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Spanish general election, 1982
All 350 seats of the Congress of Deputies and 208 of 264 seats in the Senate
October 28, 1982
		First party	Second party
Leader		Felipe González	Manuel Fraga
Party		PSOE	AP
Last election		121 seats	10 seats
Seats won		202	107
Seat change		+81	+97
Popular vote		10,127,392	5,548,107
Percentage		48.1%	26,4%
Province-level units won by PSOE (red) and AP (blue)
Incumbent PM Felipe González PSOE PM-elect Felipe González PSOE

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General elections were held in Spain on 28 October 1982. PSOE and PSC presented two different lists of candidates: with the PSOE contesting most of Spain and the PSC (Catalan Social Party) only standing in Catalonia. Despite their subtle differences, both PSC and PSOE would later to merge to form the current Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE). PCE also presented a different list of candidates in Catalonia, called the Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya, which obtained one seat, which is included with the PCE in the table below.

Alianza Popular and Unión de Centro Democrático ran on a joint list in the three provinces of the Basque autonomous community and won two seats. [1] These seats are included in the Alianza Popular totals below.

Evolution of popular vote in the Spanish General Elections from the democratic transition until 2008. Voter turnout is usually high.

[edit] References

• El País official webpage (Spanish)
• Congreso de españa official webpage (Spanish)

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