1986 Andalusian regional election

Election in the Spanish region of Andalusia 1986 Andalusian regional election Andalusia parliamentary no 1982 Andalusian regional election 1982 1990 Andalusian regional election 1990 All 109 seats in the Parliament of Andalusia 55 #Opinion polls 4,819,132 10px 11.0% 3,412,797 (70.8%)10px 4.6 pp 22 June 1986 170x170px José Rodríguez de la Borbolla PSOE–A 8 March 1984 Seville 66 seats, 52.6% 60 10px 6 1,581,513 47.0% 10px 5.6 pp 170x170px Antonio Hernández Mancha People's Coalition (Spain) 1980 Córdoba 17 seats, 17.0%"AP" Results for AP in the 1982 election. 28 10px 11 745,485 22.2% 10px 5.2 pp 170x170px Julio Anguita IU–CA 1986 Córdoba 8 seats, 8.6%"PCA+PS" Results for PCA–PCE (8.5%, 8 seats) and PS (0.0%, 0 seats) in the 1982 election. 19 10px 11 598,889 17.8% 10px 9.2 pp 170x170px Luis Uruñuela Andalusian Party 1976 Seville 3 seats, 5.4% 2 10px 1 196,947 5.9% 10px 0.5 pp AndalusiaProvinceMapParliament1986.png 375px Constituency results map for the Parliament of Andalusia President President after election José Rodríguez de la Borbolla PSOE–A José Rodríguez de la Borbolla PSOE–A A regional election was held in Andalusia on 22 June 1986 to elect the 2nd Parliament of the autonomous community. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently 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.Machuca Félix 16 February 2014 Los días finales de Rafael Escuredo https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/20140216/sevi-ultimos-dias-escuredo-201402152059.html es ABC 23 January 2022Fernández Pepe 22 May 2018 El chalé de Escuredo que cambió la historia política de Andalucía https://confidencialandaluz.com/chale-escuredo-psoe-andalucia-borbolla-guerra-gonzalez-dimision/ es Confidencial Andaluz 23 January 2022 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 Under the 1981 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of Andalusia was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.Statute 1981 arts. 25, 30–31 & 33. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.LEAn 1986 final prov. 1. Date The term of the Parliament of Andalusia expired four years after the date of its previous election. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 25 days before the scheduled expiration date of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Regional Government of Andalusia (BOJA), with election day taking place between 54 and 60 days after the decree's publication (and in any case within from 30 to 60 days after the parliament's expiration).Statute 1981 art. 26; LGAAn 1983 art. 14; LEAn 1986 arts. 14–15 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 art. 42). The previous election was held on 23 May 1982, which meant that the chamber's term would have expired on 23 May 1986. The election decree was required to be published in the BOJA no later than 28 April 1986, setting the latest possible date for election day on 27 June 1986. The Parliament of Andalusia could not be dissolved before the expiration date of parliament.LGAAn 1983 art. 14. The election to the Parliament of Andalusia was officially called on 29 April 1986 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOJA, setting election day for 22 June and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 17 July.Decree 73/1986 1986 arts. 1 & 5.23 March 1986 https://elpais.com/diario/1986/03/23/espana/511916412_850215.html El presidente de la Junta confirma que las elecciones andaluzas serán el 22 de junio es El País Málaga 7 April 2026 Electoral system Voting for the Parliament was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Andalusia and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.Statute 1981 arts. 26 & 28; LEAn 1986 art. 2 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 2–3). The Parliament of Andalusia had a minimum of 90 and a maximum of 110 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 109. All were elected in eight multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Seville, each of which was assigned an initial minimum of eight seats and the remaining 45 distributed in proportion to population (with the number of seats in each province not exceeding two times that of any other)—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a three percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency.Statute 1981 arts. 26 & 28; LEAn 1986 arts. 16–18. The use of this electoral method resulted in a higher effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.Gallagher Michael 30 July 2012 http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php Effective threshold in electoral systems Trinity College Dublin Dublin https://web.archive.org/web/20170730092518/http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php 22 July 2017 30 July 2017 As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:Decree 73/1986 1986 art. 3. Seats Constituencies 18 Seville 15 Cádiz, Málaga 13 Córdoba, Granada, Jaén 11 Almería, Huelva The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.LEAn 1986 art. 19 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 46 & 48). Outgoing parliament The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.Lozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/aandalucia.html Elecciones al Parlamento de Andalucía (desde 1982) es Historia Electoral.com 19 October 2025 + Parliamentary composition in April 1986 Parliamentary groups Parties Legislators Seats Total Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE–A 64 64 People's Alliance of Andalusia Parliamentary Group AP 16 16 Andalusian Centrist Parliamentary Group INDEPUCD legislators until the dissolution of the party in February 1983.Prades Joaquina Jáuregui Fernando 19 February 1983 https://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/19/espana/414457204_850215.html La crisis de UCD culmina con la decisión de disolverse como partido político es El País Madrid 16 January 2026 10 10 Andalusian Communist Parliamentary Group PCA–PCE 6 6 Andalusian Parliamentary Group PA 3 3 Mixed Group INDEP 6José Cuevas, Miguel del Pino, Nicolás Linares, Luis Merino and Emiliano Sanz, former UCD legislators; Juan Antonio Romero, former PCA–PCE legislator. 10 PSPA 2Juan Carmona Infante and José María Sánchez, former PSOE–A legislators. PRD 1José Rodríguez, former AP legislator. PTE–UC 1Rafael Fernández-Piñar, former PCA–PCE legislator.Terrón Francisco 20 November 1985 Dimite un diputado comunista. https://elpais.com/diario/1985/11/20/espana/501289202_850215.html es El País 7 April 2026 Parties and candidates The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 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.LEAn 1986 arts. 22–23 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 art. 44). Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election: Candidacy Parties andalliances Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Government Ref. References Vote % Seats PSOE–A List on Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A) 50px José Rodríguez de la Borbolla Social democracy 52.6% 66 Relaño Alfredo 17 February 1984 https://elpais.com/diario/1984/02/17/espana/445820405_850215.html Rodríguez de la Borbolla será el sucesor de Escuredo, que ayer anunció su dimisión como presidente andaluz es El País Seville 7 April 2026Relaño Alfredo 4 March 1985 https://elpais.com/diario/1985/03/04/espana/478738810_850215.html José Rodríguez de la Borbolla consolida su poder tras el congreso del PSOE andaluz como presidente andaluz es El País Seville 7 April 2026Relaño Alfredo 24 July 1985 https://elpais.com/diario/1985/07/24/espana/491004008_850215.html La designación de Rodríguez de la Borbolla como candidato cierra la crisis del PSOE andaluz es El País Seville 7 April 2026 AP–PDP–PL List on People's Alliance (AP) People's Democratic Party (PDP) Liberal Party (PL) 50px Antonio Hernández Mancha ConservatismChristian democracy 17.0%"AP" 17 IU–CA List on 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) 50px Julio Anguita SocialismCommunism 8.6%"PCA+PS" 8 PA List on Andalusian Party (PA) 50px Luis Uruñuela Andalusian nationalismSocial democracy 5.4% 3 Opinion polls The tables below list opinion polling results 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. Voting intention estimates The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. 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 20px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia|PSOE 30px|link=People's Alliance (Spain)|AP 27px|link=Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD 20px|link=Communist Party of Andalusia|PCA–PCE 27px|link=Andalusian Party|PA 35px|link=People's Coalition (Spain)|AP–PDP–PL 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS 35px|link=United Left–Assembly for Andalusia|IU Lead 1986 regional election 22 Jun 1986 66.2 47.075% Verdana 60 "CP" Within AP–PDP–PL. – "IU" Within IU–CA. 5.975% Verdana 2 22.275% Verdana 28 3.375% Verdana 0 17.875% Verdana 19 24.8 Emopública/Grupo 16Mayoría absoluta socialista en el Estado y en Andalucía, según la encuesta del Grupo 16 https://recursos.march.es/linz/I58162.pdf es Diario 16 15 June 1986 17 September 2017 18 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170918021354/https://recursos.march.es/linz/I58162.pdf dead Reparto del voto https://recursos.march.es/linz/I58163.pdf es Diario 16 15 June 1986 17 September 2017 18 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170918021658/https://recursos.march.es/linz/I58163.pdf dead 15 Jun 1986???75% Verdana 66 "CP" – "IU"?75% Verdana 6?75% Verdana 8?75% Verdana 2?75% Verdana 27? Demoscopia/El PaísEl PSOE pierde hasta un 7% en las regionales andaluzas respecto a las legislativas http://recursos.march.es/linz/I60619.pdf es El País 15 June 1986 5 August 2015 18 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170918021102/http://recursos.march.es/linz/I60619.pdf dead 5–8 Jun 1986?? 49.075% Verdana 58/66 "CP" – "IU" 7.075% Verdana 3/5 21.075% Verdana 20/25 4.075% Verdana 3/5 15.075% Verdana 10/14 28.0 Demoscopia/El PaísHegemonía socialista en las autonómicas de Andalucía http://elpais.com/diario/1986/06/01/espana/517960811_850215.html es El País 1 June 1986 24–27 May 1986?? 57.075% Verdana 69/77 "CP" – "IU" 2.075% Verdana 1/2 23.075% Verdana 18/25 7.075% Verdana 6/7 7.075% Verdana 7/8 34.0 GAES/PAEl PSOE bajaría y AP-PDP y andalucistas subirían, según un sondeo del PA http://hemeroteca.sevilla.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/sevilla/abc.sevilla/1985/12/27/026.html es ABC 27 December 1985 27 Dec 1985 3,800? 48.6 "CP" – 8.3 16.1 20.1 – – 28.5 PSOE 23 Dec 1985?? 52.0 "CP" – 9.6 3.2 21.0 9.5 – 31.0 Sofemasa/La VanguardiaEl PSOE puede obtener una victoria aplastante en los comicios andaluces http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1985/12/28/pagina-19/32863685/pdf.html es La Vanguardia 28 December 1985 16 Nov–1 Dec 1985?? 59.1 "CP" – 9.1 15.2 15.0 – – 43.9 PSOEUndecided and/or abstentionists excluded.El PSOE de Andalucía intenta ocultar su crisis con encuestas favorables http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/sevilla/abc.sevilla/1985/06/28/031.html es ABC 28 June 1985 26 Jun 1985? 55.0 61.5 "CP" – 9.6 5.6 18.4 7.6 – 43.1 APLa crisis del PSOE pone en precario la candidatura de Rodríguez de la Borbolla http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/sevilla/abc.sevilla/1985/06/26/015.html es ABC 26 June 1985 26 Jun 1985?? 40.9 "CP" – 3.5 3.1 29.4 3.3 – 11.5 1982 general election 28 Oct 1982 78.8 60.575% Verdana (75) "CP" 5.975% Verdana (5) 6.275% Verdana (4) 2.375% Verdana (0) 22.275% Verdana (25) 1.375% Verdana (0) – 38.3 1982 regional election 23 May 1982 66.2 52.675% Verdana 66 17.075% Verdana 17 13.075% Verdana 15 8.575% Verdana 8 5.475% Verdana 3 – – – 35.6 Results Overall + ← Summary of the 22 June 1986 Parliament of Andalusia election results → center|350px 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 70.82 +4.63 Abstentions 1,406,335 29.18 −4.63 Registered voters 4,819,132 Sources9 August 1986 Resolución de 29 de julio de 1986, por la que se hacen públicos los resultados generales y por circunscripciones provinciales de las elecciones al Parlamento de Andalucía https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/boja/1986/78/d1.pdf es Official Gazette of the Regional Government of Andalusia 78 2253-802X 2737–2739 7 April 2026 left 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 #ddd 550px 500px PSOE–A Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia 47.04 AP–PDP–PL People's Coalition (Spain) 22.17 IU–CA United Left–Assembly for Andalusia 17.81 PA Andalusian Party 5.86 CDS Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) 3.26 MUC Communists' Unity Board 1.51 Others #777777 1.97 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 0.37 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PSOE–A Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia 55.05 AP–PDP–PL People's Coalition (Spain) 25.69 IU–CA United Left–Assembly for Andalusia 17.43 PA Andalusian Party 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 Aftermath Government formation InvestitureNomination of José Rodríguez de la Borbolla (PSOE–A) Ballot → 25 July 1986 Required majority → 55 out of 109 15 Yes • PSOE–A (60) 60 109 green 115px No • AP–PDP–PL (28) • IU–CA (18) • PA (2) 48 109 red 115px Abstentions 0 109 lightgray 115px Absentees • IU–CA (1) 1 109 lightgray 115px SourcesFuncia Carlos 26 July 1986 https://elpais.com/diario/1986/07/26/espana/522712810_850215.html Rodríguez de la Borbolla, reelegido presidente del Gobierno andaluz con los votos del PSOE es El País Seville 7 April 2026 Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Bibliography 30em y Ley Orgánica 6/1981, de 30 de diciembre, de Estatuto de Autonomía para Andalucía Organic Law 6/1981 30 December 1981 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1982-633 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1982-633 14 March 2026 Statute 1981 y Ley 6/1983, de 21 de julio, del Gobierno y la Administración de la Comunidad Autónoma Law 6/1983 21 July 1983 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1983-23960 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1983-23960 5 April 2026 LGAAn 1983 y Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General Organic Law 5/1985 19 June 1985 version as of 21 February 1986 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-11672 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=19860221 19 October 2025 LOREG 1985 y Ley 1/1986, de 2 de enero, Electoral de Andalucía Law 1/1986 2 January 1986 version as of 14 January 1986 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1986-2788 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1986-2788&tn=1&p=19860114 19 October 2025 LEAn 1986 y Decreto del Presidente 73/1986, de 28 de abril, por el que se convocan Elecciones al Parlamento de Andalucía Decree 73/1986 29 April 1986 Official Gazette of the Regional Government of Andalusia es https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/boja/1986/36/d1.pdf 14 March 2026 Decree 73/1986 1986 June 2017 Category:1986 in Andalusia Andalusia Category:Regional elections in Andalusia Category:June 1986 in Europe