# 1983 Spanish local 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. 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.

## 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 25 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 25 inhabitants, as well as those having traditionally adopted it, were to be organized through the open council system (Spanish: régimen de concejo abierto), in which electors would directly vote for 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 at least 0.1 percent of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election—needing to secure, in any case, the signature of 500 electors—. 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 | 31 |
| Barcelona | 51 |
Island councils and foral deputations were elected directly by electors under their own, specific electoral regulations.

## Opinion polls

| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | | | | | | PNV | | | | | Ind. | Lead |
| 1983 local elections | 8 May 1983 | — | 66.9 | – | 43.0 | 8.2 | 26.4 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.8 | – | 16.6 |
| Metra Seis/Tiempo | 11–15 Apr 1983 | ? | ? | – | 49.9 | 4.2 | 17.6 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 32.3 |
| 1979 local elections | 3 Apr 1979 | — | 62.5 | 30.9 | 28.2 | 13.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | – | – | 2.7 |

## Municipal elections
### Overall

Councillor share for different parties in the elections.
← Summary of the 8 May 1983 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) | 7,883,502 | 43.05 | +14.90 | 23,729 | +11,660 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 4,843,665 | 26.45 | +23.38 | 21,076 | +18,693 |
| | Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 1,499,907 | 8.19 | –4.86 | 2,495 | –1,230 |
| | Convergence and Union (CiU) | 763,758 | 4.17 | +1.07 | 3,329 | +1,547 |
| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 407,908 | 2.23 | +0.03 | 1,322 | +229 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 333,001 | 1.82 | New | 658 | +658 |
| | Galicianist Party–Convergence of Independents of Galicia (PG–CIGA)$^2$ | 169,711 | 0.93 | +0.51 | 872 | +731 |
| | Popular Unity (HB) | 158,163 | 0.86 | –0.14 | 385 | +118 |
| | Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) | 145,982 | 0.80 | New | 861 | +861 |
| | Socialist Party of Andalusia–Andalusian Party (PSA–PA) | 110,780 | 0.60 | –0.90 | 146 | –113 |
| | Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) | 105,956 | 0.58 | +0.22 | 1,120 | +844 |
| | Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | 85,198 | 0.47 | –0.16 | 155 | –55 |
| | Basque Country Left (EE) | 76,950 | 0.42 | +0.06 | 121 | +37 |
| | Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC) | 67,214 | 0.37 | New | 61 | +61 |
| | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) | 66,140 | 0.36 | New | 85 | +85 |
| | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)$^3$ | 50,400 | 0.28 | –0.20 | 118 | –140 |
| | Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly (UPC–AC) | 45,534 | 0.25 | –0.09 | 51 | +21 |
| | Majorcan Union (UM) | 37,956 | 0.21 | New | 140 | +140 |
| | Navarrese People's Union (UPN) | 33,111 | 0.18 | +0.11 | 79 | +69 |
| | Valencian People's Union (UPV)$^4$ | 29,389 | 0.16 | +0.09 | 35 | +23 |
| | Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 27,168 | 0.15 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independent Provincial Group of Ciudad Real (APICR) | 21,752 | 0.12 | New | 77 | +77 |
| | United Extremadura (EU) | 21,513 | 0.12 | New | 202 | +202 |
| | Galician Left (EG) | 19,173 | 0.10 | New | 22 | +22 |
| | Valencian Independent Organization (OIV) | 16,735 | 0.09 | New | 63 | +63 |
| | Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 13,644 | 0.07 | –0.08 | 63 | –18 |
| | Independent Galician Party (PGI) | 12,763 | 0.07 | New | 39 | +39 |
| | Cantonal Party (PCAN) | 12,363 | 0.07 | –0.02 | 5 | –2 |
| | Socialist Party of Majorca–Socialist Party of the Islands (PSM–PSI) | 11,925 | 0.07 | +0.02 | 32 | +21 |
| | United Candidacy of Workers (CUT) | 11,691 | 0.06 | +0.03 | 51 | +18 |
| | Agrarian Bloc–Spanish Ruralist Party (BAR–PRE) | 10,298 | 0.06 | +0.03 | 210 | +102 |
| | Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE) | 10,098 | 0.06 | +0.01 | 0 | –1 |
| | Progressive Riojan Party (PRP) | 9,788 | 0.05 | New | 97 | +97 |
| | Independent Party of Almería (PIDA) | 8,823 | 0.05 | New | 62 | +62 |
| | Party of the Canarian Country (PPC) | 8,338 | 0.05 | +0.02 | 17 | +9 |
| | Liberal Canarian Party (PCL) | 7,530 | 0.04 | New | 3 | +3 |
| | Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 7,336 | 0.04 | +0.02 | 13 | +2 |
| | Others | 1,082,823 | 5.91 | — | 9,518 | –35,128 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 84,973 | 0.46 | +0.34 | | |
| Total | Total | 18,312,959 | 100.00 | | 67,312 | –193 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 18,312,959 | 99.69 | +0.93 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 57,341 | 0.31 | –0.93 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 18,370,300 | 66.86 | +4.35 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 9,104,620 | 33.14 | –4.35 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 27,474,920 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 elections.$^2$ Galicianist Party–Convergence of Independents of Galicia results are compared to Galician Unity totals in the 1979 elections.$^3$ Galician Nationalist Bloc results are compared to Galician National-Popular Bloc totals in the 1979 elections.$^4$ Valencian People's Union results are compared to Nationalist Party of the Valencian Country totals in the 1979 elections. |||||||
Popular vote
PSOE
43.05%
AP–PDP–UL
26.45%
PCE
8.19%
CiU
4.17%
EAJ/PNV
2.23%
CDS
1.82%
PG–CIGA
0.93%
HB
0.86%
PDL
0.80%
PSA–PA
0.60%
PAR
0.58%
Others
9.86%
Blank ballots
0.46% :

### 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 | 231,721 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Albacete | 116,484 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Alcalá de Henares | 137,169 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Alcorcón | 140,957 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Algeciras | 85,390 | Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Alicante | 245,963 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Almería | 140,745 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Ávila | 40,173 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Avilés | ? | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Badajoz | 111,456 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Badalona | 231,175 | Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Barakaldo | 118,615 | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Barcelona | 1,771,998 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Bilbao | 433,115 | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) |
| Burgos | 152,545 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Cáceres | 65,758 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Cádiz | 156,711 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Cartagena | 167,936 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (PCAN in 1987) |
| Castellón de la Plana | 124,487 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Ciudad Real | 50,151 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) (AICR in 1987) |
| Córdoba | 279,386 | Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | Communist Party of Spain (PCE) |
| Cornellà de Llobregat | 91,313 | Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) | Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) (PSC–PSOE in 1985) |
| Cuenca | 40,007 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) (PDP in 1987) |
| Elche | 164,779 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Ferrol | 87,691 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Fuenlabrada | 78,096 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Getafe | 126,558 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Gijón | ? | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Girona | 65,586 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Granada | 246,642 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Guadalajara | 55,137 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Huelva | 127,822 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Huesca | 41,455 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Jaén | 95,783 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Jerez de la Frontera | 175,653 | Socialist Party of Andalusia–Andalusian Party (PSA–PA) | Socialist Party of Andalusia–Andalusian Party (PSA–PA) |
| L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | 291,066 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Las Palmas | 360,098 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Leganés | 163,910 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| León | 127,095 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Independent (INDEP) |
| Lleida | 109,397 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Logroño | 109,536 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Lugo | 72,574 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) (CPG in 1987) |
| Madrid | 3,158,818 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Málaga | 502,232 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Mataró | 98,589 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Móstoles | 150,259 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Murcia | 284,585 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Ourense | 94,346 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Oviedo | ? | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Palencia | 71,716 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Palma | 290,372 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Pamplona | 177,906 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Pontevedra | 64,184 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) (IG in 1987) |
| Reus | 81,182 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Sabadell | 189,147 | Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) | Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) |
| Salamanca | 153,981 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| San Cristóbal de La Laguna | 106,146 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| San Sebastián | 172,303 | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) |
| Sant Boi de Llobregat | 74,291 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Santa Coloma de Gramenet | 139,859 | Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) | Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 185,899 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI) |
| Santander | 179,694 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Santiago de Compostela | 82,404 | Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (AP in 1986) |
| Segovia | 50,759 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (PDP in 1986) |
| Seville | 645,817 | Socialist Party of Andalusia–Andalusian Party (PSA–PA) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Soria | 30,326 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) (PL in 1987) |
| Tarragona | 112,238 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Terrassa | 164,218 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Teruel | 25,935 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Independent (INDEP) (PAR in 1986) |
| Toledo | 54,335 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Torrejón de Ardoz | 75,599 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Valencia | 744,748 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Valladolid | 320,293 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Vigo | 261,331 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Vitoria-Gasteiz | 189,533 | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) (EA in 1986) |
| Zamora | 58,560 | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Zaragoza | 571,855 | 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 8 May 1983 provincial deputations election results → :
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 527 | +248 |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)$^1$ | 350 | +321 |
| | Convergence and Union (CiU) | 49 | +4 |
| | Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 35 | –27 |
| | Galicianist Party–Convergence of Independents of Galicia (PG–CIGA)$^2$ | 21 | +19 |
| | Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) | 12 | +8 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 8 | +8 |
| | Socialist Party of Andalusia–Andalusian Party (PSA–PA) | 4 | +2 |
| | Group of Independent Electors (ADEI) | 3 | +3 |
| | Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) | 2 | +2 |
| | Independent Provincial Group of Ciudad Real (APICR) | 2 | +2 |
| | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)$^3$ | 1 | –2 |
| | United Extremadura (EU) | 1 | +1 |
| | Agrarian Bloc–Spanish Ruralist Party (BAR–PRE) | 1 | ±0 |
| | Others | 8 | –717 |
| Total | Total | 1,024 | –128 |
| Sources ||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Coalition results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election.$^2$ Galicianist Party–Convergence of Independents of Galicia results are compared to Galician Unity totals in the 1979 election.$^3$ Galician Nationalist Bloc results are compared to Galician National-Popular Bloc totals in the 1979 election. ||||

### 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 | New control |
| A Coruña | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Albacete | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Alicante | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Almería | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Ávila | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Badajoz | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Barcelona | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Burgos | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Cáceres | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Cádiz | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Castellón | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Ciudad Real | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Córdoba | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Cuenca | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Girona | Convergence and Union (CiU) | | Convergence and Union (CiU) |
| Granada | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Independent (INDEP) |
| Guadalajara | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Huelva | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Huesca | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Jaén | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| León | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Lleida | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) |
| Logroño | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 1983 Riojan regional election → | 1983 Riojan regional election → |
| Lugo | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Málaga | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Madrid | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1983 Madrilenian regional election → | 1983 Madrilenian regional election → |
| Murcia | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1983 Murcian regional election → | 1983 Murcian regional election → |
| Ourense | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Oviedo | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 1983 Asturian regional election → | 1983 Asturian regional election → |
| Palencia | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Pontevedra | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Salamanca | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Santander | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 1983 Cantabrian regional election → | 1983 Cantabrian regional election → |
| Segovia | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Seville | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Soria | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Group of Independent Electors (ADEI) (AP in 1985) |
| Tarragona | Convergence and Union (CiU) | | Convergence and Union (CiU) |
| Teruel | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Toledo | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Valencia | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Valladolid | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Zamora | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) |
| Zaragoza | Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |