Madrilenian parliamentary election, 1995

28 May 1995

All 103 seats in the Assembly of Madrid 52 seats needed for a majority

Opinion polls
Registered	4,129,852 7.9%
Turnout	2,907,141 (70.4%) 11.6 pp
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón	Joaquín Leguina	Ángel Pérez
Party	PP	PSM–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
PSM–PSOE

Elected President

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
PP

The 1995 Madrilenian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Assembly of Madrid, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Madrid. At stake were all seats in the Assembly, determining the President of the Community of Madrid. The number of members increased from 101 to 103 compared to the previous election.

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.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the regional Assembly was determined by the population count, with 1 seat per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000, according to the most updated census data.^[1] As the updated population census for the 1995 election was the 1994 population figure (5,150,399), the Assembly size was set to 103 seats.^[2]

All Assembly members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of Madrid), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[3]

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. 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. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

Date	Polling Firm/Source	PP	PSOE	IU	Oth.	Lead
Date	Polling Firm/Source				Oth.	Lead
28 May 1995	Regional Election	51.0	29.7	16.0	3.3	21.3
Exit polls
10–15 May	Demoscopia	51.1	25.5	20.3	3.1	25.6
19–25 Apr	Tábula-V	50.0	24.0	20.0	6.0	26.0
1995
28 Nov–2 Dec	Tábula-V	47.0	19.0	23.0	11.0	24.0
12 Jun 1994	EP Election	50.3	24.0	19.6	6.1	26.3
10–11 May	Tábula-V	48.0	24.0	23.0	5.0	24.0
1994
6 Jun 1993	General Election	43.9	35.0	14.6	6.5	8.9
1993
1992
26 May 1991	Regional Election	42.7	36.6	12.1	8.6	6.1

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. 52 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Madrid Assembly.

52 seats needed for majority (01/01/1994–28/05/1995)
Date	Polling Firm/Source	PP	PSOE	IU	Others
Date	Polling Firm/Source				Others
28 May 1995	Regional Election	54	32	17	0
Exit polls
10–15 May	Demoscopia	53−54	27−28	22−23	0
19–25 Apr	Tábula-V	55−57	26	22	0
1995
12 Jun 1994	EP Election	(56)	(26)	(21)	(0)
1994
6 Jun 1993	General Election	(48)	(38)	(15)	(0)
1993
1992
26 May 1991	Regional Election	47	41	13	0

Results

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

Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	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)	10,638	0.37	0.03	0	±0
	Spain Independents' Platform (PIE)	5,368	0.19	New	0	±0
	Madrilian Independent Regional Party (PRIM)	3,136	0.11	0.24	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		15,698	0.54	–	±0
	United Extremadura (EU)	2,379	0.08	New	±0
	Citizen Unity Party (PUC)	2,086	0.07	New	±0
	Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR)	2,066	0.07	0.03	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	2,053	0.07	New	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	1,853	0.06	New	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	1,834	0.06	New	±0
	Independent Regional Union (URI)	1,636	0.06	New	±0
	Independent Spanish Falange (FEI)	1,060	0.04	New	±0
	New Socialist Party (NPS)	731	0.03	New	±0

	Blank ballots	38,763	1.34	0.05

Total		2,896,177	100.00		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	11.57
Abstentions		1,222,711	29.61	11.57
Registered voters		4,129,852

Source(s): Assembly of Madrid Argos Information Portal

Vote share

PP			50.98%
PSOE			29.72%
IU			16.03%
Others			1.93%
Blank ballots			1.34%

Parliamentary seats

PP			52.43%
PSOE			31.07%
IU			16.50%

References

Elections in the Community of Madrid

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