Asturian parliamentary election, 1995

Asturian parliamentary election, 1995

28 May 1995

All 45 seats in the Asturian General Junta 23 seats needed for a majority Registered 945,105 3.5% Turnout 652,640 (69.1%) 10.4 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Sergio Marqués Antonio Trevín Gaspar Llamazares Party PP PSOE IU Leader since 1995 17 June 1993 1991 Last election 15 seats, 30.4% 21 seats, 41.0% 6 seats, 14.8% Seats won 21 17 6 Seat change 6 4 ±0 Popular vote 272,495 219,527 106,538 Percentage 42.0% 33.8% 16.4% Swing 11.6 pp 7.2 pp 1.6 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Xuan Xosé Sánchez Alfonso Román Party PAS CDS Leader since 1985 1995 Last election 1 seat, 2.7% 2 seats, 6.7% Seats won 1 0 Seat change ±0 2 Popular vote 20,669 11,555 Percentage 3.2% 1.8% Swing 0.5 pp 4.9 pp

President before election Antonio Trevín PSOE Elected President Sergio Marqués PP

The 1995 Asturian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Asturias. At stake were all 45 seats in the General Junta, determining the President of the Principality of Asturias.

The election was won by the People's Party (PP) under Sergio Marqués, which became the most-voted party in the region for the first and, to date, only time. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) vote suffered from the population weariness after 12 years of Socialist governments, the economic crisis and the eruption of numerous scandals both at the regional and the national level (one such scandal had forced the resignation of President Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil in 1993). United Left (IU) scored a record result despite failing to win any new seats, while the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) was expelled from the regional legislature.

Electoral system

The 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected in 3 multi-member districts using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Unlike other regions, districts did not coincide with provincial limits, being determined by law as such:

• Central District, comprising the municipalities of: Aller, Avilés, Bimenes, Carreño, Caso, Castrillón, Corvera de Asturias, Gijón, Gozón, Illas, Las Regueras, Langreo, Laviana, Lena, Llanera, Mieres, Morcín, Noreña, Oviedo, Proaza, Quirós, Ribera de Arriba, Riosa, San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Santo Adriano, Sariego, Siero, Sobrescobio and Soto del Barco.
• Eastern District, comprising the municipalities of: Amieva, Cabrales, Cabranes, Cangas de Onís, Caravia, Colunga, Llanes, Nava, Onís, Parres, Peñamellera Alta, Peñamellera Baja, Piloña, Ponga, Ribadedeva, Ribadesella and Villaviciosa.
• Western District, comprising the municipalities of: Allande, Belmonte de Miranda, Boal, Candamo, Cangas del Narcea, Castropol, Coaña, Cudillero, Degaña, El Franco, Grado, Grandas de Salime, Ibias, Illano, Muros del Nalón, Navia, Pesoz, Pravia, Salas, San Martín de Oscos, Santa Eulalia de Oscos, San Tirso de Abres, Somiedo, Tapia de Casariego, Taramundi, Teverga, Tineo, Valdés, Vegadeo, Villanueva de Oscos, Villayón and Yernes y Tameza.

Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 2 seats, with the remaining 39 seats allocated among the three districts in proportion to their populations. For the 1995 election, seats were distributed as follows: Central District (33), Eastern District (5) and Western District (7).

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

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Asturian General Junta election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	272,495	42.00	11.60	21	6
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	219,527	33.83	7.19	17	4
	United Left (IU)	106,538	16.42	1.57	6	±0
	Asturianist Party (PAS)	20,669	3.19	0.45	1	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	11,555	1.78	4.97	0	2
	The Greens (LV)	4,504	0.69	0.68	0	±0
	Asturian League (LA)	1,959	0.30	New	0	±0
	Andecha Astur (AA)	1,948	0.30	0.09	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	1,108	0.17	0.16	0	±0
	Asturian Council (Conceyu)	862	0.13	0.23	0	±0
	Blank ballots	7,655	1.18	0.05
Total		648,820	100.00		45	±0
Valid votes		648,820	99.41	0.16
Invalid votes		3,820	0.59	0.16
Votes cast / turnout		652,640	69.05	10.36
Abstentions		292,465	30.95	10.36
Registered voters		945,105
Source(s): General Junta of the Principality of Asturias Argos Information Portal

Results by district

Election results by district.

Central District

Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− People's Party (PP) 215,265 42.00 12.58 15 5 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 160,691 31.35 7.80 11 2 United Left (IU) 95,383 18.61 1.53 6 ±0 Asturianist Party (PAS) 18,021 3.52 0.39 1 ±0 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 7,918 1.54 4.90 0 2 The Greens (LV) 3,943 0.77 0.80 0 ±0 Andecha Astur (AA) 1,707 0.33 0.11 0 ±0 Asturian League (LA) 1,623 0.32 New 0 ±0 Asturian Council (Conceyu) 862 0.17 0.25 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 859 0.17 0.17 0 ±0 Blank ballots 6,271 1.22 0.09 Total 512,543 100.00 33 1 Valid votes 512,543 99.46 0.19 Invalid votes 2,792 0.54 0.19 Votes cast / turnout 515,335 68.98 11.57 Abstentions 231,778 31.02 11.57 Registered voters 747,113 Source: General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

Eastern District

Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− People's Party (PP) 22,536 44.08 6.59 3 1 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 21,770 42.58 2.40 2 1 United Left (IU) 3,323 6.50 1.49 0 ±0 Asturianist Party (PAS) 1,424 2.79 0.48 0 ±0 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 1,104 2.16 5.33 0 ±0 The Greens (LV) 212 0.41 0.22 0 ±0 Andecha Astur (AA) 123 0.24 0.03 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 85 0.17 0.07 0 ±0 Blank ballots 545 1.07 0.11 Total 51,122 100.00 5 ±0 Valid votes 51,122 99.26 0.08 Invalid votes 383 0.74 0.08 Votes cast / turnout 51,505 71.94 6.95 Abstentions 20,093 28.06 6.95 Registered voters 71,598 Source: General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

Western District

Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 37,066 43.53 4.60 4 1 People's Party (PP) 34,694 40.74 9.46 3 ±0 United Left (IU) 7,832 9.20 0.11 0 ±0 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 2,533 2.97 4.86 0 ±0 Asturianist Party (PAS) 1,224 1.44 0.41 0 ±0 The Greens (LV) 349 0.41 0.38 0 ±0 Asturian League (LA) 336 0.39 New 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 164 0.19 0.14 0 ±0 Andecha Astur (AA) 118 0.14 0.02 0 ±0 Blank ballots 839 0.99 0.15 Total 85,155 100.00 7 1 Valid votes 85,155 99.25 0.05 Invalid votes 645 0.75 0.05 Votes cast / turnout 85,800 67.88 5.67 Abstentions 40,594 32.12 5.67 Registered voters 126,394 Source: General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

References

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