Andalusian regional election, 1990

Andalusian regional election, 1990

23 June 1990
All 109 seats in the Parliament of Andalusia 55 seats needed for a majority
Registered	5,007,675 3.9%
Turnout	2,769,384 (55.3%) 15.4 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Manuel Chaves Gabino Puche Luis Carlos Rejón Party PSOE–A PP IU–CA Leader since 19 April 1990 8 February 1987 21 July 1988 Leader's seat Cádiz Jaén Córdoba Last election 60 seats, 47.0% 28 seats, 22.2% 19 seats, 17.8% Seats won 62 26 11 Seat change 2 2 8 Popular vote 1,368,576 611,734 349,640 Percentage 49.6% 22.2% 12.7% Swing 2.6 pp 0.0 pp 5.1 pp   Fourth party   Leader Pedro Pacheco Party PA Leader since 29 December 1989 Leader's seat Cádiz Last election 2 seats, 5.9% Seats won 10 Seat change 8 Popular vote 296,558 Percentage 10.8% Swing 4.9 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Andalusia
President before election José Rodríguez de la Borbolla PSOE–A Elected President Manuel Chaves PSOE–A

The 1990 Andalusian regional election was held on Saturday, 23 June 1990, to elect the 3rd Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The candidate for the PSOE, Manuel Chaves González, was invested as President of Andalusia for the first time, after winning the election with an absolute majority of seats. He would remain in the presidency of this autonomous community for the longest period of time than any of his predecessors, not stepping down from office until 2009.

Overview

The Parliament of Andalusia was the unicameral legislature of Andalusia at the time of the 1990 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]

Opinion polls

Individual poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance of a tie, the figures with the highest percentages are shaded. Seat projections are displayed in bold and in a different font. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. 55 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Andalusia.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout						Lead
1990 regional election	23 Jun 1990	N/A	55.3	49.6 62	22.2 26	12.7 11	10.8 10	1.2 0	27.4
Opina/La Vanguardia[p 1][p 2]	11–13 Jun 1990	2,504	60–65	44.6 54/58	20.0 19/24	13.6 13	16.8 17/19	1.9 0	24.6
Gruppo/ABC[p 3]	11–13 Jun 1990	3,200	?	46.8 58/60	22.2 24/27	14.6 14/16	10.2 8/11	2.7 0	24.6
Gruppo/ABC[p 4]	25–28 May 1990	1,000	?	46.6 59/61	22.0 26/28	14.2 14/15	10.1 8/9	2.8 0	24.6
Opina/La Vanguardia[p 5]	3–5 May 1990	?	?	42.7 44/48	22.3 41/44	13.1 17/23	15.6 0/1	2.3 0/1	20.4
1986 regional election	22 Jun 1986	N/A	70.7	47.0 60	22.2 28	17.8 19	5.9 2	3.3 0	24.8

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 23 June 1990 Parliament of Andalusia election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A)	1,368,576	49.61	+2.65	62	+2
	People's Party (PP)1	611,734	22.17	–0.04	26	–2
	United Left–Assembly for Andalusia (IU–CA)	349,640	12.67	–5.17	11	–8
	Andalusian Party (PA)	296,558	10.75	+4.88	10	+8
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	32,712	1.19	–2.08	0	±0

Distribution by constituency

Opinion poll sources

References

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