Global Information1987 Riojan regional election information
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All 33 seats in the General Deputation of La Rioja 17 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 201,738  3.5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 146,258 (72.5%)2.3 pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1987 Riojan regional election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd General Deputation of the autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. All 33 seats in the General Deputation were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.
Incumbent president José María de Miguel did not seek re-election out of political differences with his party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which instead presented Alicia Izaguirre, former civil governor of Álava, as their candidate.[1] The party came out first by winning the most votes and seats, but lost its absolute majority and suffered an important loss of support compared to its 1983 result.[2] A minority government was formed with the support of the second and fourth-most voted parties: the People's Alliance (AP), which lost votes and seats from the previous election amid the breakup of the People's Coalition, and the Progressive Riojan Party (PRP). Together, they gathered 15 seats, one more than the PSOE, and were able to secure the election of AP leader, Joaquín Espert, through the decisive abstention of the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which became the third political force in the community with 4 seats and 10.8% of the share.[3][4]
The AP–PRP agreement would only last until December 1989.[5] The PRP and two former CDS deputies would go on to join a PSOE motion of no confidence against Espert, resulting in Socialist José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz becoming new regional president in January 1990 of a PSOE–PRP government.[6]
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- ^ "Alicia Izaguirre, ex gobernadora civil, cabeza de los socialistas". El País (in Spanish). 29 May 1987. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "Los socialistas pierden el dominio". El País (in Spanish). 12 June 1987. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "Alianza Popular, a punto de gobernar en La Rioja gracias a la abstención del CDS". El País (in Spanish). 14 July 1987. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "Elegidos los presidentes autonómicos de La Rioja, Asturias y Cantabria". El País (in Spanish). 25 July 1987. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "El Gobierno del PP en la Rioja queda en precario tras la marcha de los regionalistas". El País (in Spanish). 19 December 1989. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "El PSOE recupera el Gobierno de La Rioja con el apoyo de tres regionalistas". El País (in Spanish). 9 January 1990. Retrieved 9 December 2019.