Catalan parliamentary election, 1995

Catalan parliamentary election, 1995

19 November 1995

All 135 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia 68 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Registered 5,079,981 5.0% Turnout 3,232,959 (63.6%) 8.7 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jordi Pujol Joaquim Nadal Alejo Vidal-Quadras Party CiU PSC PPC Leader since 19 September 1978 22 July 1995[1] 9 January 1991 Last election 70 seats, 46.2% 40 seats, 27.5% 7 seats, 6.0% Seats won 60 34 17 Seat change 10 6 10 Popular vote 1,320,071 802,252 421,752 Percentage 40.9% 24.9% 13.1% Swing 5.3 pp 2.6 pp 7.1 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Rafael Ribó Àngel Colom Party IC ERC Leader since 23 February 1987 19 November 1989 Last election 7 seats, 6.5% 11 seats, 8.0% Seats won 11 13 Seat change 4 2 Popular vote 313,092 305,867 Percentage 9.7% 9.5% Swing 3.2 pp 1.5 pp

Graphic of the results in the Catalan Parliament election, 1995, based in seats and constituencies.

President before election Jordi Pujol CiU Elected President Jordi Pujol CiU

The 1995 Catalan parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 19 November 1995, to elect the 5th Parliament of Catalonia, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia. At stake were all 135 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of Catalonia.

Electoral system

The 135 members of the Parliament of Catalonia were elected in 4 multi-member districts, corresponding to Catalonia's four provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation. As the community did not have an electoral law of its own passed into law at the time of the 1995 election, the electoral system came regulated under the community's Statute of Autonomy rules, and subsidiarily, under the Spanish general electoral law (Organic Law 5/1985, of the General Electoral Regime). As a result of the lack of an autonomous electoral law, seats were allocated to districts through specific Laws or Decrees for each election. For the 1995 election, seats were distributed as follows: Barcelona (85), Girona (17), Lleida (15) and Tarragona (18).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which includes blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[2][3]

Background

After of 15 years of a Convergence and Union government, these elections open up expectations for a possible change in the Catalan Government.

In the past 1992 elections, Convergence and Union reedited the absolute majority.

Parties

• Convergència i Unió (CiU, Convergence and Union). Presidential candidate: Jordi Pujol. Union of the Catalan nationalist, fiscally liberal Democratic Convergence of Catalonia and the conservative Democratic Union of Catalonia.
• Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC). Presidential candidate: Joaquim Nadal. Social democratic and leftist. The PSC are affiliated to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
• Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC, Republican Left of Catalonia). Presidential candidate: Àngel Colom i Colom. Catalan republican and independentist, left-wing.
• People's Party of Catalonia (PPC). Presidential candidate: Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca. The main party of the centre-right in Spain.
• Initiative for Catalonia Greens (IC-EV). Presidential candidate: Rafel Ribó. Green (eco-socialist) and leftist.

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown empty.

Date	Polling Firm/Source	CiU	PSC	ERC	ICV	PPC	Oth.	Lead
19 Nov 1995	Regional Election	40.9	24.9	9.5	9.7	13.1	1.9	16.0
19 Nov	Eco	43.0	22.0	11.0	9.9	12.0	2.1	21.0
19 Nov	Vox Pública	44.0	22.0	11.0	9.5	12.0	1.5	22.0
Exit polls
12 Nov	Sigma-2	45.2	23.8	8.8	7.4	11.4	3.4	21.4
12 Nov	Demoscopia	45.4	23.2	7.2	11.6	11.7	0.9	22.2
12 Nov	Vox Pública	46.5	23.2	8.3	9.4	8.4	4.2	23.3
7–8 Nov	Imagen & Opinión	44.7	24.3	9.2	7.8	10.4	3.6	20.4
6–7 Nov	Opina	46.0	21.0	10.0	10.0	11.0	2.0	25.0
5 Nov	EMB-Yankelovich	46.7	22.1	9.3	9.3	12.6	0.0	24.6
25–26 Oct	Vox Pública	46.3	21.7	8.2	10.3	9.8	3.7	24.6
22–24 Oct	Imagen & Opinión	45.5	24.4	8.6	8.7	11.4	1.4	21.1
16–17 Oct	Opina	45.5	22.3	10.2	8.4	10.5	3.1	23.2
9 Oct	Demoscopia	42.0	23.0	9.0	12.0	13.0	1.0	19.0
22 Sep–4 Oct	CIS	44.5	24.0	9.0	9.5	10.0	3.0	20.5
20 Sep	Sigma-2	40.6	27.7	7.4	7.6	12.1	4.6	12.9
14–20 Jul	Imagen & Opinión	42.1	23.0	8.4	8.0	16.4	2.1	19.1
1995
12 Jun 1994	EP Election	31.5	28.2	5.5	11.1	18.5	5.2	3.3
1994
6 Jun 1993	General Election	31.8	34.9	5.1	7.5	17.0	3.7	3.1
1993
15 Mar 1992	Regional Election	46.2	27.5	8.0	6.5	6.0	5.8	18.7

Seat projections

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 68 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Catalonia.

68 seats needed for majority

Date	Polling Firm/Source	CiU	PSC	ERC	ICV	PPC	Others
19 Nov 1995	Regional Election	60	34	13	11	17	0
19 Nov	Eco	64−68	28−31	14−16	10−12	14−16	0
19 Nov	Vox Pública	64−67	30−33	13−15	9−10	14−16	0
Exit polls
12 Nov	Sigma-2	65−68	31−35	11−12	8−9	15−16	0
12 Nov	Demoscopia	66−70	29−30	10−11	12−13	14−16	0
12 Nov	Vox Pública	68−72	31−35	10−12	11−12	11−12	0
7–8 Nov	Imagen & Opinión	62−65	33−34	12−13	11	13−15	0
6–7 Nov	Opina	69−71	28−30	11−14	9−13	11−14	0
5 Nov	EMB-Yankelovich	68−69	30−31	11−12	11−12	13−14	0
25–26 Oct	Vox Pública	67−70	31−33	11−12	12	12−13	0
22–24 Oct	Imagen & Opinión	65−69	32−34	10−12	9−11	15−16	0
16–17 Oct	Opina	67−69	32−33	12−13	10	12−13	0
9 Oct	Demoscopia	60−64	29−33	11−12	13−15	15−17	0
22 Sep–4 Oct	CIS	65−67	33−34	11−12	10−11	11−13	0
20 Sep	Sigma-2	60−63	38−40	9−11	8−9	16−17	0
14–20 Jul	Imagen & Opinión	59−62	31−33	10−11	8−9	22−24	0
1995
1994
1993
15 Mar 1992	Regional Election	70	40	11	7	7	0

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 19 November 1995 Catalan Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Convergence and Union (CiU)	1,320,071	40.95	5.24	60	10
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC-PSOE)	802,252	24.89	2.66	34	6
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	421,752	13.08	7.11	17	10
	Initiative for Catalonia-The Greens (IC-EV)	313,092	9.71	3.21	11	4
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	305,867	9.49	1.53	13	2
	Ecologist Alternative of Catalonia (AEC)	14,651	0.45	0.06	0	±0
	Ecologist Party of Catalonia-VERDE (PEC-VERDE)	5,639	0.17	0.12	0	±0
	Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR)	3,886	0.12	0.03	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		5,325	0.17	–	0	±0
	Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT)	2,221	0.07	0.32	0	±0
	Spain Independents' Platform (PIE)	1,580	0.05	New	0	±0
	Civic Platform-New Socialist Party (PC-NPS)	869	0.03	New	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	327	0.01	New	0	±0
	Party of Freelance Workers of Spain (PAE)	194	0.01	New	0	±0
	Democratic Party of the People (PDEP)	134	0.00	New	0	±0

	Blank ballots	31,417	0.97	0.21
Total		3,223,952	100.00		135	±0
Valid votes		3,223,952	99.72	0.14
Invalid votes		9,007	0.28	0.14
Votes cast / turnout		3,232,959	63.64	8.77
Abstentions		1,847,022	36.36	8.77
Registered voters		5,079,981
Source(s): Department of Interior and Institutional Relations Argos Information Portal

Vote share
CiU			40.95%
PSC-PSOE			24.89%
PPC			13.08%
IC-EV			9.71%
ERC			9.49%
Others			0.91%
Blank ballots			0.97%

Parliamentary seats
CiU			44.44%
PSC-PSOE			25.19%
PPC			12.59%
ERC			9.63%
IC-EV			8.15%

Results by province

Party			BC	GI	LL	TA	Total
	CiU	S	34	9	8	9	60
		V	39.1	48.6	49.7	43.2	41.0
	PSC	S	22	5	3	4	34
		V	25.4	25.7	19.5	23.2	24.9
	PPC	S	12	1	2	2	17
		V	13.6	7.9	12.2	14.4	13.1
	IC	S	10	0	0	1	11
		V	11.2	4.0	4.2	6.4	9.7
	ERC	S	7	2	2	2	13
		V	8.7	12.3	12.8	11.1	9.5
	Others	V	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.9
	Blank		1.0	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.0
	Total seats		85	17	15	18	135
Turnout			62.9	67.8	66.6	64.3	63.6

Results by comarques

Comarque	CiU	PSC	PPC	IC	ERC	Lead	Turnout

Alt Camp	47.7	21.8	8.8	4.2	16.0	+25.9	69.1
Alt Empordà	47.3	25.4	10.7	3.5	11.4	+21.9	64.9
Alt Penedès	50.1	23.4	7.6	4.7	12.7	+26.7	69.3
Alt Urgell	55.2	18.1	9.4	2.3	13.6	+37.1	64.9
Alta Ribagorça	46.3	32.9	8.1	3.3	7.9	+13.4	63.7
Anoia	49.9	24.3	9.1	6.0	9.1	+25.6	65.8
Bages	49.9	23.3	7.2	5.8	12.3	+26.6	67.8
Baix Camp	42.1	24.1	13.3	6.6	12.2	+18.0	62.3
Baix Ebre	44.5	20.5	16.9	5.9	10.7	+24.0	63.8
Baix Empordà	48.7	27.4	7.3	4.0	11.1	+21.3	67.0
Baix Llobregat	31.6	31.1	12.7	16.1	6.4	+0.4	59.3
Baix Penedès	45.2	27.8	11.5	4.7	9.1	+17.4	63.2
Barcelonès	36.6	24.7	16.7	11.7	8.3	+11.9	63.5
Berguedà	52.8	20.0	6.7	3.0	16.1	+32.8	71.7
Cerdanya	53.8	19.0	8.4	3.1	13.9	+34.8	65.7
Conca de Barberà	49.1	16.7	8.1	5.1	19.2	+29.9	70.3
Garraf	41.2	26.4	12.0	9.4	9.3	+14.8	61.2
Garrigues	50.0	16.7	9.6	2.7	20.0	+30.0	71.1
Garrotxa	55.2	21.0	5.5	2.9	14.0	+34.2	70.6
Gironès	41.8	31.7	8.2	4.5	12.3	+10.1	70.2
Maresme	46.3	22.7	11.7	7.5	10.0	+23.6	66.1
Montsià	46.8	21.7	13.2	7.1	9.8	+25.1	64.6
Noguera	54.2	16.2	10.5	3.0	15.0	+38.0	72.3
Osona	58.8	14.8	5.4	3.6	16.1	+42.7	72.0
Pallars Jussà	53.4	22.1	6.9	3.5	12.9	+31.3	67.1
Pallars Sobirà	55.9	21.7	5.9	3.5	12.0	+34.2	69.8
Pla de l'Estany	55.9	17.0	6.7	2.4	16.7	+38.9	73.2
Pla d'Urgell	51.0	17.0	11.4	2.4	16.7	+34.0	73.3
Priorat	48.9	21.6	7.4	3.7	16.7	+27.3	76.5
Ribera d'Ebre	49.4	22.2	10.9	4.6	11.6	+27.2	73.1
Ripollès	56.3	21.4	4.8	3.8	12.4	+34.9	75.2
Segarra	57.0	11.3	11.1	2.8	16.3	+40.7	70.7
Segrià	44.3	22.9	15.1	5.9	9.9	+21.4	64.0
Selva	51.0	23.0	7.6	5.1	12.0	+28.0	65.4
Solsonès	63.4	9.7	9.2	2.2	14.0	+49.4	68.9
Tarragonès	38.5	24.7	18.1	8.1	8.6	+13.8	63.0
Terra Alta	46.8	15.6	19.4	4.8	12.1	+27.4	71.8
Urgell	54.7	14.7	10.2	3.2	15.6	+39.1	70.1
Val d'Aran	50.3	24.7	16.3	2.8	4.1	+25.6	62.8
Vallès Occidental	37.6	27.7	11.4	13.5	7.8	+9.9	61.0
Vallès Oriental	44.9	25.1	9.9	9.3	9.0	+19.8	62.6
Barcelona	39.1	25.4	13.6	11.2	8.7	+13.7	62.9
Girona	48.6	25.7	7.9	4.0	12.3	+22.9	67.8
Lleida	49.7	19.5	12.2	4.2	12.8	+30.2	66.6
Tarragona	43.2	23.2	14.4	6.4	11.1	+20.0	64.3
TOTAL	41.0	24.9	13.1	9.7	9.5	+16.1	63.6

Post-election

Investiture voting

1st round: 14 December 1995 Investiture voting for Jordi Pujol (CiU) Absolute majority: 68/135
Vote	Parties	Votes
Yes	CiU (60)	60 / 135
No	ERC (13), IC (11)	24 / 135
Abstentions	PSC (34), PP (17)	51 / 135
2nd round: 16 December 1995 Investiture voting for Jordi Pujol (CiU) Simple majority
Vote	Parties	Votes
Yes	CiU (60)	60 / 135
No	IC (11)	11 / 135
Abstentions	PSC (34), PP (17), ERC (13)	64 / 135
Source: Historia Electoral

References

1. "Joaquim Nadal, alcalde de Girona, candidato socialista a la presidencia de la Generalitat". El País. 1995-07-18. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
2. "Organic Law 5/1985, of 19 June, of the General Electoral Regime".
3. "Organic Law 4/1979, of 18 December, of Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia".