1995 Spanish regional elections

1995 Spanish regional elections
28 May 1995; 19 November 1995
921 seats in the regional parliaments of Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and Valencian Community; 50 seats in the regional assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla
National parties PP (10+1) PSOE (4)	Regional parties CiU (1) EAJ/PNV (1) CC (1) PFC (0+1)

Regional elections were held in Spain during 1995 to elect the regional parliaments of fourteen of the seventeen autonomous communities: Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community; and the two autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. 921 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 on 28 May for most regions (concurrently with local elections all across the country) and on 19 November in Catalonia.

Election date

Determination of election day varied depending on the autonomous community. Typically, most autonomous communities held their elections on the fourth Sunday of May every four years, concurrently with nationwide local elections, while others had their own, separate electoral cycles. In some cases, regional presidents had the prerogative to dissolve parliament and call for extra elections at a different time, but newly elected assemblies were restricted to serving out what remained of their previous four year-terms without altering the period to their next ordinary election. In other cases—Andalusia (since 1994), the Basque Country (1981), Catalonia (1985) and Galicia (1985)—the law granted regional presidents the power to call snap elections resulting in fresh four-year parliamentary terms.^[1]^[2]

Regional governments

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

Election day	Region	Previous control
Autonomous communities
28 May	Aragon		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)
	Asturias		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP) (URAS in 1998)
	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) (UPN in 1996)
	Valencian Community		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)
19 November	Catalonia		Convergence and Union (CiU)	Convergence and Union (CiU)
Autonomous cities
28 May	Ceuta	Autonomous city established		Progress and Future of Ceuta (PFC) (PP in 1996)
28 May	Melilla	Autonomous city established		People's Party (PP) (PIM in 1998)

Summary by region

May (13 regions)

Aragon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

November (Catalonia)

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	CiU	1,320,071	40.95	−5.24	60	−10
	PSC–PSOE	802,252	24.89	−2.66	34	−6
	PP	421,752	13.08	+7.11	17	+10
	IC–EV	313,092	9.71	+1.98	11	+4
	ERC	305,867	9.49	+1.53	13	+2
	Others	29,501	0.92		0	±0
Blank ballots		31,417	0.97	−0.21

Valid votes		3,223,952	99.72	+0.14
Invalid votes		9,007	0.28	−0.14
Votes cast / turnout		3,232,959	63.64	+8.77
Registered voters		5,079,981

Autonomous cities

Ceuta

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

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

References

^ LOREG (1985), art. 42.
^ "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] (PDF). Institute of Regional Studies (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Bibliography

Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (Organic Law 5/1985). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). 19 June 1985 [version as of 24 March 1995]. BOE-A-1985-11672. Retrieved 5 October 2025.

External links

Central Electoral Commission – Regional elections (in Spanish).
Historia Electoral.com – Regional elections since 1980 (in Spanish and Catalan).

[LOREGArt42-1] LOREG (1985), art. 42.

[IEA-2] "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] (PDF). Institute of Regional Studies (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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