Aragonese parliamentary election, 1995

Aragonese parliamentary election, 1995
Aragon
28 May 1995
All 67 seats in the Courts of Aragon
34 seats needed for a majority
Registered 993,975 Increase3.9%
Turnout 706,954 (71.1%)
Increase6.5 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Santiago Lanzuela Marcelino Iglesias Emilio Eiroa
Party PP PSOE PAR
Leader since 24 September 1993 15 February 1995 12 July 1991
Last election 17 seats, 20.7% 30 seats, 40.3% 17 seats, 24.7%
Seats won 27 19 14
Seat change Increase10 Decrease11 Decrease3
Popular vote 263,524 180,728 143,573
Percentage 37.5% 25.7% 20.4%
Swing Increase16.8 pp Decrease14.6 pp Decrease4.3 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Miguel Ángel Fustero Chesús Bernal
Party IU CHA
Leader since 1994 29 June 1986
Last election 3 seats, 6.7% 0 seats, 2.3%
Seats won 5 2
Seat change Increase2 Increase2
Popular vote 64,685 34,077
Percentage 9.2% 4.8%
Swing Increase2.5 pp Increase2.5 pp
President before election

Ramón Tejedor
PSOE

 Elected President

Santiago Lanzuela
PP

The 1995 Aragonese parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th democratically-elected Courts of Aragon, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Aragon. At stake were all 67 seats in the Courts, determining the President of the Government of Aragon.

The election saw a marked increase for the People's Party (PP), which went on to win the election doubling its 1991 vote and gaining ten seats. Much of the increase came at the expense of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), at the moment beset by corruption scandals. The Aragonese Party (PAR) lost ground for the second consecutive election and was displaced to 3rd place. United Left (IU) improved its position while the left-wing regionalist Aragonese Union (CHA) won seats in the Courts for the first time.

The new legislature elected Santiago Lanzuela as the first PP President of Aragon by 41 votes to 26. The PP and PAR deputies backed Lanzuela while PSOE, CHA and IU voted against. Lanzuela headed a PP administration with the initial support of the PAR.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Aragonese Courts was set to a fixed-number of 67. All Courts members were elected in 3 multi-member districts, corresponding to Aragon's three provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 13 seats, with the remaining 28 seats allocated among the three provinces in proportion to their populations, on the required condition that the number of inhabitants per seat in each district did not exceed 2.75 times those of any other. For the 1995 election, seats were distributed as follows: Huesca (18), Teruel (16) and Zaragoza (33).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]

Background

The previous legislature had been tightly divided between the left and right blocs, with an independent, former PP deputy holding the balance of power. This had resulted in a coalition between the PP and PAR being replaced by a PSOE administration in 1993. However, legal difficulties had forced the resignation of the PSOE Aragonese President José Marco in January 1995, being replaced by party colleague Ramón Tejedor. The PSOE Federal Executive designated Marcelino Iglesias as candidate for President in the 1995 election, marginalizing Marco from the election of the regional candidates.[2]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Aragonese Courts election results →
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 263,524 37.50 Increase16.82 27 Increase10
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 180,728 25.72 Decrease14.62 19 Decrease11
Aragonese Party (PAR) 143,573 20.43 Decrease4.25 14 Decrease3
United Left of Aragon (IU) 64,685 9.20 Increase2.46 5 Increase2
Aragonese Union (CHA) 34,077 4.85 Increase2.55 2 Increase2
Spain Independents' Platform (PIE) 2,349 0.33 New 0 ±0
Aragonese Unity (UA) 1,342 0.19 New 0 ±0
SOS Nature (SOS) 923 0.13 New 0 ±0
Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS) 445 0.06 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 11,098 1.58 Increase0.28
Total 702,744 100.00 67 ±0
Valid votes 702,744 99.40 Increase0.10
Invalid votes 4,210 0.60 Decrease0.10
Votes cast / turnout 706,954 71.12 Increase6.55
Abstentions 287,021 28.88 Decrease6.55
Registered voters 993,975
Source: Argos Information Portal
Vote share
PP
  
 37.50%
PSOE
  
 25.72%
PAR
  
 20.43%
IU
  
 9.20%
CHA
  
 4.85%
Others
  
 0.72%
Blank ballots
  
 1.58%
Parliamentary seats
PP
  
 40.30%
PSOE
  
 28.36%
PAR
  
 20.90%
IU
  
 7.46%
CHA
  
 2.99%

Results by province

References

  1. ↑ "Law 1/1987, of 31 March, electoral of the Autonomous Community of Aragon".
  2. ↑ "The PSOE marginalizes Marco from the designation of the Aragonese candidates" (in Spanish). El País. 1995-02-16.
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