Canarian regional election, 1995

Electoral system

The Parliament of the Canary Islands was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Canarian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Government.^[1] Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Canary Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 60 members of the Parliament of the Canary Islands were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 20 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Alternatively, parties could also enter the seat distribution as long as they reached 3 percent regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 3 for El Hierro, 7 for Fuerteventura, 15 for Gran Canaria, 4 for La Gomera, 8 for La Palma, 8 for Lanzarote and 15 for Tenerife.^[1]

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 1 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][4]

Election date

The term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament 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 Parliament on Sunday, 28 May 1995.^[1][2][3][4]

The Parliament of the Canary Islands 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 Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.^[1]

Overall

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results →

Parties and coalitions			Popular vote			Seats
			Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition (CC)		261,672	32.83	–3.93	21	–2
		Canarian Coalition (CC)1	261,424	32.80	–3.90	21	–2
		Nationalist Canarian Initiative (ICAN)2	248	0.03	–0.03	0	±0
	People's Party (PP)		247,609	31.07	+18.24	18	+12
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		183,969	23.08	–9.95	16	–7
	Canarian United Left (IUC)		40,614	5.10	New	0	±0
	Nationalist Canarian Platform (PCN)		23,914	3.00	New	4	+4
	Coalition for Gran Canaria (CGC)		10,964	1.38	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)		5,340	0.67	–13.74	0	–7
	National Congress of the Canaries (CNC)		2,964	0.37	New	0	±0
	Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac)		2,436	0.31	New	0	±0
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)		2,105	0.26	+0.05	1	±0
	Tinerfenian Assembly (ATF)		1,600	0.20	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)3		1,561	0.20	+0.04	0	±0
	Green Left of the Canary Islands (Izegzawen)		1,357	0.17	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC)		1,251	0.16	New	0	±0
	Party of The People (LG)		625	0.08	–0.13	0	±0
Blank ballots			9,078	1.14	+0.37
Total			797,059			60	±0
Valid votes			797,059	99.43	+0.16
Invalid votes			4,548	0.57	–0.16
Votes cast / turnout			801,607	64.20	+2.57
Abstentions			446,968	35.80	–2.57
Registered voters			1,248,575
Sources[5][6][7]
Footnotes: 1 Canarian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Independent Groups, Canarian Initiative, Canarian Nationalist Party and Majorera Assembly in the 1991 election, not including Canarian Initiative results in El Hierro. 2 Nationalist Canarian Initiative results are compared to Canarian Initiative totals in El Hierro in the 1991 election. Canarian Coalition and its member parties, except for Nationalist Canarian Initiative, declined to run in El Hierro in order to respect Independent Herrenian Group list there. 3 Humanist Party results are compared to The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List totals in the 1991 election.

Distribution by constituency