1995 Canarian Island Cabildo elections

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The 1995 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 5th Island Cabildos of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. All 139 seats in the seven Island Cabildos were up for election.

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Overall

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildos election results
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Canarian Coalition (CC)1263,81633.15–0.1242+6
People's Party (PP)236,73729.75+16.6634+20
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)188,30223.66–10.3143–8
Canarian United Left (IUC)38,1324.79New2+2
Party of Gran Canaria (PGC)15,2341.91New0±0
Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)10,5821.33–0.848–4
Coalition for Gran Canaria (CGC)10,5321.32New0±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)5,3210.67–11.280–18
Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)4,4740.56+0.084+1
Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)2,3980.30+0.086+2
Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac)2,3310.29–0.220±0
Tenerife Assembly (ATF)2,2270.28New0±0
National Congress of the Canaries (CNC)2,0760.26New0±0
Humanist Platform (PH)21,2510.16–0.020±0
Green Left of the Canary Islands (Izegzawen)1,2430.16New0±0
Nationalist Lanzarote Assembly (ACON)9700.12New0±0
Tenerife Independent Familiar Groups (AFIT)6620.08New0±0
Party of The People (LG)5720.07–0.130±0
Socialist Canarian Party (PCS)3250.04New0±0
Canarian Initiative (ICAN)32930.04–0.030–1
Blank ballots8,3441.05+0.31
Total795,822139±0
Valid votes795,82299.41+0.14
Invalid votes4,6860.59–0.14
Votes cast / turnout800,50864.98+3.12
Abstentions431,43135.02–3.12
Registered voters1,231,939
Sources [1]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
CC
33.15%
PP
29.75%
PSOE
23.66%
IUC
4.79%
PGC
1.91%
PIL
1.33%
CGC
1.32%
IF
0.56%
AHI
0.30%
Others
2.17%
Blank ballots
1.05%
Seats
PSOE
30.94%
CC
30.22%
PP
24.46%
PIL
5.76%
AHI
4.32%
IF
2.88%
IUC
1.44%

Island Cabildo control

The following table lists party control in the Island Cabildos. [1] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

CabildoPrevious controlNew control
El Hierro Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)
Fuerteventura Canarian Coalition (CC) Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)
Gran Canaria Canarian Coalition (CC) People's Party (PP)
La Gomera Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
La Palma Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (CC in 1996)
Lanzarote Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) (PSOE in 1997)
Tenerife Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)

Islands

El Hierro

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildo of El Hierro election results
ElHierroCabildoDiagram1995.svg
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)2,39849.31+12.796+2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1,16223.89–8.143–1
People's Party (PP)93619.25–0.762±0
Canarian Initiative (ICAN)2936.03–5.210–1
Canarian United Left (IUC)420.86New0±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)90.19New0±0
Blank ballots230.47+0.28
Total4,86311±0
Valid votes4,86399.71+0.04
Invalid votes140.29–0.04
Votes cast / turnout4,87781.75+6.93
Abstentions1,08918.25–6.93
Registered voters5,966
Sources [1] [2]

Fuerteventura

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildo of Fuerteventura election results
FuerteventuraCabildoDiagram1995.svg
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Canarian Coalition (CC)17,06134.44–1.556–1
Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)4,47421.82+3.244+1
People's Party (PP)4,13620.17+15.374+4
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)4,12420.12–1.393–1
Canarian United Left (IUC)4572.23New0±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)810.40–18.090–3
Blank ballots1690.82+0.20
Total20,50217±0
Valid votes20,50299.38±0.00
Invalid votes1270.62±0.00
Votes cast / turnout20,62969.11–0.51
Abstentions9,22030.89+0.51
Registered voters29,849
Sources [1] [3]
Footnotes:

Gran Canaria

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildo of Gran Canaria election results
GranCanariaCabildoDiagram1995.svg
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
People's Party (PP)143,98739.83+21.3614+8
Canarian Coalition (CC)199,01727.39+8.509+4
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)66,99218.53–16.956–6
Canarian United Left (IUC)17,3824.81New0±0
Party of Gran Canaria (PGC)15,2344.21New0±0
Coalition for Gran Canaria (CGC)10,5322.91New0±0
Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac)2,3310.64+0.220±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)1,5010.42–18.370–6
Humanist Platform (PH)27860.22–0.170±0
Blank ballots3,7261.03+0.25
Total361,48829±0
Valid votes361,48899.41+0.19
Invalid votes2,1440.59–0.19
Votes cast / turnout363,63266.65+4.02
Abstentions181,94333.35–4.02
Registered voters545,575
Sources [1] [4]
Footnotes:

La Gomera

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildo of La Gomera election results
LaGomeraCabildoDiagram1995.svg
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)4,99350.18–6.957–1
Canarian Coalition (CC)13,26032.76+26.764+4
People's Party (PP)9669.71+6.511+1
Canarian United Left (IUC)6796.82New1+1
Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI) n/a n/a–32.770–5
Blank ballots520.52+0.10
Total9,95013±0
Valid votes9,95099.61–0.12
Invalid votes390.39+0.12
Votes cast / turnout9,98976.51+5.24
Abstentions3,06723.49–5.24
Registered voters13,056
Sources [1] [5]
Footnotes:

La Palma

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildo of La Palma election results
LaPalmaCabildoDiagram1995.svg
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)16,07438.51+5.689+2
Canarian Coalition (CC)115,15136.30–6.378–1
People's Party (PP)7,65318.33–0.554±0
Canarian United Left (IUC)1,9844.75New0±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)5281.26–4.050–1
Blank ballots3500.84+0.54
Total41,74021±0
Valid votes41,74099.47+0.02
Invalid votes2230.53–0.02
Votes cast / turnout41,96368.39+0.98
Abstentions19,39431.61–0.98
Registered voters61,357
Sources [1] [6]
Footnotes:

Lanzarote

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildo of Lanzarote election results
LanzaroteCabildoDiagram1995.svg
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)10,58231.81–16.988–4
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)8,97326.98–0.297+1
Canarian Coalition (CC)14,97914.97+10.543+3
People's Party (PP)4,91914.79+11.443+3
Canarian United Left (IUC)1,1313.40New0±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)9712.92–11.780–3
Nationalist Lanzarote Assembly (ACON)9702.92New0±0
Socialist Canarian Party (PCS)3250.98New0±0
Blank ballots4141.24+0.77
Total33,26421±0
Valid votes33,26499.54–0.09
Invalid votes1530.46+0.09
Votes cast / turnout33,41761.16+2.65
Abstentions21,21838.84–2.65
Registered voters54,635
Sources [1] [7]
Footnotes:

Tenerife

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildo of Tenerife election results
TenerifeCabildoDiagram1995.svg
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Canarian CoalitionTenerife Group of Independents (CC–ATI)1134,34841.46–11.1912–3
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)85,98426.54–6.698–2
People's Party (PP)74,14022.88+14.886+4
Canarian United Left (IUC)16,4575.08New1+1
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)2,2310.69–3.210±0
Tenerife Assembly (ATF)2,2270.69New0±0
National Congress of the Canaries (CNC)2,0760.64New0±0
Green Left of the Canary Islands (Izegzawen)1,2430.38New0±0
Tenerife Independent Familiar Groups (AFIT)6620.20New0±0
Party of The People (LG)5720.18–0.110±0
Humanist Platform (PH)4650.14New0±0
Blank ballots3,6101.11+0.29
Total324,01527±0
Valid votes324,01599.39+0.16
Invalid votes1,9860.61–0.16
Votes cast / turnout326,00162.51+2.69
Abstentions195,50037.49–2.69
Registered voters521,501
Sources [1] [8]
Footnotes:

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