13. "La verdadera izquierda".
13. "La verdadera izquierda".
Even the most untrained observer knew that the Spaniards were tired of politics. The elections of October 1989 were the third ones since 1987, and the political deadlock wore down the support of González. Anyway, he went undaunted forwards, campaigning as if he was back in 1982. Never before had the oral skills of the Socialist leader been better, never before he had been more witty, never before he had been more poignant and expressive. However, it was not enough. Even Boyer, who wasn't neither as orally gifted nor as popular than González, managed to do better than expected even achieving an unexpected victory in the Basque Country, where the nationalist parties were unable to repeat the success of the last General Elections.
It was clear than the PSOE was exhausted and than even its voters wanted something different. The PP of Vestrynge kept its ground and its seats, winning even a few more votes, but the result only proved that the PP was in no position to defy the bipartidist system, something that could be said about the PCE, too. Furthermore, the small local parties suffered, as it had happened in the Basque Country, a lost of trust from its voters, that either voted PSOE or refrained from voting at all. This was the case of UV and EE, that lost its representation in the Parliament. Only the Aragonese PAR was the exception, as it doubled its voters. But this was just an anecdote in the chaotic political scene of Spain.
PSOE (González) 7,253,409 votes - 41.04 %- 156 seats (+254,941 votes, +1 seats)
UCD (Boyer) - 5,991,127 votes - 29.5 % - 106 seats (+952,145 votes, +8 seats)
PP (Vestrynge) - 1,531,291 votes - 7.95 % - 13 seats (+24,575 votes, no seats change)
PCE (Iglesias) - 1,690,278 votes - 8,87% - 15 seats (-168,310 votes, -5 seats)
PNV (Anasagasti) - 289,701 votes - 1,54% - 5 seats (+75,020 votes, -1 seat)
Herri Batasuna (Esnaola) - 186,410 votes - 0,96 % - 1 seat (-31,132 votes, -1 seat)
Partido Andalucista (Rojas Marcos) 212, 687 votes - 1,14 % - 2 seats (+86,971 votes, no seats change)
Union Valenciana (González Lizondo) 121,768 votes - 0,41% - 0 seat (-23,161 votes, -1 seat)
Eusko Alkartasuna (Azkarraga) 136,955 votes - 0,48% - 1 seat (-25,252 votes, no seats change)
Euskadiko Ezkerra (Garmedia) 79,105 votes - 0,31% - 0 seat (-34,133 votes, -1 seat)
Partido Aragonés Regionalista (Mur) 151 420 - 0,51% - 2 seats (+80,697 votes, +1 seat)
Bloque Nacionalista Galego (Beiras) 47.864 votes - 0,23% - 1 seat (+101 votes, no seats change)
González managed to win the support of the PCE, EE, EA and the BNG, and formed his fourth cabinet as prime minister of Spain, even if he had to swallow his pride and to give one ministry to Iglesias (Labour), which, eventually, became a poisoned gift for the Communist leader, as we shall see. Gerardo Iglesias boasted, fill with pride, that the "verdadera izquierda" (the true Left) was to govern Spain. However, hardly six months after the elections, the "caso Guerra" (Guerra Scandal) flooded the first pages of the national press.
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