Castile and León parliamentary election, 1995

Castile and León parliamentary election, 1995

28 May 1995

All 84 seats in the Courts of Castile and León 43 seats needed for a majority Registered 2,080,227 0.5% Turnout 1,548,209 (74.4%) 6.8 pp   First party Second party   Leader Juan José Lucas Jesús Quijano Party PP PSOE Leader since 12 December 1990 26 May 1990 Last election 43 seats, 43.5% 35 seats, 36.4% Seats won 50 27 Seat change 7 8 Popular vote 802,493 454,198 Percentage 52.3% 29.6% Swing 8.8 pp 6.8 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader José Antonio Herreros Conchi Farto Party IU UPL Leader since 1991 1995 Last election 1 seat, 5.4% 0 seats, 0.8% Seats won 5 2 Seat change 4 2 Popular vote 147,366 39,201 Percentage 9.6% 2.6% Swing 4.2 pp 1.8 pp

President before election Juan José Lucas PP Elected President Juan José Lucas PP

The 1995 Castile and León parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Courts of Castile and León, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León. At stake were all 84 seats in the Courts, determining the President of the Junta of Castile and León.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the regional Courts was determined by the population count. For the 1995 election, the Courts size was set to 84 seats. All Courts members were elected in 9 multi-member districts, corresponding to Castile and León's nine provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 3 seats, with 1 additional seat per each 45,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 22,500. For the 1995 election, seats were distributed as follows: Avila (7), Burgos (11), Leon (15), Palencia (7), Salamanca (11), Segovia (6), Soria (5), Valladolid (14) and Zamora (8).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (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 Castile and León Courts election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	802,493	52.30	8.79	50	7
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	454,198	29.60	6.84	27	8
	United Left (IU)	147,366	9.60	4.24	5	4
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	39,201	2.55	1.72	2	2
	Communal Land-Castilian Nationalist Party (TC-PNC)	9,415	0.61	0.47	0	±0
	Independent Solution (SI)	9,087	0.59	New	0	±0
	Avila Independent Group (AIAV)	8,135	0.53	New	0	±0
	El Bierzo Party (PB)	6,553	0.43	0.11	0	±0
	Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)	6,308	0.41	0.39	0	±0
	Spain Independents' Platform (PIE)	4,646	0.30	New	0	±0
	People's Palentine Group (APP)	4,058	0.26	New	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)	3,465	0.23	0.08	0	±0
	Independents for Leon (IPL)	3,284	0.21	New	0	±0
	Valladolid Independent Candidate (CIV)	2,162	0.14	New	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		5,828	0.38	–	0	±0
	The Greens-Green Group (LV-GV)	1,406	0.09	New	0	±0
	The Alternative Greens (LVA)	1,295	0.08	New	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	1,088	0.07	0.01	0	±0
	El Bierzo Provincialist Party (PPB)	888	0.06	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	745	0.05	0.01	0	±0
	Sorian Progresist Union (APB)	406	0.03	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	N/A	N/A	8.14	0	5

	Blank ballots	28,290	1.84	0.18
Total		1,534,489	100.00		84	±0
Valid votes		1,534,489	99.11	0.04
Invalid votes		13,720	0.89	0.04
Votes cast / turnout		1,548,209	74.43	6.86
Abstentions		532,018	25.57	6.86
Registered voters		2,080,227
Source: Argos Information Portal

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