1995 Balearic regional election

The 1995 Balearic regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Parliament of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. All 59 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

1995 Balearic regional election
28 May 1995
All 59 seats in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
30 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered594,666 5.0%
Turnout377,943 (63.6%)
3.3 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gabriel Cañellas Joan Francesc Triay Pere Sampol
Party PP PSIB–PSOE PSM–ENE
Leader since 1980 1986 1991
Leader's seat Mallorca Mallorca Mallorca
Last election 31 seats, 47.1%[lower-alpha 1] 21 seats, 30.1% 5 seats, 8.4%[lower-alpha 2]
Seats won 30 16 6
Seat change 1 5 1
Popular vote 168,156 90,008 45,854
Percentage 44.8% 24.0% 12.2%
Swing 2.3 pp 6.1 pp 3.8 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Eberhard Grosske Maria Antònia Munar Miquel Àngel Lladó
Party IU UM EVIB
Leader since 1991 1 July 1991 February 1995
Leader's seat Mallorca Mallorca Mallorca (lost)
Last election 0 seats, 2.3% 1 seat, 2.5%[lower-alpha 3] 0 seats, 2.1%
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change 3 1 1
Popular vote 24,820 19,966 11,663
Percentage 6.6% 5.3% 3.1%
Swing 4.3 pp 2.8 pp 1.0 pp
  Seventh party
 
Leader Joan Masdeu
Party AIPF
Leader since 1995
Leader's seat Formentera
Last election 0 seats, 0.4%[lower-alpha 4]
Seats won 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 1,195
Percentage 0.3%
Swing 0.1 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
President before election

Gabriel Cañellas
PP

 Elected President

Gabriel Cañellas
PP

Overview

Electoral system

The Parliament of the Balearic Islands was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Balearic 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 Balearic Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 59 members of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 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. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 33 for Mallorca, 13 for Menorca, 12 for Ibiza and 1 for Formentera.[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 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 Balearic 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 Balearic 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 sixty-day 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]

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 given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 30 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands.

Color key:

  Exit poll

Results

Overall
← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP)1 168,15644.77–2.35 30–1
Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) 90,00823.97–6.12 16–5
Nationalists of the Balearic Islands (PSM–ENE) 45,85412.21+3.79 6+1
Socialist Party of Majorca–Nationalists of Mallorca (PSM–NM) 41,24210.98+4.34 5+2
Socialist Party of Menorca–Nationalists of the Islands (PSM–NI)2 4,0131.07–0.30 1–1
Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement (ENE) 5990.16–0.25 0±0
United Left (IU) 24,8206.61+4.33 3+3
Majorcan Union (UM)3 19,9665.32+2.83 2+1
The Greens of the Balearic Islands (EVIB) 11,6633.11+0.99 1+1
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 2,0820.55New 0±0
Balearic Convergence (CB) 1,6000.43–1.20 0±0
Independent Social Group (ASI) 1,4250.38New 0±0
Independents of Ibiza and Formentera Federation (FIEF) 1,3590.36–0.37 0–1
Independent Popular Council of Formentera (AIPF)4 1,1950.32–0.08 1+1
Independents of Menorca (INME) 9870.26New 0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 4390.12–0.06 0±0
Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE) 3780.10New 0±0
Neighborhood Movement–New Socialist Party (MV–NPS)5 3210.09–0.09 0±0
Balearic Radical Party (PRB) 2190.06–0.10 0±0
Blank ballots 5,1001.36+0.49
Total 375,572 59±0
Valid votes 375,57299.37–0.01
Invalid votes 2,3710.63+0.01
Votes cast / turnout 377,94363.56+3.29
Abstentions 216,72336.44–3.29
Registered voters 594,666
Sources[5][6][7]
Popular vote
PP
 
 44.77%
PSIB–PSOE
 
 23.97%
PSM–ENE
 
 12.21%
IU
 
 6.61%
UM
 
 5.32%
EVIB
 
 3.11%
AIPF
 
 0.32%
Others
 
 2.35%
Blank ballots
 
 1.36%
Seats
PP
 
 50.85%
PSIB–PSOE
 
 27.12%
PSM–ENE
 
 10.17%
IU
 
 5.08%
UM
 
 3.39%
EVIB
 
 1.69%
AIPF
 
 1.69%

Distribution by constituency
Constituency PP PSIB PSM–ENE IU UM EVIB AIPF
% S % S % S % S % S % S % S
Formentera 44.1 − 4.5 − 49.4 1
Ibiza 50.6 7 28.1 4 1.9 − 6.0 − 6.9 1
Mallorca 44.6 16 22.8 8 13.4 5 6.5 2 6.5 2 3.1 −
Menorca 44.2 7 29.4 4 11.9 1 8.6 1
Total 44.8 30 24.0 16 12.2 6 6.6 3 5.3 2 3.1 1 0.3 1
Sources[6][7]

Aftermath

Government formation
Investiture
Gabriel Cañellas (PP)
Ballot → 29 June 1995
Required majority → 30 out of 59 Y
31 / 59
28 / 59
Abstentions
0 / 59
Absentees
0 / 59
Sources[7]

July 1995 investiture
Investiture
Cristòfol Soler (PP)
Ballot → 28 July 1995
Required majority → 30 out of 59 Y
31 / 59
26 / 59
2 / 59
Absentees
0 / 59
Sources[7]

1996 investiture
Investiture
Jaume Matas (PP)
Ballot → 12 June 1996 14 June 1996
Required majority → 30 out of 59 N Simple Y
29 / 59
30 / 59
28 / 59
28 / 59
2 / 59
1 / 59
Absentees
0 / 59
0 / 59
Sources[7]

See also

Notes
  1. Data for PP–UM in the 1991 election, not including results in Formentera.
  2. Aggregated data for PSM–NM, PSM–EU and ENE in the 1991 election.
  3. Data for UIM–IM in the 1991 election.
  4. Data for PP in Formentera in the 1991 election.
  5. Within PSM.
  6. Within PP.
  7. Result for PSM–EU.

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. "Cañellas, de nuevo con 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 Comunidad Autónoma de Baleares (Estudio 2162. Abril-Mayo 1995)". CIS (in Spanish). 10 May 1995.
  7. "Estudio CIS nº 2162. Ficha técnica" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 10 May 1995.
Other
  1. "Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands of 1983". Organic Law No. 2 of 25 February 1983. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. "Balearic Islands Autonomous Community Electoral Law of 1986". Law No. 8 of 26 November 1986. Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. "Representation of the people Institutional Act". www.juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  5. "Parliament of the Balearic Islands elections, 1983-2003" (PDF). web.parlamentib.es (in Catalan). Electoral Commission of the Balearic Islands. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  6. "Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results, 28 May 1995" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Catalan). Electoral Commission of the Balearic Islands. 10 June 1995. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  7. "Eleccions al Parlament de les Illes Balears i i Consells Insulars (1979 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Catalan). Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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