Andalusian regional election, 2000

Andalusian regional election, 2000

12 March 2000
All 109 seats in the Parliament of Andalusia 55 seats needed for a majority
Registered	5,918,722 6.1%
Turnout	4,066,830 (68.7%) 9.4 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Manuel Chaves Teófila Martínez Antonio Romero Party PSOE–A PP IULV–CA Leader since 19 April 1990 20 February 1999 28 July 1996 Leader's seat Cádiz Cádiz Málaga Last election 52 seats, 44.1% 40 seats, 33.9% 13 seats, 14.0% Seats won 52 46 6 Seat change 0 6 7 Popular vote 1,790,653 1,535,987 327,435 Percentage 44.3% 38.0% 8.1% Swing 0.2 pp 4.1 pp 5.9 pp   Fourth party   Leader Antonio Ortega Party PA Leader since 19 October 1996 Leader's seat Seville Last election 4 seats, 6.7% Seats won 5 Seat change 1 Popular vote 300,356 Percentage 7.4% Swing 0.7 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Andalusia
President before election Manuel Chaves PSOE–A Elected President Manuel Chaves PSOE–A

The 2000 Andalusian regional election was held on Sunday, 12 March 2000, to elect the 6th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with the 2000 Spanish general election.

Incumbent Socialist Manuel Chaves González won with a relative majority of 52, but was re-elected President of Andalusia with the support of the Andalusian Party.

Overview

The Parliament of Andalusia was the unicameral legislature of Andalusia at the time of the 2000 election. Legislative initiative for those areas of responsibility attributed to the regional government belonged to this chamber, which also had the attribution of granting or revoking confidence from the President of Andalusia.

The President had the ability to dissolve the chamber at any given time and call a snap election. In the event that investiture attempts failed to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate for the party with the most seats was automatically elected.^[1]

Electoral system

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all residents over eighteen and in the full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. Concurrently, residents meeting the previous criteria and not involved in any cause of ineligibility were eligible for the Parliament. Groups of electors were required to obtain the signatures of at least 1% of registered electors in a particular district in order to be able to field candidates.

All 109 Parliament seats were allocated to eight multi-member districts—each constituency corresponding to a province—using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of eight 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 two times those of any other. A threshold of 3% of valid votes—which included blank ballots—was applied, with parties not reaching the threshold not entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[2]

Results

Overall

Most voted party by provinces.

← Summary of the 12 March 2000 Parliament of Andalusia election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A)	1,790,653	44.32	+0.19	52	±0
	People's Party (PP)	1,535,987	38.02	+4.10	46	+6
	United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA)	327,435	8.11	–5.84	6	–7
	Andalusian Party (PA)	300,356	7.43	+0.78	5	+1

Distribution by constituency

References

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