The 1995 Balearic regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Parliament of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. All 59 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
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| Registered | 594,666  5.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overview
editElectoral system
editThe Parliament of the Balearic Islands was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Balearic Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[1]
Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Balearic Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 59 members of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, with each being allocated a fixed number of seats: 33 for Mallorca, 13 for Menorca, 12 for Ibiza and 1 for Formentera.[1][2]
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.[2][3]
Election date
editThe term of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament 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 Parliament on Sunday, 28 May 1995.[1][2][3]
The Parliament of the Balearic Islands 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 sixty-day period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1]
Opinion polls
editThe table below lists voting intention estimates 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. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 30 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands.
- Color key:
Exit poll
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | 
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PSM | 
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EVIB | PSMe | UM | AIPF | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 regional election | 28 May 1995 | — | 63.6 | 44.8 30 |
24.0 16 |
12.2 6 |
6.6 3 |
3.1 1 |
[e] | 5.3 2 |
0.3 1 |
20.8 |
| Eco Consulting/RTVE[p 1] | 28 May 1995 | ? | ? | 45.8 30/32 |
21.9 14/16 |
11.5 5/6 |
8.1 3/6 |
– | [e] | ? 2 |
[f] | 23.9 |
| Demoscopia/El País[p 2][p 3][p 4][p 5] | 10–15 May 1995 | 448 | ? | 56.0 38 |
19.3 11 |
8.7 4 |
8.3 6 |
– | [e] | [f] | [f] | 36.7 |
| CIS[p 6][p 7] | 24 Apr–10 May 1995 | 498 | 67.6 | 51.8 | 26.9 | 7.2 | 6.1 | – | [e] | 1.9 | [f] | 24.9 |
| 1994 EP election | 12 Jun 1994 | — | 49.8 | 50.6 | 24.8 | 6.0 | 9.9 | – | – | 2.6 | – | 25.8 |
| 1993 general election | 6 Jun 1993 | — | 72.6 | 46.4 | 34.0 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 2.2 | [e] | 2.4 | – | 12.4 |
| 1991 regional election | 26 May 1991 | — | 60.3 | 47.3 31 |
30.1 21 |
6.6 3 |
2.3 0 |
2.1 0 |
1.4[g] 2 |
[f] | – | 17.2 |
Results
editOverall
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| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| People's Party (PP)1 | 168,156 | 44.77 | –2.35 | 30 | –1 | |
| Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) | 90,008 | 23.97 | –6.12 | 16 | –5 | |
| Nationalists of the Balearic Islands (PSM–ENE) | 45,854 | 12.21 | +3.79 | 6 | +1 | |
| Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement (ENE) | 599 | 0.16 | –0.25 | 0 | ±0 | |
| United Left (IU) | 24,820 | 6.61 | +4.33 | 3 | +3 | |
| Majorcan Union (UM)3 | 19,966 | 5.32 | +2.83 | 2 | +1 | |
| The Greens of the Balearic Islands (EVIB) | 11,663 | 3.11 | +0.99 | 1 | +1 | |
| Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | 2,082 | 0.55 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Balearic Convergence (CB) | 1,600 | 0.43 | –1.20 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Independent Social Group (ASI) | 1,425 | 0.38 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Independents of Ibiza and Formentera Federation (FIEF) | 1,359 | 0.36 | –0.37 | 0 | –1 | |
| Independent Popular Council of Formentera (AIPF)4 | 1,195 | 0.32 | –0.08 | 1 | +1 | |
| Independents of Menorca (INME) | 987 | 0.26 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 439 | 0.12 | –0.06 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE) | 378 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Neighborhood Movement–New Socialist Party (MV–NPS)5 | 321 | 0.09 | –0.09 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Balearic Radical Party (PRB) | 219 | 0.06 | –0.10 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 5,100 | 1.36 | +0.49 | |||
| Total | 375,572 | 59 | ±0 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Abstentions | 216,723 | 36.44 | –3.29 | |||
| Registered voters | 594,666 | |||||
| Sources[4][5][6] | ||||||
Footnotes:
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Distribution by constituency
edit| Constituency | PP | PSIB | PSM–ENE | IU | UM | EVIB | AIPF | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | |
| Formentera | 44.1 | − | 4.5 | − | 49.4 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ibiza | 50.6 | 7 | 28.1 | 4 | 1.9 | − | 6.0 | − | 6.9 | 1 | ||||
| Mallorca | 44.6 | 16 | 22.8 | 8 | 13.4 | 5 | 6.5 | 2 | 6.5 | 2 | 3.1 | − | ||
| Menorca | 44.2 | 7 | 29.4 | 4 | 11.9 | 1 | 8.6 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 44.8 | 30 | 24.0 | 16 | 12.2 | 6 | 6.6 | 3 | 5.3 | 2 | 3.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Sources[5][6] | ||||||||||||||
Aftermath
editGovernment formation
edit| Investiture Gabriel Cañellas (PP) | ||
| Ballot → | 29 June 1995 | |
|---|---|---|
| Required majority → | 30 out of 59 
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31 / 59
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28 / 59
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| Abstentions | 0 / 59
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| Absentees | 0 / 59
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| Sources[6] | ||
July 1995 investiture
edit| Investiture Cristòfol Soler (PP) | ||
| Ballot → | 28 July 1995 | |
|---|---|---|
| Required majority → | 30 out of 59
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31 / 59
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26 / 59
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Abstentions
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2 / 59
| |
| Absentees | 0 / 59
| |
| Sources[6] | ||
1996 investiture
edit| Investiture Jaume Matas (PP) | |||
| Ballot → | 12 June 1996 | 14 June 1996 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required majority → | 30 out of 59 
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Simple
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29 / 59
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30 / 59
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28 / 59
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28 / 59
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Abstentions
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2 / 59
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1 / 59
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| Absentees | 0 / 59
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0 / 59
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| Sources[6] | |||
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Results for PP–UM in the 1991 election, not including results in Formentera.
- ^ Results for PSM–NM (6.64%, 3 seats), PSM–EU (1.37%, 2 seats) and ENE (0.41%, 0 seats) in the 1991 election.
- ^ Results for UIM–IM in the 1991 election.
- ^ Results for PP in Formentera in the 1991 election.
- ^ a b c d e Within PSM.
- ^ a b c d e Within PP.
- ^ Result for PSM–EU.
References
edit- Opinion poll sources
- ^ "El PP se impuso en diez comunidades". Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). 29 May 1995.
- ^ "El PP será la fuerza más votada en 12 comunidades". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 1995.
- ^ "Cañellas, de nuevo con mayoría absoluta". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 1995.
- ^ "Mañana, previsiones para las municipales". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 1995.
- ^ "El PP gana en doce autonomías y el PSOE sólo en Extremadura, según un sondeo". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 21 May 1995.
- ^ "Preelectoral Comunidad Autónoma de Baleares (Estudio 2162. Abril-Mayo 1995)". CIS (in Spanish). 10 May 1995.
- ^ "Estudio CIS nº 2162. Ficha técnica" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 10 May 1995.
- Other
- ^ a b c d Ley Orgánica 2/1983, de 25 de febrero, de Estatuto de Autonomía para las islas Baleares. Boletín Oficial del Estado (Organic Law 1) (in Spanish). 25 February 1983. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ a b c Ley 8/1986, de 26 de noviembre, Electoral de la Comunidad Autónoma de las Islas Baleares. Boletín Oficial del Estado (Law 8) (in Spanish). 26 November 1986. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ a b Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General. Boletín Oficial del Estado (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "Parliament of the Balearic Islands elections, 1983-2003" (PDF). web.parlamentib.es (in Catalan). Electoral Commission of the Balearic Islands. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results, 28 May 1995" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Catalan). Electoral Commission of the Balearic Islands. 10 June 1995. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Eleccions al Parlament de les Illes Balears i i Consells Insulars (1979 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Catalan). Retrieved 28 September 2017.