Murcian parliamentary election, 1995

Murcian parliamentary election, 1995

28 May 1995

All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly of Murcia 23 seats needed for a majority Registered 837,180 7.6% Turnout 635,900 (76.0%) 8.8 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Ramón Luis Valcárcel María Antonia Martínez Antonio Joaquín Dólera Party PP PSOE IU Leader since 5 October 1991 28 April 1993 1995 Last election 17 seats, 33.5% 24 seats, 45.3% 4 seats, 11.3%[lower-alpha 1] Seats won 26 15 4 Seat change 9 9 ±0 Popular vote 330,089 200,133 78,664 Percentage 52.3% 31.7% 12.5% Swing 18.8 pp 13.6 pp 1.2 pp

President before election María Antonia Martínez PSOE Elected President Ramón Luis Valcárcel PP

The 1995 Murcian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Regional Assembly of Murcia, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. At stake were all 45 seats in the Assembly, determining the President of the Region of Murcia.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Regional Assembly of Murcia was set to a fixed-number of 45. All Assembly members were elected in 5 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 as such:

• District One, comprising the municipalities of: Lorca, Aguilas, Puerto Lumbreras, Totana, Alhama de Murcia, Librilla, Aledo and Mazarrón.
• District Two, comprising the municipalities of: Cartagena, La Unión, Fuente Alamo de Murcia, Torre-Pacheco, San Javier and San Pedro del Pinatar.
• District Three, comprising the municipalities of: Murcia, Alcantarilla, Beniel, Molina de Segura, Alguazas, Las Torres de Cotillas, Lorquí, Ceutí, Cieza, Abarán, Blanca, Archena, Ricote, Ulea, Villanueva del Río Segura, Ojós, Fortuna, Abanilla and Santomera.
• District Four, comprising the municipalities of: Caravaca, Cehegín, Calasparra, Moratalla, Bullas, Pliego, Mula, Albudeite and Campos del Río.
• District Five, comprising the municipalities of: Jumilla and Yecla.

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution. This meant that in the case a list polled above 5% in one or more of the districts but below 5% in the community totals, it would remain outside of the seat apportionment.^[1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Murcian Regional Assembly election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	330,089	52.35	18.84	26	9
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	200,133	31.74	13.53	15	9
	United Left-The Greens of the Region of Murcia (IU-LV-RM)[lower-alpha 1]	78,664	12.48	1.16	4	±0
	Centrist Union-Democratic and Social Centre (UC-CDS)	4,339	0.69	4.32	0	±0
	Cantonal Party (PCAN)	3,531	0.56	2.47	0	±0
	Murcianist Regional Party (PMR)	2,405	0.38	New	0	±0
	Democratic Bloc (BD)	1,591	0.25	New	0	±0
	Independents' Spanish Confederation (CEDI)	1,447	0.23	New	0	±0
	New Region (NR)	1,325	0.21	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	7,032	1.12	0.18
Total		630,556	100.00		45	±0
Valid votes		630,556	99.16	0.12
Invalid votes		5,344	0.84	0.12
Votes cast / turnout		635,900	75.96	8.76
Abstentions		201,280	24.04	8.76
Registered voters		837,180
Source(s): Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PP			52.35%
PSOE			31.74%
IU-LV-RM			12.48%
Others			2.32%
Blank ballots			1.12%

Parliamentary seats
PP			57.78%
PSOE			33.33%
IU-LV-RM			8.89%

Notes

1. Compared to the United Left+The Greens results in the 1991 election.

References

1. "Law 2/1987, of 12 February, electoral of the Region of Murcia".