1986 Andalusian regional election

1986 Andalusian regional election

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All 109 seats in the Parliament of Andalusia 55 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	4,824,849 11.1%
Turnout	3,412,797 (70.7%) 4.5 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader José Rodríguez de la Borbolla Antonio Hernández Mancha Julio Anguita Party PSOE–A AP–PDP–PL IU–CA Leader since 8 March 1984 1980 1986 Leader's seat Seville Córdoba Córdoba Last election 66 seats, 52.6% 17 seats, 17.0% [lower-alpha 1] 8 seats, 8.6% [lower-alpha 2] Seats won 60 28 19 Seat change 6 11 11 Popular vote 1,581,513 745,485 598,889 Percentage 47.0% 22.2% 17.8% Swing 5.6 pp 5.2 pp 9.2 pp   Fourth party   Leader Luis Uruñuela Party PA Leader since 1976 Leader's seat Seville Last election 3 seats, 5.4% Seats won 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 196,947 Percentage 5.9% Swing 0.5 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Andalusia
President before election José Rodríguez de la Borbolla PSOE–A Elected President José Rodríguez de la Borbolla PSOE–A

The 1986 Andalusian regional election was held on Sunday, 22 June 1986, to elect the 2nd Parliament of the autonomous community of Andalusia. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with the 1986 Spanish general election.

The former president of the Regional Government of Andalusia Rafael Escuredo had been replaced in the post by José Rodríguez de la Borbolla in March 1984. Escuredo's resignation had been forced by his party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE–A), allegedly over a scandal involving a chalet owned by Escuredo that was claimed to have been built with preferential treatment by Dragados; in reality, Escuredo's demise was a result of tensions with the central government of Felipe González over transfer of regional powers, his agrarian reform proposal and a perception that Escuredo's style was growing increasingly nationalist. ^{[1] [2]}

The election saw Rodríguez de la Borbolla's PSOE–A renew its mandate, albeit with a slightly reduced majority. The dissolution and subsequent disappearance of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) paved the way for the right-wing People's Coalition—the electoral alliance of the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Party (PL)—to amalgamate around itself most of the centre-right vote in Andalusia, but at 22.2% and 28 seats this still placed it well below the PSOE–A's score. In contrast, the left-wing United Left–Assembly for Andalusia (IU–CA), the Communist Party of Spain (PCE)-led coalition formed in Spain in the aftermath of the NATO membership referendum held on 12 March, achieved a major electoral breakthrough under the candidacy of former Córdoba mayor Julio Anguita, scoring almost 18% of the share, 19 seats and coming within a three-point margin of becoming the most voted political party in the Córdoba constituency.

Overview

Electoral system

The Parliament of Andalusia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Andalusia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Andalusian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president. ^[3] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Andalusia and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 109 members of the Parliament of Andalusia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Seville, with each being allocated an initial minimum of eight seats and the remaining 45 being distributed in proportion to their populations (provided that the number of seats in each province did not exceed two times that of any other). ^{[3] [4]}

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:

Seats	Constituencies
18	Seville
15	Cádiz, Málaga
13	Córdoba, Granada, Jaén
11	Almería, Huelva

The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude. ^[5]

Election date

The term of the Parliament of Andalusia expired four years after the date of its previous election. Election day was to take place between the thirtieth and the sixtieth day from the date of expiry of parliament. The previous election was held on 23 May 1982, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 23 May 1986. The election was required to take place no later than the sixtieth day from the date of expiry of parliament, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Tuesday, 22 July 1986. ^{[3] [4] [6] [7]}

The Parliament of Andalusia could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was to be deemed automatically elected. ^{[3] [6]}

Parliamentary composition

The Parliament of Andalusia was officially dissolved on 29 April 1986, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official Gazette of the Regional Government of Andalusia. ^[8] The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Parliament at the time of dissolution. ^[9]

Parliamentary composition in April 1986

Parliamentary groups		Parties		Legislators
				Seats	Total
	Socialist		PSOE–A	64	64
	People's Alliance of Andalusia		AP	16	16
	Andalusian Centrist		INDEP [lower-alpha 3]	10	10
	Communist of Andalusia		PCA–PCE	6	6
	Andalusian		PA	3	3
	Mixed		INDEP	6 [lower-alpha 4]	10
			PSPA	2 [lower-alpha 5]
			PRD	1 [lower-alpha 6]
			PTE–UC	1 [lower-alpha 7]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. ^{[4] [11]}

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy		Parties and alliances	Leading candidate		Ideology	Previous result		Gov.	Ref.
						Votes (%)	Seats
	PSOE–A	List Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A)		José Rodríguez de la Borbolla	Social democracy	52.60%	66	Y
	AP–PDP–PL	List People's Alliance (AP) People's Democratic Party (PDP) Liberal Party (PL)		Antonio Hernández Mancha	Conservatism Christian democracy	17.00% [lower-alpha 1]	17	N
	IU–CA	List Communist Party of Andalusia (PCA–PCE) Socialist Action Party (PASOC) Communist Party of the Peoples of Andalusia (PCPA) Progressive Federation (FP) Carlist Party (PC) Humanist Party (PH) Republican Left (IR)		Julio Anguita	Socialism Communism	8.57% [lower-alpha 2]	8	N
	PA	List Andalusian Party (PA)		Luis Uruñuela	Andalusian nationalism Social democracy	5.39%	3	N

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are 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. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 55 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Andalusia.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout									Lead
1986 regional election	22 Jun 1986	—	66.2	47.0 60	[lower-alpha 8]	–	[lower-alpha 9]	5.9 2	22.2 28	3.3 0	17.8 19	24.8
Emopública/Grupo 16 [p 1] [p 2]	15 Jun 1986	?	?	? 66	[lower-alpha 8]	–	[lower-alpha 9]	? 6	? 8	? 2	? 27	?
Demoscopia/El País [p 3]	5–8 Jun 1986	?	?	49.0 58/66	[lower-alpha 8]	–	[lower-alpha 9]	7.0 3/5	21.0 20/25	4.0 3/5	15.0 10/14	28.0
Demoscopia/El País [p 4]	24–27 May 1986	?	?	57.0 69/77	[lower-alpha 8]	–	[lower-alpha 9]	2.0 1/2	23.0 18/25	7.0 6/7	7.0 7/8	34.0
GAES/PA [p 5]	27 Dec 1985	3,800	?	48.6	[lower-alpha 8]	–	8.3	16.1	20.1	–	–	28.5
PSOE [p 5]	23 Dec 1985	?	?	52.0	[lower-alpha 8]	–	9.6	3.2	21.0	9.5	–	31.0
Sofemasa/La Vanguardia [p 6]	16 Nov–1 Dec 1985	?	?	59.1	[lower-alpha 8]	–	9.1	15.2	15.0	–	–	43.9
PSOE [lower-alpha 10] [p 7]	26 Jun 1985	?	55.0	61.5	[lower-alpha 8]	–	9.6	5.6	18.4	7.6	–	43.1
AP [p 7] [p 8]	26 Jun 1985	?	?	40.9	[lower-alpha 8]	–	3.5	3.1	29.4	3.3	–	11.5
1983 local elections	8 May 1983	—	65.4	50.4	[lower-alpha 8]	–	14.8	3.7	23.2	0.9	–	27.2
1982 general election	28 Oct 1982	—	78.8	60.5 (75)	[lower-alpha 8]	5.9 (5)	6.2 (4)	2.3 (0)	22.2 (25)	1.3 (0)	–	38.3
1982 regional election	23 May 1982	—	66.2	52.6 66	17.0 17	13.0 15	8.5 8	5.4 3	–	–	–	35.6

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 22 June 1986 Parliament of Andalusia election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A)	1,581,513	47.04	–5.56	60	–6
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–PL)1	745,485	22.17	+5.17	28	+11
	United Left–Assembly for Andalusia (IU–CA)2	598,889	17.81	+9.24	19	+11
	Andalusian Party (PA)	196,947	5.86	+0.47	2	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	109,678	3.26	New	0	±0
	Communists' Unity Board (MUC)	50,886	1.51	New	0	±0
	Socialist Party of the Andalusian People (PSPA)	26,560	0.79	New	0	±0
	Democratic Reformist Party (PRD)	25,934	0.77	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	6,982	0.21	New	0	±0
	Andalusian Liberation (LA)	5,996	0.18	New	0	±0
	Falangist Movement of Spain (MFE)	809	0.02	–0.09	0	±0
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	n/a	n/a	–13.03	0	–15
Blank ballots		12,294	0.37	+0.04
Total		3,361,973			109	±0
Valid votes		3,361,973	98.51	–0.62
Invalid votes		50,824	1.49	+0.62
Votes cast / turnout		3,412,797	70.73	+4.54
Abstentions		1,412,052	29.27	–4.54
Registered voters		4,824,849
Sources [12] [13] [14]
Footnotes: 1 People's Coalition results are compared to People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party totals in the 1982 election. 2 United Left–Assembly for Andalusia results are compared to the combined totals of Communist Party of Andalusia and Socialist Party in the 1982 election.

Popular vote PSOE–A   47.04% AP–PDP–PL   22.17% IU–CA   17.81% PA   5.86% CDS   3.26% MUC   1.51% Others   1.97% Blank ballots   0.37%

Seats PSOE–A   55.05% AP–PDP–PL   25.69% IU–CA   17.43% PA   1.83%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency	PSOE–A		CP		IU–CA		PA
	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
Almería	45.6	7	26.5	3	12.6	1	3.1	−
Cádiz	51.8	9	19.1	3	11.4	2	10.3	1
Córdoba	35.6	5	21.1	3	32.8	5	4.3	−
Granada	45.0	7	27.0	4	14.5	2	2.7	−
Huelva	54.2	7	20.9	3	12.8	1	5.0	−
Jaén	49.1	7	26.8	4	15.7	2	2.7	−
Málaga	46.8	8	21.2	4	20.4	3	4.6	−
Seville	48.6	10	20.0	4	17.5	3	8.9	1
Total	47.0	60	22.2	28	17.8	19	5.9	2
Sources [12] [13] [14]

Aftermath

Investiture José Rodríguez de la Borbolla (PSOE–A)
Ballot →		25 July 1986
Required majority →		55 out of 109 Y
	Yes • PSOE–A (60)	60 / 109
	No • AP–PDP–PL (28) • IU–CA (18) • PA (2)	48 / 109
	Abstentions	0 / 109
	Absentees • IU–CA (1)	1 / 109
Sources [12]

Notes

1. Results for AP in the 1982 election.
2. Results for PCA–PCE (8.54%, 8 seats) and PS (0.03%, 0 seats) in the 1982 election.
3. UCD legislators until the dissolution of the party in February 1983.
4. José Cuevas, Miguel del Pino, Nicolás Linares, Luis Merino and Emiliano Sanz, former UCD legislators; Juan Antonio Romero, former PCA–PCE legislator.
5. Juan Carmona Infante and José María Sánchez, former PSOE–A legislators.
6. José Rodríguez, former AP legislator.
7. Rafael Fernández-Piñar, former PCA–PCE legislator. ^[10]
8. Within AP–PDP–PL.
9. Within IU–CA.
10. Undecided and/or abstentionists excluded.

References

Opinion poll sources

1. "Mayoría absoluta socialista en el Estado y en Andalucía, según la encuesta del Grupo 16" (PDF). Diario 16 (in Spanish). 15 June 1986.
2. "Reparto del voto" (PDF). Diario 16 (in Spanish). 15 June 1986.
3. "El PSOE pierde hasta un 7% en las regionales andaluzas respecto a las legislativas" (PDF). El País (in Spanish). 15 June 1986.
4. "Hegemonía socialista en las autonómicas de Andalucía". El País (in Spanish). 1 June 1986.
5. "El PSOE bajaría y AP-PDP y andalucistas subirían, según un sondeo del PA". ABC Sevilla (in Spanish). 27 December 1985.
6. "El PSOE puede obtener una victoria aplastante en los comicios andaluces". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 December 1985.
7. "El PSOE de Andalucía intenta ocultar su crisis con encuestas favorables". ABC Sevilla (in Spanish). 28 June 1985.
8. "La crisis del PSOE pone en precario la candidatura de Rodríguez de la Borbolla". ABC Sevilla (in Spanish). 26 June 1985.

Other

1. Machuca, Félix (16 February 2014). "Los días finales de Rafael Escuredo". ABC Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
2. Fernández, Pepe (22 May 2018). "El chalé de Escuredo que cambió la historia política de Andalucía". Confidencial Andaluz (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
3. "Ley Orgánica 6/1981, de 30 de diciembre, de Estatuto de Autonomía para Andalucía". Organic Law No. 2 of 30 December 1981 (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.
4. "Ley 1/1986, de 2 de enero, Electoral de Andalucía". Law No. 1 of 2 January 1986 (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.
5. Gallagher, Michael (30 July 2012). "Effective threshold in electoral systems". Trinity College, Dublin. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
6. "Ley 6/1983, de 21 de Julio, del Gobierno y la Administración de la Comunidad Autónoma". Law No. 6 of 21 July 1983 (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2017.
7. "Fechas para un referéndum". El País (in Spanish). 3 February 1985. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
8. "DECRETO del Presidente 73/1986, de 28 de abril, por el que se convocan Elecciones al Parlamento de Andalucía" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía (in Spanish) (36): 1199. 29 April 1986. ISSN   0212-5803.
9. "LOS GRUPOS PARLAMENTARIOS. I Legislatura". Parlamento de Andalucía (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 May 2022.
10. "Dimite un diputado comunista". El País (in Spanish). 20 November 1985. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
11. "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985 (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
12. "Elecciones al Parlamento de Andalucía (1982 - 2018)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
13. "Electoral Results Consultation. Parliament of Andalusia. June 1986. Andalusia totals". juntadeandalucia.es (in Spanish). Regional Government of Andalusia . Retrieved 25 September 2017.
14. "Parliament of Andalusia election results, 22 June 1986" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Central Electoral Commission. 9 August 1986. Retrieved 25 September 2017.