A regional election was held in Andalusia on 23 June 1990 to elect the 3rd Parliament of the autonomous community. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The candidate for the PSOE, Manuel Chaves, was invested as President of the Regional Government 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 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.. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions..

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 (amendments earlier in 1990 barred any election date within from 1 July to 31 August).; ( by ); ( by ). The previous election was held on 22 June 1986, which meant that the chamber's term would have expired on 22 June 1990. Due to the ban on summer elections, the latest possible date for election day was 30 June 1990, meaning the election decree was required to be published in the BOJA no later than 1 May 1990.

The Parliament of Andalusia could not be dissolved before the expiration date of parliament. ( by ).

The election to the Parliament of Andalusia was officially called on 30 April 1990 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOJA, setting election day for 23 June and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 16 July..

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.; ( by ).

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.; . The use of this electoral method resulted in a higher effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.

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

Seats Constituencies 18 Seville 16 Málaga 15 Cádiz 13 Córdoba, Granada 12 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. ( by ).

Outgoing parliament The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.

+ Parliamentary composition in April 1990 Parliamentary groups Parties Legislators Seats Total Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE–A 60 60 Andalusian People's Parliamentary Group PP 19 19 United Left Parliamentary Group PCA–PCE 13 17 FP 2 PASOC 1 INDEP 1 Mixed Group PA 2 13 PCPA 1 BOCA 1 INDEP 9

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. ( by ).

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

Candidacy Parties andalliances Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Vote % Seats PSOE–A Manuel Chaves Social democracy 47.0% PP Gabino Puche ConservatismChristian democracy 22.2% IU–CA Luis Carlos Rejón SocialismCommunism 17.8% PA Pedro Pacheco Andalusian nationalismSocial democracy 5.9%

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 ARM Lead 1990 regional election 23 Jun 1990 55.3 49.6 12.7 10.8 1.2 22.2 0.6 27.4 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 17 Jun 1990?? 47.5 – – – 21.5 – 26.0 Opina/La Vanguardia 11–13 Jun 1990 2,504 60–65 44.6 13.6 16.8 1.9 20.0 – 24.6 Gruppo/ABC 11–13 Jun 1990 3,200? 46.8 14.6 10.2 2.7 22.2 – 24.6 Demoscopia/El País 7–12 Jun 1990 3,200 69 46.3 12.7 12.3 – 21.6 – 24.7 GGC Research/Rato 6–8 Jun 1990 3,150? 46.8 14.3 10.3 – 21.3 – 25.5 Gruppo/ABC 25–28 May 1990 1,000? 46.6 14.2 10.1 2.8 22.0 – 24.6 Demoscopia/El País 23–27 May 1990 3,200? 46.8 ?? –? –? Opina/La Vanguardia 3–5 May 1990?? 42.7 13.1 15.6 2.3 22.3 – 20.4 Sociología Andaluza/PCA 25 Apr 1990 2,000? 45.7 14.4 12.8 – 20.8 – 24.9 CIS 8 Apr 1990??? ???? –? Sociología Andaluza/PCA 25 Feb 1990 2,500? 47.9 14.1 12.1 – 17.9 – 30.0 Insight/PP 5–19 Feb 1990 3,894?? ?? –? –? 1989 general election 29 Oct 1989 69.3 52.5 12.0 6.2 4.7 20.2 1.5 32.3 1989 EP election 15 Jun 1989 52.8 50.3 9.0 10.4 4.1 16.1 4.1 34.2 PCA 1–11 Feb 1989 816? 38.4 18.8? –? –? Metra Seis/PA 15 Jan 1988??????? – –? 1987 EP election 10 Jun 1987 65.8 48.3 21.3 10.8 5.6 7.2 – – 27.0 1986 regional election 22 Jun 1986 70.7 47.0 22.2 17.8 5.9 3.3 – – 24.8

Results Overall + ← Summary of the 23 June 1990 Parliament of Andalusia election results → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A) 1,368,576 49.61 +2.55 62 +2 People's Party (PP)1 611,734 22.17 ±0.00 26 −2 United Left–Assembly for Andalusia (IU–CA) 349,640 12.67 −5.14 11 −8 Andalusian Party (PA) 296,558 10.75 +4.89 10 +8 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 32,712 1.19 −2.07 0 ±0 Ruiz-Mateos Group (ARM) 15,637 0.57 New 0 ±0 Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)2 14,812 0.54 −0.97 0 ±0 Socialist Democracy (DS) 14,495 0.53 New 0 ±0 Greens of Andalusia (VA) 13,979 0.51 New 0 ±0 The Ecologist Greens (LVE) 12,645 0.46 New 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Andalusian People (PCPA) 6,299 0.23 New 0 ±0 Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m–l)) 2,401 0.09 New 0 ±0 Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 2,308 0.08 New 0 ±0 Humanist Party (PH) 1,869 0.07 −0.14 0 ±0 Andalusian Front of Liberation (FAL) 1,633 0.06 New 0 ±0 Alliance for the Republic (AxR) 698 0.03 New 0 ±0 Falangist Movement of Spain (MFE) 560 0.02 ±0.00 0 ±0 Andalusian Centrist Unity (UCA) 230 0.01 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 12,024 0.44 +0.07 Total 2,758,810 109 ±0 Valid votes 2,758,810 99.55 +1.04 Invalid votes 12,574 0.45 −1.04 Votes cast / turnout 2,771,384 55.34 −15.37 Abstentions 2,236,291 44.66 +15.37 Registered voters 5,007,675 Sources

Distribution by constituency Constituency PSOE–A PP IU–CA PA % S % S % S % S Almería 50.0 7 28.5 3 9.0 1 6.6 − Cádiz 46.6 8 15.5 2 10.0 1 21.6 4 Córdoba 47.3 7 20.7 3 18.8 2 9.3 1 Granada 48.9 7 27.9 4 11.8 1 6.2 1 Huelva 55.8 7 22.2 2 9.3 1 8.2 1 Jaén 51.8 7 27.2 4 11.5 1 5.6 − Málaga 49.3 9 22.0 4 14.6 2 8.8 1 Seville 50.4 10 19.5 4 12.5 2 13.6 2 Total 49.6 62 22.2 26 12.7 11 10.7 10 Sources

Aftermath Government formation Investiture Ballot → 24 July 1990 Required majority → 55 out of 109 Abstentions Absentees Sources

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