A regional election was held in the Community of Madrid on 8 May 1983 to elect the 1st Assembly of the autonomous community. All 94 seats in the Assembly were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across 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 Under the 1983 Statute of Autonomy, the Assembly of Madrid 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 Government of Spain was required to call an election to the Assembly before 31 May 1983..

The Assembly of Madrid could not be dissolved before the expiration date of parliament, except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term..

On 7 March 1983, it was confirmed that the first Assembly election would be held on 8 May, together with regional elections for twelve other autonomous communities as well as the regularly scheduled nationwide local elections. The election to the Assembly of Madrid was officially called on 10 March 1983 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the Official State Gazette, setting election day for 8 May..

Electoral system Voting for the Assembly was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Community of Madrid and with full political rights. ( by ).

The Assembly of Madrid had one seat per 50,000 inhabitants or fraction above 25,000. All were elected in a single multi-member constituency—corresponding to the autonomous community's territory—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) regionally.. As a result of the aforementioned allocation, the Assembly was entitled to 94 seats, based on the official population figures resulting from the latest revision of the municipal register (as of 1 March 1981)..

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..

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; 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 34.1 8.8 3.1 1.9 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 20.6 7.7 3.1 0.6 38.0 1982 general election 28 Oct 1982 86.0 52.1 32.3 5.0 4.1 – 19.8

Results Overall + Summary of the 8 May 1983 Assembly of Madrid election results → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats 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 13,735 0.59 n/a Total 2,340,125 94 n/a Valid votes 2,340,125 99.29 n/a Invalid votes 16,800 0.71 n/a Votes cast / turnout 2,356,925 69.70 n/a Abstentions 1,024,685 30.30 n/a Registered voters 3,381,610 Sources

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 y Elío 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 Government formation Investiture Ballot → 14 June 1983 Required majority → 48 out of 94 Sources

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