1995 Extremaduran regional election

Election in the Spanish region of Extremadura 1995 Extremaduran regional election Extremadura parliamentary no 1991 Extremaduran regional election 1991 1999 Extremaduran regional election 1999 All 65 seats in the Assembly of Extremadura 33 #Opinion polls 845,728 10px 2.5% 662,444 (78.3%)10px 7.5 pp 28 May 1995 170x170px Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura 20 December 1982 Badajoz 39 seats, 54.2% 31 10px 8 289,149 43.9% 10px 10.3 pp 170x170px Juan Ignacio Barrero People's Party of Extremadura 25 September 1993 Badajoz 19 seats, 26.8% 27 10px 8 259,703 39.5% 10px 12.7 pp 170x170px Ricardo Sosa IU–LV–CE 1993 Badajoz 4 seats, 8.1%"IU+LV" Results for IU (7.1%, 4 seats) and LV (1.0%, 0 seats) in the 1991 election. 6 10px 2 69,387 10.5% 10px 2.4 pp 170x170px Pedro Cañada Extremaduran Coalition 10 December 1980 Cáceres 0 seats, 4.0%"EU+PREx" Results for EU (2.5%, 0 seats) and PREx (1.5%, 0 seats) in the 1991 election. 1 10px 1 14,452 3.8% 10px 0.2 pp ExtremaduraProvinceMapAssembly1995.png 250px Constituency results map for the Assembly of Extremadura President President after election Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura A regional election was held in Extremadura on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Assembly of the autonomous community. All 65 seats in the Assembly were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across 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. Overview Under the 1983 Statute of Autonomy, the Assembly of Extremadura was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.Statute 1983 arts. 20 & 24–25. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.LEEx 1987 final prov. 1. Date The term of the Assembly of Extremadura expired four years after the date of its previous ordinary election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 54 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official Journal of Extremadura (DOE).Statute 1983 art. 22; LEEx 1987 arts. 21–23 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 art. 42). The previous election was held on 26 May 1991, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 28 May 1995. The Assembly of Extremadura could not be dissolved before the expiration date 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 lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.Statute 1983 arts. 20 & 34; LGAEx 1984 art. 6. The election to the Assembly of Extremadura was officially called on 4 April 1995 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the DOE, setting election day for 28 May.Decree 12/1995 1995 art. 1. Electoral system Voting for the Assembly was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Extremadura and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.Statute 1983 art. 22; LEEx 1987 arts. 2–3 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 2–3). The Assembly of Extremadura had a maximum of 65 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at that number. All were elected in two multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of Badajoz and Cáceres, each of which was assigned an initial minimum of 20 seats and the remaining 25 distributed in proportion to population—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency. Alternatively, parties could also enter the seat distribution as long as they ran candidates in both constituencies and reached five percent regionally.Statute 1983 art. 22; LEEx 1987 arts. 17–19. As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Assembly constituency was entitled the following seats:Decree 12/1995 1995 art. 2. Seats Constituencies 35 Badajoz 30 Cáceres The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.LEEx 1987 arts. 19 & 26 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 46 & 48). Outgoing parliament The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.Lozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/aextremadura.html Elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura (desde 1983) es Historia Electoral.com 18 October 2025https://www.asambleaex.es/grupos-3 Grupos Parlamentarios III Legislatura es Assembly of Extremadura 31 December 2025 + Parliamentary composition in April 1995 Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 39 39 People's Parliamentary Group PP 19 19 Mixed Parliamentary Group IU 4 7 CDS 3 Parties and candidates The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least two percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list.LEEx 1987 arts. 25–26; suppl. LOREG 1985 art. 44. Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election: Candidacy Parties andalliances Candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Government Ref. References Vote % Seats PSOE List on Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 50px Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra Social democracy 54.2% 39 Clemente Simón Jeremías 25 April 1994 Rodríguez Ibarra expulsará a quienes se falten al respeto https://elpais.com/diario/1994/04/25/espana/767224802_850215.html es El País Badajoz 25 November 2025 PP List on People's Party (PP) 50px Juan Ignacio Barrero ConservatismChristian democracy 26.8% 19 25 September 1993 Juan Ignacio Barrero, nuevo presidente regional del PP de Extremadura https://www.servimedia.es/noticias/juan-ignacio-barrero-nuevo-presidente-regional-pp-extremadura/1410815859 es Servimedia Mérida 25 November 2025Ruiz de Azúa Victorino 27 September 1993 Aznar quiere completar con los congresos regionales la refundación centrista del Partido Popular https://elpais.com/diario/1993/09/27/espana/749084404_850215.html es El País Madrid 24 November 2025Ruiz de Azúa Victorino 11 November 1994 Seis mujeres en las candidaturas del Partido Popular a las alcaldías de las principales ciudades https://elpais.com/diario/1994/11/11/espana/784508426_850215.html es El País Madrid 29 November 2025 IU–LV–CE List on United Left (IU)– Communist Party of Extremadura (PCEx)– Socialist Action Party (PASOC)– Republican Left (IR) The Greens (LV) 50px Ricardo Sosa SocialismCommunism 8.1%"IU+LV" 4 CEx List on United Extremadura (EU) Extremaduran Regionalist Party (PREx) Regionalist Convergence of Extremadura (CREx) 50px Pedro Cañada Regionalism 4.0%"EU+PREx" 0 Not contesting CDS List on Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 50px Tomás Martín Tamayo CentrismLiberalism 5.7% 3 Opinion polls The tables below list opinion polling results 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. Voting intention estimates The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. 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. Color key: #EAFFEA Exit poll 1px solid #AAAAAA Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 17px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 27px|link=People's Party of Extremadura|PP 25px|link=United Left Extremadura|IU 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS CEx Lead 1995 regional election 28 May 1995 78.3 43.975% Verdana 31 39.575% Verdana 27 10.575% Verdana 6 – 3.875% Verdana 1 4.4 Eco Consulting/RTVEEl PP se impuso en diez comunidades http://diariodenavarra.mynewsonline.com/index.php?screen=preview&ref=NAV19950529G004 es Diario de Navarra 29 May 1995 28 May 1995?? 42.375% Verdana 28/30 41.275% Verdana 28/30 10.975% Verdana 6/8 – – 1.1 Sigma Dos/COPE 28 May 1995?? 39.775% Verdana 27/29 42.275% Verdana 29/31 12.075% Verdana 7 – – 2.5 Vox Pública–ODEC/Antena 3 28 May 1995???75% Verdana 29/30?75% Verdana 29/30?75% Verdana 5/7 – – Tie CEPS/HoyLos sondeos predicen una amplia victoria del PP en las autonómicas http://diariodenavarra.mynewsonline.com/index.php?screen=preview&ref=NAV19950522G004 es Diario de Navarra 22 May 1995 21 May 1995???75% Verdana 26?75% Verdana 28?75% Verdana 9 –?75% Verdana 2? Demoscopia/El PaísEl PP será la fuerza más votada en 12 comunidades http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/20/espana/800920832_850215.html es El País 20 May 1995Rodríguez Ibarra se salva de la quema https://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/20/espana/800920831_850215.html es El País 20 May 1995Mañana, previsiones para las municipales https://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/20/espana/800920801_850215.html es El País 20 May 1995El PP gana en doce autonomías y el PSOE sólo en Extremadura, según un sondeo http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1995/05/21/pagina-16/33769178/pdf.html es La Vanguardia 21 May 1995 10–15 May 1995 600? 42.875% Verdana 29/31 40.575% Verdana 28 10.975% Verdana 6/8 – 2.175% Verdana 0 2.3 CISPreelectoral Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura (Estudio nº 2168. Abril-Mayo 1995) http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2160_2179/2168/e216800.html es CIS 10 May 1995 https://web.archive.org/web/20180626001515/http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2160_2179/2168/e216800.html 26 June 2018 Estudio CIS nº 2168. Ficha técnica https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/ft2168pdf es CIS 10 May 1995 24 Apr–10 May 1995 1,198 70.8 45.6 41.3 9.3 – 2.3 4.3 Sigma Dos/PPEl PP ganaría las elecciones autonómicas en Extremadura si se celebraran mañana http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1995/02/08/070.html es ABC 8 February 1995 20–30 Jan 1995 1,000? 39.775% Verdana 26/29 40.475% Verdana 26/30 13.875% Verdana 8/9 – 2.975% Verdana 1 0.7 1994 EP election 12 Jun 1994 66.2 45.075% Verdana (31) 40.275% Verdana (28) 10.775% Verdana (6) 0.775% Verdana (0) 1.075% Verdana (0) 4.8 1993 general election 6 Jun 1993 80.5 51.575% Verdana (35) 35.875% Verdana (25) 7.875% Verdana (5) 2.075% Verdana (0) 1.075% Verdana (0) 15.7 1991 regional election 26 May 1991 70.8 54.275% Verdana 39 26.875% Verdana 19 7.175% Verdana 4 5.775% Verdana 3 2.575% Verdana 0 27.4 Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 17px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 27px|link=People's Party of Extremadura|PP 25px|link=United Left Extremadura|IU 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS CEx Lead 1995 regional election"CERA" Does not include non-resident citizens. 28 May 1995 34.0 30.6 8.2 – 3.0 21.1 3.4 CIS 24 Apr–10 May 1995 1,198 41.0 25.3 5.2 0.3 1.9 20.6 4.0 15.7 CISSituación social y política de Extremadura (I) (Estudio nº 2146. Marzo 1995) https://www.cis.es/es/estudios/situacion-social-y-politica-de-extremadura-i- es CIS 17 March 1995Estudio CIS nº 2146. Ficha técnica https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/ft2146pdf es CIS 17 March 1995 2–17 Mar 1995 1,196 35.2 21.3 10.7 0.9 2.7 22.2 4.6 13.9 1994 EP election"CERA" 12 Jun 1994 29.8 26.8 7.1 0.5 0.6 33.4 3.0 1993 general election"CERA" 6 Jun 1993 41.4 28.9 6.3 1.6 0.8 19.1 12.5 CISOpinión pública y cultura política en las Comunidades Autónomas. Extremadura (Estudio nº 2035. Noviembre 1992) https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es2035marpdf es CIS 21 November 1992Estudio CIS nº 2035. Ficha técnica https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/ft2035pdf es CIS 21 November 1992 13–21 Nov 1992 1,058 31.5 12.4 6.0 1.8 – 38.4 7.1 19.1 1991 regional election"CERA" 26 May 1991 38.0 18.8 5.0 4.0 1.7 29.0 19.2 Victory preferences The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 17px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 27px|link=People's Party of Extremadura|PP Other/None Lead CIS 24 Apr–10 May 1995 1,198 46.1 26.4 0.8 26.8 19.7 CIS 2–17 Mar 1995 1,196 45.9 29.3 – 24.8 16.6 Victory likelihood The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 17px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 27px|link=People's Party of Extremadura|PP Other/None Lead CIS 24 Apr–10 May 1995 1,198 43.9 24.0 0.0 32.1 19.9 CIS 2–17 Mar 1995 1,196 42.2 27.8 – 30.0 14.4 Preferred President The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Regional Government of Extremadura. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 55px 55px Other/None/Notcare Lead IbarraPSOE BarreroPP CIS 24 Apr–10 May 1995 1,198 47.5 23.9 3.0 25.6 23.6 CIS 2–17 Mar 1995 1,196 44.6 22.0 5.6 27.9 22.6 Results Overall + ← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Assembly of Extremadura election results → center|335px 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 Sources10 June 1995 Resolución de 1/1995, del Presidente de la Junta Electoral de Extremadura, de 5 de junio, por la que se hacen públicos los resultados del Escrutinio General y Proclamación de Diputados Electos resultantes de las elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura, celebrada el día 28 de mayo de 1995 https://doe.juntaex.es/pdfs/doe/1995/680o/95060578.pdf es Official Journal of Extremadura 68 2483-5188 2782–2783 6 December 2025 left Footnotes: 1 United Left–The Greens–Commitment to Extremadura results are compared to the combined totals of United Left and The Greens in the 1991 election. 2 Extremaduran Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of United Extremadura and Extremaduran Regionalist Party in the 1991 election. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura 43.94 PP People's Party of Extremadura 39.46 IU–LV–CE United Left Extremadura 10.54 CEx Extremaduran Coalition 3.82 SIEx #D20404 1.17 PCPE Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain 0.17 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 0.88 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura 47.69 PP People's Party of Extremadura 41.54 IU–LV–CE United Left Extremadura 9.23 CEx Extremaduran Coalition 1.54 Distribution by constituency Constituency PSOE PP IU–LV CEx % S % S % S % 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 Aftermath Government formation InvestitureNomination of Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra (PSOE) Ballot → 12 July 1995 14 July 1995 Required majority → 33 out of 65 15 Simple 15 Yes • PSOE (31) 31 65 green 125px 31 65 green 125px No • PP (27) • IU–LV (6) (on 12 Jul) 33 65 red 125px 27 65 red 125px Abstentions • IU–LV (5) (on 14 Jul) • EU (1) 1 65 gray 125px 6 65 gray 125px Absentees • IU–LV (1) (on 14 Jul) 0 65 black 125px 1 65 black 125px SourcesClemente Simón Jeremías 13 July 1995 Rechazada la investidura de Rodríguez Ibarra en la primera votación https://elpais.com/diario/1995/07/13/espana/805586412_850215.html es El País Cáceres 25 November 2025Clemente Simón Jeremías 15 July 1995 El socialista Rodríguez Ibarra, reelegido presidente de Extremadura https://elpais.com/diario/1995/07/15/espana/805759210_850215.html es El País Cáceres 25 November 2025 Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Bibliography 30em y Ley Orgánica 1/1983, de 25 de febrero, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Extremadura Organic Law 1/1983 25 February 1983 version as of 25 March 1994 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1983-6190 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1983-6190&tn=1&p=19940325 15 November 2025 Statute 1983 y Ley 2/1984, de 7 de junio, del Gobierno y de la Administración de la Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura Law 2/1984 7 June 1984 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1984-17656 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1984-17656 5 April 2026 LGAEx 1984 y Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General Organic Law 5/1985 19 June 1985 version as of 24 March 1995 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-11672 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=19950324 5 October 2025 LOREG 1985 y Ley 2/1987, de 16 de marzo, de Elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura Law 2/1987 16 March 1987 version as of 26 March 1991 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1987-8817 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1987-8817&tn=1&p=19910326 7 October 2025 LEEx 1987 y Decreto del Presidente 12/1995, de 3 de abril, por el que se convocan elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura Decree 12/1995 3 April 1995 Official Journal of Extremadura es https://doe.juntaex.es/pdfs/doe/1995/400o/95030022.pdf 24 November 2025 Decree 12/1995 1995 Regional election Extremadura Category:Regional elections in Extremadura Extremadura