Editing Political realignment (section)

==== Spain ====
* [[1982 Spanish general election]] – [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] (PSOE) victory
** This election saw the ruling [[Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|Union of the Democratic Centre]] (UCD), the party that had shepherded the country through its [[Spanish transition to democracy|transition to democracy]], nearly wiped out. The UCD fell to only 11 seats, being replaced as the main non-socialist party by the [[People's Alliance (Spain)|People's Alliance]] (AP), and would dissolve itself as a party shortly after the election. The PSOE and AP – later transformed into the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] (PP) – would go on to dominate Spanish politics for the next three decades. At the same time, the PSOE would establish itself as the [[Dominant-party system|dominant party]] of Spanish politics until the [[1996 Spanish general election|1996 general election]].