A regional election was held in the Community of Madrid on 10 June 1987 to elect the 2nd Assembly of the autonomous community. All 96 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, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) under Joaquín Leguina lost its overall majority in the Assembly, but remained the largest party. The most notable election result was the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) breakthrough, emerging as the third largest party at the expense of all other parties in the regional parliament. The People's Alliance (AP) of newly elected AP Madrid leader Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón remained static, maintaining its position as the second largest party, while United Left (IU), a coalition of the Communist Party of Spain and other left-wing political forces, slipped to fourth place.

In the aftermath of the election, the CDS chose to abstain in the investiture voting in order to allow the PSOE to continue to govern in minority.

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 term of the Assembly of Madrid expired four years after the date of its previous ordinary election. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 25 days before the scheduled expiration date of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid (BOCM), with election day taking place between 54 and 60 days after the decree's publication (and in any case within from 30 to 60 days after the parliament's expiration).; . The previous election was held on 8 May 1983, which meant that the chamber's term would have expired on 8 May 1987. The election decree was required to be published in the BOCM no later than 14 April 1987, setting the latest possible date for election day on 13 June 1987.

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.; .

The election to the Assembly of Madrid was officially called on 14 April 1987 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOCM, setting election day for 10 June and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 2 July..

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, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.; ( 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 96 seats, based on the official population figures resulting from the latest revision of the municipal register (as of 1 January 1986)..

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. ( by ).

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, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 0.5 percent of the electorate in the Community of Madrid, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list. ( by ).

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

Candidacy Parties andalliances Candidate Ideology Previous result Vote % Seats PSOE Joaquín Leguina Social democracy 50.5% AP Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón ConservatismNational conservatism 34.1% PDP José Antonio López Casas Christian democracy IU Isabel Villalonga SocialismCommunism 8.8% CDS Fernando Castedo CentrismLiberalism 3.1%

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; 49 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid (48 in the 1983 election).

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout Lead 1987 regional election 10 Jun 1987 69.9 38.4 – 7.5 16.6 31.4 0.4 1.7 7.0 Gallup/Ya 4 Jun 1987 3,583 72.7 37.2 – 10.3 14.6 31.9 0.5 4.0 5.3 Demoscopia/El País 22–26 May 1987? 70 34.4 – 7.8 25.0 26.6 1.6 – 7.8 Sofemasa/AP 16 Apr 1987?? 36.3 – 7.2 18.0 23.0 1.0 – 13.3 1986 general election 22 Jun 1986 73.9 40.8 32.0 6.0 13.9 2.5 8.8 1983 regional election 8 May 1983 69.7 50.5 34.1 8.8 3.1 – 16.4

Results Overall + ← Summary of the 10 June 1987 Assembly of Madrid election results → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 932,878 38.45 −12.03 40 −11 People's Alliance (AP)1 762,102 31.41 n/a 32 +4 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 403,440 16.63 +13.51 17 +17 United Left (IU)2 181,512 7.48 −1.37 7 −2 Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) 41,323 1.70 New 0 ±0 The Greens (LV) 26,187 1.08 New 0 ±0 Confederation of the Greens (CV) 12,755 0.53 New 0 ±0 People's Democratic Party (PDP)1 9,101 0.38 n/a 0 −6 Humanist Platform (PH) 4,963 0.20 New 0 ±0 Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) 3,574 0.15 New 0 ±0 Autonomic Independent Group of Madrid (AIAM) 3,432 0.14 New 0 ±0 Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 3,009 0.12 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 42,196 1.74 +1.15 Total 2,426,472 96 +2 Valid votes 2,426,472 98.78 −0.51 Invalid votes 29,995 1.22 +0.51 Votes cast / turnout 2,456,467 69.87 +0.17 Abstentions 1,059,380 30.13 −0.17 Registered voters 3,515,847 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 Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Jiménez AP 3 Ramón Espinar Gallego PSOE 4 Fernando Castedo Álvarez CDS 5 Luis Eduardo Cortés Muñoz AP 6 César Cimadevilla Costa PSOE 7 Pedro Núñez Morgades AP 8 Luis Alejandro Cendrero Costa PSOE 9 Rosa María Posada Chaparro CDS 10 Alfredo Navarro Velasco AP 11 María Gómez Mendoza PSOE 12 Isabel María Teresa Vilallonga Elviro IU 13 Eduardo Mangada Samaín PSOE 14 Gabriel Usera González AP 15 Gerardo Harguindey Banet CDS 16 Manuel de la Rocha Rubí PSOE 17 José López López AP 18 Virgilio Cano de Lope PSOE 19 Bonifacio Santiago Prieto AP 20 María Elena Flores Valencia PSOE 21 Laura Morsó Pérez CDS 22 Ángel Larroca de Dolarea AP 23 Agapito Ramos Cuenca PSOE 24 Pedro Díez Olazábal IU 25 Francisca Sauquillo Pérez del Arco PSOE 26 Cándida O'Shea Suárez-Inclán AP 27 Ildefonso Barajas Ayllón CDS 28 Marcos Sanz Agüero PSOE 29 Roberto Sanz Pinacho AP 30 Luis Maestre Muñiz PSOE 31 Antonio Germán Beteta Barreda AP 32 Carlos A. Alonso de Velasco CDS 33 Francisco Cabaco López PSOE 34 Francisco Javier Rodríguez Rodríguez AP 35 José Luis García Alonso PSOE 36 Manuel Juan Corvo González IU 37 Ismael Bardisa Jordá AP 38 Francisco Javier Ledesma Bartret PSOE 39 Fernando M. Lozano Bonilla CDS 40 Jaime Lissavetzky Díez PSOE 41 José Martín Crespo Díaz AP 42 José Luis Fernández Rioja PSOE 43 Eduardo Duque Fernández de Pinedo AP 44 Manuel Justel Calabozo CDS 45 Carmen Ferrero Torres PSOE 46 María del Carmen Álvarez-Arenas Cisneros AP 47 Adolfo Martínez Sánchez PSOE 48 José Antonio Moral Santín IU 49 José Luis Ortiz Estévez AP 50 Javier de Luxán Meléndez CDS 51 Elvira Domingo Ortiz PSOE 52 Alfonso Sacristán Alonso PSOE 53 María Rosa Vindel López AP 54 Elena Vázquez Menéndez PSOE 55 Joaquín Ximénez de Embún y Ramonell CDS 56 Nicolás Piñeiro Cuesta AP 57 Saturnino Ureña Fernández PSOE 58 Luis Manuel Partida Brunete AP 59 Eulalia García Sánchez PSOE 60 José Vicente Cebrián Echarri CDS 61 Juan José Azcona Olondriz IU 62 José María Federico Corral AP 63 Ángel Luis del Castillo Gordo PSOE 64 Jesús Pedroche Nieto AP 65 Juan Antonio Ruiz Castillo PSOE 66 Abel Gonzalo Cádiz Ruiz CDS 67 José Emilio Sánchez Cuenca PSOE 68 Juan Van-Halen Acedo AP 69 Sócrates Gómez Pérez PSOE 70 María del Pilar Bidagor Altuna AP 71 Carlos Pérez Díaz PSOE 72 Luis Rufilanchas Serrano CDS 73 Gustavo Severien Tigeras AP 74 Luis Alonso Novo IU 75 Alejandro Lucas Fernández Martín PSOE 76 Julio Pacheco Benito AP 77 Rafael García Fernández PSOE 78 Francisco Javier García Núñez CDS 79 Benjamín Castro Yuste PSOE 80 Jesús Adriano Valverde Bocanegra AP 81 José Ramón García Menéndez PSOE 82 Ana Isabel Mariño Ortega AP 83 Juan Francisco Sánchez-Herrera Herencia CDS 84 Jesús Pérez González PSOE 85 Juan Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Fraile AP 86 Salvador Torrecilla Montal IU 87 Miguel Peydró Caro PSOE 88 Juan Soler-Espiauba Gallo AP 89 Manuel Dapena Baqueiro CDS 90 Timoteo Mayoral Marqués PSOE 91 José Luis Alvarez de Francisco AP 92 Juan Sánchez Fernández PSOE 93 Manuel Jesús Casero Nuño PSOE 94 María Teresa de Lara Carbó AP 95 Juan José Arnela Terroso CDS 96 Matías Castejón Núñez PSOE

Aftermath Government formation Investiture Ballot → 17 July 1987 20 July 1987 Required majority → 49 out of 96 Simple Sources

1989 motion of no confidence Motion of no confidence Ballot → 21 June 1989 Required majority → 49 out of 96 Absentees Sources

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