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1995 Canarian regional election

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1995 Canarian regional election
← 1991
28 May 1995
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All 60 seats in the Parliament of the Canary Islands
31 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered1,248,575 Increase 10.0%
Turnout801,607 (64.2%)
Increase 2.5 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Manuel Hermoso José Miguel Bravo de Laguna Augusto Brito
Party CC PP PSOE
Leader since 1991 1991 11 February 1995
Leader's seat Tenerife Gran Canaria Tenerife
Last election 17 seats, 34.1%[a] 6 seats, 12.8% 23 seats, 33.0%
Seats won 21 18 16
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 12 Decrease 7
Popular vote 261,424 247,609 183,969
Percentage 32.8% 31.1% 23.1%
Swing Decrease 1.3 pp Increase 18.3 pp Decrease 9.9 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Onelio Ramos Juan Padrón Morales
Party PCN AHI
Leader since 1995 1983
Leader's seat Gran Canaria El Hierro
Last election 6 seats, 2.6%[b] 1 seat, 0.2%
Seats won 4 1
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady 0
Popular vote 23,914 2,105
Percentage 3.0% 0.3%
Swing Increase 0.4 pp Increase 0.1 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Canary Islands
President before election

Manuel Hermoso
AIC (CC)

 Elected President

Manuel Hermoso
AIC (CC)

A regional election was held in the Canary Islands on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Overview

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Under the 1982 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of the Canary Islands was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.[1] The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.[2]

Date

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The term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands expired four years after the date of its previous ordinary election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 54 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Canaries (BOC).[3] The previous election was held on 26 May 1991, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 28 May 1995.

The Parliament of the Canary Islands could not be dissolved before the expiration date 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 Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.[4]

The election to the Parliament of the Canary Islands was officially called on 4 April 1995 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOC, setting election day for 28 May.[5]

Electoral system

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Voting for the Parliament was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Canary Islands and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.[6]

The Parliament of the Canary Islands had a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 70 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 60. All were elected in seven multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife, each of which was assigned a fixed number of seats—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a 20 percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency or three percent regionally.[7]

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:[8]

Seats Constituencies
15 Gran Canaria, Tenerife
8 La Palma, Lanzarote
7 Fuerteventura
4 La Gomera
3 El Hierro

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.[9]

Outgoing parliament

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The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.[10][11]

Parliamentary composition in April 1995
Groups Parties Legislators
Seats Total
Canarian Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 23 23
Canarian Independent Groups–AIC Parliamentary Group AIC 10 16
PIL 4
IF 2
Centrist Parliamentary Group CCI 6 7
AGI 1
People's Parliamentary Group PP 6 6
Canarian Left Parliamentary Group (ICAN) ICAN 5 5
Mixed Parliamentary Group AM 2 3
AHI 1

Parties and candidates

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The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list.[12]

Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Vote % Seats
PSOE Augusto Brito Social democracy 33.0% 23 No
CC
List
 Manuel Hermoso Regionalism
Canarian nationalism
Centrism
34.1%
[a]		 17 Yes
CDS–UC Juan Bautista Ruiz Centrism
Liberalism		 14.4% 7 No
PP
List
 José Miguel Bravo de Laguna Conservatism
Christian democracy		 12.8% 6 No
PCN
List
 Onelio Ramos Canarian nationalism
2.6%
[b]		 6 No
AHI Juan Padrón Morales Insularism
Canarian nationalism
Centrism		 0.2% 1 No
IUC Segundo Martínez Socialism
Communism		 Did not contest No

Opinion polls

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The tables below list opinion polling results 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.

Voting intention estimates

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The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 31 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.

Color key:

  Exit poll

Voting preferences

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The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Victory preferences

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The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Victory likelihood

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The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Preferred President

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The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Canary Islands.

Results

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Overall

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← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Canarian Coalition (CC)1 261,42432.80−1.33 21+4
People's Party (PP) 247,60931.07+18.24 18+12
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 183,96923.08−9.95 16−7
Canarian United Left (IUC) 40,6145.10New 0±0
Nationalist Canarian Platform (PCN)2 23,9143.00+0.43 4−2
Coalition for Gran Canaria (CGC) 10,9641.38New 0±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC) 5,3400.67−13.74 0−7
National Congress of the Canaries (CNC) 2,9640.37New 0±0
Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac) 2,4360.31−0.28 0±0
Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) 2,1050.26+0.05 1±0
Tenerife Assembly (ATF) 1,6000.20New 0±0
Humanist Platform (PH)3 1,5610.20+0.04 0±0
Green Left of the Canary Islands (Izegzawen) 1,3570.17New 0±0
Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) 1,2510.16New 0±0
Party of The People (LG) 6250.08−0.13 0±0
Nationalist Canarian Initiative (ICAN)4 2480.03−0.03 0±0
Blank ballots 9,0781.14+0.37
Total 797,059 60±0
Valid votes 797,05999.43+0.16
Invalid votes 4,5480.57−0.16
Votes cast / turnout 801,60764.20+2.51
Abstentions 446,96835.80−2.51
Registered voters 1,248,575
Sources[10][13]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
CC
 
 32.80%
PP
 
 31.07%
PSOE
 
 23.08%
IUC
 
 5.10%
PCN
 
 3.00%
CGC
 
 1.38%
AHI
 
 0.26%
Others
 
 2.15%
Blank ballots
 
 1.14%
Seats
CC
 
 35.00%
PP
 
 30.00%
PSOE
 
 26.67%
PCN
 
 6.67%
AHI
 
 1.67%

Distribution by constituency

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Constituency CC PP PSOE PNC AHI
% S % S % S % S % S
El Hierro 26.7 1 23.0 1 43.0 1
Fuerteventura 31.3 2 26.5 2 26.9 2 10.5 1
Gran Canaria 27.5 5 40.2 7 18.0 3 3.3 −
La Gomera 35.5 2 8.9 − 47.0 2
La Palma 45.6 4 20.0 2 27.4 2
Lanzarote 17.1 1 19.0 2 25.2 2 29.8 3
Tenerife 39.2 7 24.6 4 27.0 4
Total 32.8 21 31.1 18 23.1 16 3.0 4 0.3 1
Sources[10][13]

Aftermath

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Government formation

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Investiture
Nomination of Manuel Hermoso (AIC)
Ballot → 11 July 1995
Required majority → 31 out of 60 check
Yes
  • • CC (21)
  • • PP (17)
  • • AHI (1)
39 / 60
No
16 / 60
Abstentions
4 / 60
Absentees
  • • PP (1)
1 / 60
Sources[10]

Notes

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  1. 1 2 Results for AIC (20.1%, 10 seats)—not including Fuerteventura and Lanzarote—ICAN (12.2%, 5 seats)—not including El Hierro—PNC (1.1%, 0 seats) and AM (0.7%, 2 seats) in the 1991 election.
  2. 1 2 Results for AIC in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote in the 1991 election.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Within CC.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Does not include non-resident citizens.

References

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Opinion poll sources
  1. ↑ "El PP se impuso en diez comunidades". Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). 29 May 1995.
  2. ↑ "El PP será la fuerza más votada en 12 comunidades". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 1995.
  3. ↑ "Mañana, previsiones para las municipales". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 1995.
  4. ↑ "El PP gana en doce autonomías y el PSOE sólo en Extremadura, según un sondeo". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 21 May 1995.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Preelectoral Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias (Estudio 2163. Abril-Mayo 1995)". CIS (in Spanish). 10 May 1995. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ "Estudio CIS nº 2163. Ficha técnica". CIS (in Spanish). 10 May 1995.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Situación social y política de Canarias (IV) (Estudio nº 2141. Marzo 1995)". CIS (in Spanish). 17 March 1995.
  8. ↑ "Estudio CIS nº 2141. Ficha técnica". CIS (in Spanish). 17 March 1995.
  9. 1 2 "Situación social y política de Canarias (III) (Estudio nº 2095. Mayo 1994)". CIS (in Spanish). 22 May 1994.
  10. ↑ "Estudio CIS nº 2093. Ficha técnica". CIS (in Spanish). 22 May 1994.
  11. ↑ "Opinión pública y cultura política en las comunidades autónomas. Canarias (Estudio nº 2029. Noviembre 1992)". CIS (in Spanish). 21 November 1992.
  12. ↑ "Estudio CIS nº 2029. Ficha técnica". CIS (in Spanish). 21 November 1992.
Other
  1. ↑ Statute (1982), arts. 8, 12 & 16.
  2. ↑ LECC (1987), final prov. 1 (am. by LECC (1991), single art.).
  3. ↑ Statute (1982), art. 9; LECC (1987), art. 14 (am. by LECC (1991), single art.; suppl. by LOREG (1985), art. 42).
  4. ↑ Statute (1982), art. 16.
  5. ↑ Decree 68/1995 (1995), art. 1.
  6. ↑ Statute (1982), arts. 8–9; LECC (1987), art. 2 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), arts. 2–3).
  7. ↑ Statute (1982), art. 8 & trans. prov. 1.
  8. ↑ Statute (1982), trans. prov. 1; Decree 68/1995 (1995), art. 2.
  9. ↑ LECC (1987), art. 19 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), arts. 46 & 48).
  10. 1 2 3 4 Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias (desde 1983)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "Los grupos parlamentarios. III Legislatura" (in Spanish). Parliament of the Canary Islands. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  12. ↑ LECC (1987), art. 16 (suppl. by LOREG (1985), art. 44).
  13. 1 2 "Acta de Proclamación de Diputados electos al Parlamento de Canarias en las elecciones convocadas por Decreto 68/1995, de 3 de abril" (PDF). Official Gazette of Canaries (in Spanish) (108): 8914–8918. 18 August 1995. Retrieved 28 April 2026.

Bibliography

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