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1995 Madrilenian regional election

The 1995 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Assembly of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. All 103 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

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 Green arrow up7.6%
Turnout2,907,141 (70.4%)
Green arrow up11.7 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 Green arrow up7 Red arrow down9 Green arrow up4
Popular vote 1,476,442 860,726 464,167
Percentage 51.0% 29.7% 16.0%
Swing Green arrow up8.3 pp Red arrow down6.9 pp Green arrow up3.9 pp
President before election

Joaquín Leguina
PSOE

Elected President

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
PP

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 PM Felipe González' 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

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Electoral system

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The Assembly of Madrid was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Madrid, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Madrilenian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[1] Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Community of Madrid and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

All members of the Assembly of Madrid 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 regionally. The Assembly was entitled to one member per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000.[1][2]

Election date

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The term of the Assembly of Madrid expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Assembly 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 Assembly on Sunday, 28 May 1995.[1][2][3]

The president of the Community had the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Madrid and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the 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. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1]

Parties and candidates

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The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten 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 of candidates.[2][3]

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

Candidacy Parties and
alliances 		Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Votes (%) Seats
PP
List
   Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Conservatism
Christian democracy 		42.67% 47  N
PSOE
List
   Joaquín Leguina Social democracy 36.59% 41  Y
IU
List
   Ángel Pérez Socialism
Communism 		12.07% 13  N

Opinion polls

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The 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; 52 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid.

Color key:

  Exit poll

Results

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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) 1,476,442 50.98 +8.31 54 +7
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 860,726 29.72 –6.87 32 –9
United Left (IU) 464,167 16.03 +3.96 17 +4
The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) 21,239 0.73 New 0 ±0
The Alternative Greens (LVA)1 10,638 0.37 –0.03 0 ±0
Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE) 5,368 0.19 New 0 ±0
Madrilenian Independent Regional Party (PRIM) 3,136 0.11 –0.24 0 ±0
United Extremadura (EU) 2,379 0.08 New 0 ±0
Citizen Unity (UC) 2,086 0.07 New 0 ±0
Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR) 2,066 0.07 –0.03 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 2,053 0.07 New 0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 1,853 0.06 New 0 ±0
Humanist Platform (PH) 1,834 0.06 New 0 ±0
Independent Regional Unity (URI) 1,636 0.06 New 0 ±0
Independent Spanish Phalanx (FEI) 1,060 0.04 New 0 ±0
Coalition for a New Socialist Party (NPS)2 731 0.03 –0.05 0 ±0
Blank ballots 38,763 1.34 +0.05
Total 2,896,177 103 +2
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
Abstentions 1,222,711 29.61 –11.72
Registered voters 4,129,852
Sources[5][6]
Footnotes:
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

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The following table lists the elected legislators sorted by order of election.[7]

Aftermath

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Investiture processes to elect the President of the Community of Madrid required for an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later requiring of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If none of such majorities were achieved, successive candidate proposals could be processed under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly would be automatically dissolved and a snap election called.[1]

Investiture
Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP)
Ballot → 28 June 1995
Required majority → 52 out of 103  Y
Yes
  • • PP (54)
54 / 103
No
49 / 103
Abstentions
0 / 103
Absentees
0 / 103
Sources[5]

References

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Opinion poll sources
  1. ^ "El PP se impuso en diez comunidades". Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). 29 May 1995.
  2. ^ "El PP será la fuerza más votada en 12 comunidades". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 1995.
  3. ^ "Ruiz Gallardón gana a Leguina por mayoría absoluta". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 1995.
  4. ^ "Mañana, previsiones para las municipales". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 1995.
  5. ^ "El PP gana en doce autonomías y el PSOE sólo en Extremadura, según un sondeo". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 21 May 1995.
  6. ^ "Preelectoral Autonómicas Madrid (Estudio nº 2159. Abril-Mayo 1995)". CIS (in Spanish). 10 May 1995.
  7. ^ "Estudio CIS nº 2159. Ficha técnica" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 10 May 1995.
  8. ^ a b "El PP gobernará con holgura la Comunidad de Madrid al superar la suma de los votos de socialistas y comunistas". ABC (in Spanish). 20 May 1995.
  9. ^ "El PP consumará su caída en Madrid, donde también le rebasa IU". ABC (in Spanish). 9 January 1995.
  10. ^ "IU recela de un pacto con el PSOE pese al sondeo en el que cae la izquierda". El País (in Spanish). 10 April 1994.
  11. ^ "El PP se atribuye mayoría absoluta en la región si las elecciones fuesen ahora". El País (in Spanish). 21 February 1993.
Other
  1. ^ a b c d e Ley Orgánica 3/1983, de 25 de febrero, de Estatuto de Autonomía de la Comunidad de Madrid (Organic Law 3) (in Spanish). 25 February 1983. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Ley 11/1986, de 16 de diciembre, Electoral de la Comunidad de Madrid (Law 11) (in Spanish). 16 November 1986. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. ^ Ley 5/1990, de 17 de mayo, reguladora de la facultad de disolución de la Asamblea de Madrid por el Presidente de la Comunidad (Law 5) (in Spanish). 17 May 1990. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid (1983-2021)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 1995" (PDF) (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid. 2 November 1995. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  7. ^ Junta Electoral Provincial de Madrid: "Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 1995" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid (261): 25–26. 2 November 1995. ISSN 1989-4791.
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