1995 Castilian-Leonese regional election
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All 84 seats in the Cortes of Castile and León 43 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 2,119,498  2.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 1,556,979 (73.5%)5.9 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1995 Castilian-Leonese regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Cortes of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León. All 84 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
Overview
Electoral system
The Cortes of Castile and León were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Castile and León, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Castilian-Leonese Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Junta.[1] Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castile and León and in full enjoyment of their political rights.
All members of the Cortes of Castile and León were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude.[2] Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of three seats, being allocated one additional member per each 45,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 22,500.[1][3]
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.[3][4][5]
Election date
The term of the Cortes of Castile and León expired four years after the date of their previous election. Elections to the Cortes were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 26 May 1991, setting the election date for the Cortes on Sunday, 28 May 1995.[1][3][4][5]
The Cortes of Castile and León could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Cortes were to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected procurators merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1]
Results
Overall
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| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| | People's Party (PP) | 805,553 | 52.20 | +8.69 | 50 | +7 |
| bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Castile and León/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 458,447 | 29.71 | –6.73 | 27 | –8 |
| bgcolor="Template:United Left of Castile and León/meta/color"| | United Left (IU) | 147,777 | 9.58 | +4.22 | 5 | +4 |
| bgcolor="Template:Leonese People's Union/meta/color"| | Leonese People's Union (UPL) | 39,425 | 2.55 | +1.72 | 2 | +2 |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 63,578 | 4.12 | — | 0 | –5 | |
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| width="1" bgcolor="Template:Commoners' Land/meta/color"| | Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) | 9,494 | 0.62 | +0.48 | 0 | ±0 |
| bgcolor="Template:Independent Solution/meta/color"| | Independent Solution (SI) | 9,107 | 0.59 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Ávila Independent Group (AIAV) | 8,159 | 0.53 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party of El Bierzo/meta/color"| | Party of El Bierzo (PB) | 6,646 | 0.43 | +0.11 | 0 | ±0 |
| bgcolor="Template:Regionalist Unity of Castile and León/meta/color"| | Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)1 | 6,318 | 0.41 | +0.08 | 0 | ±0 |
| Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE) | 4,630 | 0.30 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Palentine Popular Group (APP) | 4,071 | 0.26 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country/meta/color"| | Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) | 3,744 | 0.24 | +0.09 | 0 | ±0 |
| Independents for León (IPL) | 3,290 | 0.21 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Valladolid Independent Candidacy (CIV) | 2,148 | 0.14 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| bgcolor="Template:The Greens–Green Group/meta/color"| | The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) | 1,423 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| bgcolor="Template:The Alternative Greens/meta/color"| | The Alternative Greens (LVA) | 1,374 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| bgcolor="Template:Falange Española de las JONS (1976)/meta/color"| | Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 1,102 | 0.07 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| Provincialist Party of El Bierzo (PPB) | 909 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain/meta/color"| | Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 746 | 0.05 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| Sorian Progressive Union (US) | 417 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | n/a | n/a | –8.14 | 0 | –5 |
| Blank ballots | 28,284 | 1.83 | +0.17 | |||||
| Total | 1,543,068 | 84 | ±0 | |||||
| Valid votes | 1,543,068 | 99.11 | +0.04 | |||||
| Invalid votes | 13,911 | 0.89 | –0.04 | |||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 1,556,979 | 73.46 | +5.89 | |||||
| Abstentions | 562,519 | 26.54 | –5.89 | |||||
| Registered voters | 2,119,498 | |||||||
| Sources[6][7] | ||||||||
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References
- ^ a b c d Statute of Autonomy of Castile and León of 1983. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 4) (in Spanish). 25 February 1983. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ Gallagher, Michael (30 July 2012). "Effective threshold in electoral systems". Trinity College, Dublin. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ a b c Castile and León Electoral Law of 1987. Official Gazette of Castile and León (Law 3) (in Spanish). 30 March 1987. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ a b General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "Cortes of Castile and León election results, 28 May 1995" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Castile and León. 12 July 1995. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Cortes of Castile and León elections since 1983". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
