Ángel Revilla Party AP PSOE PRC Leader since 1987 1977 1983 Last election 18 seats, 44.0%[a] 15 seats, 38.4% 2 seats, 6.7% Seats won 19 13 5 Seat change 1 2 3 Popular vote 122,964 87,230 37,950 Percentage 41.7% 29.6% 12.9% Swing 2.3 pp 8.8 pp 6.2 pp   Fourth party   Leader Manuel Garrido Party CDS Leader since 1987 Last election 0 seats, 2.6% Seats won 2 Seat change 2 Popular vote 19,370 Percentage 6.6% Swing 4.0 pp
President before election Ángel Díaz de Entresotos AP Elected President Juan Hormaechea Independent

The 1987 Cantabrian regional election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd Regional Assembly of the autonomous community of Cantabria. All 39 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.

The election was a victory for the People's Alliance (AP), which despite the breakup of the People's Coalition with the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Party (PL), remained the Assembly's largest force, albeit losing the absolute majority of seats it had held in the previous parliament. As in other communities, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) lost votes and seats, while the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) and Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) made gains.

The legislature would be marked by dissensions between the elected President of Cantabria, Juan Hormaechea, and his own party AP (from 1989 the People's Party). In 1989 the PP would demand Hormaechea's resignation, but he would continue in a government formed by independents. In December 1990, he will be forced out by a no-confidence motion supported by PP, PSOE, PRC and CDS, which would result in a coalition government headed by Socialist Jaime Blanco being formed until the 1991 election.
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