# 2000 Andalusian regional election

The 2000 Andalusian regional election was held on Sunday, 12 March 2000, to elect the 6th Parliament of the autonomous community of Andalusia. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with the 2000 Spanish general election.
The ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A) of Manuel Chaves won with a relative majority of 52 and was re-elected for a fourth term as president of the Regional Government of Andalusia with the support of the Andalusian Party (PA). The opposition People's Party (PP) secured its best result in a regional election up to that point, whereas United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA) saw a major decrease in both votes and seats.

## 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$^{(–1)}$ |
| 16 | Málaga$^{(+1)}$ |
| 15 | Cádiz |
| 13 | Córdoba, Granada |
| 12 | Jaén |
| 11 | Almería, Huelva |
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. Election day was to take place between the thirtieth and the sixtieth day from the date of expiry of parliament barring any date within from 1 July to 31 August. The previous election was held on 3 March 1996, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 3 March 2000. The election was required to take place no later than the sixtieth day from the date of expiry of parliament on the condition that it was not held between 1 July and 31 August, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Tuesday, 2 May 2000.
In smaller constituencies, 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 candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was to be deemed automatically elected.

## 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 | 44.05% | 52 | Y | |
| | PP | List People's Party (PP) | | Teófila Martínez | Conservatism Christian democracy | 33.96% | 40 | N | |
| | IULV–CA | List United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA) | | Antonio Romero | Socialism Communism | 13.97% | 13 | N | |
| | PA | List Andalusian Party (PA) Andalusian Forum (FA) Socialist Party of Andalusia (PSA) | | Antonio Ortega | Andalusian nationalism Social democracy | 6.66% | 4 | Y | |

## Campaign
### Election debates

2000 Andalusian regional election debates :
| Date | Organisers | Moderator(s) | P Present | P Present | P Present | P Present | P Present | P Present |
| Date | Organisers | Moderator(s) | PSOE–A | PP | IULV–CA | PA | Audience | Ref. |
| 1 March | Canal Sur | Tom Martín Benítez | P Chaves | P Martínez | P Romero | P Pacheco | 20.2% (520,000) | [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 |
| 2000 regional election | 12 Mar 2000 | — | 68.7 | 44.3 52 | 38.0 46 | 8.1 6 | 7.4 5 | 6.3 |
| Eco Consulting/RTVE | 12 Mar 2000 | ? | ? | 44.3 50/54 | 36.0 42/45 | 9.0 7/10 | 7.6 5/7 | 8.3 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo | 4 Mar 2000 | ? | ? | ? 52/54 | ? 42/46 | ? 6/8 | ? 5 | ? |
| Ipsos–Eco/ABC | 25–29 Feb 2000 | 2,500 | ? | 42.8 52/55 | 35.3 39/41 | 10.7 10 | 8.1 5/6 | 7.5 |
| CIS | 11–28 Feb 2000 | 4,212 | ? | 42.5 52/54 | 36.6 41/43 | 10.8 8/9 | 7.6 5/6 | 5.9 |
| Demoscopia/El País | 18–23 Feb 2000 | 2,521 | 74 | 44.6 53/55 | 35.5 41/43 | 10.8 8/9 | 8.1 4 | 9.1 |
| Ipsos–Eco/ABC | 11–15 Feb 2000 | 1,000 | ? | 42.3 | 36.0 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 6.3 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo | 5 Jan 2000 | ? | ? | 44.0– 45.0 49/53 | 37.0– 38.0 44/48 | 8.0– 9.0 6/8 | 7.0– 8.0 5 | 7.0 |
| PP | 12 Dec 1999 | ? | ? | ? 50/54 | ? 41/44 | ? 9 | ? 3/4 | ? |
| Metra Seis/PA | 6–25 Oct 1999 | 2,400 | ? | 43.4 48/52 | 32.1 35/41 | 11.6 11/12 | 11.6 8/10 | 11.3 |
| Opina/CEA | 22–24 Oct 1999 | 2,400 | ? | 46.0 52/55 | 35.5 41/44 | ? 8/11 | ? 3/6 | 10.5 |
| 1999 EP election | 10 Jun 1999 | — | 63.6 | 43.3 (53) | 36.0 (43) | 10.7 (9) | 6.6 (4) | 7.3 |
| 1999 local elections | 10 Jun 1999 | — | 64.6 | 37.8 | 31.2 | 12.8 | 9.5 | 6.6 |
| Opina/CEA | 3–15 May 1999 | 3,200 | ? | 42.5 50/51 | 36.0 42/44 | 12.0 11/12 | 7.5 4/6 | 6.5 |
| Demoscopia/El País | 18–22 Feb 1999 | 1,200 | 65.3 | 42.3 | 33.5 | 12.3 | 9.6 | 8.8 |
| Eco Consulting/ABC | 18–20 Feb 1999 | 508 | ? | 41.4 | 37.0 | 12.9 | 8.3 | 4.4 |
| PSOE | 15–19 Feb 1999 | 1,200 | ? | 47.8 | 30.9 | 11.6 | 8.9 | 16.9 |
| Metra Seis/PA | 10–15 Sep 1998 | 1,200 | ? | 40.3 45/49 | 31.8 35/38 | 12.5 11 | 14.5 14/15 | 8.5 |
| PSOE | 5 Jul 1998 | ? | ? | 46.6 | 31.5 | 11.8 | 9.2 | 15.1 |
| Demoscopia/El País | 17–23 Feb 1998 | 1,200 | 68.9 | 47.2 | 34.1 | 9.9 | 7.5 | 13.1 |
| PSOE | 7 Feb 1998 | ? | ? | 44.8 | 34.7 | 12.3 | 6.6 | 10.1 |
| Inner Line/PSOE | 12 Dec 1997 | 1,200 | ? | 45.1 | 32.7 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 12.4 |
| Metra Seis/PA | 25 Sep 1997 | 3,200 | ? | 41.7 46/50 | 32.4 35/39 | 10.6 10/11 | 13.8 12/15 | 9.3 |
| PP | 12–18 May 1997 | 2,400 | ? | 41.6 47/50 | 37.0 42/44 | 14.8 11 | 5.5 2/3 | 4.6 |
| PSOE | 29 Jan–1 Feb 1997 | ? | ? | 45.0 | 32.5 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 12.5 |
| 1996 regional election | 3 Mar 1996 | — | 78.1 | 44.1 52 | 34.0 40 | 14.0 13 | 6.7 4 | 10.1 |

## Results
### Overall

← Summary of the 12 March 2000 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) | 1,790,653 | 44.32 | +0.27 | 52 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 1,535,987 | 38.02 | +4.06 | 46 | +6 |
| | United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA) | 327,435 | 8.11 | –5.86 | 6 | –7 |
| | Andalusian Party (PA) | 300,356 | 7.43 | +0.77 | 5 | +1 |
| | Andalusian Left (IA) | 10,232 | 0.25 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Andalusian Nation (NA) | 5,034 | 0.12 | –0.02 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 4,389 | 0.11 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Andalusia Assembly (A) | 4,380 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Phalanx (FE) | 2,754 | 0.07 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Almerian Regionalist Union (URAL) | 1,550 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Green Ecologist Alternative of Marbella and San Pedro de Alcántara (AEV) | 1,304 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Party of the Separated and Divorced (PSD) | 1,180 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independent Spanish Phalanx (FEI) | 1,018 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Voice of the Andalusian People (VDPA) | 732 | 0.02 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) | 492 | 0.01 | –0.03 | 0 | ±0 |
| | National Union (UN) | 415 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 51,921 | 1.29 | +0.52 | | |
| Total | Total | 4,039,832 | | | 109 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 4,039,832 | 99.34 | –0.03 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 26,998 | 0.66 | +0.03 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 4,066,830 | 68.71 | –9.23 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 1,851,892 | 31.29 | +9.23 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 5,918,722 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
Popular vote
PSOE–A
44.32%
PP
38.02%
IULV–CA
8.11%
PA
7.43%
Others
0.83%
Blank ballots
1.29% :
Seats
PSOE–A
47.70%
PP
42.20%
IULV–CA
5.50%
PA
4.59% :

### Distribution by constituency

| Constituency | PSOE–A | PSOE–A | PP | PP | IULV–CA | IULV–CA | PA | PA |
| Constituency | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S |
| Almería | 43.0 | 5 | 46.4 | 6 | 4.5 | − | 3.7 | − |
| Cádiz | 39.5 | 6 | 37.4 | 6 | 6.3 | 1 | 14.5 | 2 |
| Córdoba | 40.7 | 6 | 38.3 | 5 | 12.3 | 1 | 6.9 | 1 |
| Granada | 44.7 | 6 | 40.9 | 6 | 7.4 | 1 | 5.2 | − |
| Huelva | 47.1 | 6 | 37.8 | 5 | 7.0 | − | 6.5 | − |
| Jaén | 48.2 | 6 | 38.2 | 5 | 7.3 | 1 | 4.9 | − |
| Málaga | 40.1 | 7 | 41.1 | 7 | 8.9 | 1 | 7.3 | 1 |
| Seville | 49.5 | 10 | 32.3 | 6 | 8.6 | 1 | 7.2 | 1 |
| Total | 44.3 | 52 | 38.0 | 46 | 8.1 | 6 | 7.4 | 5 |
| Sources |||||||||

## Aftermath

Investiture Manuel Chaves (PSOE–A) :
| Ballot → | Ballot → | 25 April 2000 |
| Required majority → | Required majority → | 55 out of 109 Y |
| | Yes • PSOE–A (52) • PA (5) | 57 / 109 |
| | No • PP (46) • IULV–CA (6) | 52 / 109 |
| | Abstentions | 0 / 109 |
| | Absentees | 0 / 109 |
| Sources |||