Canarian parliamentary election, 1995

Canarian parliamentary election, 1995
Canary Islands
28 May 1995

All 60 seats in the Parliament of Canarias
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered 1,248,575 Increase9.8%
Turnout 801,607 (64.2%)
Increase2.6 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Manuel Hermoso José Miguel Bravo de Laguna Augusto Brito
Party CC PP PSOE
Leader since 1991 1991 11 February 1995
Last election 23 seats, 36.8%[lower-alpha 1] 6 seats, 12.8% 23 seats, 33.0%
Seats won 21 18 16
Seat change Decrease2 Increase12 Decrease7
Popular vote 261,672 247,609 183,969
Percentage 32.8% 31.1% 23.1%
Swing Decrease4.0 pp Increase18.3 pp Decrease9.9 pp

Island-level units won by CC (yellow), PP (blue), PSOE (red), PCN (purple) and AHI (green)

President before election

Manuel Hermoso
CC

Elected President

Manuel Hermoso
CC

The 1995 Canarian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Canarian Parliament, the unicameral regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands. At stake were all 60 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of the Canary Islands.

Electoral system

The 60 members of the Canarian Parliament were elected in 7 multi-member districts using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Unlike other regions, districts did not coincide with provincial limits, being determined by law for each of the main islands to become a district of its own. The electoral system came regulated under the Autonomous Statute of Autonomy. Each district was assigned a fixed set of seats, distributed as follows: El Hierro (3), Fuerteventura (7), Gran Canaria (15), La Gomera (4), La Palma (8), Lanzarote (8) and Tenerife (15).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 20% of the total vote in each district or above 3% in all of the community (which include blank ballotsfor none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]

Results

Overall

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Canarian Parliament election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Canarian Coalition (CC)[lower-alpha 1] 261,672 32.83 Decrease3.93 21 Decrease2
People's Party (PP) 247,609 31.07 Increase18.24 18 Increase12
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 183,969 23.08 Decrease9.95 16 Decrease7
Canarian United Left (IUC) 40,614 5.10 New 0 ±0
Nationalist Canarian Platform (PCN) 23,914 3.00 New 4 Increase4
Gran Canaria Coalition (CGC) 10,964 1.38 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre-Centrist Union (CDS-UC) 5,340 0.67 Decrease13.74 0 Decrease7
Canarias National Congress (CNC) 2,964 0.37 New 0 ±0
Popular Front of the Canary Islands-Awañac (FREPIC-Awañac) 2,436 0.31 New 0 ±0
Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) 2,105 0.26 Increase0.05 1 ±0
Tinerfenian Assembly (ATF) 1,600 0.20 New 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 1,561 0.20 New 0 ±0
Green Left of the Canary Islands (Izegzawen) 1,357 0.17 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC-PCPE) 1,251 0.16 New 0 ±0
The People (LG) 625 0.08 Decrease0.13 0 ±0
Blank ballots 9,078 1.14 Increase0.37
Total 797,059 100.00 60 ±0
Valid votes 797,059 99.43 Increase0.16
Invalid votes 4,548 0.57 Decrease0.16
Votes cast / turnout 801,607 64.20 Increase2.57
Abstentions 446,968 35.80 Decrease2.57
Registered voters 1,248,575
Source: Argos Information Portal
Vote share
CC
 
32.80%
PP
 
31.07%
PSOE
 
23.08%
IUC
 
5.10%
PCN
 
3.00%
CGC
 
1.38%
AHI
 
0.26%
Others
 
2.18%
Blank ballots
 
1.14%
Parliamentary seats
CC
 
35.00%
PP
 
30.00%
PSOE
 
26.67%
PCN
 
6.67%
AHI
 
1.67%

Notes

  1. 1 2 Canarian Coalition results are compared to the Canarian Independent Groups, Canarian Initiative, Canarian Nationalist Party and Majoreran Assembly totals in the 1991 election.

References

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