In the run up to the 1993 Spanish general election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Spain during the term of the 4th Cortes Generales. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous general election, held on 29 October 1989, to the day the next election was held, on 6 June 1993.
Voting intention estimates refer mainly to a hypothetical Congress of Deputies election. Polls are listed 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" columns on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll.
Electoral polling Nationwide polling Graphical summary
Voting intention estimates The table below lists nationwide voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 176 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies.
Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout EE BNG PAP Lead 1993 general election 6 Jun 1993 76.4 38.8 34.8 9.6 1.8 4.9 1.2 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.2 4.0 Interior Ministry 6 Jun 1993???? – – – – – – – – – – – – –? PSOE 6 Jun 1993? 75 37.5 34.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3.4 Demoscopia/Cadena SER 6 Jun 1993?? 37.1 34.4 10.2? 5.0? 0.6 – – – 1.1 – – – – 2.7 Eco Consulting/RTVE 6 Jun 1993 250,000???????? – – – ? – – – –? Sigma Dos/Tele 5 6 Jun 1993 30,000???????? – – – ? – – – –? Motivación/COPE 6 Jun 1993 31,000??? – – – – – – – – – – – – –? Gallup/Ya 30 May 1993 6,050 70.2 32.1 33.0 10.6 2.6 5.6 1.4 1.0 – 0.9 0.5 0.7 – 0.8 – 0.5 0.9 Opina/La Vanguardia 26–27 May 1993 2,000? 35.0 35.6 11.4 2.1 5.0 1.3 – – – – 0.9 – – – – 0.6 Vox Pública–Iope/El Periódico 25–27 May 1993 8,148 74.8 34.5 32.5 10.1 2.3 5.5 1.5 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7 – 1.0 0.5 0.5 2.0 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 24–27 May 1993 13,200? 34.6 35.9 11.4 1.4 4.9 1.3 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.7? 0.6 0.3 0.3 1.3 Diario 16 26 May 1993?? 33.9 35.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1.6 Demoscopia/El País 20–26 May 1993 11,000 73 34.5 34.8 10.7 2.4 5.0 1.4 0.8 – 0.6 0.5 0.7? 0.7 0.5 – 0.3 Gruppo/ABC 23–25 May 1993 5,000? 35.0 35.8 12.1 – 4.9 1.6 1.0 – 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.6 – 0.3 0.8 ICP–Research/Diario 16 21–24 May 1993 10,000 76.5 33.5 32.8 10.6 3.0 5.1 1.3? –?? ? –?? – 0.7 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 23 May 1993 3,000? 34.0 35.2 12.6 1.5 5.0 1.5 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 – 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.2 CIS 14–19 May 1993 2,496 71.3 33.8 33.8 12.2 1.5 5.9 1.6 – – – – – – – – – Tie Vox Pública–Iope/El Periódico 14–18 May 1993 6,415 78.5 35.0 30.7 10.1 2.4 5.6 1.5 0.9 – 0.7 0.6 0.6 – 0.9 0.9 0.5 4.3 ICP–Research/Diario 16 14–17 May 1993 1,000 75.7 35.0 33.0 10.7 3.1 5.1 1.3 – – – – – – – – – 2.0 Ábaco/El Correo 14–16 May 1993 14,900? 31.0 33.5 11.2 2.5 4.7 1.6???? ??? – – 2.5 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 11–13 May 1993 10,200? 34.8 35.3 12.4 1.4 5.0 1.5 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 – 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 Opina/La Vanguardia 10–12 May 1993 2,000? 36.6 35.7 10.1 2.0 5.1 1.4 – – – – – – – – – 0.9 Gruppo/ABC 8–11 May 1993 5,000? 34.1 35.1 12.9 2.0 4.9 1.5 1.1 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 1.0 PSOE 27 Apr–11 May 1993 27,469??????????? ???? –? ICP–Research/Diario 16 10 May 1993 1,000? 33.5 33.0 10.6 2.9 4.2 1.0 – – – – – – – – – 0.5 Demoscopia/El País 8–10 May 1993 2,500 78 36.6 35.5 11.2 1.4 4.9 1.1 0.8 – 0.6 0.4 0.7 – 0.4 – – 1.1 Sigma Dos/Tele 5 2–4 May 1993 2,200? 35.8 34.5 11.7 1.2 4.8 1.6? –?? ? – – –? 1.3 Sigma Dos/Tele 5 25–28 Apr 1993?? 34.9 34.6 12.2 – 5.0 1.6 – – – – – – – – – 0.3 CIS 24–28 Apr 1993 2,500? 33.5 34.5? –??? –?? ??? – –? ICP–Research/Diario 16 26 Apr 1993 1,000? 34.2 33.4 13.4 2.8 5.2 1.1 – – – – – – – – – 0.8 Opina/La Vanguardia 19–21 Apr 1993 2,006? 35.5 36.0 11.0 1.0 5.5 1.2 – – – – – – – – – 0.5 Sigma Dos/Tele 5 20 Apr 1993?? 34.8 35.0 12.5 – 4.9 1.5 – – – – – – – – – 0.2 Gallup/Ya 18 Apr 1993 1,003? 35.3 35.3 11.9 2.5 4.3 – – – – – – – – – – Tie Eco Consulting/CIS 15–16 Apr 1993 1,208? 33.3 34.2 12.1 1.8 5.4 – – – – – – – – – – 0.9 Vox Pública–Iope/El Periódico 13–16 Apr 1993 6,200? 36.0 32.6 10.7 1.7 3.5 1.0 – – – – – – – – – 3.4 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 13–15 Apr 1993 8,200? 34.4 35.8 12.1 1.1 5.0 1.6 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 – – 0.3 0.4 1.4 Intercampo/CIS 15–26 Mar 1993 2,500 70.2 34.6 33.6 11.6 1.5 4.7 1.4 – – – – – – – – – 1.0 Opina/La Vanguardia 22–24 Mar 1993 2,016? 36.5 35.4 11.7 1.7 5.6 1.5 0.6 – – – 0.9 – – – – 1.1 Demoscopia/El País 7–14 Mar 1993 10,000 65 33.9 33.3 11.5 2.0 5.0 1.2 0.9 – 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 – – 0.6 Gallup/Ya 8–26 Feb 1993 1,003? 32.2 34.5 12.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2.3 PP 20 Feb 1993?? 32.2 35.0 13.0 2.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – 2.8 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 1 Feb 1993?? 36.5 33.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3.5 COPE 23 Dec 1992?????????? – –? – – – – –? Europa Press 23 Dec 1992 23,000??????? – – – – – – – – – –? Sigma Dos/El Mundo 14 Dec 1992?? 36.9 31.5 10.9 2.3 5.1 1.3 – – – – – – – – – – 5.4 CIS 4–28 Nov 1992 27,357 68.8 36.3 31.0 12.8 2.1 5.2 1.4 1.1 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 – 5.3 CIS 28 Oct–2 Nov 1992 2,499? 35.9 30.9 11.7 1.2 6.8 1.4 – – – – – – – – – – 5.0 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 20–22 Oct 1992 3,000? 36.8 31.7 12.0 1.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – 5.1 OTR–IS/El Periódico 17–19 Oct 1992?? 37.4 31.1 11.5 2.2 5.2 – – – – – – – – – – – 6.3 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 20 Sep 1992?? 38.4 31.0 10.4 2.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.4 PSOE 13 Sep 1992 20,000? 35.0–37.0 30.0–31.0 10.0–12.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5.0–6.0 OTR–IS 16 Aug 1992?? 37.8 31.2 11.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6.6 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 19 Jul 1992?? 37.1 31.6 12.4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5.5 PSOE 1–10 Jul 1992 23,000? 35.2 28.2 12.2 5.3??????????? – 7.0 PP 7 Jul 1992 2,500 65 35.0 31.0 11.0 2.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – 4.0 Opina/La Vanguardia 19–20 May 1992 1,000? 37.5 27.8 10.0 2.9 5.5 – – – – – – – – – – – 9.7 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 26 Apr 1992?? 37.6 30.8 10.6 1.4?? – – – – – – – – – – 6.8 PP 5 Apr 1992?? 38.0 31.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.0 PP 3 Mar 1992?? 37.0 30.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.0 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 29 Dec 1991?? 38.5 29.3 10.4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9.2 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 22 Sep 1991?? 39.2 29.5 10.3 2.7 4.8 1.4 1.1 – – 0.6 0.4 – – – – – 9.7 1991 local elections 26 May 1991 62.8 38.3 25.7 8.4 3.9 4.9 1.6 1.1 1.8 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.6 – 12.6 PSOE 9 Apr 1991?? 41.5 26.0 10.7 6.0 5.0 1.2 – – – – – – – – – – 15.5 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 26–28 Oct 1990 1,000? 39.1 28.2 10.8 4.6 5.0 1.2 1.1 1.3 – 0.6 0.5 – – – – – 10.9 OTR–IS/El Periódico 20 Sep–1 Oct 1990?? 38.3 27.2 10.2 3.9 5.3 – – – – – – – – – – – 11.1 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 23 Sep 1990?? 39.5 28.1 10.4 4.7 5.0 1.2 1.1 1.2 – 0.6 0.5 – – – – – 11.4 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 25 Jul 1990 1,000? 39.8 27.4 10.2 5.2 4.8 1.2 1.1 1.3 – 0.1 0.5 – – – – – 12.4 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 24 Jun 1990?? 38.4 28.7 10.9 3.5 4.9 1.2 1.1 1.4 – 0.6 0.5 – – – – – 9.7 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 27 May 1990?? 36.5 29.2 12.1 4.4 5.0 1.1 1.1 1.3 – 0.7 0.5 – – – – – 7.3 ICP–Research/Diario 16 13 May 1990?? 39.5 22.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 17.4 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 22 Apr 1990?? 36.8 28.3 11.8 5.4 4.8 1.3 1.1 1.2 – 0.6 0.5 – – – – – 8.5 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 25 Mar 1990?? 37.6 28.4 11.7 4.2 4.9 1.2 1.1 1.3 – 0.6 0.5 – – – – – 9.2 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 25 Feb 1990?? 36.3 29.0 12.4 4.7 4.5 1.1 1.0 1.2 – 0.6 0.5 – – – – – 7.3 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 21 Jan 1990?? 37.0 29.1 10.4 5.9 4.9 1.2 1.0 1.1 – 0.6 0.5 – – – – – 7.9 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 31 Dec 1989?? 39.8 26.2 9.5 6.9 4.9 1.2 1.1 1.0 – 0.7 0.6 – – – – – 13.6 1989 general election 29 Oct 1989 69.7 39.6 25.8 9.1 7.9 5.0 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 – 13.8
Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.