Andalusian parliamentary election, 1994

Andalusian parliamentary election, 1994
Andalusia
12 June 1994
All 109 seats in the Parliament of Andalusia
55 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 5,389,552 Increase7.6%
Turnout 3,625,445 (67.3%)
Increase12.0 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 Decrease17 Increase15 Increase9
Popular vote 1,395,131 1,238,252 689,815
Percentage 38.7% 34.4% 19.1%
Swing Decrease10.9 pp Increase12.2 pp Increase6.4 pp
  Fourth party
 
Leader Pedro Pacheco
Party PA
Leader since 29 December 1989
Last election 10 seats, 10.8%
Seats won 3
Seat change Decrease7
Popular vote 208,862
Percentage 5.8%
Swing Decrease5.0 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.

Seats

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.

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 Decrease10.89 45 Decrease17
People's Party (PP) 1,238,252 34.36 Increase12.19 41 Increase15
United Left The Greens-Assembly for Andalusia (IULV-CA) 689,815 19.14 Increase6.47 20 Increase9
Andalusian Party-Progress Andalusian Party (PA-PAP) 208,862 5.80 Decrease4.95 3 Decrease7
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 12,078 0.34 Increase0.11 0 ±0
Forum-Democratic and Social Centre (F-CDS) 9,875 0.27 Decrease0.92 0 ±0
Andalusian Nation (NA) 9,690 0.27 Increase0.21 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 5,510 0.15 Increase0.08 0 ±0
Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS) 2,637 0.07 Decrease0.01 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 Increase0.41
Total 3,603,591 100.00 109 ±0
Valid votes 3,603,591 99.40 Decrease0.22
Invalid votes 21,854 0.60 Increase0.22
Votes cast / turnout 3,625,445 67.27 Increase11.97
Abstentions 1,764,107 32.73 Decrease11.97
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

Election 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.