Andalusian parliamentary election, 1996

Andalusian parliamentary election, 1996

3 March 1996

All 109 seats in the Parliament of Andalusia 55 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Registered 5,577,567 3.5% Turnout 4,353,877 (78.1%) 10.8 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 45 seats, 38.7% 41 seats, 34.4% 20 seats, 19.1% Seats won 52 40 13 Seat change 7 1 7 Popular vote 1,909,160 1,467,700 603,495 Percentage 44.1% 33.9% 14.0% Swing 5.4 pp 0.5 pp 5.1 pp   Fourth party   Leader Pedro Pacheco Party PA Leader since 29 December 1989 Last election 3 seats, 5.8% Seats won 4 Seat change 1 Popular vote 287,764 Percentage 6.7% Swing 0.9 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 1996 Andalusian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 3 March 1996, to elect the 5th 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 countrywide general election held on the same day.

The PSOE won the election with a greater relative majority than before, enabling it to require the support of only the Andalusian Party in order for Socialist candidate Manuel Chaves González to be invested as President of Andalusia, ending the period of instability that had dominated the previous legislature.

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 1996 election, seats were distributed as follows: Almeria (11), Cadiz (15), Cordoba (13), Granada (13), Huelva (11), Jaen (12), Malaga (15) and Seville (19).

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
3 Mar 1996	Regional Election	44.1	33.9	14.0	6.7	1.3	10.2
Exit polls
26 Feb	Sigma-2	32.5	37.9	19.0	8.5	2.1	5.4
16–21 Feb	Demoscopia	33.3	39.7	18.3	7.5	1.2	6.4
12–21 Feb	CIS	35.1	38.4	18.7	7.4	0.4	3.3
11–16 Feb	Vox Pública	34.9	40.2	17.7	6.0	1.2	5.3
29 Jan	Sigma-2	32.7	39.4	18.3	8.2	1.4	6.7
1996
3–10 Dec	Sigma-2	37.4	38.7	19.4	2.5	2.0	1.3
9 Dec	PSOE	38.0	34.0	18.0	5.0	5.0	4.0
1995
12 Jun 1994	Regional Election	38.7	34.4	19.1	5.8	2.0	4.3

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
3 Mar 1996	Regional Election	52	40	13	4	0
Exit polls
26 Feb	Sigma-2	36−39	43−48	19−22	5−8	0
16–21 Feb	Demoscopia	39−42	47−49	16−18	3−6	0
11–16 Feb	Vox Pública	38−42	44−49	16−20	1−4	0
1996
3–10 Dec	Sigma-2	41−44	44−48	17−23	0−1	0
27 Nov	PSOE	38	46	24−25	0−1	0
1995
12 Jun 1994	Regional Election	45	41	20	3	0

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 3 March 1996 Andalusian Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE-A)	1,909,160	44.13	5.41	52	7
	People's Party (PP)	1,467,700	33.92	0.44	40	1
	United Left The Greens-Assembly for Andalusia (IULV-CA)	603,495	13.95	5.19	13	7
	Andalusian Party (PA)	287,764	6.65	0.85	4	1
	Communist Party of the Andalusian People (PCPA-PCPE)	7,340	0.17	0.17	0	±0
	Andalusian Nation (NA)	5,846	0.14	0.13	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	4,339	0.10	0.05	0	±0
	Authentic Spanish Falange (FEA)	3,869	0.09	New	0	±0
	Centrist Union (UC)	1,688	0.04	0.23	0	±0
	Democratic Andalusian Unity (UAD)	1,486	0.03	New	0	±0
	Andalusian People's Voice (VDPA)	840	0.02	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	33,165	0.77	0.08
Total		4,326,692	100.00		109	±0
Valid votes		4,326,692	99.38	0.02
Invalid votes		27,185	0.62	0.02
Votes cast / turnout		4,353,877	78.06	10.79
Abstentions		1,223,690	21.94	10.79
Registered voters		5,577,567
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PSOE-A			44.13%
PP			33.92%
IULV-CA			13.95%
PA			6.65%
Others			0.59%
Blank ballots			0.77%

Parliamentary seats
PSOE-A			47.70%
PP			36.70%
IULV-CA			11.93%
PA			3.67%

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.