Andalusian parliamentary election, 2008

Andalusian parliamentary election, 2008

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9 March 2008
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All 109 seats of the Parliament of Andalusia
55 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Manuel Chaves Javier Arenas Diego Valderas
Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party People's Party United Left
Leader since 1990 2008 2000
Last election 61 seats, 51.1 % 37 seats, 32.2% 6 seats, 7.6%
Seats won 56 47 6
Seat change 5 10 =
Popular vote 2,148,328 1,730,154 317,562
Percentage 48.2% 38.9% 7.1%
Swing 1.9% 6.7% 0.5%

  Fourth party
 
Leader Julián Álvarez
Party Andalusian Party
Leader since 2008
Last election 5 seats, 6.2%
Seats won 0
Seat change 5
Popular vote 124,423
Percentage 2.8%
Swing 3.4%

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

President of Andalusia before election

Manuel Chaves
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Elected President of Andalusia

Manuel Chaves
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

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Elections to the Parliament of Andalusia were held in Andalusia in Spain on 9 March 2008.[1][2]

The incumbent Manuel Chaves González, who has been ruling for more than a decade, was reelected with a slightly reduced majority. The Andalusian Party failed to enter the regional parliament for the first time.[3][4]

Results

Party Vote percentage (change) Total Seats (change)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 48.2% –1.8% 56 –5
People's Party (PP) 38.6% +7.0% 47 +10
United Left (IU) 7.1% –0.4% 6 ±0
Andalusian Party 2.8% –3.3% 0 –5
Others 3.3% –1.5% 0
Totals 100.00%   109

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