Andalusian regional election, 2008

Andalusian regional election, 2008

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All 109 seats in the Parliament of Andalusia 55 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	6,231,087 3.0%
Turnout	4,528,271 (72.7%) 2.0 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Manuel Chaves Javier Arenas Diego Valderas Party PSOE–A PP IULV–CA Leader since 19 April 1990 18 April 2004 10 October 2000 Leader's seat Cádiz Almería Huelva Last election 61 seats, 50.4% 37 seats, 31.8% 6 seats, 7.5% Seats won 56 47 6 Seat change 5 10 0 Popular vote 2,178,296 1,730,154 317,562 Percentage 48.4% 38.5% 7.1% Swing 2.0 pp 6.7 pp 0.4 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 2008 Andalusian regional election was held on Sunday, 9 March 2008, to elect the 8th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with the 2008 Spanish general election.

Incumbent President Manuel Chaves from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE–A) was re-elected for a sixth term in office with a slightly reduced majority. Final results showed a major breakthrough by the People's Party (PP), which gained 10 seats from 37 to 47 and scored its best result in the community at the time. United Left (IULV–CA) remained stagnant with 6 seasts, whereas the Andalusian Party (PA) suffered a major drop in support and failed to enter the regional parliament for the first time.

The Parliament of Andalusia was the unicameral legislature of Andalusia at the time of the 2008 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.