Spanish general election, 1986
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on 23 June 1986. In this election, the Communist Party of Spain merged with other minor left parties to form the coalition Izquierda Unida
United Left (Spain)
The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain...
; in Catalonia
Catalonia
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they ran as the Catalan Left Union
Catalan Left Union
Catalan Left Union was an electoral coalition in Catalonia, Spain, formed by the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia and Entesa dels Nacionalistes d'Esquerra in 1986. UEC contested the 1986 election, and got 123 912 votes and one seat in the Spanish parliament...
. Similarly, the People's Alliance merged with two other conservative parties to form the People's Coalition Coalición Popular.
Results
| Party | Abbr | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partido Socialista Obrero Español | PSOE | 8 901 718 | 44.33 | 184 |
| Coalición Popular (AP-PDP-PL) | CP | 5 247 677 | 26.13 | 105 |
| Centro Democrático y Social | CDS | 1 861 912 | 9.27 | 19 |
| Convergencia i Unió Convergència i Unió Convergence and Union is a centre-right electoral alliance in Catalonia, Spain. CiU is technically a federation of two constituent parties, the larger Democratic Convergence of Catalonia and its smaller counterpart, the Democratic Union of Catalonia . It is currently led by Artur Mas, who is the... |
CiU | 1 014 258 | 5.05 | 18 |
| Izquierda Unida | IU | 782 772 | 3.90 | 6 |
| Basque Nationalist Party Basque Nationalist Party The Basque National Party is the largest and oldest Basque nationalist party. It is currently the largest political party in the Basque Autonomous Community also with a minor presence in Navarre and a marginal one in the French Basque Country... |
EAJ-PNV | 309 610 | 1.54 | 6 |
| Herri Batasuna | HB | 231 722 | 1.15 | 5 |
| Mesa para la Unidad de los Comunistas | MUC | 219 440 | 1.09 | |
| Partido Reformista Democrático | PRD | 194 538 | 0.97 | |
| Unió de l'Esquerra Catalana (PSUC-ENE) | UEC | 123 912 | 0.62 | 1 |
| Euskadiko Ezkerra Euskadiko Ezkerra Euskadiko Ezkerra or EE was a Basque socialist political organisation. It was founded as a coalition of Euskal Iraultzarako Alderdia and other Basque Marxist forces in 1977 to present lists for the Spanish general elections in the constituencies of Vizcaya,... |
EE | 107 053 | 0.53 | 2 |
| Partido Andalucista | PA | 94 008 | 0.47 | |
| Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya The Republican Left of Catalonia is a left wing Catalan independentist political party in Spain. It is also the main sponsor of the independence movement from France and Spain in the territories known among Catalan nationalists as Països Catalans... |
ERC | 84 628 | 0.42 | |
| Coalición Galega | CG | 79 972 | 0.40 | 1 |
| Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores | PST | 77 914 | 0.39 | |
| Partido Aragonés Regionalista | PAR | 73 004 | 0.36 | 1 |
| Coalición Agrup Independientes Canarias | AIC | 65 664 | 0.33 | 1 |
| Unió Valenciana | UV | 64 403 | 0.32 | 1 |
| Partit dels Comunistes de Catalunya | PCC | 57 107 | 0.28 | |
| Partido Socialista Galego-Esquerda Galega | PSG-EG | 45 574 | 0.23 | |
| Falange Española de las JONS | FE-JONS | 43 449 | 0.22 | |
| Unificación Comunista de España | UCE | 42 451 | 0.21 | |
| Unitat del Poble Valencià | UPV | 40 264 | 0.20 | |
| Asamblea Canaria Izq Nac Canaria | AC-INC | 36 892 | 0.18 | |
| Los Verdes | LV | 31 909 | 0.16 | |
| Alternativa Verde (Movimiento Ecologista de Cataluña) | AV-MEC | 29 567 | 0.15 | |
| Coalición Izquierda Canaria Unida | ICU | 28 820 | 0.14 | |
| Unidad Popular Republicana | UPR | 27 473 | 0.14 | |
| Bloque Nacionalista Galego | BNG | 27 049 | 0.13 | |
| Partido Obrero Socialista Internacionalista | POSI | 21 853 | 0.11 | |
| Vértice Español de Reivindicación y Desarrollo Ecológico | VERDE | 16 572 | 0.08 | |
| Extremadura Unida | EU | 16 091 | 0.08 | |
| Partido Socialista del Pueblo Andaluz | PSPA | 14 999 | 0.07 | |
| Partido Ecologista de Catalunya Verde | PEC-Verde | 11 746 | 0.06 | |
| Partido Comunista de Euskadi-Euskadiko Partidu Komunista | PCE-EPK | 10 255 | 0.05 | |
| PSM Esquerra Nacionalista | PSM-EN | 7 539 | 0.04 | |
| Coalición de Unidad Nacional | CUN | 5 209 | 0.03 | |
| Partit dels Obrers Revolucionaris d'Espanya | PORE | 5 126 | 0.03 | |
| Partit Socialdemócrata de Catalunya | PSDC | 4 885 | 0.02 | |
| Agrupación de Electores Independientes | ADEI | 3 857 | 0.02 | |
| Coalición Convergencia Leonesista | CONLEON | 2 520 | 0.01 | |
| Partido Regionalista del País Leones | PREPAL | 2 449 | 0.01 | |
| Esquerra Nacionalista Valenciana | ENV-URV | 2 116 | 0.01 | |
| Liga Obrera Comunista | LOC | 1 952 | 0.01 | |
| Partido Moderado-Centristas de Navarra | PMCN | 1 932 | 0.01 | |
| Cultura Natural | CN | 1 886 | 0.01 | |
| Partido Regionalista Murciano | PRM | 1 401 | 0.01 | |
| Partido Español Demócrata | PED | 1 169 | 0.01 | |
| Partido Nacionalista de Castilla y León | PANCAL | 1 047 | 0.01 | |
| Coalición Candidatura por la Autonomía | CA | 758 | 0.00 | |
| Partido Proverista | PP | 756 | 0.00 | |
| Agrupación Independiente de Ceuta | AE-AIC | 601 | 0.00 | |
| Partido Español Cristiano | PEC | 254 | 0.00 |