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.

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.. 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 (and in any case within from 30 to 60 days after the parliament's expiration).; ; ( by ). 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..

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..

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 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. ( 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 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 INDEP 10 10 Andalusian Communist Parliamentary Group PCA–PCE 6 6 Andalusian Parliamentary Group PA 3 3 Mixed Group INDEP 6 10 PSPA 2 PRD 1 PTE–UC 1

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 José Rodríguez de la Borbolla Social democracy 52.6% AP–PDP–PL Antonio Hernández Mancha ConservatismChristian democracy 17.0% IU–CA Julio Anguita SocialismCommunism 8.6% PA Luis Uruñuela Andalusian nationalismSocial democracy 5.4%

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 Lead 1986 regional election 22 Jun 1986 66.2 47.0 – 5.9 22.2 3.3 17.8 24.8 Emopública/Grupo 16 15 Jun 1986??? – ????? Demoscopia/El País 5–8 Jun 1986?? 49.0 – 7.0 21.0 4.0 15.0 28.0 Demoscopia/El País 24–27 May 1986?? 57.0 – 2.0 23.0 7.0 7.0 34.0 GAES/PA 27 Dec 1985 3,800? 48.6 – 8.3 16.1 20.1 – – 28.5 PSOE 23 Dec 1985?? 52.0 – 9.6 3.2 21.0 9.5 – 31.0 Sofemasa/La Vanguardia 16 Nov–1 Dec 1985?? 59.1 – 9.1 15.2 15.0 – – 43.9 PSOE 26 Jun 1985? 55.0 61.5 – 9.6 5.6 18.4 7.6 – 43.1 AP 26 Jun 1985?? 40.9 – 3.5 3.1 29.4 3.3 – 11.5 1982 general election 28 Oct 1982 78.8 60.5 5.9 6.2 2.3 22.2 1.3 – 38.3 1982 regional election 23 May 1982 66.2 52.6 17.0 13.0 8.5 5.4 – – – 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 70.82 +4.63 Abstentions 1,406,335 29.18 −4.63 Registered voters 4,819,132 Sources

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 Investiture Ballot → 25 July 1986 Required majority → 55 out of 109 Abstentions Sources

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