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Spain 1989 general election

What was the result of the 1989 general election in Spain?

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party won 175 of 350 seats with 39.9% of the vote. 69.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Spain
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Spanish Socialist Workers' Party won 175 of 350 seats with 39.9% of the vote; 69.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.7 points on 1986.

  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 175 −9 seats 39.9% −4.5 points
  • People's Party 107 +2 seats 26.0% −0.2 points
  • Communist Party / United Left 17 +10 seats 9.1% +4.5 points
  • Democratic and Social Centre 14 −5 seats 8.0% −1.3 points
  • Convergence and Union 18 0 seats 5.1% 0.0 points
  • Basque Nationalist Party 5 −1 seat 1.3% −0.3 points
  • Ruiz-Mateos Group 0 1.1%
  • Batasuna 4 −1 seat 1.1% −0.1 points
  • Andalusian Party 2 1.1%
  • Valencian Union 2 +1 seat 0.7% +0.4 points
  • Eusko Alkartasuna 2 0.7%
  • Euskadiko Ezkerra 2 0 seats 0.5% 0.0 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Spain 1986 general election, party by party.

176 of 350 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 39.9%

    Share of the vote won by Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

    Spanish Socialist Workers' Party won 175 of 350 seats. A majority needs 176.

  2. +10 seats

    Seats gained by Communist Party / United Left

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1986. Spanish Socialist Workers' Party lost 9 seats.

  3. 69.7%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.7 points on 1986.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party175−939.9−4.58,115,568
People's Party107+226.0−0.25,285,972
Communist Party / United Left17+109.1+4.51,858,588
Democratic and Social Centre14−58.0−1.31,617,716
Convergence and Union1805.10.01,032,243
Basque Nationalist Party5−11.3−0.3254,681
Ruiz-Mateos Group01.1219,883
Batasuna4−11.1−0.1217,278
Andalusian Party21.1212,687
Valencian Union2+10.7+0.4144,924
Eusko Alkartasuna20.7136,955
Euskadiko Ezkerra200.50.0105,238
Aragonese Party100.30.071,733
Canary Islands Group100.30.064,767

± is the change against the Spain 1986 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 8,115,568
  • People's Party 5,285,972
  • Communist Party / United Left 1,858,588
  • Democratic and Social Centre 1,617,716
  • Convergence and Union 1,032,243
  • Basque Nationalist Party 254,681
  • Ruiz-Mateos Group 219,883
  • Batasuna 217,278
  • Andalusian Party 212,687
  • Valencian Union 144,924
  • Eusko Alkartasuna 136,955
  • Euskadiko Ezkerra 105,238
  • Aragonese Party 71,733
  • Canary Islands Group 64,767

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

69.7% of the 29,604,055 registered voters cast a ballot (20,646,365 ballots), down 0.7 points on 1986. 20,351,887 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1979 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party39.9% of votes50.0% of seats
  • People's Party26.0% of votes30.6% of seats
  • Convergence and Union5.1% of votes5.1% of seats
  • Communist Party / United Left9.1% of votes4.9% of seats
  • Democratic and Social Centre8.0% of votes4.0% of seats
  • Basque Nationalist Party1.3% of votes1.4% of seats
  • Batasuna1.1% of votes1.1% of seats
  • Andalusian Party1.1% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Valencian Union0.7% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Eusko Alkartasuna0.7% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Euskadiko Ezkerra0.5% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Aragonese Party0.3% of votes0.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.1 by votes and 2.9 by seats; Spanish Socialist Workers' Party led People's Party by 13.9 points of the vote.

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