1995 Madrilenian regional election

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A regional election was held in the Community of Madrid on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Assembly of the autonomous community. All 103 seats in the Assembly were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Registered4,129,852 Increase 7.6%
Turnout2,907,141 (70.4%)
Increase 11.7 pp
Quick facts All 103 seats in the Assembly of Madrid 52 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...
1995 Madrilenian regional election
← 1991
28 May 1995
1999 →
All 103 seats in the Assembly of Madrid
52 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered4,129,852 Increase 7.6%
Turnout2,907,141 (70.4%)
Increase 11.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Joaquín Leguina Ángel Pérez
Party PP PSOE IU
Leader since 8 February 1987 14 December 1979 24 February 1993
Last election 47 seats, 42.7% 41 seats, 36.6% 13 seats, 12.1%
Seats won 54 32 17
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 9 Increase 4
Popular vote 1,476,442 860,726 464,167
Percentage 51.0% 29.7% 16.0%
Swing Increase 8.3 pp Decrease 6.9 pp Increase 3.9 pp
President before election

Joaquín Leguina
PSOE

 Elected President

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
PP

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The election resulted in the People's Party (PP) winning an absolute majority of votes and seats for the first time, which allowed Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón to become President and end 12 years of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) rule in the community. Joaquín Leguina's PSOE suffered from Prime Minister Felipe González's unpopularity at national level and fell below 30% for the first time in a regional election. The third party, United Left (IU), benefitted from the PSOE's decline and polled just over 16%, their highest vote share at a Madrid Assembly election to date.

Overview

Under the 1983 Statute of Autonomy, the Assembly of Madrid was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.[1] The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.[2]

Date

The term of the Assembly of Madrid expired four years after the date of its previous ordinary election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 54 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid (BOCM).[3] The previous election was held on 26 May 1991, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 28 May 1995.

The regional president had the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Madrid at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election had been called and that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or during the last year of parliament before its planned expiration, nor before one year after a previous one.[4] In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.[5] Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances did not alter the date of the chamber's next ordinary election, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.[6]

The election to the Assembly of Madrid was officially called on 4 April 1995 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOCM, setting election day for 28 May and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 22 June.[7]

Electoral system

Voting for the Assembly was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Community of Madrid and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.[8]

The Assembly of Madrid had one seat per 50,000 inhabitants or fraction above 25,000. All were elected in a single multi-member constituency—corresponding to the autonomous community's territory—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) regionally.[9] As a result of the aforementioned allocation, the Assembly was entitled to 103 seats, based on the official population figures resulting from the latest revision of the municipal register (as of 1 January 1994).[10]

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.[11]

Outgoing parliament

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.[12]

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Parliamentary composition in April 1995
Groups Parties Legislators
Seats Total
People's Parliamentary Group PP 47 47
Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 41 41
United Left Parliamentary Group IU 13 13
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Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 0.5 percent of the electorate in the Community of Madrid, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list.[13]

Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election:

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Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Vote % Seats
PP
List
 Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Conservatism
Christian democracy		 42.7% 47 No
PSOE
List
 Joaquín Leguina Social democracy 36.6% 41 Yes
IU
List
 Ángel Pérez Socialism
Communism		 12.1% 13 No
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Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 52 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid (51 in the 1991 election).

Color key:

  Exit poll

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Results

Overall

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← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Assembly of Madrid election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 1,476,44250.98+8.31 54+7
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 860,72629.72−6.87 32−9
United Left (IU) 464,16716.03+3.96 17+4
The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) 21,2390.73New 0±0
The Alternative Greens (LVA)1 10,6380.37−0.03 0±0
Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE) 5,3680.19New 0±0
Madrilenian Independent Regional Party (PRIM) 3,1360.11−0.24 0±0
United Extremadura (EU) 2,3790.08New 0±0
Citizen Unity (UC) 2,0860.07New 0±0
Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR) 2,0660.07−0.03 0±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 2,0530.07New 0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 1,8530.06New 0±0
Humanist Platform (PH) 1,8340.06New 0±0
Independent Regional Unity (URI) 1,6360.06New 0±0
Independent Spanish Phalanx (FEI) 1,0600.04New 0±0
Coalition for a New Socialist Party (NPS)2 7310.03−0.05 0±0
Blank ballots 38,7631.34+0.05
Total 2,896,177 103+2
Valid votes 2,896,17799.62+0.03
Invalid votes 10,9640.38−0.03
Votes cast / turnout 2,907,14170.39+11.72
Abstentions 1,222,71129.61−11.72
Registered voters 4,129,852
Sources[12][14]
Footnotes:
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Popular vote
PP
 
 50.98%
PSOE
 
 29.72%
IU
 
 16.03%
Others
 
 1.94%
Blank ballots
 
 1.34%
Seats
PP
 
 52.43%
PSOE
 
 31.07%
IU
 
 16.50%

Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators sorted by order of election.[14]

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Aftermath

Government formation

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Investiture
Nomination of Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP)
Ballot → 28 June 1995
Required majority → 52 out of 103 checkY
Yes
  • • PP (54)
54 / 103
No
49 / 103
Abstentions
0 / 103
Absentees
0 / 103
Sources[12]
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