A regional election was held in Galicia on 17 December 1989 to elect the 3rd Parliament of the autonomous community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

Overview Under the 1981 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of Galicia was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions..

Date The term of the Parliament of Galicia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 25 days before the scheduled expiration date of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of Galicia (DOG), with election day taking place between 54 and 60 days after the decree's publication.; ( by ). The previous election was held on 24 November 1985, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 24 November 1989. The election decree was required to be published in the DOG no later than 31 October 1989, setting the latest possible date for election day on 30 December 1989.

Amendments in 1988 granted the regional president the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Galicia at any given time and call a snap election, provided that it did not occur before one year after a previous one under this procedure. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called..

The Parliament of Galicia was officially dissolved on 24 October 1989 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the DOG, setting election day for 17 December and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 16 January 1990..

Electoral system Voting for the Parliament was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Galicia and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.; ( by ).

The Parliament of Galicia had a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 80 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 75. All were elected in four multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, each of which was assigned an initial minimum of 10 seats and the remaining 35 distributed in proportion to population—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a three percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency.; . The use of this electoral method resulted in a higher effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:.

Seats Constituencies 24 La Coruña 21 Pontevedra 15 Lugo, Orense

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes. ( by ).

Outgoing parliament The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of dissolution.

+ Parliamentary composition in October 1989 Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total People's Parliamentary Group of Galicia PP 27 29 CdG 2 Socialists of Galicia's Parliamentary Group PSdeG–PSOE 20 20 Galician Coalition Parliamentary Group CG 11 11 Mixed Parliamentary Group PSG–EG 3 11 PNG–PG 3 EN 1 INDEP 4

Opinion polls The tables below list opinion polling results 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.

Voting intention estimates The table below lists weighted 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; 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Galicia (36 in the 1985 election).

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout CG BNG ARM Lead 1989 regional election 17 Dec 1989 59.5 – 32.7 3.6 3.8 8.0 2.9 1.5 44.0 0.5 11.3 El Correo Gallego 11 Dec 1989?? –?????? ? –? Demoscopia/El País 30 Nov–4 Dec 1989 1,600 58–60 – 34.0????? 39.0 – 5.0 Sigma Dos/COPE 2 Dec 1989?? – 32.2??? 5.4? 40.0 – 7.8 Demoscopia/El País 14–19 Nov 1989 1,600 55–60 –?????? ? –? 1989 general election 29 Oct 1989 60.1 – 34.6 3.4 2.6 3.6 7.8 3.3 39.0 1.0 4.4 Eco Consulting 16 Jul 1989?? –????? – ? –? 1989 EP election 15 Jun 1989 42.7 – 33.0 3.1 3.3 4.2 6.7 2.0 33.5 4.3 0.5 Gallup/Ya 18–19 Sep 1987?? – 28.3 7.2 – – – – 43.0 – – 14.7 1987 EP election 10 Jun 1987 57.1 – 29.6 – 2.9 3.7 10.2 1.3 41.7 – – 12.1 1986 general election 22 Jun 1986 57.9 39.2 35.8 6.2 3.6 2.1 8.6 1.1 – – 3.4 1985 regional election 24 Nov 1985 57.4 40.9 28.7 12.9 5.7 4.2 3.3 0.8 – – 12.2

Results Overall + ← Summary of the 17 December 1989 Parliament of Galicia election results → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP)1 583,579 44.02 +3.13 38 +4 Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) 433,256 32.68 +4.01 28 +6 Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 105,703 7.97 +3.77 5 +4 Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left (PSG–EG) 50,047 3.78 −1.89 2 −1 Galician Coalition (CG) 48,208 3.64 −9.30 2 −9 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 38,214 2.88 −0.40 0 ±0 United Left (EU)2 19,774 1.49 +0.65 0 ±0 Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party (PNG–PG) 18,036 1.36 New 0 ±0 Ruiz-Mateos Group (ARM) 7,058 0.53 New 0 ±0 Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 3,724 0.28 −0.49 0 ±0 The Greens of Galicia (OVG) 3,214 0.24 New 0 ±0 The Ecologist Greens (OVE) 2,789 0.21 New 0 ±0 Galician People's Front (FPG) 2,629 0.20 New 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Galician People (PCPG) 989 0.07 New 0 ±0 Humanist Platform (PH) 748 0.06 −0.52 0 ±0 United Galicia Party (PGU) 746 0.06 New 0 ±0 Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 691 0.05 −0.18 0 ±0 Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m–l)) 530 0.04 −0.08 0 ±0 Alliance for the Republic (AxR) 437 0.03 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 5,285 0.40 −0.28 Total 1,325,657 75 +4 Valid votes 1,325,657 99.18 +0.38 Invalid votes 10,921 0.82 −0.38 Votes cast / turnout 1,336,578 59.50 +2.10 Abstentions 909,877 40.50 −2.10 Registered voters 2,246,455 Sources

Distribution by constituency Constituency PP PSdeG BNG PSG–EG CG % S % S % S % S % S La Coruña 40.9 11 35.3 10 9.3 2 4.1 1 1.6 – Lugo 48.1 8 30.9 5 6.6 1 1.7 – 7.2 1 Orense 44.1 8 32.8 6 5.4 – 2.1 – 6.4 1 Pontevedra 45.8 11 30.2 7 8.1 2 5.1 1 3.1 – Total 44.0 38 32.7 28 8.0 5 3.8 2 3.6 2 Sources

Aftermath Government formation Investiture Ballot → 31 January 1990 Required majority → 38 out of 75 Abstentions Absentees Sources

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