Riojan regional election, 1987

Riojan regional election, 1987

← 1983 10 June 1987 1991 →
All 33 seats in the General Deputation of La Rioja 17 seats needed for a majority
Registered	201,738 3.5%
Turnout	146,258 (72.5%) 2.3 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alicia Izaguirre Joaquín Espert Manuel Fernández Ilarraza Party PSOE AP CDS Leader since 1987 1983 1987 Leader's seat La Rioja La Rioja La Rioja Last election 18 seats, 47.2% 15 seats, 40.0% 0 seats, 2.4% Seats won 14 13 4 Seat change 4 2 4 Popular vote 57,178 50,179 15,640 Percentage 39.6% 34.8% 10.8% Swing 7.6 pp 5.2 pp 8.4 pp   Fourth party   Leader Luis Javier Rodríguez Party PRP Leader since 6 December 1982 Leader's seat La Rioja Last election 2 seats, 7.5% Seats won 2 Seat change 0 Popular vote 9,212 Percentage 6.4% Swing 1.1 pp
President before election José María de Miguel PSOE Elected President Joaquín Espert AP

José María de Miguel
PSOE

Joaquín Espert
AP

The 1987 Riojan regional election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd General Deputation of the Autonomous Community of La Rioja. All 33 seats in the General Deputation were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) came first by winning the most votes and seats, but lost its absolute majority and suffered an important loss of support from 1983. As a result, a coalition government was formed between the second and fourth-most voted parties: the People's Alliance (AP), which lost votes and seats from the previous election as a result of the breakup of the People's Coalition, and the Progressive Riojan Party (PRP). Together, they had 15 seats, one more than the PSOE, and were able to get AP leader, Joaquín Espert, elected thanks to the decisive abstention of the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which became the third political force in the community with 4 seats and 10.8% of the share.

The AP-PRP coalition would only last until January 1989, however; from that date, the PRP would leave the coalition, resulting in a minority AP government until 1990, when a motion of censure against Espert would result in the PSOE returning to government, thanks to the vote of the PRP deputies and a CDS deserter.

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