1995 Spanish regional elections explained

The 1995 Spanish regional elections were held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the regional parliaments of thirteen of the seventeen autonomous communities—Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community—, not including Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia, which had separate electoral cycles. 786 of 1,180 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election, as well as the 50 seats in the regional assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain.

Election date

Determination of election day varied depending on the autonomous community, with each one having competency to establish its own regulations. Typically, thirteen out of the seventeen autonomous communities—all but Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia—had their elections fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years, to be held together with nationwide local elections.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Regional governments

The following table lists party control in autonomous communities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Region	Previous control		New control
Autonomous communities
Aragon		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Asturias		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Balearics		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Canary Islands		Canarian Coalition (CC)		Canarian Coalition (CC)
Cantabria		Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA)		People's Party (PP)
Castile and León		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Castilla–La Mancha		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Extremadura		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
La Rioja		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Madrid		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Murcia		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Navarre		Navarrese People's Union (UPN)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Valencian Community		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Autonomous cities
Ceuta	Autonomous city established			Progress and Future of Ceuta (PFC)
Melilla	Autonomous city established			People's Party (PP)

Overall results

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 regional election results in Spain →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote		Seats
		Votes	%			Total
	People's Party (PP)	5,513,985	44.05	347	23	370
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	3,980,386	31.80	262	8	270
	United Left (IU)	1,414,857	11.30	67	0	67
	Canarian Coalition (CC)	261,672	2.09	21	0	21
	Valencian Union–Independents–Centrists (UV–FICVA–CCV)	165,956	1.33	5	0	5
	Aragonese Party (PAR)	143,573	1.15	14	0	14
	Navarrese People's Union (UPN)	93,163	0.74	17	0	17
	Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN)	55,153	0.44	10	0	10
	Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA)	53,191	0.42	7	0	7
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	46,587	0.37	6	0	6
	Nationalists of the Balearic Islands (PSM–ENE)	45,854	0.37	6	0	6
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	39,425	0.32	2	0	2
	Aragonese Union (CHA)	34,077	0.27	2	0	2
	Popular Unity (HB)	27,404	0.22	5	0	5
	Extremaduran Coalition (CEx)	25,168	0.20	1	0	1
	Nationalist Canarian Platform (PCN)	23,914	0.19	4	0	4
	Asturianist Party (PAS)	20,669	0.17	1	0	1
	Majorcan Union (UM)	19,966	0.16	2	0	2
	Basque Solidarity (EA)	13,568	0.11	2	0	2
	The Greens of the Balearic Islands (EVIB)	11,663	0.09	1	0	1
	Riojan Party (PR)	11,069	0.09	2	0	2
	Progress and Future of Ceuta (PFC)	5,778	0.05	0	6	6
	United Ceuta (CEU)	4,171	0.03	0	4	4
	Coalition for Melilla (CpM)	4,072	0.03	0	4	4
	Melillan People's Union (UPM)	2,605	0.02	0	2	2
	Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC)	2,307	0.02	0	2	2
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	2,105	0.02	1	0	1
	Democratic and Social Party of Ceuta (PDSC)	1,449	0.01	0	1	1
	Independent Popular Council of Formentera (AIPF)	1,195	0.01	1	0	1
	Others	328,999	2.63	0	0	0
Blank ballots		164,157	1.31
Total		12,518,138		786	50	836
Valid votes		12,518,138	99.39
Invalid votes		76,966	0.61
Votes cast / turnout		12,595,104	72.41
Registered voters		17,395,348

Summary by region

Aragon

See main article: 1995 Aragonese regional election.

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	263,524	37.50	+16.82	27	+10
	PSOE	180,728	25.72	–14.62	19	–11
	PAR	143,573	20.43	–4.25	14	–3
	IU	64,685	9.20	+2.46	5	+2
	CHA	34,077	4.85	+2.55	2	+2
	Others	5,059	0.72		0	±0
Blank ballots		11,098	1.58	+0.28
Valid votes		702,744	99.40	+0.10
Invalid votes		4,210	0.60	–0.10
Votes cast / turnout		706,954	71.12	+6.73
Registered voters		993,975

Asturias

See main article: 1995 Asturian regional election.

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	272,495	42.00	+11.60	21	+6
	PSOE	219,527	33.83	–7.19	17	–4
	IU	106,538	16.42	+1.57	6	±0
	PAS	20,669	3.19	+0.45	1	±0
	CA–CDS	11,555	1.78	–4.97	0	–2
	Others	10,381	1.60		0	±0
Blank ballots		7,655	1.18	–0.05
Valid votes		648,820	99.41	+0.16
Invalid votes		3,820	0.59	–0.16
Votes cast / turnout		652,640	69.05	+10.36
Registered voters		945,105

Balearics

See main article: 1995 Balearic regional election.

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	168,156	44.77	–2.35	30	–1
	PSIB–PSOE	90,008	23.97	–6.12	16	–5
	PSM–ENE	45,854	12.21	+3.79	6	+1
	IU	24,820	6.61	+4.33	3	+3
	UM	19,966	5.32	+2.83	2	+1
	EVIB	11,663	3.11	+0.99	1	+1
	FIEF	1,359	0.36	–0.37	0	–1
	AIPF	1,195	0.32	–0.08	1	+1
	Others	7,451	1.98		0	±0
Blank ballots		5,100	1.36	+0.49
Valid votes		375,572	99.37	–0.01
Invalid votes		2,371	0.63	+0.01
Votes cast / turnout		377,943	63.56	+3.29
Registered voters		594,666

Canary Islands

See main article: 1995 Canarian regional election.

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	CC	261,424	32.80	–1.33	21	+4
	PP	247,609	31.07	+18.24	18	+12
	PSOE	183,969	23.08	–9.95	16	–7
	IUC	40,614	5.10	New	0	±0
	PCN	23,914	3.00	+0.43	4	–2
	CGC	10,964	1.38	New	0	±0
	CDS–UC	5,340	0.67	–13.74	0	–7
	AHI	2,105	0.26	+0.05	1	±0
	Others	12,042	1.51		0	±0
Blank ballots		9,078	1.14	+0.37
Valid votes		797,059	99.43	+0.16
Invalid votes		4,548	0.57	–0.16
Votes cast / turnout		801,607	64.20	+2.57
Registered voters		1,248,575

Cantabria

See main article: 1995 Cantabrian regional election.

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	104,008	32.50	+18.06	13	+7
	PSOE	80,464	25.14	–9.67	10	–6
	UPCA	53,191	16.62	–16.91	7	–8
	PRC	46,587	14.56	+8.21	6	+4
	IU	23,563	7.36	+2.96	3	+3
	Others	6,033	1.89		0	±0
Blank ballots		6,186	1.93	+0.24
valid votes		320,032	99.19	+0.04
Invalid votes		2,622	0.81	–0.04
Votes cast / turnout		322,654	74.05	+1.71
Registered voters		435,752

Castile and León

See main article: 1995 Castilian-Leonese regional election.

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	805,553	52.20	+8.69	50	+7
	PSOE	458,447	29.71	–6.73	27	–8
	IU	147,777	9.58	+4.22	5	+4
	UPL	39,425	2.55	+1.72	2	+2
	CDS	n/a	n/a	–8.14	0	–5
	Others	63,578	4.12		0	±0
Blank ballots		28,284	1.83	+0.17
Valid votes		1,543,064	99.11	+0.04
Invalid votes		13,911	0.89	–0.04
Votes cast / turnout		1,556,975	73.46	+5.89
Registered voters		2,119,498

Castilla–La Mancha

See main article: 1995 Castilian-Manchegan regional election.

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PSOE	483,888	45.70	–6.47	24	–3
	PP	469,127	44.30	+8.45	22	+3
	IU–ICAM	80,482	7.60	+1.43	1	±0
	Others	14,249	1.35		0	±0
Blank ballots		11,128	1.05	+0.06
Valid votes		1,058,874	99.28	+0.04
Invalid votes		7,697	0.72	–0.04
Votes cast / turnout		1,066,571	78.83	+6.33
Registered voters		1,352,958

Extremadura

See main article: 1995 Extremaduran regional election.

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PSOE	289,149	43.94	–10.22	31	–8
	PP	259,703	39.46	+12.68	27	+8
	IU–LV–CE	69,387	10.54	+2.39	6	+2
	CEx	25,168	3.82	–0.17	1	+1
	SIEx	7,722	1.17	New	0	±0
	PCPE	1,136	0.17	–0.24	0	±0
	CDS	n/a	n/a	–5.73	0	–3
Blank ballots		5,804	0.88	+0.10
Valid votes		658,069	99.34	±0.00
Invalid votes		4,375	0.66	±0.00
Votes cast / turnout		662,444	78.33	+7.48
Registered voters		845,728

La Rioja

See main article: 1995 Riojan regional election.

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	81,703	49.44	+7.74	17	+2
	PSOE	56,335	34.09	–8.28	12	–4
	IU	11,921	7.21	+2.68	2	+2
	PR	11,069	6.70	+1.32	2	±0
	AR	1,368	0.83	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,856	1.73	+0.08
Valid votes		165,252	99.30	+0.08
Invalid votes		1,170	0.70	–0.08
Votes cast / turnout		166,422	76.16	+7.27
Registered voters		218,519

Madrid

See main article: 1995 Madrilenian regional election.

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	1,476,442	50.98	+8.31	54	+7
	PSOE	860,726	29.72	–6.87	32	–9
	IU	464,167	16.03	+3.96	17	+4
	Others	56,079	1.94		0	±0
Blank ballots		38,763	1.34	+0.05
Valid votes		2,896,177	99.62	+0.03
Invalid votes		10,964	0.38	–0.03
Votes cast / turnout		2,907,141	70.39	+11.72
Registered voters		4,129,852

Murcia

See main article: 1995 Murcian regional election.

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	330,514	52.23	+18.72	26	+9
	PSOE	201,659	31.87	–13.40	15	–9
	IU–LV–RM	78,875	12.46	+1.14	4	±0
	Others	14,750	2.33		0	±0
Blank ballots		7,033	1.11	+0.17
Valid votes		632,831	99.14	+0.10
Invalid votes		5,466	0.86	–0.10
Votes cast / turnout		638,297	75.27	+8.09
Registered voters		847,967

Navarre

See main article: 1995 Navarrese regional election.

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	UPN	93,163	31.35	–3.60	17	–3
	PSN–PSOE	62,021	20.87	–12.49	11	–8
	CDN	55,153	18.56	New	10	+10
	IU/EB	27,773	9.35	+5.28	5	+3
	HB	27,404	9.22	–1.98	5	–1
	EA	13,568	4.57	–0.95	2	–1
	Batzarre	6,509	2.19	–0.19	0	±0
	Others	5,827	1.96		0	±0
Blank ballots		5,761	1.94	+0.62
Valid votes		297,179	99.21	–0.03
Invalid votes		2,366	0.79	+0.03
Votes cast / turnout		299,545	68.42	+1.71
Registered voters		437,797

Valencian Community

See main article: 1995 Valencian regional election.

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	1,013,859	42.83	+15.01	42	+11
	PSOE	804,463	33.98	–8.87	32	–13
	EU–EV	273,030	11.53	+2.24	10	+4
	UV–FICVA–CCV	165,956	7.01	–3.35	5	–2
	UPV–BN	64,253	2.71	–0.97	0	±0
	Others	20,975	0.89		0	±0
Blank ballots		24,864	1.05	+0.02
Valid votes		2,367,400	99.44	±0.00
Invalid votes		13,214	0.56	±0.00
Votes cast / turnout		2,380,614	76.03	+6.79
Registered voters		3,131,191

Autonomous cities

Ceuta

See main article: 1995 Ceuta Assembly election.

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	8,867	30.85	+7.86	9	+3
	PFC	5,778	20.11	–17.15	6	–5
	CEU	4,171	14.51	+4.62	4	+2
	PSOE	3,770	13.12	+1.24	3	±0
	PSPC	2,307	8.03	–0.14	2	±0
	PDSC	1,449	5.04	New	1	+1
	CEM	1,111	3.87	New	0	±0
	IU	510	1.77	New	0	±0
	CP	407	1.42	New	0	±0
	PC	87	0.30	New	0	±0
	CDS	n/a	n/a	–5.03	0	–1
Blank ballots		282	0.98	+0.51
Valid votes		28,739	99.58	±0.00
Invalid votes		122	0.42	±0.00
Votes cast / turnout		28,861	56.65	–2.22
Registered voters		50,945

Melilla

See main article: 1995 Melilla Assembly election.

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−
	PP	12,425	47.20	+4.96	14	+2
	PSOE	5,232	19.88	–20.66	5	–6
	CpM	4,072	15.47	New	4	+4
	UPM	2,605	9.90	New	2	+2
	PNM	1,008	3.83	–4.77	0	–2
	IU	715	2.72	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		265	1.01	+0.12
Valid votes		26,322	99.58	–0.10
Invalid votes		110	0.42	+0.10
Votes cast / turnout		26,432	61.73	+4.34
Registered voters		42,820

External links

• www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Central Electoral Commission – Regional elections
• www.argos.gva.es (in Spanish). Argos Information Portal – Electoral Historical Archive
• www.historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish and Catalan). Electoral History – Regional elections since 1980

Notes and References

1. General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985 . Organic Law . 5 . . es . 19 June 1985 . 28 December 2016.
2. Web site: Representation of the people Institutional Act . . . juntaelectoralcentral.es . Central Electoral Commission . 16 June 2017.
3. Web site: Un paso más hacia la ruptura de la homogeneidad del calendario electoral de las comunidades autónomas: la reforma de la Ley Orgánica 13/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Reintegración y Amejoramiento del Régimen Foral de Navarra . A further step towards breaking the homogeneity of the electoral calendar of the autonomous communities: the reform of the Organic Law 13/1982, of August 10, on Reintegration and Improvement of the Foral Regime of Navarre . gencat.cat . Institut d'Estudis Autonòmics . es . 5 September 2017 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103345/http://www10.gencat.cat/drep/binaris/_Navarra_esp_tcm112-131870.pdf . 2 April 2015 .