1988 Catalan regional election

1988 Catalan regional election

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All 135 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia
68 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered4,564,389 Green arrow up1.6%
Turnout2,709,685 (59.4%)
Red arrow down5.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jordi Pujol Raimon Obiols Rafael Ribó
Party CiU PSC–PSOE IC
Leader since 17 November 1974 12 July 1983 23 February 1987
Leader's seat Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona
Last election 72 seats, 46.8% 41 seats, 30.1% 6 seats, 9.2%[a]
Seats won 69 42 9
Seat change Red arrow down3 Green arrow up1 Green arrow up3
Popular vote 1,232,514 802,828 209,211
Percentage 45.7% 29.8% 7.8%
Swing Red arrow down1.1 pp Red arrow down0.3 pp Red arrow down1.4 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jorge Fernández Díaz Joan Hortalà Antoni Fernández Teixidó
Party AP ERC CDS
Leader since 1985 1987 1988
Leader's seat Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona
Last election 11 seats, 7.7%[b] 5 seats, 4.4% Did not contest
Seats won 6 6 3
Seat change Red arrow down5 Green arrow up1 Green arrow up3
Popular vote 143,241 111,647 103,351
Percentage 5.3% 4.1% 3.8%
Swing Red arrow down2.4 pp Red arrow down0.3 pp New party

Election result by constituency

President before election

Jordi Pujol
CDC (CiU)

Elected President

Jordi Pujol
CDC (CiU)

The 1988 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday, 29 May 1988, to elect the 3rd Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
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