| Election Name: | 1995 Extremaduran regional election |
| Country: | Extremadura |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1991 Extremaduran regional election |
| Previous Year: | 1991 |
| Next Election: | 1999 Extremaduran regional election |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
| Seats For Election: | All 65 seats in the Assembly of Extremadura |
| Majority Seats: | 33 |
| Opinion Polls: |
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| Registered: | 845,728 |
| Turnout: | 662,444 (78.3%) 7.5 pp |
| Election Date: | 28 May 1995 |
| Leader1: | Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra |
| Party1: | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura |
| Leader Since1: | 20 December 1982 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Badajoz |
| Last Election1: | 39 seats, 54.2% |
| Seats1: | 31 |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 289,149 |
| Percentage1: | 43.9% |
| Swing1: | 10.3 pp |
| Leader2: | Juan Ignacio Barrero |
| Party2: | People's Party of Extremadura |
| Leader Since2: | 25 September 1993 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Badajoz |
| Last Election2: | 19 seats, 26.8% |
| Seats2: | 27 |
| Seat Change2: | 8 |
| Popular Vote2: | 259,703 |
| Percentage2: | 39.5% |
| Swing2: | 12.7 pp |
| Leader3: | Ricardo Sosa |
| Party3: | IU–LV–CE |
| Colour3: | 732021 |
| Leader Since3: | 1993 |
| Leaders Seat3: | Badajoz |
| Last Election3: | 4 seats, 8.1% |
| Seats3: | 6 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 69,387 |
| Percentage3: | 10.5% |
| Swing3: | 2.4 pp |
| Leader4: | Pedro Cañada |
| Party4: | Extremaduran Coalition |
| Leader Since4: | 10 December 1980 |
| Leaders Seat4: | Cáceres |
| Last Election4: | 0 seats, 4.0% |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 14,452 |
| Percentage4: | 3.8% |
| Swing4: | 0.2 pp |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra |
| Before Party: | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura |
| After Election: | Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra |
| After Party: | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura |
The 1995 Extremaduran regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Assembly of the autonomous community of Extremadura. All 65 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 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won the election, but suffered a spectacular fall in both vote share and seats, losing the absolute majority it had maintained since 1983. On the other hand, the People's Party (PP) made great gains, winning the same 8 seats lost by the PSOE and nearing 40% of the vote. United Left (IU) obtained its best historical result to date in a regional election, with 6 out of 65 seats. The Extremaduran Coalition, an alliance of United Extremadura (EU) and the Extremaduran Regionalist Party (PREx), both of which failed to enter the Assembly in the 1991 election, entered the Assembly with 1 seat.
The Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which had already been reduced to 3 seats in 1991, did not even stand in the 1995 election, thus losing all of its seats.
Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra was able to be re-elected for a fourth term in office thanks to the abstention of IU. Both PP and IU together commanded an absolute majority of seats and could potentially block the PSOE in the Assembly, as had happened in Andalusia.
The Assembly of Extremadura was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Extremadura, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Extremaduran 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 Extremadura and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 65 members of the Assembly of Extremadura 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 in each constituency. Alternatively, parties failing to reach the threshold in one of the constituencies were also entitled to enter the seat distribution as long as they ran candidates in both districts and reached five percent regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Badajoz and Cáceres, with each being allocated an initial minimum of 20 seats and the remaining 25 being distributed in proportion to their populations.[1] [2]
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 2 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.[2] [3]
The term of the Assembly of Extremadura 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 Assembly of Extremadura could not be dissolved before the date of expiry 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 Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1] [4]
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; 33 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Extremadura.
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | CEx | Lead | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 regional election | 28 May 1995 | 78.3 | 43.9 | 39.5 | 10.5 | – | 3.8 | 4.4 | |||
| Eco Consulting/RTVE[5] | 28 May 1995 | ? | ? | 42.3 | 41.2 | 10.9 | – | – | 1.1 | ||
| Sigma Dos/COPE | 28 May 1995 | ? | ? | 39.7 | 42.2 | 12.0 | – | – | 2.5 | ||
| Vox Pública–ODEC/Antena 3 | 28 May 1995 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | – | – | Tie | ||
| CEPS/Hoy[6] | 21 May 1995 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | – | ? | ? | ||
| Demoscopia/El País[7] [8] [9] [10] | 10–15 May 1995 | 600 | ? | 42.8 | 40.5 | 10.9 | – | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| CIS[11] [12] | 24 Apr–10 May 1995 | 1,198 | 70.8 | 45.6 | 41.3 | 9.3 | – | 2.3 | 4.3 | ||
| Sigma Dos/PP[13] | 20–30 Jan 1995 | 1,000 | ? | 39.7 | 40.4 | 13.8 | – | 2.9 | 0.7 | ||
| 1994 EP election | 12 Jun 1994 | 66.2 | 45.0 | 40.2 | 10.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 4.8 | |||
| 1993 general election | 6 Jun 1993 | 80.5 | 51.5 | 35.8 | 7.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 15.7 | |||
| 1991 regional election | 26 May 1991 | 70.8 | 54.2 | 26.8 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 27.4 | |||
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | |||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 289,149 | 43.94 | –10.22 | 31 | –8 | ||
| People's Party (PP) | 259,703 | 39.46 | +12.68 | 27 | +8 | ||
| United Left–The Greens–Commitment to Extremadura (IU–LV–CE)1 | 69,387 | 10.54 | +2.39 | 6 | +2 | ||
| Extremaduran Coalition (CEx)2 | 25,168 | 3.82 | –0.17 | 1 | +1 | ||
| Independent Socialists of Extremadura (SIEx) | 7,722 | 1.17 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 1,136 | 0.17 | –0.24 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | n/a | n/a | –5.73 | 0 | –3 | ||
| Blank ballots | 5,804 | 0.88 | +0.10 | ||||
| Total | 658,069 | 65 | ±0 | ||||
| Valid votes | 658,069 | 99.34 | ±0.00 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 4,375 | 0.66 | ±0.00 | ||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 662,444 | 78.33 | +7.48 | ||||
| Abstentions | 183,284 | 21.67 | –7.48 | ||||
| Registered voters | 845,728 | ||||||
| Sources[14] [15] | |||||||
| Constituency | PSOE | PP | IU–LV–CE | CEx | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | S | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | S | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | S | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | S |
| Badajoz | 44.4 | 17 | 38.5 | 14 | 12.1 | 4 | 2.5 | − | |||||||
| Cáceres | 43.2 | 14 | 41.0 | 13 | 8.1 | 2 | 5.9 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 43.9 | 31 | 39.5 | 27 | 10.5 | 6 | 3.8 | 1 | |||||||
| Sources | |||||||||||||||
| Investiture Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra (PSOE) | ||||
| Ballot → | 12 July 1995 | 14 July 1995 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required majority → | 33 out of 65 | Simple | ||
| Sources | ||||