Andalusian parliamentary election, 1994

Andalusian parliamentary election, 1994

12 June 1994

All 109 seats in the Parliament of Andalusia 55 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Registered 5,389,552 7.6% Turnout 3,625,445 (67.3%) 12.0 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Manuel Chaves Javier Arenas Luis Carlos Rejón Party PSOE-A PP IU Leader since 19 April 1990 25 July 1993 21 July 1988 Last election 62 seats, 49.6% 26 seats, 22.2% 11 seats, 12.7% Seats won 45 41 20 Seat change 17 15 9 Popular vote 1,395,131 1,238,252 689,815 Percentage 38.7% 34.4% 19.1% Swing 10.9 pp 12.2 pp 6.4 pp   Fourth party   Leader Pedro Pacheco Party PA Leader since 29 December 1989 Last election 10 seats, 10.8% Seats won 3 Seat change 7 Popular vote 208,862 Percentage 5.8% Swing 5.0 pp

Province-level units won by PSOE (red) and PP (blue).

President before election Manuel Chaves PSOE-A Elected President Manuel Chaves PSOE-A

The 1994 Andalusian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 12 June 1994, to elect the 4th Parliament of Andalusia, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. At stake were all 109 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of the Regional Government of Andalusia. It was held concurrently with the European Parliament election held on the same day.

The candidate for the PSOE, Manuel Chaves González, was invested as President of Andalusia after winning the election. However, the poor results obtained by his party forced him to form a minority government 10 seats short of a majority. Eventually, a snap election had to be called in 1996 due to the impracticality of government resulting from the union, at times, of the two main opposition parties (People's Party and United Left).

Electoral system

The 109 members of the Parliament of Andalusia were elected in 8 multi-member districts, corresponding to Andalusia's eight provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 8 seats, with the remaining 45 seats allocated among the eight provinces in proportion to their populations, on the condition that the number of seats in each district did not exceed 2 times those of any other. For the 1994 election, seats were distributed as follows: Almeria (11), Cadiz (15), Cordoba (13), Granada (13), Huelva (11), Jaen (12), Malaga (16) and Seville (18).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which includes blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1][2]

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. 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. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

Date	Polling Firm/Source	PSOE	PP	IU	PA	Oth.	Lead
12 Jun 1994	Regional Election	38.7	34.4	19.1	5.8	2.0	4.3
Exit polls
30 May–1 Jun	Opina	40.0	34.0	15.0	8.0	3.0	6.0
8–11 Apr	Opina	37.0	34.0	14.0	12.0	3.0	3.0
7 Mar	PP	41.0	34.0	14.5	3.5	7.0	7.0
1994
1993
1992
1991
23 Jun 1990	Regional Election	49.6	22.2	12.7	10.8	4.7	27.4

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. 55 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Andalusia.

55 seats needed for majority

Date	Polling Firm/Source	PSOE	PP	IU	PA	Others
12 Jun 1994	Regional Election	45	41	20	3	0
Exit polls
30 May–1 Jun	Opina	45−49	37−41	14−16	7−9	0
26–31 May	Metra-6	41−46	35−39	16−18	9−16	0
19–23 May	CIS	45−46	37−38	19−20	3−4	0
16 May	Sigma-2	44−49	37−39	14−16	9−11	0
13–28 Apr	CIS	45	38	20	6	0
8–11 Apr	Opina	42−46	36−40	14−15	12−13	0
7 Apr	PSOE	42	32−35	20	12−15	0
7 Mar	PP	50−53	38−41	14−16	1−2	0
1994
1993
1992
1991
23 Jun 1990	Regional Election	62	26	11	10	0

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 12 June 1994 Andalusian Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE-A)	1,395,131	38.72	10.89	45	17
	People's Party (PP)	1,238,252	34.36	12.19	41	15
	United Left The Greens-Assembly for Andalusia (IULV-CA)	689,815	19.14	6.47	20	9
	Andalusian Coalition: Andalusian Power (PA-PAP)	208,862	5.80	4.95	3	7
	Communist Party of the Andalusian People (PCPA-PCPE)	12,078	0.34	0.11	0	±0
	Forum-Democratic and Social Centre (F-CDS)	9,875	0.27	0.92	0	±0
	Andalusian Nation (NA)	9,690	0.27	0.21	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	5,510	0.15	0.08	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	2,637	0.07	0.01	0	±0
	Socialist October (OS)	641	0.02	New	0	±0
	Independent Spanish Falange (FEI)	350	0.01	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	30,750	0.85	0.41
Total		3,603,591	100.00		109	±0
Valid votes		3,603,591	99.40	0.22
Invalid votes		21,854	0.60	0.22
Votes cast / turnout		3,625,445	67.27	11.97
Abstentions		1,764,107	32.73	11.97
Registered voters		5,389,552
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PSOE-A			38.72%
PP			34.36%
IULV-CA			19.14%
PA			5.80%
Others			1.13%
Blank ballots			0.85%

Parliamentary seats
PSOE-A			41.28%
PP			37.61%
IULV-CA			18.35%
PA			2.75%

Results by province

References

1. "Law 1/1986, of 2 January, electoral of Andalusia".
2. "Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia (1981); Title II. Chapter I. The Parliament of Andalusia". noticias.juridicas.com. Retrieved 2015-03-28.