1. Overview
    Electoral system  Election date 

2. Results

3. Aftermath

4. References

The 1983 Navarrese regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Parliament of the Foral Community of Navarre. All 50 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Overview

Electoral system

The Parliament of Navarre was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Foral Community of Navarre, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Reintegration and Enhancement of the Foral Regime of Navarre Law, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Foral Deputation.^[1] Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Navarre and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 50 members of the Parliament of Navarre were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.

The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 0.1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election—needing to secure, in any case, the signature of 500 electors—. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election being called.^[2]

Election date

The Foral Deputation of Navarre, in agreement with the Government of Spain, was required to call an election to the Parliament of Navarre within from 1 February to 31 May 1983. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was deemed to be automatically elected.^[1][2]

Results

Aftermath

Investiture processes to elect the President of Navarre required for an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later under the same majority requirement, with successive votes requiring only of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If such majorities were not achieved, successive candidate proposals would be processed under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was deemed to be automatically elected.^[1]

After successive failures in the investiture process resulted in a political deadlock, constitutional conflict arose in 1984 on whether the legal provision from Section 29.3 of the Enhancement Law meant the candidate from the largest party or the candidate with the highest number of votes. This was resolved in May 1984 by the Constitutional Court of Spain, which ruled that this was to correspond to the candidate from the largest party in the Parliament. As a result, Gabriel Urralburu was automatically elected as President of Navarre on 15 May 1984.

References

• Spanish-American War Memorial (Arlington National Cemetery)
• Spanish American War Monument to the 71st Infantry Regiment
• Spanish-American War Nurses Memorial
• Spanish-American War of 1898
• Spanish American Wars of Independence
• Spanish American Wars of independence
• Spanish American War Soldier's Monument
• Spanish American War Soldier’s Monument
• Spanish Americas
• Spanish Angel (album)
• Spanish anglo arab
• Spanish anglo-arab
• Spanish Anglo Arab
• Spanish arborvine
• Spanish Argentinian
• Spanish Army (Peninsular War)
• Spanish arrival to Chiapas
• Spanish as a Second Language
• Spanish as a second or foreign language
• Spanish assault on French Florida
• Spanish Association of Daily Newspaper Publishers
• Spanish attempts at reconquest in Mexico
• Spanish attempts at the reconquest of Mexico
• Spanish-Austrian dispute over Sardinia
• Spanish Baja