1984 Basque regional election

1984 Basque regional election
26 February 1984
All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament
38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered1,584,540 1.9%
Turnout1,085,304 (68.5%)
8.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Carlos Garaikoetxea Txiki Benegas —
Party EAJ/PNV PSE–PSOE HB
Leader since April 1977 26 February 1978 —
Leader's seat Guipúzcoa Biscay —
Last election 25 seats, 38.0% 9 seats, 14.2% 11 seats, 16.5%
Seats won 32 19 11
Seat change 7 10 0
Popular vote 451,178 247,786 157,389
Percentage 41.8% 23.0% 14.6%
Swing 3.8 pp 8.8 pp 1.9 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Jaime Mayor Oreja Mario Onaindia
Party AP–PDP–UL EE
Leader since 1984 1982
Leader's seat Guipúzcoa Álava
Last election 2 seats, 4.8% 6 seats, 9.8%
Seats won 7 6
Seat change 5 0
Popular vote 100,581 85,671
Percentage 9.3% 7.9%
Swing 4.5 pp 1.9 pp
Vote winner strength by constituency
Lehendakari before election

Carlos Garaikoetxea
EAJ/PNV

Elected Lehendakari

Carlos Garaikoetxea
EAJ/PNV

A regional election was held in the Basque Country on Sunday, 26 February 1984, to elect the 2nd Parliament of the autonomous community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) won 32 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) came second with 19 seats, People's Unity (HB) came third with 11 seats, the People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) won 7 seats, and Basque Country Left (EE) won 6 seats.

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