Opinion polling for the Spanish general election, 1986

In the run up to the 1986 Spanish general election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Spain. Results of such polls are displayed in this article.

The date range for these opinion polls are from the previous general election, held on 28 October 1982, to the day the next election was held, on 22 June 1986.

Party vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown empty.

Polling firm/Link	Last date of polling								Margin of error	Sample size	Lead
General Election	June 22, 1986	44.1	26.0	4.6	5.0	9.2	1.5	1.0			18.1
OTR	June 16, 1986	46.0	19.5	7.5		12.5	1.5	10.0			26.5
Emopública	June 15, 1986	48.0	22.6	4.7		11.1	1.7	5.8		6,080	25.4
Eco Consulting	June 15, 1986	40.2	25.5	5.7		9.9		4.0			14.7
Telemarket	June 14, 1986	39.1	22.2	5.0	5.2	5.4	2.5	9.7	±1 pp	10,105	16.9
Aresco	June 13, 1986	39.9	28.7	7.4	4.5	9.0	1.8	3.2	±2 pp	2,505	11.2
Perfiles	June 11, 1986	39.4	19.3	7.0	5.3	2.9	2.3	12.4			20.1
Emopública	June 11, 1986	45.5	23.0	5.5	4.0	10.8	1.1	2.2		6,081	22.5
Emopública	June 11, 1986	48.0	23.6	5.3		11.1	1.7	5.8		6,081	24.4
Eco Consulting	June 10, 1986	40.2	26.3	6.0	4.8	9.6	1.8	3.7	±3.1 pp	1,326	13.9
Gallup	June 9, 1986	40	24	6	6	9	2	4		6,046	16
Demoscopia	June 8, 1986	41	24	6	6	11	3	3	±1.4 pp	5,200	17
IOPE-ETMAR	June 7, 1986	42.4	24.1	4.9	4.7	11.7	1.7	2.8	±1.4 pp	7,029	18.3
Line-Staff	June 7, 1986	43.0	22.2	6.3	6.1	8.3	2.2	6.4	±1.2 pp	8,871	20.8
Eco Consulting	June 3, 1986	40.3	26.5	5.9	5.4	8.4	1.8	3.6	±3.1 pp	1,311	13.8
Perfiles	June 3, 1986	40.3	19.7	6.0	4.9	2.5	2.2	12.9	±1.5 pp	4,480	20.6
Sigma Dos	June 2, 1986	38.5	26.5	6.6	4.9	8.7	1.9	4.7	±3 pp	1,111	12.0
Perfiles	May 27, 1986	40.2	23.1	5.3	4.4	2.8	2.0	12.8	±1.5 pp	4,265	17.1
Demoscopia	May 27, 1986	46	25	6	6	8	3	1	±1.4 pp	5,200	21
Eco Consulting	May 20, 1986	42.0	29.1	6.7	5.2	5.3	1.9	3.4	±3.1 pp	1,311	12.9
Perfiles	May 20, 1986	42.0	23.4	4.1	3.9	3.5	1.9	11.4	±1.5 pp	4,330	18.6
Sigma Dos	May 14, 1986	38.4	25.8	8.4	4.5	7.2	1.9	4.9	±3 pp	1,111	12.6
Typol	May 10, 1986	43.5	28.6	3.9		5.8	2.1	9.7	±1.4 pp	5,000	14.9
Emopública	April 25, 1986	44.0	27.7	7.4	3.0	6.5	0.8	6.0		1,200	16.3
Sofemasa	December 1, 1985	50.5	19.8	7.4	3.8	4.0	2.3	1.5	±2.3 pp	1,849	30.7
AP	November 15, 1985	40.0	32.5	4.5	3.0	6.5	2.0	1.5		6,500	7.5
IOPE-ETMAR	July 23, 1985	44.9	24.6	5.0	3.9	9.2	1.8	2.7	±2.5 pp	1,600	20.3
Sofemasa	June 23, 1985	46.0	28.5			5.6		1.0		23,000	17.5
Sigma Dos	June 11, 1985	43.4	29.8	6.6	3.3	5.9	2.2	1.0	±3 pp	1,111	13.6
Sigma Dos	May 14, 1985	41.7	28.7	6.8	3.2	5.8	2.0	1.5	±3 pp	1,111	13.0
Gallup	April 29, 1985	43.5	23.4	4.0	3.7	8.0	2.0	7.3	±3.2 pp	1,033	20.1
IOPE-ETMAR	April 23, 1985	47.4	25.2	4.1	4.6	7.5	1.8	1.8	±2.4 pp	1,800	22.2
IOPE-ETMAR	February 17, 1985	47.8	22.3	4.0	4.5	8.0	1.9	4.3	±2.4 pp	1,800	25.5
Eco Consulting	January 25, 1985	45.0	28.5	5.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	2.0			16.5
IOPE-ETMAR	January 20, 1985	45.9	23.6	4.7	4.3	7.2	2.1	4.5	±2.4 pp	1,800	22.3
Gallup	November 30, 1984	38.2	26.3	5.8	3.9	6.3	2.0	8.3		1,292	11.9
Técnicos Consultores	October 28, 1984	39.2	29.4	7.2	4.0	4.0	1.9		±3 pp	1,111	9.8
Gallup	October 9, 1984	42.9	28.0	5.9	3.1	5.7	2.3	5.2	±3.2 pp	1,024	14.9
IOPE-ETMAR	October 8, 1984	44.8	24.4	5.0	5.0	7.7	1.8	2.9		1,852	20.4
Técnicos Consultores	September 23, 1984	37.1	28.2	5.6	3.0	3.6	1.9		±3 pp	1,111	8.9
Técnicos Consultores	August 5, 1984	40.6	30.4	6.5	3.1	3.5	2.0		±3 pp	1,111	10.2
Técnicos Consultores	July 15, 1984	44.3	27.4	4.9	3.1	2.4	2.0		±3 pp	1,111	16.9
Técnicos Consultores	June 24, 1984	42.0	29.4	5.4	3.0	3.5	2.0		±3 pp	1,111	12.6
Técnicos Consultores	April 8, 1984	43.9	27.9	6.0	2.8	3.6	1.9		±3 pp	1,111	16.0
Gallup	March 7, 1984	42.3	27.1	6.1	3.7	5.3	1.9			952	15.2
Técnicos Consultores	February 12, 1984	44.2	26.6	5.5	2.9	2.5	2.2		±3 pp	1,111	17.6
Técnicos Consultores	December 11, 1983	48.3	27.2	5.4	3.5	3.1	1.8		±3 pp	1,111	21.1
IOPE-ETMAR	November 20, 1983	47.5	26.9	4.4	4.3	4.6	1.9	3.1		1,200	20.6
Eco Consulting	October 28, 1983	46	28	8	4		2			1,350	18
Municipal Elections	May 8, 1983	43.0	25.6	8.5	4.2	1.7	2.3	0.8			17.4
Aresco	April 29, 1983	45.3	30.2	5.3	3.8	1.6	2.4	0.7	±2.7 pp	1,440	15.1
Metra Seis	April 15, 1983	49.9	17.6	4.2		1.3				1,111	32.3
Alef	February 26, 1983	49.7	17.9	3.3	2.9	1.3	1.2		±2.5 pp	1,700	31.8
General Election	October 28, 1982	48.1	26.4	4.0	3.7	2.9	1.9				21.7

Seat projections

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 176 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies.

Color key:

  Exit poll

176 seats needed for a majority

Polling firm/Link	Last date of polling
General Election	June 22, 1986	184	105	7	18	19	6	0
Demoscopia	June 22, 1986	187/193	91/96	8/10	17/19	17/19	7/8	0
Metis	June 22, 1986	189	86	12	17	12	8	0
Sigma Dos	June 22, 1986	170/180	100/110	10/16	15/20	15/20	7/9	0/2
Opina	June 22, 1986	190	88	12	18	21	6	1
Emopública	June 15, 1986	193/202	83/90	6/7	12/13	26/32	6/7	2/3
Telemarket	June 14, 1986	174	93	9	18	9	10	24
Aresco	June 13, 1986	167/180	105/121	6/12	17/20	13/19	8/10	3/6
Gallup	June 9, 1986	165	101	9	20	24	9	6
Demoscopia	June 8, 1986	167/194	86/105	10/16	17/20	15/29	8/9	3/4
IOPE-ETMAR	June 7, 1986	180	98	5	17	30	7	4
Line-Staff	June 7, 1986	178/199	71/90	7/12	20/21	17/28	9/11	8/12
Demoscopia	May 27, 1986	194/210	85/98	6/7	16/17	15/19	8	1/2
ECO	October 28, 1985	190	110	7		10		0
Sigma Dos	October 7, 1984	172	132	14	16	4	8	0
General Election	October 28, 1982	202	107	4	12	2	8

Voting preferences

Vote intention

Polls shown below show the recording of raw responses for each party as a percentage of total responses before disregarding those who opted to abstain and prior to the adjusting for the likely votes of those who were undecided to obtain an estimate of vote share. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded.

Leadership ratings

Rating scale

Poll results showing party leaders' popularity are shown in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. Values are shown in a 0 to 10 scale, with 10 indicating the most positively valued and 0 being the most negatively valued. Values are shaded in a string of colors ranging from dark red to dark green, in accordance with the value awarded to the leader (the color legend is also shown below).

Color legend