1982 Spanish general election

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The 1982 Spanish general election was a landmark vote in which the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), led by Felipe González, won a historic landslide that ushered in a long period of socialist government and consolidated Spain's democratic transition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf general election ⓘ
APSeatsWon 106 ⓘ
chamberElected Congress of Deputies ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
CiUSeatsWon 12 ⓘ
context took place during Spain's transition to democracy ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
date 1982-10-28 ⓘ
electoralBody Congress of Deputies ⓘ
Cortes Generales ⓘ
Senate of Spain ⓘ
electoralLaw Spanish electoral law of 1977 as later amended ⓘ
FelipeGonzálezPositionAfterElection Prime Minister of Spain ⓘ
governmentFormed first long-lasting PSOE national government ⓘ
historicalSignificance consolidated Spain's democratic transition after Francoist dictatorship ⓘ
marked a historic landslide victory for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ⓘ
ushered in a long period of socialist government in Spain ⓘ
leaderOfMainWinner Felipe González ⓘ
mainOppositionLeader Manuel Fraga ⓘ
mainOppositionParty People's Alliance ⓘ
mainOppositionPartyAbbreviation AP ⓘ
mainWinner Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ⓘ
mainWinnerAbbreviation PSOE ⓘ
monarchAtTime Juan Carlos I ⓘ
nextElection 1986 Spanish general election ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
otherSignificantParty Basque Nationalist Party ⓘ
Communist Party of Spain ⓘ
Convergence and Union ⓘ
otherSignificantPartyAbbreviation CiU ⓘ
PCE ⓘ
PNV ⓘ
PCESeatsWon 4 ⓘ
PNVSeatsWon 8 ⓘ
preElectionPrimeMinister Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo ⓘ
preElectionRulingParty Union of the Democratic Centre ⓘ
preElectionRulingPartyAbbreviation UCD ⓘ
previousElection 1979 Spanish general election ⓘ
PSOEResultDescription absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
PSOESeatsWon 202 ⓘ
reasonForSnapElection political instability and fragmentation of the Union of the Democratic Centre ⓘ
resultedInPrimeMinister Felipe González ⓘ
termOfResultingGovernmentStart 1982 ⓘ
type snap election ⓘ
UCDSeatsWon 11 ⓘ
voterTurnout approximately 79.9% ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemDetail D'Hondt method ⓘ
linked to: d’Hondt method
year 1982 ⓘ

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Felipe González government → electoralSupportPeak → 1982 Spanish general election ⓘ
Alianza Popular → notableElection → 1982 Spanish general election ⓘ
1979 Spanish general election → nextElection → 1982 Spanish general election ⓘ
People's Alliance (Spain) → participatedIn → Spanish general election, 1982 ⓘ
subject linked to: People's Alliance
linked to: 1982 Spanish general election