1995 Zaragoza municipal election

Election in the Spanish municipality of Zaragoza 1995 Zaragoza municipal election Zaragoza parliamentary no 1991 Zaragoza municipal election 1991 1999 Zaragoza municipal election 1999 All 31 seats in the City Council of Zaragoza 16 497,001 10px 6.6% 333,394 (67.1%)10px 10.6 pp 28 May 1995 170x170px Luisa Fernanda Rudi People's Party of Aragon 10 November 1994 7 seats, 21.8% 15 10px 8 155,206 46.8% 10px 25.0 pp 170x170px Emilio Comín Socialists' Party of Aragon 1995 15 seats, 42.9% 6 10px 9 62,390 18.8% 10px 24.1 pp 170x170px Eudaldo Casanova United Left of Aragon 1995 3 seats, 9.4% 4 10px 1 44,047 13.3% 10px 3.9 pp 170x170px Francisco Meroño Aragonese Party 1995 6 seats, 18.3% 4 10px 2 41,558 12.5% 10px 5.8 pp 170x170px Antonio Gaspar Chunta Aragonesista 1995 0 seats, 2.3% 2 10px 2 19,783 6.0% 10px 3.7 pp Mayor Mayor after election Antonio González Triviño Socialists' Party of Aragon Luisa Fernanda Rudi People's Party of Aragon A municipal election was held in Zaragoza on 28 May 1995 to elect the 5th City Council of the municipality. All 31 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain. Overview Under the 1978 Constitution, the governance of municipalities in Spain—part of the country's local government system—was centered on the figure of city councils (es ayuntamientos), local corporations with independent legal personality composed of a mayor, a government council and an elected legislative assembly.Constitution 1978 art. 140; LBRL 1985 art. 19. The mayor was indirectly elected by the local assembly, requiring an absolute majority; otherwise, the candidate from the most-voted party automatically became mayor (ties were resolved by drawing lots).LBRL 1985 art. 19; LOREG 1985 art. 196. In the case of Zaragoza, the top-tier administrative and governing body was the City Council of Zaragoza. Date The term of local assemblies in Spain expired four years after the date of their previous 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 State Gazette (BOE).LOREG 1985 arts. 42 & 194. The previous local elections were 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. Local assemblies could not be dissolved before the expiration of their term, except in cases of mismanagement that seriously harmed the public interest and implied a breach of constitutional obligations, in which case the Council of Ministers could—optionally—decide to call a by-election.LBRL 1985 art. 61. Elections to the assemblies of local entities were officially called on 4 April 1995 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOE, setting election day for 28 May.Royal Decree 489/1995 1995 art. 1. Electoral system Voting for local assemblies was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality 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), as well as resident non-nationals whose country of origin allowed reciprocal voting by virtue of a treaty or within the framework of Community Law.Constitution 1978 art. 13; LBRL 1985 art. 19; LOREG 1985 arts. 2–3 & 176. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each municipality.LOREG 1985 arts. 163 & 180. Each municipality was a multi-member constituency, with a number of seats based on the following scale:LOREG 1985 art. 179. Population Councillors <250 5 251–1,000 7 1,001–2,000 9 2,001–5,000 11 5,001–10,000 13 10,001–20,000 17 20,001–50,000 21 50,001–100,000 25 >100,001 +1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction+1 if total is an even number 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.LOREG 1985 arts. 46, 48 & 182. 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 a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list. In the case of Zaragoza, as its population was between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures were required.LOREG 1985 arts. 44 & 187. Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election: Candidacy Parties andalliances Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Government Ref. References Vote % Seats PSOE List on Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 50px Emilio Comín Social democracy 42.9% 15 Díez Anabel Torrontegui Javier 13 November 1994 El PSOE comunica a Marco y Triviño que no volverán a ser candidatos https://elpais.com/diario/1994/11/13/espana/784681207_850215.html es El País Madrid / Zaragoza 24 November 2025 PP List on People's Party (PP) 50px Luisa Fernanda Rudi ConservatismChristian democracy 21.8% 7 Ruiz 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 PAR List on Aragonese Party (PAR) 50px Francisco Meroño RegionalismCentrism 18.3% 6 IU List on United Left of Aragon (IU)– Communist Party of Aragon (PCE–A)– Socialist Action Party (PASOC)– Republican Left (IR) 50px Eudaldo Casanova SocialismCommunism 9.4% 3 CHA List on Aragonese Union (CHA) 50px Antonio Gaspar Aragonese nationalismEco-socialism 2.3% 0 Results + ← Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Zaragoza election results → center|315px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP) 155,206 46.78 +25.00 15 +8 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 62,390 18.81 −24.06 6 −9 United Left of Aragon (IU) 44,047 13.28 +3.88 4 +1 Aragonese Party (PAR) 41,558 12.53 −5.74 4 −2 Aragonese Union (CHA) 19,783 5.96 +3.63 2 +2 Independent Federation of Workers and Self-employed (FITA) 1,237 0.37 New 0 ±0 Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE) 963 0.29 New 0 ±0 Aragonese Unity (UA) 654 0.20 New 0 ±0 Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 275 0.08 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 5,655 1.70 +0.24 Total 331,768 31 ±0 Valid votes 331,768 99.51 +0.19 Invalid votes 1,626 0.49 −0.19 Votes cast / turnout 333,394 67.08 +10.60 Abstentions 163,607 32.92 −10.60 Registered voters 497,001 SourcesLozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/mzaragoza.html Elecciones municipales en Zaragoza (desde 1979) es Historia Electoral.com 4 November 2025https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/ Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales es Ministry of the Interior 5 November 2025 5 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240805154842/https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/ dead Official State Gazette 173 (Supplement) 21 July 1995 es Acuerdo de la Junta Electoral Central de 19 de julio de 1995, de publicación del resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 489/1995, de 3 de abril, y celebradas el 28 de mayo de 1995, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1995/07/21/pdfs/C00001-01166.pdf 0212-033X 1–1166 26 November 2025 Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PP People's Party of Aragon 46.78 PSOE Socialists' Party of Aragon 18.81 IU United Left of Aragon 13.28 PAR Aragonese Party 12.53 CHA Chunta Aragonesista 5.96 Others #777777 0.94 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 1.70 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PP People's Party of Aragon 48.39 PSOE Socialists' Party of Aragon 19.35 IU United Left of Aragon 12.90 PAR Aragonese Party 12.90 CHA Chunta Aragonesista 6.45 Aftermath Government formation Investiture Ballot → 17 June 1995 Required majority → 16 out of 31 Luisa Fernanda Rudi (PP) • PP (15) • PAR (4) 19 31 People's Party of Aragon 125px 15 Emilio Comín (PSOE) • PSOE (6) 6 31 Socialists' Party of Aragon 125px 15 Eudaldo Casanova (IU) • IU (4) 4 31 United Left of Aragon 125px 15 Antonio Gaspar (CHA) • CHA (2) 2 31 Chunta Aragonesista 125px 15 Abstentions/Blank ballots 0 31 gray 125px Absentees 0 31 black 125px Sources18 June 1995 https://elpais.com/diario/1995/06/18/espana/803426411_850215.html Rudi encabeza el desembarco del PP en los ayuntamientos de Aragón es El País Madrid 30 November 2025Ibares Alicia 18 June 1995 https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1995/06/18/pagina-34/33779211/pdf.html El PP consigue que Rudi sea la primera alcaldesa de Zaragoza es La Vanguardia Zaragoza 30 November 2025 References Bibliography y Constitución Española Constitution 27 December 1978 version as of 28 August 1992 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1978-31229 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1978-31229&tn=1&p=19920828 27 December 2016 Constitution 1978 y Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local Law 7/1985 2 April 1985 version as of 31 December 1994 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-5392 es https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-5392&tn=1&p=19941231 4 November 2025 LBRL 1985 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 4 November 2025 LOREG 1985 y Real Decreto 489/1995, de 3 de abril, de convocatoria de elecciones locales y a las Asambleas de Ceuta y Melilla Royal Decree 489/1995 3 April 1995 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1995-8132 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1995-8132 26 November 2025 Royal Decree 489/1995 1995 Municipal election Zaragoza Category:Elections in Zaragoza Zaragoza