1995 Extremaduran regional election

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1995 Extremaduran regional election
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All 65 seats in the Assembly of Extremadura
33 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 845,728 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2.5%
Turnout 662,444 (78.3%)
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg7.5 pp
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra Juan Ignacio Barrero Ricardo Sosa
Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura People's Party of Extremadura IU–LV–CE
Leader since 20 December 1982 25 September 1993 1993
Leader's seat Badajoz Badajoz Badajoz
Last election 39 seats, 54.2% 19 seats, 26.8% 4 seats, 8.1%[lower-alpha 1]
Seats won 31 27 6
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg8 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg8 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2
Popular vote 289,149 259,703 69,387
Percentage 43.9% 39.5% 10.5%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg10.3 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg12.7 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2.4 pp
  Fourth party
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Leader Pedro Cañada
Party CEx
Leader since 10 December 1980
Leader's seat Cáceres
Last election 0 seats, 4.0%[lower-alpha 2]
Seats won 1
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1
Popular vote 14,452
Percentage 3.8%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg0.2 pp
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Constituency results map for the Assembly of Extremadura
President before election

Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura

 Elected President

Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura

The 1995 Extremaduran regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Assembly of the autonomous community of Extremadura. All 65 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.

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.

Overview

Electoral system

The Assembly of Extremadura was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Extremadura, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Extremaduran 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 Extremadura and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 65 members of the Assembly of Extremadura 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. Alternatively, parties failing to reach the threshold in one of the constituencies were also entitled to enter the seat distribution as long as they ran candidates in both districts and reached five percent regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Badajoz and Cáceres, with each being allocated an initial minimum of 20 seats and the remaining 25 being distributed in proportion to their populations.[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 2 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

The term of the Assembly of Extremadura 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 Assembly of Extremadura 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 two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1][4]

Opinion polls

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; 33 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Extremadura.

Color key:

      Exit poll

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Assembly of Extremadura election results →
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Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 289,149 43.94 –10.22 31 –8
People's Party (PP) 259,703 39.46 +12.68 27 +8
United Left–The Greens–Commitment to Extremadura (IU–LV–CE)1 69,387 10.54 +2.39 6 +2
Extremaduran Coalition (CEx)2 25,168 3.82 –0.17 1 +1
Independent Socialists of Extremadura (SIEx) 7,722 1.17 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 1,136 0.17 –0.24 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) n/a n/a –5.73 0 –3
Blank ballots 5,804 0.88 +0.10
Total 658,069 65 ±0
Valid votes 658,069 99.34 ±0.00
Invalid votes 4,375 0.66 ±0.00
Votes cast / turnout 662,444 78.33 +7.48
Abstentions 183,284 21.67 –7.48
Registered voters 845,728
Sources[5][6]
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Footnotes:
Popular vote
PSOE
  
 43.94%
PP
  
 39.46%
IU–LV–CE
  
 10.54%
CEx
  
 3.82%
SIEx
  
 1.17%
PCPE
  
 0.17%
Blank ballots
  
 0.88%
Seats
PSOE
  
 47.69%
PP
  
 41.54%
IU–LV–CE
  
 9.23%
CEx
  
 1.54%

Distribution by constituency

Constituency PSOE PP IU–LV–CE CEx
 % S  % S  % S  % S
Badajoz 44.4 17 38.5 14 12.1 4 2.5 −
Cáceres 43.2 14 41.0 13 8.1 2 5.9 1
Total 43.9 31 39.5 27 10.5 6 3.8 1
Sources[5][6]

Aftermath

Investiture
Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra (PSOE)
Ballot → 12 July 1995 14 July 1995
Required majority → 33 out of 65 N Simple YesY
Yes
31 / 65
31 / 65
No
  • • PP (27)
  • • IU–LV (6) (on 12 Jul)
33 / 65
27 / 65
Abstentions
  • • IU–LV (5) (on 14 Jul)
  • • EU (1)
1 / 65
6 / 65
Absentees
  • • IU–LV (1) (on 14 Jul)
0 / 65
1 / 65
Sources[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Results for IU (7.11%, 4 seats) and LV (1.04%, 0 seats) in the 1991 election.
  2. ↑ Results for EU (2.50%, 0 seats) and PREx (1.49%, 0 seats) in the 1991 election.

References

Opinion poll sources
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ley Orgánica 1/1983, de 25 de febrero, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Extremadura, Organic Law No. 1 of 25 February 1983 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Español)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ley 2/1987, de 16 de marzo, de Elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura, Law No. 2 of 16 March 1987 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Español)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General, Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Español)
  4. ↑ Ley Orgánica 5/1991, de 13 de marzo, de Reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de Extremadura, Organic Law No. 5 of 13 March 1991 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Español)
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