Andalusian regional election, 1982

Andalusian regional election, 1982

23 May 1982 1986 →
All 109 seats in the Parliament of Andalusia 55 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	4,342,408
Turnout	2,874,121 (66.2%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Rafael Escuredo Antonio Hernández Mancha Luis Merino Party PSOE–A AP UCD Leader since 2 June 1979 1980 1980 Leader's seat Seville Córdoba Málaga Seats won 66 17 15 Popular vote 1,498,619 484,474 371,154 Percentage 52.6% 17.0% 13.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Felipe Alcaraz Luis Uruñuela Party PCE PSA–PA Leader since 1981 1976 Leader's seat Seville Seville Seats won 8 3 Popular vote 243,344 153,709 Percentage 8.5% 5.4%
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Andalusia
President before election Rafael Escuredo PSOE–A Elected President Rafael Escuredo PSOE–A

Rafael Escuredo
PSOE–A

Rafael Escuredo
PSOE–A

The 1982 Andalusian regional election was held on Sunday, 23 May 1982, to elect the 1st Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) under incumbent pre-autonomic President Rafael Escuredo won a comfortable absolute majority of 66 seats with 52.6% of the vote, to date the best result obtained by any party in an Andalusian regional election.

The Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), then in the Spanish government, suffered from the effects of an ongoing economic crisis, internal party infighting and a decreasing popularity in opinion polls and won just 15 seats and 13.0% of the vote, finishing third. In contrast, the People's Alliance (AP) came second, polling a surprising 17.0% and 17 seats. The election result would unleash a massive party crisis within the UCD during the summer of 1982, leading to the party being nearly wiped out in the 1982 general election.

The Parliament of Andalusia was the unicameral legislature of Andalusia at the time of the 1982 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.