1982 Andalusian regional election

1982 Andalusian regional election

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[a] Luis Merino Party PSOE–A AP UCD Leader since 2 June 1979 10 February 1980 30 January 1982 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 PCA–PCE PSA–PA Leader since 18 January 1981 October 1981 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

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 of Andalusia (PSOE–A) under incumbent regional president Rafael Escuredo won a landslide victory with 66 seats and 52.6% of the share, the best result obtained by any party in an Andalusian regional election to date. The Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), then in the Government of Spain, suffered from the effects of an ongoing economic crisis, internal party infighting and a massive unpopularity in the region over the party's handling of the 1980 autonomy initiative referendum and obtained just 15 seats and 13.0% of the vote, performing third behind the People's Alliance (AP) with 17.0% of the share and 17 seats. Both the Communist Party of Andalusia (PCA–PCE) and the Socialist Party of Andalusia–Andalusian Party (PSA–PA) performed poorly with 8 (8.5% of the vote) and 3 seats (5.4%), respectively.^[2]

After the election, Escuredo was re-elected as Andalusian president.^[3] This would be the last regional election to be contested by the UCD before its electoral meltdown in the 1982 Spanish general election and its subsequent dissolution in February 1983, as well as the only time—together with 2004—that a party would secure an absolute majority of the vote. The PSOE would go on to form the regional government uninterruptedly until 2018.

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