Riojan parliamentary election, 1995

Riojan parliamentary election, 1995
La Rioja (Spain)
28 May 1995

All 33 seats in the Parliament of La Rioja
17 seats needed for a majority
Registered 218,519 Increase4.1%
Turnout 166,422 (76.2%)
Increase7.2 pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Pedro Sanz José Ignacio Pérez
Party PP PSOE
Leader since 2 October 1993 1987
Last election 15 seats, 41.7% 16 seats, 42.4%
Seats won 17 12
Seat change Increase2 Decrease4
Popular vote 81,703 56,335
Percentage 49.4% 34.1%
Swing Increase7.7 pp Decrease8.3 pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jesús Rodríguez Rubio Leopoldo Virosta
Party IU PR
Leader since 1995 23 June 1990
Last election 0 seats, 4.5% 2 seats, 5.4%
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Increase2 ±0
Popular vote 11,921 11,069
Percentage 7.2% 6.7%
Swing Increase2.7 pp Increase1.3 pp

President before election

José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz
PSOE

Elected President

Pedro Sanz
PP

The 1995 Riojan parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Parliament of La Rioja, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of La Rioja. At stake were all 33 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of La Rioja.

For the first time, the People's Party (PP) was able to win an absolute majority of seats, with nearly 50% of the share and gaining nearly eight percentage points from 1991. In contrast, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) vote fell to its lowest share until that time, losing four of its previously 16 seats and remaining with 12. United Left (IU) entered the Parliament for the first time, benefitting from the Socialist defeat, with 2 seats. The Riojan Party (PR) obtained its best result since 1983, moving away from the threat of failing to meet the 5% threshold, which had become real after the 1991 results.

As a result of the election, Pedro Sanz of the PP became the new regional President, succeeding Socialist José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Parliament of La Rioja was set to a fixed-number of 33. All Parliament members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of La Rioja), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system.

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 ballotsfor none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]

Results

Summary of the 28 May 1995 La Rioja Parliament election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 81,703 49.44 Increase7.74 17 Increase2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 56,335 34.09 Decrease8.28 12 Decrease4
United Left La Rioja (IU) 11,921 7.21 Increase2.68 2 Increase2
Riojan Party (PR) 11,069 6.70 Increase1.32 2 ±0
Riojan Alternative (AR) 1,368 0.83 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,856 1.73 Increase0.08
Total 165,252 100.00 33 ±0
Valid votes 165,252 99.30 Increase0.08
Invalid votes 1,170 0.70 Decrease0.08
Votes cast / turnout 166,422 76.16 Increase7.20
Abstentions 52,097 23.84 Decrease7.20
Registered voters 218,519
Source: Argos Information Portal
Vote share
PP
 
49.44%
PSOE
 
34.09%
IU
 
7.21%
PR
 
6.70%
Others
 
0.83%
Blank ballots
 
1.73%
Parliamentary seats
PP
 
51.51%
PSOE
 
36.36%
IU
 
6.06%
PR
 
6.06%

References

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