Catalan parliamentary election, 1995

Catalan parliamentary election, 1995
Catalonia
19 November 1995

All 135 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia
68 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered 5,079,981 Increase5.0%
Turnout 3,232,959 (63.6%)
Increase8.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jordi Pujol Joaquim Nadal Alejo Vidal-Quadras
Party CiU PSC PPC
Leader since 19 September 1978 22 July 1995[1] 9 January 1991
Last election 70 seats, 46.2% 40 seats, 27.5% 7 seats, 6.0%
Seats won 60 34 17
Seat change Decrease10 Decrease6 Increase10
Popular vote 1,320,071 802,252 421,752
Percentage 40.9% 24.9% 13.1%
Swing Decrease5.3 pp Decrease2.6 pp Increase7.1 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Rafael Ribó Àngel Colom
Party IC ERC
Leader since 23 February 1987 19 November 1989
Last election 7 seats, 6.5% 11 seats, 8.0%
Seats won 11 13
Seat change Increase4 Increase2
Popular vote 313,092 305,867
Percentage 9.7% 9.5%
Swing Increase3.2 pp Increase1.5 pp

Graphic of the results in the Catalan Parliament election, 1995, based in seats and constituencies.

President before election

Jordi Pujol
CiU

Elected President

Jordi Pujol
CiU

The 1995 Catalan parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 19 November 1995, to elect the 5th Parliament of Catalonia, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia. At stake were all 135 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of Catalonia.

Electoral system

The 135 members of the Parliament of Catalonia were elected in 4 multi-member districts, corresponding to Catalonia's four provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation. As the community did not have an electoral law of its own passed into law at the time of the 1995 election, the electoral system came regulated under the community's Statute of Autonomy rules, and subsidiarily, under the Spanish general electoral law (Organic Law 5/1985, of the General Electoral Regime). As a result of the lack of an autonomous electoral law, seats were allocated to districts through specific Laws or Decrees for each election. For the 1995 election, seats were distributed as follows: Barcelona (85), Girona (17), Lleida (15) and Tarragona (18).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which includes blank ballotsfor none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.[2][3]

Background

After of 15 years of a Convergence and Union government, these elections open up expectations for a possible change in the Catalan Government.

In the past 1992 elections, Convergence and Union reedited the absolute majority.

Parties

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown empty.

Seat projections

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 68 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Catalonia.

Results

Overall

Summary of the 19 November 1995 Catalan Parliament election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Convergence and Union (CiU) 1,320,071 40.95 Decrease5.24 60 Decrease10
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC-PSOE) 802,252 24.89 Decrease2.66 34 Decrease6
People's Party of Catalonia (PPC) 421,752 13.08 Increase7.11 17 Increase10
Initiative for Catalonia-The Greens (IC-EV) 313,092 9.71 Increase3.21 11 Increase4
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 305,867 9.49 Increase1.53 13 Increase2
Ecologist Alternative of Catalonia (AEC) 14,651 0.45 Increase0.06 0 ±0
Ecologist Party of Catalonia-VERDE (PEC-VERDE) 5,639 0.17 Decrease0.12 0 ±0
Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR) 3,886 0.12 Increase0.03 0 ±0
Blank ballots 31,417 0.97 Decrease0.21
Total 3,223,952 100.00 135 ±0
Valid votes 3,223,952 99.72 Increase0.14
Invalid votes 9,007 0.28 Decrease0.14
Votes cast / turnout 3,232,959 63.64 Increase8.77
Abstentions 1,847,022 36.36 Decrease8.77
Registered voters 5,079,981
Source(s):
Vote share
CiU
 
40.95%
PSC-PSOE
 
24.89%
PPC
 
13.08%
IC-EV
 
9.71%
ERC
 
9.49%
Others
 
0.91%
Blank ballots
 
0.97%
Parliamentary seats
CiU
 
44.44%
PSC-PSOE
 
25.19%
PPC
 
12.59%
ERC
 
9.63%
IC-EV
 
8.15%

Results by province

Party BC GI LL TA Total
CiU S 34 9 8 9 60
V 39.1 48.6 49.7 43.2 41.0
PSC S 22 5 3 4 34
V 25.4 25.7 19.5 23.2 24.9
PPC S 12 1 2 2 17
V 13.6 7.9 12.2 14.4 13.1
IC S 10 0 0 1 11
V 11.2 4.0 4.2 6.4 9.7
ERC S 7 2 2 2 13
V 8.7 12.3 12.8 11.1 9.5
Others V 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.9
Blank 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0
Total seats 85 17 15 18 135
Turnout 62.9 67.8 66.6 64.3 63.6

Results by comarques

Comarque CiU PSC PPC IC ERC Lead Turnout
Alt Camp 47.7 21.8 8.8 4.2 16.0 +25.9 69.1
Alt Empordà 47.3 25.4 10.7 3.5 11.4 +21.9 64.9
Alt Penedès 50.1 23.4 7.6 4.7 12.7 +26.7 69.3
Alt Urgell 55.2 18.1 9.4 2.3 13.6 +37.1 64.9
Alta Ribagorça 46.3 32.9 8.1 3.3 7.9 +13.4 63.7
Anoia 49.9 24.3 9.1 6.0 9.1 +25.6 65.8
Bages 49.9 23.3 7.2 5.8 12.3 +26.6 67.8
Baix Camp 42.1 24.1 13.3 6.6 12.2 +18.0 62.3
Baix Ebre 44.5 20.5 16.9 5.9 10.7 +24.0 63.8
Baix Empordà 48.7 27.4 7.3 4.0 11.1 +21.3 67.0
Baix Llobregat 31.6 31.1 12.7 16.1 6.4 +0.4 59.3
Baix Penedès 45.2 27.8 11.5 4.7 9.1 +17.4 63.2
Barcelonès 36.6 24.7 16.7 11.7 8.3 +11.9 63.5
Berguedà 52.8 20.0 6.7 3.0 16.1 +32.8 71.7
Cerdanya 53.8 19.0 8.4 3.1 13.9 +34.8 65.7
Conca de Barberà 49.1 16.7 8.1 5.1 19.2 +29.9 70.3
Garraf 41.2 26.4 12.0 9.4 9.3 +14.8 61.2
Garrigues 50.0 16.7 9.6 2.7 20.0 +30.0 71.1
Garrotxa 55.2 21.0 5.5 2.9 14.0 +34.2 70.6
Gironès 41.8 31.7 8.2 4.5 12.3 +10.1 70.2
Maresme 46.3 22.7 11.7 7.5 10.0 +23.6 66.1
Montsià 46.8 21.7 13.2 7.1 9.8 +25.1 64.6
Noguera 54.2 16.2 10.5 3.0 15.0 +38.0 72.3
Osona 58.8 14.8 5.4 3.6 16.1 +42.7 72.0
Pallars Jussà 53.4 22.1 6.9 3.5 12.9 +31.3 67.1
Pallars Sobirà 55.9 21.7 5.9 3.5 12.0 +34.2 69.8
Pla de l'Estany 55.9 17.0 6.7 2.4 16.7 +38.9 73.2
Pla d'Urgell 51.0 17.0 11.4 2.4 16.7 +34.0 73.3
Priorat 48.9 21.6 7.4 3.7 16.7 +27.3 76.5
Ribera d'Ebre 49.4 22.2 10.9 4.6 11.6 +27.2 73.1
Ripollès 56.3 21.4 4.8 3.8 12.4 +34.9 75.2
Segarra 57.0 11.3 11.1 2.8 16.3 +40.7 70.7
Segrià 44.3 22.9 15.1 5.9 9.9 +21.4 64.0
Selva 51.0 23.0 7.6 5.1 12.0 +28.0 65.4
Solsonès 63.4 9.7 9.2 2.2 14.0 +49.4 68.9
Tarragonès 38.5 24.7 18.1 8.1 8.6 +13.8 63.0
Terra Alta 46.8 15.6 19.4 4.8 12.1 +27.4 71.8
Urgell 54.7 14.7 10.2 3.2 15.6 +39.1 70.1
Val d'Aran 50.3 24.7 16.3 2.8 4.1 +25.6 62.8
Vallès Occidental 37.6 27.7 11.4 13.5 7.8 +9.9 61.0
Vallès Oriental 44.9 25.1 9.9 9.3 9.0 +19.8 62.6
Barcelona 39.1 25.4 13.6 11.2 8.7 +13.7 62.9
Girona 48.6 25.7 7.9 4.0 12.3 +22.9 67.8
Lleida 49.7 19.5 12.2 4.2 12.8 +30.2 66.6
Tarragona 43.2 23.2 14.4 6.4 11.1 +20.0 64.3
TOTAL 41.0 24.9 13.1 9.7 9.5 +16.1 63.6

Post-election

Investiture voting

1st round: 14 December 1995
Investiture voting for Jordi Pujol i Soley (CiU)

Absolute majority: 68/135
Vote Parties Votes
Yes CiU (60)
60 / 135
No ERC (13), IC (11)
24 / 135
Abstentions PSC (34), PP (17)
51 / 135
2nd round: 16 December 1995
Investiture voting for Jordi Pujol i Soley (CiU)

Simple majority
Vote Parties Votes
Yes Yes CiU (60)
60 / 135
No IC (11)
11 / 135
Abstentions PSC (34), PP (17), ERC (13)
64 / 135
Source: Historia Electoral

References

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