An election was held in Spain on 10 June 1987 to elect the MEP delegation from the country for the 2nd European Parliament. All 60 seats allocated to the Spanish constituency as per the 1985 Treaty of Accession were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Spain had acceded the European Communities on 1 January 1986 and had been represented in the European Parliament by 60 temporarily appointed delegates until a proper election could be held. As a European-wide election was due in 1989, elected MEPs only served for the remainder of the European Parliament term.

Background The ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) designated former Foreign Affairs Minister Fernando Morán to lead their campaign. The main opposition People's Alliance party (AP), running on its own after the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and Liberal Party (PL) broke away from the People's Coalition, chose Manuel Fraga—who had resigned as party leader in December 1986—to lead the party list. Adolfo Suárez had considered running as main candidate for his Democratic and Social Centre party (CDS), but declined after the electoral law was amended by the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party to make elected MEPs incompatible for posts in the Cortes Generales—Suárez was deputy in the Congress of Deputies, and would have been forced to renounce one of the two offices if elected.

Overview Electoral system Voting for the European Parliament in Spain was based on universal suffrage, which comprised all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated..

60 European Parliament seats were allocated to Spain as per the 1985 Treaty of Accession.; ; . All were elected in a single multi-member constituency—comprising the entire national territory—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with no electoral threshold.. The use of this electoral method resulted in an effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.

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..

Outgoing delegation

The table below shows the composition of the Spanish delegation in the chamber at the time of the election call.

+ Delegation composition in May 1987 Groups Parties MEPs Seats Total Socialist Group PSOE 36 36 European Democrats AP 12 14 UM 1 PDP 1 European People's Party PDP 2 5 EAJ/PNV 2 UDC 1 Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group CDC 2 2 INDEP 1 Rainbow Group EE 1 1 Non-Inscrits INDEP 2 2

Parties and candidates The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, alliances and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list..

Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties andalliances Leading candidate Ideology PSOE Fernando Morán Social democracy AP Manuel Fraga Conservatism CDS Eduard Punset CentrismLiberalism CiU Carles Gasòliba Catalan nationalismCentrism IU Fernando Pérez Royo SocialismCommunism UE Jon Gangoiti Peripheral nationalism HB Txema Montero Basque independenceAbertzale leftRevolutionary socialism IP Mario Onaindia Left-wing nationalism CEP Carlos Garaikoetxea Left-wing nationalism PDP Javier Rupérez Christian democracy UM Antoni Rosés LiberalismRegionalism

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 given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout UE IP CEP AS Lead 1987 EP election 10 Jun 1987 68.5 39.1 24.6 10.3 4.4 5.3 1.2 1.9 1.2 1.4 1.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 14.5 Gallup/Época 4 Jun 1987?? 46.8 24.7 9.3 4.0 4.4? –?? – – – – 22.1 Sigma Dos/Diario 16 30 May–1 Jun 1987 2,500? 41.0–43.0 24.0–26.0 11.0–13.0 4.0–4.8 4.5–5.5 1.0–1.6 1.4–2.0 – 1.4–1.9 0.8–1.4 – 0.8–1.4 0.8–1.4 17.0 Iope–Etmar/El Periódico 25–29 May 1987 2,497? 41.6 25.2 10.0 4.4 5.4 0.8 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.9 – 0.5 0.5 16.4 Demoscopia/El País 22–26 May 1987 11,000? 38.6 24.4 14.7 4.7 3.3 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.3 0.7 0.5 14.2 CIS 18–19 May 1987 2,497? 45.1 26.4 9.9 4.2 4.0 – – – – – – – – 18.7 Sigma Dos/Diario 16 8 May 1987?? 42.3 26.1 10.8 5.1 5.2 1.6 1.4 – 1.1 1.1 – 1.6 2.1 16.2 1986 general election 22 Jun 1986 70.5 44.1 26.0 9.2 5.0 4.6 1.5 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.4 – – – 18.1

Results Overall

+ Summary of the 10 June 1987 European Parliament election results in Spain → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 7,522,706 39.06 n/a 28 n/a People's Alliance (AP) 4,747,283 24.65 n/a 17 n/a Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 1,976,093 10.26 n/a 7 n/a United Left (IU) 1,011,830 5.25 n/a 3 n/a Convergence and Union (CiU) 853,603 4.43 n/a 3 n/a Popular Unity (HB) 360,952 1.87 n/a 1 n/a Coalition for the Europe of the Peoples (EA–ERC–PNG) 326,911 1.70 n/a 1 n/a Left of the Peoples (IP) 261,328 1.36 n/a 0 n/a Europeanist Union (PNV–PGN) 226,570 1.18 n/a 0 n/a Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) 222,680 1.16 n/a 0 n/a Andalusian Party (PA) 185,550 0.96 n/a 0 n/a People's Democratic Party (PDP) 170,866 0.89 n/a 0 n/a Valencian Union (UV) 162,128 0.84 n/a 0 n/a National Front (FN) 122,799 0.64 n/a 0 n/a Social Action (AS) 116,761 0.61 n/a 0 n/a The Greens (LV) 107,625 0.56 n/a 0 n/a Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) 105,865 0.55 n/a 0 n/a Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) 96,895 0.50 n/a 0 n/a Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 77,132 0.40 n/a 0 n/a Confederation of the Greens (CV) 65,574 0.34 n/a 0 n/a Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 53,116 0.28 n/a 0 n/a United Extremadura (EU) 39,369 0.20 n/a 0 n/a Revolutionary Workers' Party of Spain (PORE) 30,157 0.16 n/a 0 n/a National Assembly of Medicine Students and Associates (ANEMYA) 30,143 0.16 n/a 0 n/a Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) 25,270 0.13 n/a 0 n/a Social Democratic Coalition (CSD) 25,058 0.13 n/a 0 n/a Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 23,407 0.12 n/a 0 n/a Humanist Platform (PH–FV) 22,333 0.12 n/a 0 n/a Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 21,482 0.11 n/a 0 n/a Majorcan Union (UM) 19,066 0.10 n/a 0 n/a Valencian Coalition Party (PCV) 14,749 0.08 n/a 0 n/a Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 14,553 0.08 n/a 0 n/a Nationalist Party of Castile and León (PANCAL) 12,616 0.07 n/a 0 n/a Andalusian Liberation (LA) 9,881 0.05 n/a 0 n/a Democratic Spanish Party (PED) 9,146 0.05 n/a 0 n/a Blank ballots 189,729 0.99 n/a Total 19,261,226 60 n/a Valid votes 19,261,226 98.81 n/a Invalid votes 232,872 1.19 n/a Votes cast / turnout 19,494,098 68.52 n/a Abstentions 8,956,393 31.48 n/a Registered voters 28,450,491 Sources

Maps

Distribution by European group + Summary of political group distribution in the 2nd European Parliament (1984–1989) Groups Parties Seats Total % Socialist Group (SOC)Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 28 28 46.67 European Democrats (ED)People's Alliance (AP) 17 17 28.33 Communist and Allies Group (COM)Communist Party of Spain (PCE) Initiative for Catalonia (IC) Socialist Action Party (PASOC) 111 3 5.00 Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (LDR)Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) 2 2 3.33 European People's Party (EPP)Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) 1 1 1.67 Rainbow Group (RBW)Basque Solidarity (EA) 1 1 1.67 Non-Inscrits (NI)Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) Popular Unity (HB) 71 8 13.33 Total 60 60 100.00

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