# 1983 Madrilenian regional election

The 1983 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Assembly of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. All 94 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the only time to date the party has achieved this in a Madrilenian regional election. The People's Coalition, an electoral alliance formed by the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL), emerged as the second largest group in the Assembly, whereas the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) improved on its 1982 results in the region and secured 9 seats with 8.8% of the vote. The result ensured Socialist Joaquín Leguina would become the first President of the Community of Madrid, though the PSOE showed a willingness in collaborating with the PCE.

## Overview
### Electoral system

The Assembly of Madrid was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Madrid, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Madrilenian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Community. Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Community of Madrid and in full enjoyment of their political rights.
All members of the Assembly of Madrid 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 regionally. The Assembly was entitled to one member per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000.
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 constituency 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 fifteen days of the election being called.

### Election date

The Government of Spain was required to call an election to the Assembly of Madrid before 31 May 1983. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.

## Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 48 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid.
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | | | | | | Lead |
| 1983 regional election | 8 May 1983 | — | 69.7 | 50.5 51 | 34.1 34 | 8.8 9 | 3.1 0 | 1.9 0 | 16.4 |
| Gallup/PDL | 25–26 Apr 1983 | 1,000 | 87.7 | 45.4 | 27.3 | 8.2 | 0.3 | 5.9 | 18.1 |
| Sofemasa/El País | 23–26 Apr 1983 | ? | 72.9 | 58.6 61/67 | 20.6 20/24 | 7.7 6/9 | 3.1 0 | 0.6 0 | 38.0 |
| 1982 general election | 28 Oct 1982 | — | 86.0 | 52.1 (58) | 32.3 (36) | 5.0 (0) | 4.1 (0) | – | 19.8 |

## Results
### Overall

Summary of the 8 May 1983 Assembly of Madrid election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1,181,277 | 50.48 | n/a | 51 | n/a |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) | 798,353 | 34.12 | n/a | 34 | n/a |
| | Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 207,058 | 8.85 | n/a | 9 | n/a |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 73,124 | 3.12 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| | Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) | 43,309 | 1.85 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| | Independent Electors' Action (ADEI) | 10,327 | 0.44 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| | Communist League–Workers' Agreement (LC–AO) | 6,301 | 0.27 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| | Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE) | 4,473 | 0.19 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| | Popular Struggle Coalition (CLP) | 2,168 | 0.09 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 13,735 | 0.59 | n/a | | |
| Total | Total | 2,340,125 | | | 94 | n/a |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,340,125 | 99.29 | n/a | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 16,800 | 0.71 | n/a | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 2,356,925 | 69.70 | n/a | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 1,024,685 | 30.30 | n/a | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 3,381,610 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
Popular vote
PSOE
50.48%
AP–PDP–UL
34.12%
PCE
8.85%
CDS
3.12%
PDL
1.85%
Others
0.99%
Blank ballots
0.59% :
Seats
PSOE
54.26%
AP–PDP–UL
36.17%
PCE
9.57% :

### Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators sorted by order of election.
Elected legislators :
| # | Name | List |
| 1 | Joaquín Leguina Herrán | PSOE |
| 2 | Luis Guillermo Perinat Elio | AP–PDP–UL |
| 3 | César Cimadevilla Costa | PSOE |
| 4 | Carlos Robles Piquer | AP–PDP–UL |
| 5 | María Gómez Mendoza | PSOE |
| 6 | Ramón Espinar Gallego | PSOE |
| 7 | Isaac Sáez González | AP–PDP–UL |
| 8 | Manuel de la Rocha Rubí | PSOE |
| 9 | Lorenzo Hernández Jiménez | PCE |
| 10 | Luis María Huete Morillo | AP–PDP–UL |
| 11 | Francisca Sauquillo Pérez del Arco | PSOE |
| 12 | Virgilio Cano de Lope | PSOE |
| 13 | Antonio Fernández Galiano Fernández | AP–PDP–UL |
| 14 | Agapito Ramos Cuenca | PSOE |
| 15 | Gabriel Usera González | AP–PDP–UL |
| 16 | Benjamín Castro Yuste | PSOE |
| 17 | Luis Maestre Muñiz | PSOE |
| 18 | Carlos Argós García | AP–PDP–UL |
| 19 | Sócrates Gómez Pérez | PSOE |
| 20 | Manuel Rico Rego | PCE |
| 21 | José Ramón Pin Arboledas | AP–PDP–UL |
| 22 | Bartolomé González Llorente | PSOE |
| 23 | Francisco González Fernández | PSOE |
| 24 | Eurico de la Peña Díaz | AP–PDP–UL |
| 25 | María Elena Flores Valencia | PSOE |
| 26 | María Antonia Suárez Cuesta | AP–PDP–UL |
| 27 | Elvira Domingo Ortiz | PSOE |
| 28 | José Luis García Alonso | PSOE |
| 29 | Cándida O'Shea Suárez Inclán | AP–PDP–UL |
| 30 | José Emilio Sánchez Cuenca | PSOE |
| 31 | Emilio Ramón Rodríguez Sánchez | PCE |
| 32 | José López López | AP–PDP–UL |
| 33 | Marcos Sanz Agüero | PSOE |
| 34 | Miguel Peydro Caro | PSOE |
| 35 | Vicente Blanco Gaspar | AP–PDP–UL |
| 36 | Dolores García-Hierro Caraballo | PSOE |
| 37 | Enrique Castellanos Colomo | AP–PDP–UL |
| 38 | Juan José Layda Ferrer | PSOE |
| 39 | Francisco Javier Ledesma Bartret | PSOE |
| 40 | Antonio Germán Beteta Barreda | AP–PDP–UL |
| 41 | Manuel Corvo González | PCE |
| 42 | José Ramón García Menéndez | PSOE |
| 43 | Juan Antonio Cánovas del Castillo | AP–PDP–UL |
| 44 | Saturnino Ureña Fernández | PSOE |
| 45 | Isidro Florencio Campos Corona | PSOE |
| 46 | José María Federico Corral | AP–PDP–UL |
| 47 | Henar Corbi Murgui | PSOE |
| 48 | José Manuel Pérez Vázquez | AP–PDP–UL |
| 49 | Benito Reino Torres | PSOE |
| 50 | Francisco Cábaco López | PSOE |
| 51 | Felipe Ruiz Duerto | AP–PDP–UL |
| 52 | Carmen Roney Albareda | PCE |
| 53 | Eulalia García Sánchez | PSOE |
| 54 | Elías Cruz Atienza | AP–PDP–UL |
| 55 | Ángel Ramón Martínez Marín | PSOE |
| 56 | Luis Alejandro Cendrero Uceda | PSOE |
| 57 | Alfredo Rodrigo de Santiago | AP–PDP–UL |
| 58 | Jesús Pérez González | PSOE |
| 59 | Eduardo Rodríguez-Losada Aguado | AP–PDP–UL |
| 60 | Félix Sevilla García | PSOE |
| 61 | Carlos Díaz-Guerra Esteban | AP–PDP–UL |
| 62 | José Luis Adell Fernández | PSOE |
| 63 | José Luis Casas Nombela | PCE |
| 64 | Rafael Ramos Gámez | PSOE |
| 65 | Pilar Bidagor Antuna | AP–PDP–UL |
| 66 | Francisco Javier Vicén Sanagustín | PSOE |
| 67 | Ana María García Armendáriz | AP–PDP–UL |
| 68 | Antonio José Rojo Sastre | PSOE |
| 69 | Jaime Lissavetzky Díez | PSOE |
| 70 | Hermann Oehling Ruiz | AP–PDP–UL |
| 71 | Carlos Pérez Díaz | PSOE |
| 72 | Antonio Gutiérrez Araújo | PCE |
| 73 | José Gil de la Viña | AP–PDP–UL |
| 74 | Matías Castejón Núñez | PSOE |
| 75 | Timoteo Mayoral Marqués | PSOE |
| 76 | José Luis Hidalgo Utesa | AP–PDP–UL |
| 77 | Jesús Santisteban Sáez | PSOE |
| 78 | Leopoldo Gómez Gutiérrez | AP–PDP–UL |
| 79 | José Antonio Sainz García | PSOE |
| 80 | Alfonso Sacristán Alonso | PSOE |
| 81 | Juan Antonio Gómez-Angulo Rodríguez | AP–PDP–UL |
| 82 | Máximo Alonso Arranz | PSOE |
| 83 | Sergio García Reyes | PCE |
| 84 | Pedro Núñez Morgades | AP–PDP–UL |
| 85 | José Lucas Reguilón Alvarez | PSOE |
| 86 | Esteban Egea Sánchez | PSOE |
| 87 | Mariano de la Cuerda Rodríguez | AP–PDP–UL |
| 88 | Adolfo Martínez Sánchez | PSOE |
| 89 | José Luis Ortiz Estévez | AP–PDP–UL |
| 90 | Luis Alonso Castaño | PSOE |
| 91 | José Luis Torner Martínez | PSOE |
| 92 | José Antonio López Casas | AP–PDP–UL |
| 93 | Juan Sánchez Fernández | PSOE |
| 94 | Juan Francisco Moreno Preciados | PCE |

## Aftermath

Investiture processes to elect the President of the Community of Madrid required for an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later requiring of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If none of such majorities were achieved, successive candidate proposals could be processed under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly would be automatically dissolved and a snap election called.
Investiture Joaquín Leguina (PSOE) :
| Ballot → | Ballot → | 14 June 1983 |
| Required majority → | Required majority → | 48 out of 94 Y |
| | Yes • PSOE (51) | 51 / 94 |
| | No • AP–PDP–UL (33) | 33 / 94 |
| | Abstentions • PCE (8) | 8 / 94 |
| | Absentees • AP–PDP–UL (1) • PCE (1) | 2 / 94 |
| Sources |||