# 1987 Spanish local elections

The 1987 Spanish local elections were held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect all 65,577 councillors in the 8,062 municipalities of Spain and all 1,028 seats in 38 provincial deputations. 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, the ten island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands and the 1987 European Parliament election.

## Electoral system
### Municipal elections

Municipalities in Spain were local corporations with independent legal personality. They had a governing body, the municipal council or corporation, composed of a mayor, deputy mayors and a plenary assembly of councillors. Voting for the local assemblies was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the corresponding municipality and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. The mayor was in turn elected by the plenary assembly, with a legal clause providing for the candidate of the most-voted party to be automatically elected to the post in the event no other candidate was to gather an absolute majority of votes.
Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:
| Population | Councillors |
| <250 | 5 |
| 251–1,000 | 7 |
| 1,001–2,000 | 9 |
| 2,001–5,000 | 11 |
| 5,001–10,000 | 13 |
| 10,001–20,000 | 17 |
| 20,001–50,000 | 21 |
| 50,001–100,000 | 25 |
| >100,001 | +1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction +1 if total is an even number |
Councillors of municipalities with populations between 100 and 250 inhabitants were elected under an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties and for up to four candidates. Additionally, municipalities below 100 inhabitants, as well as those whose geographical location or the best management of municipal interests or other circumstances made it advisable, were to be organized through the open council system (Spanish: régimen de concejo abierto), in which voters would directly elect the local major.
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election:
* At least 1 percent of the electors in municipalities below 5,000 inhabitants, provided that the number of signers was more than double that of councillors at stake.
* At least 100 signatures in municipalities between 5,001 and 10,000.
* At least 500 signatures in municipalities between 10,001 and 50,000.
* At least 1,500 signatures in municipalities between 50,001 and 150,000.
* At least 3,000 signatures in municipalities between 150,001 and 300,000.
* At least 5,000 signatures in municipalities between 300,001 and 1,000,000.
* At least 8,000 signatures in municipalities over 1,000,001.
Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.

### Deputations and island councils

Provincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain, having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary. Basque provinces had foral deputations instead—called Juntas Generales—, whereas deputations for single-province autonomous communities were abolished: their functions transferred to the corresponding regional parliaments. For insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, deputations were replaced by island councils in each of the islands or group of islands. For Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza–Formentera this figure was referred to in Spanish as consejo insular (Catalan: consell insular), whereas for Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma its name was cabildo insular.
Most deputations were indirectly elected by local councillors from municipalities in each judicial district. Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale:
| Population | Seats |
| <500,000 | 25 |
| 500,001–1,000,000 | 27 |
| 1,000,001–3,500,000 | 31 |
| >3,500,001 | 51 |
Island councils and foral deputations were elected directly by electors under their own, specific electoral regulations.

## Municipal elections
### Overall

Councillor share for different parties in the elections.
← Summary of the 10 June 1987 municipal election results in Spain → :
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Councillors | Councillors |
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 7,229,782 | 37.08 | –5.97 | 23,241 | –488 |
| | People's Alliance (AP) | 4,080,705 | 20.93 | –5.52 | 16,581 | –4,495 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 3,972,359 | 20.38 | –5.50 | 16,312 | –4,506 |
| | People's Alliance–Liberal Party (AP–PL)$^2$ | 108,346 | 0.56 | –0.01 | 269 | +11 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1,904,984 | 9.77 | +7.93 | 5,972 | +5,288 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)$^3$ | 1,902,293 | 9.76 | +7.94 | 5,952 | +5,294 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI)$^4$ | 2,691 | 0.01 | –0.01 | 20 | –6 |
| | United Left (IU) | 1,534,946 | 7.87 | –0.70 | 2,576 | +18 |
| | United Left (IU)$^5$ | 1,399,364 | 7.18 | –0.52 | 2,315 | +61 |
| | United Left–Valencian People's Union (IU–UPV)$^6$ | 131,942 | 0.68 | –0.19 | 251 | –46 |
| | Agreement of the Left of Menorca (PSM–EU)$^7$ | 3,640 | 0.02 | ±0.00 | 10 | +3 |
| | Convergence and Union (CiU) | 1,004,115 | 5.15 | +0.98 | 4,350 | +1,021 |
| | People's Democratic Party (PDP)$^8$ | 319,519 | 1.64 | +0.71 | 1,520 | +648 |
| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 241,832 | 1.24 | –0.99 | 819 | –503 |
| | Popular Unity (HB) | 239,010 | 1.23 | +0.37 | 669 | +284 |
| | Andalusian Party (PA) | 221,825 | 1.14 | +0.54 | 294 | +148 |
| | Basque Solidarity (EA) | 207,054 | 1.06 | New | 497 | +497 |
| | Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | 185,104 | 0.95 | New | 179 | +179 |
| | Valencian Union (UV) | 148,878 | 0.76 | New | 215 | +215 |
| | Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) | 140,469 | 0.72 | +0.33 | 243 | +120 |
| | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | 119,943 | 0.62 | +0.26 | 173 | +88 |
| | La Palma Group of Independents (API) | 11,356 | 0.06 | +0.05 | 46 | +37 |
| | Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC) | 4,557 | 0.02 | New | 2 | +2 |
| | Lanzarote Independents Group (AIL) | 2,713 | 0.01 | ±0.00 | 16 | +4 |
| | Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) | 1,900 | 0.01 | ±0.00 | 6 | –11 |
| | Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) | 129,370 | 0.66 | +0.08 | 896 | –224 |
| | Basque Country Left (EE) | 107,354 | 0.55 | +0.13 | 157 | +36 |
| | Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | 75,422 | 0.39 | –0.08 | 188 | +33 |
| | Independent Solution (SI) | 72,661 | 0.37 | New | 129 | +129 |
| | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) | 61,256 | 0.31 | +0.03 | 139 | +21 |
| | Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left (PSG–EG)$^9$ | 57,062 | 0.29 | +0.19 | 60 | +38 |
| | Navarrese People's Union (UPN) | 43,818 | 0.22 | +0.04 | 134 | +55 |
| | Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)$^{10}$ | 41,390 | 0.21 | –0.04 | 40 | –11 |
| | Independents of Galicia (IG) | 33,032 | 0.17 | New | 69 | +69 |
| | Majorcan Union (UM) | 32,218 | 0.17 | –0.04 | 119 | –21 |
| | Valencian People's Union (UPV) | 30,018 | 0.15 | –0.01 | 65 | +30 |
| | Humanist Platform (PH–FV) | 28,489 | 0.15 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 28,227 | 0.14 | +0.07 | 100 | +37 |
| | Cantonal Party (PCAN) | 26,343 | 0.14 | +0.07 | 10 | +5 |
| | The Greens (LV) | 20,470 | 0.10 | New | 2 | +2 |
| | Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 18,920 | 0.10 | +0.06 | 6 | –7 |
| | United Extremadura (EU) | 18,483 | 0.09 | –0.03 | 112 | –90 |
| | Galician Nationalist Party (PNG) | 18,354 | 0.09 | New | 38 | +38 |
| | Liberal Party (PL) | 12,582 | 0.06 | New | 58 | +58 |
| | Municipal Progress of Osona (PMO) | 11,877 | 0.06 | New | 48 | +48 |
| | Socialist Party of Majorca–Nationalist Left (PSM–EN)$^{11}$ | 11,674 | 0.06 | –0.01 | 25 | –7 |
| | Valencian Independent Organization (OIV) | 11,385 | 0.06 | –0.03 | 25 | –38 |
| | Centre Canarian Union (UCC) | 9,834 | 0.05 | New | 4 | +4 |
| | Nationalist and Progressive Independent Groups (AIPN) | 9,629 | 0.05 | New | 132 | +132 |
| | Valencian Electoral Coalition (CEV) | 9,352 | 0.05 | New | 17 | +17 |
| | Independent Socialist Party (PSI) | 7,494 | 0.04 | New | 15 | +15 |
| | National Congress of the Canaries (CNC) | 7,331 | 0.04 | New | 1 | +1 |
| | Others | 885,856 | 4.54 | — | 5,832 | –5,037 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 217,300 | 1.11 | +0.65 | | |
| Total | Total | 19,495,424 | 100.00 | | 65,577 | –1,735 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 19,495,424 | 98.74 | –0.95 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 248,910 | 1.26 | +0.95 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 19,744,334 | 69.42 | +2.56 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 8,698,014 | 30.58 | –2.56 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 28,442,348 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Alliance does not include results in the Balearic Islands.$^2$ People's Alliance–Liberal Party results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the Balearic Islands in the 1983 elections.$^3$ Democratic and Social Centre results does not include results in La Gomera.$^4$ Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents results are compared to Gomera Group of Independents totals in La Gomera in the 1983 elections.$^5$ United Left results are compared to the combined totals of Communist Party of Spain and Party of the Communists of Catalonia in the 1983 elections, not including results in the Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands.$^6$ United Left–Valencian People's Union results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the Valencian Community in the 1983 elections.$^7$ Agreement of the Left of Menorca results are compared to the combined totals of Socialist Party of Menorca and Communist Party of the Balearic Islands in Menorca in the 1983 elections.$^8$ People's Democratic Party results are compared to Galicianist Party–Convergence of Independents of Galicia totals in the 1983 elections.$^9$ Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left results are compared to Galician Left totals in the 1983 elections.$^{10}$ Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left results are compared to Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly totals in the 1983 elections.$^{11}$ Socialist Party of Majorca–Nationalist Left results are compared to Socialist Party of Majorca–Socialist Party of the Islands totals in the 1983 elections. |||||||
Popular vote
PSOE
37.08%
AP
20.93%
CDS
9.77%
IU
7.87%
CiU
5.15%
PDP
1.64%
EAJ/PNV
1.24%
HB
1.23%
PA
1.14%
EA
1.06%
PTE–UC
0.95%
UV
0.76%
AIC
0.72%
PAR
0.66%
EE
0.55%
Others
8.12%
Blank ballots
1.11% :

### City control

The following table lists party control in provincial capitals, as well as in municipalities above or around 75,000. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.
| Municipality | Population | Previous control | New control |
| A Coruña | 239,150 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Albacete | 126,110 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Alcalá de Henares | 144,268 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Alcorcón | 137,884 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Algeciras | 96,882 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Alicante | 258,112 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Almería | 153,592 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Ávila | 43,603 | People's Alliance (AP) | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
| Avilés | 86,141 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Badajoz | 118,852 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Badalona | 225,016 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Barakaldo | 114,094 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Barcelona | 1,701,812 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Bilbao | 381,506 | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) |
| Burgos | 158,331 | Independent Solution (SI) | Independent Solution (SI) (PP in 1990) |
| Cáceres | 69,193 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Cádiz | 155,299 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Cartagena | 168,596 | Cantonal Party (PCAN) | Cantonal Party (PCAN) |
| Castellón de la Plana | 127,440 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Ciudad Real | 54,409 | Independent Group of Ciudad Real (AICR) | Independent Group of Ciudad Real (AICR) (PSOE in 1991) |
| Córdoba | 295,290 | United Left (IU) | United Left (IU) |
| Cornellà de Llobregat | 86,928 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Cuenca | 41,034 | People's Democratic Party (PDP) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Elche | 175,649 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Ferrol | 86,154 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | People's Alliance (AP) (PSOE in 1989) |
| Fuenlabrada | 119,848 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Getafe | 131,840 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Getxo | 77,856 | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) |
| Gijón | 258,291 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Girona | 67,009 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Granada | 256,073 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Guadalajara | 59,080 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Huelva | 135,210 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Huesca | 40,736 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Jaén | 102,933 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (AP in 1989) |
| Jerez de la Frontera | 179,191 | Andalusian Party (PA) | Andalusian Party (PA) |
| L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | 279,779 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Las Palmas | 356,911 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) (PSOE in 1990) |
| Leganés | 167,783 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| León | 134,641 | Independent (INDEP) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Lleida | 107,749 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Convergence and Union (CiU) (PSC–PSOE in 1989) |
| Logroño | 115,622 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Lugo | 75,623 | Galician Progressive Coalition (PDP–PL–CG) | Galician Progressive Coalition (PDP–PL–CG) |
| Madrid | 3,058,182 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (CDS in 1989) |
| Málaga | 563,332 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Marbella | 74,807 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Mataró | 100,021 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Móstoles | 175,233 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Murcia | 303,257 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Ourense | 100,143 | People's Alliance (AP) | People's Alliance (AP) (PSOE in 1987; IG in 1990) |
| Oviedo | 185,864 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Palencia | 75,403 | People's Alliance (AP) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Palma | 295,136 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Pamplona | 178,439 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Navarrese People's Union (UPN) |
| Pontevedra | 67,289 | Independents of Galicia (IG) | Independents of Galicia (IG) |
| Reus | 81,145 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Sabadell | 186,115 | Initiative for Catalonia (IC) | Initiative for Catalonia (IC) |
| Salamanca | 152,833 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| San Cristóbal de La Laguna | 107,593 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) |
| San Fernando | 80,057 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (PA in 1989) |
| San Sebastián | 171,885 | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque Solidarity (EA) |
| Sant Boi de Llobregat | 75,789 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Santa Coloma de Gramenet | 135,258 | Initiative for Catalonia (IC) | Initiative for Catalonia (IC) |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 211,209 | Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) | Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) |
| Santander | 186,145 | People's Alliance (AP) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Santiago de Compostela | 86,250 | People's Alliance (AP) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Segovia | 53,397 | People's Democratic Party (PDP) | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
| Seville | 651,084 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Soria | 31,144 | Liberal Party (PL) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Tarragona | 106,495 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) (CiU in 1989) |
| Telde | 73,913 | Canarian Assembly (AC) | United Left (IU) |
| Terrassa | 160,105 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Teruel | 27,226 | Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Toledo | 58,198 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Torrejón de Ardoz | 80,066 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Valencia | 729,419 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Valladolid | 327,452 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Vigo | 261,878 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Vitoria-Gasteiz | 199,449 | Basque Solidarity (EA) | Basque Solidarity (EA) (PNV in 1990) |
| Zamora | 60,364 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Zaragoza | 573,662 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |

## Provincial deputations
### Summary

Provincial deputy share for different parties in the elections.
← Summary of the 10 June 1987 provincial deputations election results → :
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 489 | –38 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 292 | –58 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 77 | +69 |
| | Convergence and Union (CiU) | 67 | +18 |
| | United Left (IU)$^2$ | 40 | +5 |
| | Galician Progressive Coalition (PDP–PL–CG)$^3$ | 13 | –8 |
| | Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) | 13 | +1 |
| | Andalusian Party (PA) | 9 | +5 |
| | People's Democratic Party (PDP) | 7 | +7 |
| | Independent Solution (SI) | 6 | +6 |
| | Valencian Union (UV) | 3 | +3 |
| | Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | 1 | +1 |
| | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) | 1 | ±0 |
| | Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left (PSG–EG) | 1 | +1 |
| | Galician Nationalist Party (PNG) | 1 | +1 |
| | Others | 8 | –9 |
| Total | Total | 1,028 | +4 |
| Sources ||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 elections.$^2$ United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 elections.$^3$ Galician Progressive Coalition results are compared to Galicianist Party–Convergence of Independents of Galicia totals in the 1983 elections. ||||

### Deputation control

The following table lists party control in provincial deputations. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.
| Province | Previous control | New control |
| A Coruña | People's Alliance (AP) | People's Alliance (AP) (PSOE in 1989) |
| Albacete | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Alicante | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Almería | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Ávila | People's Alliance (AP) | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
| Badajoz | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Barcelona | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Burgos | People's Alliance (AP) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Cáceres | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Cádiz | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Castellón | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Ciudad Real | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Córdoba | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Cuenca | People's Alliance (AP) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Girona | Convergence and Union (CiU) | Convergence and Union (CiU) |
| Granada | Independent (INDEP) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Guadalajara | People's Alliance (AP) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Huelva | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Huesca | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Jaén | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| León | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Lleida | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Convergence and Union (CiU) |
| Lugo | People's Alliance (AP) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Málaga | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Ourense | Centrists of Galicia (CdG) | Centrists of Galicia (CdG) |
| Palencia | People's Alliance (AP) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Pontevedra | People's Alliance (AP) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Salamanca | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (CDS in 1988) |
| Segovia | People's Democratic Party (PDP) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Seville | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Soria | People's Alliance (AP) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Tarragona | Convergence and Union (CiU) | Convergence and Union (CiU) |
| Teruel | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Toledo | People's Alliance (AP) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Valencia | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Valladolid | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) (AP in 1990) |
| Zamora | People's Alliance (AP) | People's Alliance (AP) |
| Zaragoza | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |