1995 Madrilenian regional election

1995 Madrilenian regional election

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All 103 seats in the Assembly of Madrid 52 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	4,129,852 7.6%
Turnout	2,907,141 (70.4%) 11.7 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Joaquín Leguina Ángel Pérez Party PP PSOE IU Leader since 8 February 1987 14 December 1979 24 February 1993 Last election 47 seats, 42.7% 41 seats, 36.6% 13 seats, 12.1% Seats won 54 32 17 Seat change 7 9 4 Popular vote 1,476,442 860,726 464,167 Percentage 51.0% 29.7% 16.0% Swing 8.3 pp 6.9 pp 3.9 pp
President before election Joaquín Leguina PSOE Elected President Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón PP

The 1995 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Assembly of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. All 103 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The election resulted in the People's Party (PP) winning an absolute majority of votes and seats for the first time, which allowed Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón to become President and end 12 years of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) rule in the community. Joaquín Leguina's PSOE suffered from PM Felipe González' unpopularity at national level and fell below 30% for the first time in a regional election. The third party, United Left (IU), benefitted from the PSOE's decline and polled just over 16%, their highest vote share at a Madrid Assembly election to date.

Overview

Electoral system

The Assembly of Madrid was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Madrid, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Madrilenian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president. ^[1]

Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Community of Madrid and in full enjoyment of their political rights. All members of the Assembly of Madrid were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. The Assembly was entitled to one member per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000. ^{[1] [2]}

Election date

The term of the Assembly of Madrid expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Assembly were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 26 May 1991, setting the election date for the Assembly on Sunday, 28 May 1995. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The president of the Community had the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Madrid and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one. ^[4] In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms. ^[1]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 0.5 percent of the electorate in the Community of Madrid, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. ^{[2] [3]}

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

Candidacy		Parties and alliances	Leading candidate		Ideology	Previous result		Gov.	Ref.
						Votes (%)	Seats
	PP	List People's Party (PP)		Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón	Conservatism Christian democracy	42.67%	47	N
	PSOE	List Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Joaquín Leguina	Social democracy	36.59%	41	Y
	IU	List United Left (IU)		Ángel Pérez	Socialism Communism	12.07%	13	N

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates 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. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 52 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid.

Color key:

  Exit poll

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout				LV	Lead
1995 regional election	28 May 1995	—	70.4	51.0 54	29.7 32	16.0 17	–	21.3
Eco Consulting/RTVE [p 1]	28 May 1995	?	?	50.6 54/55	26.4 28/29	18.6 19/21	–	24.2
Demoscopia/El País [p 2] [p 3] [p 4] [p 5]	10–15 May 1995	1,000	?	51.1 53/54	25.5 27/28	20.3 22/23	–	25.6
CIS [p 6] [p 7]	24 Apr–10 May 1995	1,395	72.6	51.5	27.6	15.9	–	23.9
Tábula V/ABC [p 8]	19–25 Apr 1995	1,000	?	50.0 55	24.0 26	20.0 22	–	26.0
Tábula V/ABC [p 9]	28 Nov–2 Dec 1994	?	?	47.0	19.0	23.0	–	24.0
1994 EP election	12 Jun 1994	—	49.9	50.3 (56)	24.0 (26)	19.6 (21)	–	26.3
Tábula V/ABC [p 8]	10–11 May 1994	?	?	48.0	24.0	23.0	–	24.0
Demoscopia/El País [p 10]	10 Apr 1994	?	?	49.4 50	23.6 23	21.6 21	5.4 5	25.8
1993 general election	6 Jun 1993	—	78.9	43.9 (48)	35.0 (38)	14.6 (15)	1.1 (0)	8.9
PP [p 11]	21 Feb 1993	?	?	51.0	30.0	–	–	21.0
1991 regional election	26 May 1991	—	58.8	42.7 47	36.6 41	12.1 13	1.6 0	6.1

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Assembly of Madrid election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	1,476,442	50.98	+8.31	54	+7
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	860,726	29.72	–6.87	32	–9
	United Left (IU)	464,167	16.03	+3.96	17	+4
	The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV)	21,239	0.73	New	0	±0
	The Alternative Greens (LVA)1	10,638	0.37	–0.03	0	±0
	Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE)	5,368	0.19	New	0	±0
	Madrilenian Independent Regional Party (PRIM)	3,136	0.11	–0.24	0	±0
	United Extremadura (EU)	2,379	0.08	New	0	±0
	Citizen Unity (UC)	2,086	0.07	New	0	±0
	Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR)	2,066	0.07	–0.03	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	2,053	0.07	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	1,853	0.06	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	1,834	0.06	New	0	±0
	Independent Regional Unity (URI)	1,636	0.06	New	0	±0
	Independent Spanish Phalanx (FEI)	1,060	0.04	New	0	±0
	Coalition for a New Socialist Party (NPS)2	731	0.03	–0.05	0	±0
Blank ballots		38,763	1.34	+0.05
Total		2,896,177			103	+2
Valid votes		2,896,177	99.62	+0.03
Invalid votes		10,964	0.38	–0.03
Votes cast / turnout		2,907,141	70.39	+11.72
Abstentions		1,222,711	29.61	–11.72
Registered voters		4,129,852
Sources [5] [6]
Footnotes: 1 The Alternative Greens results are compared to Green Union totals in the 1991 election. 2 Coalition for a New Socialist Party results are compared to Alliance for the Republic totals in the 1991 election.

Popular vote PP   50.98% PSOE   29.72% IU   16.03% Others   1.94% Blank ballots   1.34%

Seats PP   52.43% PSOE   31.07% IU   16.50%

Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators sorted by order of election. ^[7]

Elected legislators
#	Name	List
1	Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Jiménez		PP
2	Joaquín Leguina Herrán		PSOE
3	Rosa María Posada Chapado		PP
4	Pío García-Escudero Márquez		PP
5	Ángel Pérez Martínez		IU
6	Jaime Lissavetzky Díez		PSOE
7	Antonio Germán Beteta Barreda (es)		PP
8	Jesús Pedroche Nieto (es)		PP
9	Francisco Cabaco López		PSOE
10	Juan Van-Halen Acedo		PP
11	Virginia Díaz Sanz		IU
12	Dolores García-Hierro Caraballo		PSOE
13	Manuel Cobo Vega (es)		PP
14	María del Carmen Álvarez Arenas Cisneros (es)		PP
15	Jorge Gómez Moreno		PSOE
16	Pedro Luis Calvo y Poch (es)		PP
17	Adolfo de Luxán Meléndez		IU
18	María Teresa de Lara Carbó (es)		PP
19	Pedro Feliciano Sabando Suárez (es)		PSOE
20	Pedro Núñez Morgades (es)		PP
21	Luis María Huete Morillo (es)		PP
22	Alejandro Lucas Fernández Martín		PSOE
23	María Luisa Sánchez Peral		IU
24	José López López		PP
25	María Helena Almazán Vicario		PSOE
26	José Martín Crespo Díaz		PP
27	Francisco Javier Rodríguez Rodríguez (es)		PP
28	Carmen Ferrero Torres (es)		PSOE
29	Mariano Gamo Sánchez		IU
30	Cristina Cifuentes Cuencas		PP
31	Carlos María Mayor Oreja (es)		PP
32	Juan Antonio Barrios de Penagos		PSOE
33	Ismael Bardisa Jordá (es)		PP
34	Juan Antonio Ruiz Castillo		PSOE
35	Tomás Pedro Burgos Beteta (fr)		PP
36	Juan Ramón Sanz Arranz		IU
37	Sandra Sue Myers Brown		PP
38	Ramón Espinar Gallego (es)		PSOE
39	José Antonio Bermúdez de Castro Fernández (es)		PP
40	Luis Manuel Partida Brunete		PP
41	Adolfo Gilaberte Fernández		IU
42	Virgilio Cano de Lope (es)		PSOE
43	José María Román Ugarte		PP
44	Fermín Lucas Giménez		PP
45	Adolfo Piñedo Simal (es)		PSOE
46	María Teresa García-Siso Pardo		PP
47	Juan Antonio Candil Martín		PP
48	Ginés Meléndez González		PSOE
49	José María de Federico Corral		PP
50	Roberto Sanz Pinacho		PP
51	Eulalia García Sánchez		PSOE
52	Cándida O'Shea Suárez Inclán		PP
53	Miguel Ángel Bilbatúa Pérez		IU
54	Juan Soler-Espiauba Gallo (es)		PP
55	Elena Vázquez Menéndez (es)		PSOE
56	Fernando Utande Martínez		PP
57	Fernando Abad Bécquer (es)		PSOE
58	Juan Andrés Naranjo Escobar		PP
59	Marina María González Izquierdo		IU
60	Pedro Argüelles Salaverría (es)		PP
61	Antonio Chazarra Montiel		PSOE
62	Pilar Busó Borús (d)		PP
63	Luis Ángel Gutiérrez-Vierna Espada		PP
64	Miryam Alvarez Páez		PSOE
65	Julio Setién Martínez		IU
66	Victorino Ramón Rosón Ferreiro		PP
67	Jesús Adriano Valverde Bocanegra		PP
68	Agapito Ramos Cuenca (es)		PSOE
69	Alejandro Sanz Peinado		PP
70	Modesto Nolla Estrada (d)		PSOE
71	Blanca Nieves de la Cierva de Hoces		PP
72	José Nieto Cicuéndez		IU
73	José Luis Álvarez de Francisco		PP
74	Luis Miguel Maza Alcázar		PSOE
75	Paloma Fernández-Fontecha Torres		PP
76	María Gador Ongil Cores (es)		PP
77	Armando García Martínez		PSOE
78	Luis Miguel Sánchez Seseña		IU
79	Jorge Tapia Sáez		PP
80	María Luz Martln Barrios		PSOE
81	Tomás Casado González		PP
82	Francisco Javier Espadas López-Terradas		PP
83	Jaime Ramón Ruiz Reig		IU
84	José Manuel Franco Pardo		PSOE
85	José Luis Moreno Casas		PP
86	Esteban Parro del Prado (es)		PP
87	Jesús Zúñiga Pérez-Lemaur		PSOE
88	Manuel Troitiño Pelaz		PP
89	Carlos Paíno Capón		IU
90	María Esther García Romero-Nieva		PP
91	Margarita Alba García		PSOE
92	Luis del Olmo Flórez		PP
93	María Isabel López Navarro		PSOE
94	Paloma García Romero (d)		PP
95	Luisa María Teresa Biehn Cañedo		IU
96	Sonsoles Trinidad Aboín Aboín (d)		PP
97	Saturnino Zapata Llerena		PSOE
98	Miguel Ángel Villanueva González (es)		PP
99	Pedro Muñoz Abrines (d)		PP
100	Javier Ledesma Bartret		PSOE
101	Benjamín Martín Vasco		PP
102	Julio Misiego Gascón		IU
103	Henar Corbi Murgui		PSOE

Aftermath

Investiture processes to elect the President of the Community of Madrid required for an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later requiring of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If none of such majorities were achieved, successive candidate proposals could be processed under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly would be automatically dissolved and a snap election called. ^[1]

Investiture Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP)
Ballot →		28 June 1995
Required majority →		52 out of 103 Y
	Yes • PP (54)	54 / 103
	No • PSOE (32) • IU (17)	49 / 103
	Abstentions	0 / 103
	Absentees	0 / 103
Sources [5]

References

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. "Ruiz Gallardón gana a Leguina por mayoría absoluta". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 1995.
4. "Mañana, previsiones para las municipales". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 1995.
5. "El PP gana en doce autonomías y el PSOE sólo en Extremadura, según un sondeo". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 21 May 1995.
6. "Preelectoral Autonómicas Madrid (Estudio nº 2159. Abril-Mayo 1995)". CIS (in Spanish). 10 May 1995.
7. "Estudio CIS nº 2159. Ficha técnica" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 10 May 1995.
8. "El PP gobernará con holgura la Comunidad de Madrid al superar la suma de los votos de socialistas y comunistas". ABC (in Spanish). 20 May 1995.
9. "El PP consumará su caída en Madrid, donde también le rebasa IU". ABC (in Spanish). 9 January 1995.
10. "IU recela de un pacto con el PSOE pese al sondeo en el que cae la izquierda". El País (in Spanish). 10 April 1994.
11. "El PP se atribuye mayoría absoluta en la región si las elecciones fuesen ahora". El País (in Spanish). 21 February 1993.

Other

1. "Ley Orgánica 3/1983, de 25 de febrero, de Estatuto de Autonomía de la Comunidad de Madrid". Organic Law No. 3 of 25 February 1983. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2017.
2. "Ley 11/1986, de 16 de diciembre, Electoral de la Comunidad de Madrid". Law No. 11 of 16 November 1986. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2017.
3. "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
4. "Ley 5/1990, de 17 de mayo, reguladora de la facultad de disolución de la Asamblea de Madrid por el Presidente de la Comunidad". Law No. 5 of 17 May 1990. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2017.
5. "Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid (1983-2021)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2021.
6. "Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 1995" (PDF) (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid. 2 November 1995. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
7. Junta Electoral Provincial de Madrid: "Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 1995" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid (261): 25–26. 2 November 1995. ISSN   1989-4791.