Extremaduran parliamentary election, 1995
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All 65 seats in the Assembly of Extremadura 33 seats needed for a majority |
Registered |
845,728 3.0% |
Turnout |
662,444 (78.3%) 7.3 pp |
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First party |
Second party |
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Leader |
Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra |
Juan Ignacio Barrero |
Party |
PSOE |
PP |
Leader since |
20 December 1982 |
25 September 1993 |
Last election |
39 seats, 54.1% |
19 seats, 26.8% |
Seats won |
31 |
27 |
Seat change |
8 |
8 |
Popular vote |
289,149 |
259,703 |
Percentage |
43.9% |
39.5% |
Swing |
10.2 pp |
12.7 pp |
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Third party |
Fourth party |
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Leader |
Ricardo Sosa |
Pedro Cañada |
Party |
IU |
CEx |
Leader since |
1993 |
10 December 1980 |
Last election |
4 seats, 8.1%[lower-alpha 1] |
0 seats, 4.0%[lower-alpha 2] |
Seats won |
6 |
1 |
Seat change |
2 |
1 |
Popular vote |
69,387 |
14,452 |
Percentage |
10.5% |
3.8% |
Swing |
2.4 pp |
0.2 pp |
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The 1995 Extremaduran parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Assembly of Extremadura, the unicameral regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Extremadura. At stake were all 65 seats in the Assembly, determining the President of Extremadura.
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won the election, but suffered a spectacular fall in both vote share and seats, losing the absolute majority it had maintained since 1983. On the other hand, the People's Party (PP) made great gains, winning the same 8 seats lost by the PSOE and nearing 40% of the vote. United Left (IU) obtained its best historical result to date in a regional election, with 6 out of 65 seats. The Extremaduran Coalition, an alliance of United Extremadura (EU) and the Extremaduran Regionalist Party (PREx), both of which failed to enter the Assembly in the 1991 election, entered the Assembly with 1 seat.
The Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which had already been reduced to 3 seats in 1991, did not even stand in the 1995 election, thus losing all of its seats.
Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra was able to be re-elected for a fourth term in office thanks to the abstention of IU. Both PP and IU together commanded an absolute majority of seats and could potentially block the PSOE in the Assembly, as had happened in Andalusia.
Electoral system
The number of seats in the Extremaduran Assembly was set to a fixed-number of 65. All Assembly members were elected in 2 multi-member districts, corresponding to Extremadura's two provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 20 seats, with the remaining 25 seats allocated among the two provinces in proportion to their populations. For the 1995 election, seats were distributed as follows: Badajoz (35) and Cáceres (30).
Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution. Alternatively, however, if a party did not reach the 5% threshold in a district, it could enter the seat distribution on the following conditions:
- 1. That the party did stood in both districts.
- 2. That, regionally, the party did reach the 5% threshold (even if it did not reach it in one of the two districts).[1]
Results
Overall
← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Extremaduran Assembly election results →
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Party |
Vote |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
Won |
+/− |
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
289,149 | 43.94 | 10.21 |
31 | 8 |
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People's Party (PP) |
259,703 | 39.46 | 12.70 |
27 | 8 |
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United Left-The Greens-Commitment for Extremadura (IU-LV-CE)[lower-alpha 1] |
69,387 | 10.54 | 2.40 |
6 | 2 |
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Extremaduran Coalition (CEx)[lower-alpha 2] |
25,168 | 3.82 | 0.17 |
1 | 1 |
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Independent Socialists of Extremadura (SIEx) |
7,722 | 1.17 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) |
1,136 | 0.17 | 0.24 |
0 | ±0 |
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
N/A | N/A | 5.75 |
0 | 3 |
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Blank ballots |
5,804 | 0.88 | 0.08 |
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Total |
658,069 | 100.00 | |
65 | ±0 |
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Valid votes |
658,069 | 99.34 | 0.02 |
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Invalid votes |
4,375 | 0.66 | 0.02 |
Votes cast / turnout |
662,444 | 78.33 | 7.31 |
Abstentions |
183,284 | 21.67 | 7.31 |
Registered voters |
845,728 | |
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Source: Argos Information Portal |
Vote share |
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PSOE |
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43.94% |
PP |
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39.46% |
IU-LV-CE |
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10.54% |
CEx |
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3.82% |
SIEx |
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1.17% |
PCPE |
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0.17% |
Blank ballots |
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0.88% |
Parliamentary seats |
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PSOE |
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47.69% |
PP |
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41.54% |
IU-LV-CE |
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9.23% |
CEx |
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1.54% |
Results by province
Election results by province.
Badajoz |
Party |
Vote |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
Won |
+/− |
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
177,713 | 44.45 | 11.86 |
17 | 4 |
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People's Party (PP) |
153,747 | 38.45 | 13.39 |
14 | 5 |
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United Left-The Greens-Commitment for Extremadura (IU-LV-CE)[lower-alpha 1] |
48,393 | 12.10 | 2.41 |
4 | 1 |
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Extremaduran Coalition (CEx)[lower-alpha 2] |
9,950 | 2.49 | 0.84 |
0 | ±0 |
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Independent Socialists of Extremadura (SIEx) |
5,519 | 1.38 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) |
1,136 | 0.28 | 0.27 |
0 | ±0 |
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
N/A | N/A | 5.95 |
0 | 2 |
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Blank ballots |
3,368 | 0.84 | 0.04 |
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Total |
399,826 | 100.00 | |
35 | ±0 |
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Valid votes |
399,826 | 99.35 | 0.08 |
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Invalid votes |
2,612 | 0.65 | 0.08 |
Votes cast / turnout |
402,438 | 78.83 | 8.05 |
Abstentions |
108,052 | 21.17 | 8.05 |
Registered voters |
510,490 | |
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Source: Argos Information Portal |
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Caceres |
Party |
Vote |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
Won |
+/− |
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
111,436 | 43.15 | 7.73 |
14 | 4 |
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People's Party (PP) |
105,956 | 41.03 | 11.69 |
13 | 3 |
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United Left-The Greens-Commitment for Extremadura (IU-LV-CE)[lower-alpha 1] |
20,994 | 8.13 | 2.33 |
2 | 1 |
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Extremaduran Coalition (CEx)[lower-alpha 2] |
15,218 | 5.89 | 1.63 |
1 | 1 |
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Independent Socialists of Extremadura (SIEx) |
2,203 | 0.85 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
N/A | N/A | 5.45 |
0 | 1 |
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Blank ballots |
2,436 | 0.94 | 0.15 |
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Total |
258,243 | 100.00 | |
30 | ±0 |
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Valid votes |
258,243 | 99.32 | 0.09 |
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Invalid votes |
1,763 | 0.68 | 0.09 |
Votes cast / turnout |
260,006 | 77.56 | 6.18 |
Abstentions |
75,232 | 22.44 | 6.18 |
Registered voters |
335,238 | |
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Source: Argos Information Portal |
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