1995 Ceuta Assembly election

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1995 Ceuta Assembly election

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All 25 seats in the Assembly of Ceuta
13 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 50,945 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg18.1%
Turnout 28,861 (56.7%)
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg0.4 pp
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Basilio Fernández
Party PP PFC CEU
Last election 6 seats, 38.7% 11 seats, 37.3% 2 seats, 9.9%
Seats won 9 6 4
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg3 Red Arrow Down.svg5 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2
Popular vote 8,867 5,778 4,171
Percentage 30.9% 20.1% 14.5%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg7.9 pp Red Arrow Down.svg17.2 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg4.6 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Party PSOE PSPC PDSC
Last election 3 seats, 11.9% 2 seats, 8.2% Did not contest
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change Arrow Blue Right 001.svg0 Arrow Blue Right 001.svg0 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1
Popular vote 3,770 2,307 1,449
Percentage 13.1% 8.0% 5.0%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.2 pp Red Arrow Down.svg0.2 pp New party

Mayor-President before election

Basilio Fernández
PFC

Elected Mayor-President

Basilio Fernández
PFC

The 1995 Ceuta Assembly election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 1st Assembly of the Autonomous City of Ceuta. All 25 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Electoral system

The Assembly of Ceuta was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the autonomous city of Ceuta. Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Ceuta and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-nationals whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty.[1][2][3]

The 25 members of the Assembly of Ceuta were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.[1][2][3]

The Mayor-President was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of members, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In case of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.[3]

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 a determined amount of the electors registered in Ceuta. 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.[1][2]

Results

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Assembly of Ceuta election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 8,867 30.85 +7.86 9 +3
Progress and Future of Ceuta (PFC) 5,778 20.11 –17.15 6 –5
United Ceuta (CEU) 4,171 14.51 +4.62 4 +2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 3,770 13.12 +1.24 3 ±0
Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC) 2,307 8.03 –0.14 2 ±0
Democratic and Social Party of Ceuta (PDSC) 1,449 5.04 New 1 +1
Muslim Electoral Coalition (CEM) 1,111 3.87 New 0 ±0
United Left of Ceuta (IU) 510 1.77 New 0 ±0
Ceuta First (CP) 407 1.42 New 0 ±0
Ceutan Party (PC) 87 0.30 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) n/a n/a –5.03 0 –1
Blank ballots 282 0.98 +0.51
Total 28,739 25 ±0
Valid votes 28,739 99.58 ±0.00
Invalid votes 122 0.42 ±0.00
Votes cast / turnout 28,861 56.65 –2.22
Abstentions 22,084 43.35 +2.22
Registered voters 50,945
Sources[4][5][6]
Popular vote
PP
  
30.85%
PFC
  
20.11%
CEU
  
14.51%
PSOE
  
13.12%
PSPC
  
8.03%
PDSC
  
5.04%
CEM
  
3.87%
IU
  
1.77%
CP
  
1.42%
PC
  
0.30%
Blank ballots
  
0.98%
Seats
PP
  
36.00%
PFC
  
24.00%
CEU
  
16.00%
PSOE
  
12.00%
PSPC
  
8.00%
PDSC
  
4.00%

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985, Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985 Official State Gazette (in Español)
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  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Statute of Autonomy of Ceuta of 1995, Law No. 1 of 13 March 1995 Official State Gazette (in Español)
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