The Andalusian Party (, PA) was an Andalusian nationalist centre-left political party from

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), with an important presence in provinces such as

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and

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although in the past they have stood in other provinces and even won seats in Barcelona to the Parliament of Catalonia.Election Resources on the Internet: Elections to the Catalan Parliament - Results Lookup
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History

The party was founded as the Socialist Alliance of Andalusia () in 1965 by Alejandro Rojas-Marcos. In 1976 it took the name Socialist Party of Andalusia (). In 1979 the name was changed to Socialist Party of Andalusia - Andalusian Party (). The PA party name was adopted in 1984. Its last Secretary-General was

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. A splinter group, led by former leader Pedro Pacheco, was formed in 2001, under the name Socialist Party of Andalusia (), later rejoined Partido Andalucista. Historically, the party had been strong in the capital city of

, as well as other big cities like

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, obtaining the cities' mayorship in several times in all three cities. At their 17th Congress on 12 September 2015, the party dissolved.

Electoral performance

Parliament of Andalusia

Parliament of Catalonia

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