Canarian parliamentary election, 1995

Canarian parliamentary election, 1995

28 May 1995

All 60 seats in the Parliament of Canarias 31 seats needed for a majority Registered 1,248,575 9.8% Turnout 801,607 (64.2%) 2.6 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 2 12 7 Popular vote 261,672 247,609 183,969 Percentage 32.8% 31.1% 23.1% Swing 4.0 pp 18.3 pp 9.9 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 ballots—for 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	3.93	21	2
	People's Party (PP)	247,609	31.07	18.24	18	12
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	183,969	23.08	9.95	16	7
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	40,614	5.10	New	0	±0
	Nationalist Canarian Platform (PCN)	23,914	3.00	New	4	4
	Gran Canaria Coalition (CGC)	10,964	1.38	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre-Centrist Union (CDS-UC)	5,340	0.67	13.74	0	7
	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	0.05	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	0.13	0	±0
	Blank ballots	9,078	1.14	0.37
Total		797,059	100.00		60	±0
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
Abstentions		446,968	35.80	2.57
Registered voters		1,248,575
Source: Argos Information Portal

Notes

References

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