1995 Catalan regional election
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Overview
Electoral system
The Parliament of Catalonia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Catalonia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Catalan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[1] Transitory Provision Fourth of the Statute established a specific electoral procedure for elections to the Parliament of Catalonia, of application for as long as a regional electoral law was not approved, to be supplemented by the provisions within the national electoral law. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Catalonia and in full enjoyment of their political rights.
The 135 members of the Parliament of Catalonia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona, with each being allocated a fixed number of seats:[1]
| Seats | Constituencies |
|---|---|
| 85 | Barcelona |
| 18 | Tarragona |
| 17 | Girona |
| 15 | Lleida |
In smaller constituencies, the use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.[2]
Election date
The term of the Parliament of Catalonia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The regional president was required to call an election fifteen days prior to the date of expiry of parliament, with election day taking place within sixty days after the call. The previous election was held on 15 March 1992, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 15 March 1996. The election was required to be called no later than 29 February 1996, with it taking place on the sixtieth day from the call, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Monday, 29 April 1996.[1]
The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Catalonia 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 a previous one under this procedure. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.[3][4]
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 one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[5]
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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote % | Seats | ||||||||
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | CiU | Script error: No such module "collapsible list". | File:Jordi Pujol 1996 (cropped).jpg | Jordi Pujol | Catalan nationalism Centrism |
46.2% | 70 | Template:Ya | |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | PSC–PSOE | Script error: No such module "collapsible list". | File:Joaquim Nadal 2011b (cropped).jpg | Joaquim Nadal | Social democracy | 27.5% | 40 | Template:Na | [6] |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | ERC | Script error: No such module "collapsible list". | File:Àngel Colom 2010 (cropped).jpg | Àngel Colom | Catalan independence Left-wing nationalism Social democracy |
8.0% | 11 | Template:Na | |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | IC–EV | Script error: No such module "collapsible list". | File:Rafael Ribó 1996 (cropped).jpg | Rafael Ribó | Eco-socialism Green politics |
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7 | Template:Na | |
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6.0% | 7 | Template:Na | |
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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; 68 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Catalonia.
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Results
Overall
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Convergence and Union (CiU) | 1,320,071 | 40.95 | −5.24 | 60 | −10 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) | 802,252 | 24.89 | −2.66 | 34 | −6 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | People's Party (PP) | 421,752 | 13.08 | +7.11 | 17 | +10 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Initiative for Catalonia–The Greens (IC–EV)1 | 313,092 | 9.71 | +1.98 | 11 | +4 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | 305,867 | 9.49 | +1.53 | 13 | +2 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Ecologist Alternative of Catalonia (AEC)2 | 14,651 | 0.45 | −0.08 | 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Ecologist Party of Catalonia–VERDE (PEC–VERDE) | 5,639 | 0.17 | −0.12 | 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR) | 3,886 | 0.12 | +0.03 | 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT)3 | 2,221 | 0.07 | −0.32 | 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Citizens of Catalonia–Platform of Independents of Spain (PICC–PIE) | 1,580 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Civic Platform–New Socialist Party (PC–NPS)4 | 869 | 0.03 | −0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 327 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Party of Self-employed of Spain (PAE) | 194 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Democratic Party of the People (PDEP) | 134 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 31,417 | 0.97 | −0.21 | |||
| Total | 3,223,952 | 135 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 3,223,952 | 99.72 | +0.14 | |||
| Invalid votes | 9,007 | 0.28 | −0.14 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 3,232,959 | 63.64 | +8.77 | |||
| Abstentions | 1,847,022 | 36.36 | −8.77 | |||
| Registered voters | 5,079,981 | |||||
| Sources[7][8] | ||||||
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Distribution by constituency
| Constituency | CiU | PSC | PP | IC–EV | ERC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | |
| Barcelona | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 39.1 | 34 | 25.4 | 22 | 13.6 | 12 | 11.2 | 10 | 8.7 | 7 |
| Girona | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 48.6 | 9 | 25.7 | 5 | 7.9 | 1 | 4.0 | − | 12.3 | 2 |
| Lleida | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 49.7 | 8 | 19.5 | 3 | 12.2 | 2 | 4.2 | − | 12.8 | 2 |
| Tarragona | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 43.2 | 9 | 23.2 | 4 | 14.3 | 2 | 6.4 | 1 | 11.1 | 2 |
| Total | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 40.9 | 60 | 24.9 | 34 | 13.1 | 17 | 9.7 | 11 | 9.5 | 13 |
| Sources[9][10][11][12][8] | ||||||||||
Aftermath
| Investiture Jordi Pujol (CDC) | |||
| Ballot → | 14 December 1995 | 16 December 1995 | |
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| Required majority → | 68 out of 135 ☒ | Simple check | |
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Notes
References
- Opinion poll sources
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