# 2008 Andalusian regional election

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 seats, whereas the Andalusian Party (PA) suffered a major drop in support and failed to enter the regional parliament for the first time.

## Overview
### Electoral system

The Parliament of Andalusia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Andalusia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Andalusian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Andalusia and in full enjoyment of their political rights.
The 109 members of the Parliament of Andalusia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Seville, with each being allocated an initial minimum of eight seats and the remaining 45 being distributed in proportion to their populations (provided that the number of seats in each province did not exceed two times that of any other).
As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:
| Seats | Constituencies |
| 18 | Seville |
| 16 | Málaga |
| 15 | Cádiz |
| 13 | Granada |
| 12 | Almería$^{(+1)}$, Córdoba$^{(–1)}$, Jaén |
| 11 | Huelva |
In smaller constituencies, the use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.

### Election date

The term of the Parliament of Andalusia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Regional Government of Andalusia (BOJA), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication barring any date within from 1 July to 31 August. The previous election was held on 14 March 2004, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 14 March 2008. The election decree was required to be published in the BOJA no later than 19 February 2008, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 13 April 2008.
The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Andalusia and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.

## Background

With the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) regaining its absolute majority in Andalusia in the 2004 election, Manuel Chaves was able to govern alone again, after 10 years of minority government, having relied on the support of the Andalusian Party in the previous 8 years. Teófila Martínez, who had been PP candidate for President of the Regional Government of Andalusia in the previous two elections (1996 and 2000), was replaced by Javier Arenas as head of the Andalusian People's Party (PP). Arenas had been PP candidate in the 1994 and 1996 elections, but left the PP regional leadership in order to become Spain's Minister of Labor and Social Affairs in the Aznar cabinet and, later, Secretary-General of the People's Party.
Concurrently in 2004, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero from PSOE was elected as Spain's new prime minister, after unexpectedly winning the 2004 general election. This meant that, for the first time since 1996, both the regional and national governments were ruled by the same party.

## Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten 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 of candidates.
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:
| Candidacy | Candidacy | Parties and alliances | Leading candidate | Leading candidate | Ideology | Previous result | Previous result | Gov. | Ref. |
| Candidacy | Candidacy | Parties and alliances | Leading candidate | Leading candidate | Ideology | Votes (%) | Seats | Gov. | Ref. |
| | PSOE–A | List Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A) | | Manuel Chaves | Social democracy | 50.36% | 61 | Y | |
| | PP | List People's Party (PP) | | Javier Arenas | Conservatism Christian democracy | 31.78% | 37 | N | |
| | CA | List Andalusian Party (PA) Andalusian Forum (FA) Socialist Party of Andalusia (PSA) | | Julián Álvarez | Andalusian nationalism Social democracy | 8.29% | 5 | N | |
| | IULV–CA | List United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA) | | Diego Valderas | Socialism Communism | 7.51% | 6 | N | |

## Campaign
### Election debates

2008 Andalusian regional election debates :
| Date | Organisers | Moderator(s) | P Present  NI Not invited | P Present  NI Not invited | P Present  NI Not invited | P Present  NI Not invited | P Present  NI Not invited | P Present  NI Not invited |
| Date | Organisers | Moderator(s) | PSOE–A | PP | IULV–CA | CA | Audience | Ref. |
| 26 February | Canal Sur | Carlos María Ruiz | P Chaves | P Arenas | P Valderas | P Álvarez | 15.7% (518,000) | [6] [7] |
| 2 March | Canal Sur | Esther Martín | P Chaves | P Arenas | NI | NI | 21.5% (781,000) | [8] [9] |

## 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.

#### Color key

Exit poll
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | | | IULV | | Lead |
| 2008 regional election | 9 Mar 2008 | — | 74.7 | 48.4 56 | 38.5 47 | 7.1 6 | 2.8 0 | 9.9 |
| TNS Demoscopia/Antena 3 | 9 Mar 2008 | ? | ? | 47.0 56/58 | 33.3 44/46 | 8.6 4/6 | 7.1 2/3 | 13.7 |
| Demométrica/Tele 5 | 9 Mar 2008 | ? | ? | ? 55/58 | ? 42/44 | ? 5/6 | ? 3/5 | ? |
| Ipsos/RTVA | 9 Mar 2008 | ? | ? | 52.0 58/62 | 37.6 42/45 | ? 4/5 | ? 0 | 14.4 |
| Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público | 2 Mar 2008 | ? | ? | 48.3 57/60 | 36.0 41/45 | ? 8 | ? 2/4 | 12.3 |
| Metroscopia/El País | 1 Mar 2008 | ? | ? | 48.6 57/59 | 37.2 41/42 | 8.4 8 | ? 1/2 | 11.4 |
| IMC/ABC | 28 Jan–1 Mar 2008 | 3,000 | ? | 48.9 54/58 | 39.0 43/47 | 6.8 4/6 | 4.0 0/3 | 9.9 |
| Sigma Dos/Vocento | 21–26 Feb 2008 | 3,000 | ? | 47.6 56/58 | 38.5 44/47 | 7.0 5/7 | 3.7 1 | 9.1 |
| IMC/ABC | 28 Jan–24 Feb 2008 | 2,400 | ? | 49.6 | 38.7 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 10.9 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo | 18–21 Feb 2008 | 2,000 | ? | 46.8 55/57 | 38.4 45/47 | 6.5 6 | 4.6 1/2 | 8.4 |
| IMC/ABC | 28 Jan–17 Feb 2008 | 1,800 | ? | 49.4 | 38.9 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 10.5 |
| IMC/ABC | 28 Jan–10 Feb 2008 | 1,200 | ? | 49.7 | 38.6 | 6.1 | 3.2 | 11.1 |
| Nexo/CEPES–A | 31 Jan–7 Feb 2008 | 1,008 | 79 | 46.9 54/55 | 37.3 42/43 | 7.3 8 | 4.5 4 | 9.6 |
| Opina/Cadena SER | 6 Feb 2008 | 1,600 | ? | 49.0 56/59 | 35.0 44/46 | 7.0 5/6 | 4.0 1 | 14.0 |
| TNS Demoscopia/Antena 3 | 6 Feb 2008 | ? | ? | 48.5 57/59 | 36.1 42/44 | 5.4 3/4 | 6.3 5 | 12.4 |
| CIS | 21 Jan–4 Feb 2008 | 3,277 | ? | 49.2 59 | 36.8 43 | 6.6 6 | 4.1 1 | 12.4 |
| Nexo/CEPES–A | 17–24 Jan 2008 | 1,008 | 71.7 | 45.2 53/54 | 37.3 43/44 | 7.3 8 | 4.2 4 | 7.9 |
| CA | 8–18 Jan 2008 | 8,500 | 65 | 47.8 54/56 | ? 40/42 | ? 4/5 | ? 6/8 | ? |
| Idea Asesores/PP | 15 Jan 2008 | 4,000 | ? | 45.6 53/54 | 39.3 47/48 | 7.2 5/6 | 4.5 2/3 | 6.3 |
| CADPEA/UGR | 10 Dec–12 Jan 2008 | 3,200 | 74.6 | 48.8 57/59 | 34.2 41/43 | 6.8 5/7 | 4.8 2/4 | 14.6 |
| TNS Demoscopia/Antena 3 | 8–10 Jan 2008 | 750 | ? | 46.3 56/58 | 37.7 46/48 | 6.0 3 | 5.1 2 | 8.6 |
| Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público | 9 Jan 2008 | ? | ? | 49.1 59 | 37.7 45 | 5.4 3 | ? 2 | 11.4 |
| IESA/CSIC | 10 Oct–9 Nov 2007 | 3,700 | 69.8 | 49.1 | 36.7 | 7.3 | 4.9 | 12.4 |
| PA | 5–7 Sep 2007 | 1,600 | 63–65 | 48.3 55/58 | 36.1 40/42 | 7.6 5/6 | 6.4 5/6 | 12.2 |
| CADPEA/UGR | 11 Jun–9 Jul 2007 | 3,200 | 73.0 | 48.9 | 33.6 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 15.3 |
| 2007 local elections | 27 May 2007 | — | 61.6 | 40.7 | 32.1 | 12.4 | 6.2 | 8.6 |
| Nexo/CEPES–A | 31 Jan–28 Feb 2007 | 1,015 | 70.8 | 45.9 54/58 | 34.1 36/38 | 7.2 6/8 | 6.9 6/8 | 11.8 |
| Opina/El País | 21–22 Feb 2007 | 1,500 | ? | 48.0 58/61 | 33.0 39/40 | 7.5 6/7 | 5.5 3/4 | 15.0 |
| Sigma Dos/Vocento | 19–22 Feb 2007 | 1,000 | ? | 47.8 55/58 | 36.3 43/48 | 7.2 5/6 | 5.0 1/2 | 11.5 |
| Idea Asesores/PP | 19–22 Feb 2007 | 850 | ? | 45.3 | 37.2 | – | – | 8.1 |
| Opina/Cadena SER | 6 Feb 2007 | ? | ? | 50.0 | 33.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 17.0 |
| Grupo ESTIO/El Correo | 17 Dec 2006 | ? | ? | 45.1 | 34.5 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 10.6 |
| IESA/CSIC | 15 Dec 2006 | 3,706 | 75.3 | 50.6 | 32.8 | 7.9 | 5.3 | 17.8 |
| CADPEA/UGR | 10 Nov–12 Dec 2006 | 3,200 | 76.5 | 49.4 | 31.3 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 18.1 |
| Metroscopia/ABC | 17–19 Oct 2006 | 1,002 | 65 | 47.5 | 36.5 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 11.0 |
| CADPEA/UGR | 20 Jun–16 Jul 2006 | 3,200 | 78 | 49.5 | 34.7 | 7.8 | 4.8 | 14.8 |
| Grupo ESTIO/El Correo | 18–25 May 2006 | 1,009 | ? | 47.5 | 34.5 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 13.0 |
| Metroscopia/ABC | 8–11 May 2006 | 1,001 | 74–75 | 46.8 56/57 | 38.6 43/44 | 7.0 6 | 4.1 3 | 8.2 |
| Sigma Dos/Vocento | 28 Feb 2006 | ? | ? | 46.0 54/59 | 39.2 45/50 | 6.6 4 | 4.5 1 | 6.8 |
| Ipsos–Eco/Grupo Joly | 26 Feb 2006 | ? | ? | 48.8 60/61 | 32.6 38/39 | 6.8 5/6 | 7.2 4/5 | 16.2 |
| Grupo ESTIO/El Correo | 26 Feb 2006 | ? | ? | 48.5 | 34.6 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 13.9 |
| Opina/El País | 13–15 Feb 2006 | 1,500 | ? | 47.0 56/57 | 33.5 40/41 | 7.5 6 | 6.5 6 | 13.5 |
| Idea Asesores/PP | 23 Jan–10 Feb 2006 | 1,000 | ? | 46.0 | 38.5 | – | – | 7.5 |
| Nexo/CEPES–A | 6–8 Feb 2006 | 1,043 | ? | 45.6 55/57 | 34.6 40/42 | 6.5 6 | 6.6 6 | 11.0 |
| Metroscopia/ABC | 10–17 Jan 2006 | 802 | 72 | 52.1 62 | 32.4 37 | 7.2 6 | 5.6 4 | 19.7 |
| CADPEA/UGR | 15 Nov–4 Dec 2005 | 3,200 | 75.8 | 47.5 | 34.5 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 13.0 |
| IESA/CSIC | 14 Nov–3 Dec 2005 | 3,710 | 71 | 47.8 | 33.3 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 14.5 |
| Grupo ESTIO/El Correo | 23–30 Nov 2005 | 1,000 | ? | 48.3 | 33.3 | 7.9 | 5.2 | 15.0 |
| Sigma Dos/PP | 14–15 Nov 2005 | 1,000 | ? | 47.8 | 37.3 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 10.5 |
| Metroscopia/ABC | 22–29 Sep 2005 | 802 | 67.8 | 50.6 | 29.8 | 8.7 | 5.0 | 20.8 |
| CADPEA/UGR | 1–22 Jul 2005 | 1,200 | 75 | 48.1 | 35.3 | 7.8 | 5.1 | 12.8 |
| Metroscopia/ABC | 1–6 Jul 2005 | 798 | 71.9 | 49.5 | 32.8 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 16.7 |
| Metroscopia/ABC | 27 Apr–4 May 2005 | 800 | 71.4 | 52.5 | 31.2 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 21.3 |
| Ipsos–Eco/Grupo Joly | 28 Feb 2005 | ? | ? | 50.0 61 | 29.8 35/36 | 7.2 6 | 7.7 6/7 | 20.2 |
| Opina/El País | 28 Feb 2005 | 1,500 | ? | 51.0 60 | 32.5 38 | 7.5 6 | 6.5 5 | 18.5 |
| Insight/PP | 26 Feb 2005 | 1,200 | ? | 49.5 | 34.8 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 14.7 |
| Nexo/CEPES–A | 22 Feb 2005 | ? | ? | 51.6 | 30.8 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 20.8 |
| Sigma Dos/Vocento | 15–18 Feb 2005 | 1,000 | ? | 50.0 | 34.2 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 15.8 |
| IESA/CSIC | 15 Jan 2005 | 3,700 | 72 | 50.5 | 32.5 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 18.0 |
| CADPEA/UGR | 24 Nov–20 Dec 2004 | ? | ? | 50.9 | 31.4 | 7.8 | 5.5 | 19.5 |
| IESA/CSIC | 15 Nov–3 Dec 2004 | 3,700 | 72 | 49.2 | 33.9 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 15.3 |
| Insight/PP | 20 Nov 2004 | ? | ? | 49.6 | 33.7 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 15.9 |
| Synovate/PSOE | 13–18 Oct 2004 | 1,200 | ? | 54.9 | 32.4 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 22.5 |
| 2004 EP election | 13 Jun 2004 | — | 40.9 | 54.4 (65) | 36.1 (42) | 5.0 (2) | 2.6 (0) | 18.3 |
| 2004 regional election | 14 Mar 2004 | — | 74.7 | 50.4 61 | 31.8 37 | 7.5 6 | 6.2 5 | 18.6 |

### Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | | | IULV | | ? | N | Lead |
| 2008 regional election | 9 Mar 2008 | — | 35.3 | 28.3 | 5.2 | 2.0 | — | 26.4 | 7.0 |
| CIS | 21 Jan–4 Feb 2008 | 3,277 | 40.3 | 19.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 21.9 | 9.2 | 20.5 |
| CADPEA/UGR | 10 Dec–12 Jan 2008 | 3,200 | 32.3 | 19.3 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 26.3 | 11.7 | 13.0 |
| 2004 regional election | 14 Mar 2004 | — | 37.9 | 24.0 | 5.7 | 4.7 | — | 24.2 | 13.9 |

## Voter turnout

The table below shows registered vote turnout on election day without including voters from the Census of Absent-Residents (CERA).
| Province | Time | Time | Time | Time | Time | Time | Time | Time | Time |
| Province | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 20:00 | 20:00 | 20:00 |
| Province | 2004 | 2008 | +/– | 2004 | 2008 | +/– | 2004 | 2008 | +/– |
| Almería | 40.09% | 40.32% | –0.23 | 62.09% | 60.52% | –1.57 | 74.03% | 74.66% | +0.63 |
| Cádiz | 38.34% | 37.19% | –1.15 | 58.93% | 55.85% | –3.08 | 70.79% | 68.12% | –2.67 |
| Córdoba | 43.22% | 39.91% | –3.31 | 65.57% | 60.88% | –4.69 | 79.64% | 76.62% | –3.02 |
| Granada | 42.03% | 39.98% | –2.05 | 64.61% | 61.01% | –3.60 | 77.54% | 75.89% | –1.65 |
| Huelva | 37.20% | 36.24% | –0.96 | 59.01% | 55.62% | –3.39 | 73.82% | 70.40% | –3.42 |
| Jaén | 40.91% | 38.97% | –1.94 | 64.97% | 61.25% | –3.72 | 81.25% | 79.26% | –1.99 |
| Málaga | 41.02% | 39.93% | –1.09 | 61.73% | 59.49% | –2.24 | 72.94% | 72.31% | –0.63 |
| Seville | 42.51% | 36.26% | –6.25 | 65.89% | 60.72% | –5.17 | 77.79% | 74.38% | –3.41 |
| Total | 40.99% | 39.07% | –1.92 | 63.16% | 59.51% | –3.65 | 75.85% | 73.65% | –2.20 |
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## Results
### Overall

← Summary of the 9 March 2008 Parliament of Andalusia election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A) | 2,178,296 | 48.41 | –1.95 | 56 | –5 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 1,730,154 | 38.45 | +6.67 | 47 | +10 |
| | United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA) | 317,562 | 7.06 | –0.45 | 6 | ±0 |
| | Andalusian Coalition (CA)$^1$ | 124,243 | 2.76 | –5.53 | 0 | –5 |
| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 27,712 | 0.62 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens (LV) | 25,886 | 0.58 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Party of Almería (PdeAL) | 14,806 | 0.33 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Andalusian Convergence (CAnda) | 7,862 | 0.17 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 6,024 | 0.13 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Republican Left (IR) | 4,815 | 0.11 | +0.04 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 3,951 | 0.09 | –0.04 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Andalusian People (PCPA) | 2,743 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn) | 2,729 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 1,763 | 0.04 | –0.06 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Andalusian Social Democratic Party (PSDA) | 1,477 | 0.03 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Family and Life Party (PFyV) | 890 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Christian Positivist Party (PPCr) | 780 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 47,920 | 1.06 | –0.33 | | |
| Total | Total | 4,499,613 | | | 109 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 4,499,613 | 99.37 | +0.02 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 28,658 | 0.63 | –0.02 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 4,528,271 | 72.67 | –1.99 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 1,702,816 | 27.33 | +1.99 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 6,231,087 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Andalusian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of Andalusian Party, Andalusian Forum and Socialist Party of Andalusia in the 2004 election. |||||||
Popular vote
PSOE–A
48.41%
PP
38.45%
IULV–CA
7.06%
CA
2.76%
Others
2.25%
Blank ballots
1.06% :
Seats
PSOE–A
51.38%
PP
43.12%
IULV–CA
5.50% :

### Distribution by constituency

| Constituency | PSOE–A | PSOE–A | PP | PP | IULV–CA | IULV–CA |
| Constituency | % | S | % | S | % | S |
| Almería | 39.1 | 5 | 49.3 | 7 | 3.8 | − |
| Cádiz | 47.8 | 8 | 38.3 | 6 | 6.6 | 1 |
| Córdoba | 46.6 | 6 | 37.9 | 5 | 9.5 | 1 |
| Granada | 46.1 | 6 | 42.0 | 6 | 7.3 | 1 |
| Huelva | 52.0 | 6 | 35.2 | 4 | 7.6 | 1 |
| Jaén | 53.3 | 7 | 36.6 | 5 | 6.1 | − |
| Málaga | 43.2 | 7 | 43.6 | 8 | 7.1 | 1 |
| Seville | 54.4 | 11 | 31.7 | 6 | 7.3 | 1 |
| Total | 48.4 | 56 | 38.5 | 47 | 7.1 | 6 |
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## Aftermath
### Government formation

Investiture Manuel Chaves (PSOE–A) :
| Ballot → | Ballot → | 17 April 2008 |
| Required majority → | Required majority → | 55 out of 109 Y |
| | Yes • PSOE–A (56) | 56 / 109 |
| | No • PP (46) • IULV–CA (6) | 52 / 109 |
| | Abstentions | 0 / 109 |
| | Absentees • PP (1) | 1 / 109 |
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### 2009 investiture

On 7 April 2009, Manuel Chaves resigned as regional President in order to become Third Deputy Prime Minister in the Second Zapatero Government, being succeeded as acting officeholder by Vice President Gaspar Zarrías. On 22 April, José Antonio Griñán was elected as new President by the Parliament of Andalusia.
Investiture José Antonio Griñán (PSOE–A) :
| Ballot → | Ballot → | 22 April 2009 |
| Required majority → | Required majority → | 55 out of 109 Y |
| | Yes • PSOE–A (56) | 56 / 109 |
| | No • PP (47) • IULV–CA (6) | 53 / 109 |
| | Abstentions | 0 / 109 |
| | Absentees | 0 / 109 |
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