Andalusian regional election, 1996

Andalusian regional election, 1996

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All 109 seats in the Parliament of Andalusia 55 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	5,577,567 3.5%
Turnout	4,353,877 (78.1%) 10.8 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Manuel Chaves Javier Arenas Luis Carlos Rejón Party PSOE–A PP IULV–CA Leader since 19 April 1990 25 July 1993 21 July 1988 Leader's seat Cádiz Seville Córdoba Last election 45 seats, 38.7% 41 seats, 34.4% 20 seats, 19.1% Seats won 52 40 13 Seat change 7 1 7 Popular vote 1,909,160 1,467,700 603,495 Percentage 44.1% 33.9% 14.0% Swing 5.4 pp 0.5 pp 5.1 pp   Fourth party   Leader Pedro Pacheco Party PA Leader since 29 December 1989 Leader's seat Cádiz Last election 3 seats, 5.8% Seats won 4 Seat change 1 Popular vote 287,764 Percentage 6.7% Swing 0.9 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Andalusia
President before election Manuel Chaves PSOE–A Elected President Manuel Chaves PSOE–A

Manuel Chaves
PSOE–A

Manuel Chaves
PSOE–A

The 1996 Andalusian regional election was held on Sunday, 3 March 1996, to elect the 5th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with the 1996 Spanish general election.

The PSOE won the election with a greater relative majority than before, enabling it to require the support of only the Andalusian Party in order for Socialist candidate Manuel Chaves González to be invested as President of Andalusia, ending the period of instability that had dominated the previous legislature.

The Parliament of Andalusia was the unicameral legislature of Andalusia at the time of the 1996 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.

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all residents over eighteen and in the full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. Concurrently, residents meeting the previous criteria and not involved in any cause of ineligibility were eligible for the Parliament. Groups of electors were required to obtain the signatures of at least 1% of registered electors in a particular district in order to be able to field candidates.