1995 Canarian regional election

Election in the Spanish region of the Canary Islands 1995 Canarian regional election Canary Islands parliamentary no 1991 Canarian regional election 1991 1999 Canarian regional election 1999 All 60 seats in the Parliament of the Canary Islands 31 #Opinion polls 1,248,575 10px 10.0% 801,607 (64.2%)10px 2.5 pp 28 May 1995 170x170px Manuel Hermoso Canarian Coalition 1991 Tenerife 17 seats, 34.1%"AIC+ICAN+PNC+AM" Results for AIC (20.1%, 10 seats)—not including Fuerteventura and Lanzarote—ICAN (12.2%, 5 seats)—not including El Hierro—PNC (1.1%, 0 seats) and AM (0.7%, 2 seats) in the 1991 election. 21 10px 4 261,424 32.8% 10px 1.3 pp 170x170px José Miguel Bravo de Laguna People's Party of the Canary Islands 1991 Gran Canaria 6 seats, 12.8% 18 10px 12 247,609 31.1% 10px 18.3 pp 170x170px Augusto Brito Socialist Party of the Canaries 11 February 1995 Tenerife 23 seats, 33.0% 16 10px 7 183,969 23.1% 10px 9.9 pp 170x170px Onelio Ramos Nationalist Canarian Platform 1995 Gran Canaria 6 seats, 2.6%"PCN" Results for AIC in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote in the 1991 election. 4 10px 2 23,914 3.0% 10px 0.4 pp 170x170px Juan Padrón Morales Independent Herrenian Group 1983 El Hierro 1 seat, 0.2% 1 10px 0 2,105 0.3% 10px 0.1 pp CanaryDistrictMapParliament1995.png 400px Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Canary Islands President President after election Manuel Hermoso AIC (CC) Manuel Hermoso AIC (CC) A regional election was held in the Canary Islands on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain. Overview Under the 1982 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of the Canary Islands 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 1982 arts. 8, 12 & 16. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.LEPC 1987 final prov. 1 (am. amended by LEPC 1991 single art.). Date The term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands 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 Gazette of the Canaries (BOC).Statute 1982 art. 9; LEPC 1987 art. 14 (am. amended by LEPC 1991 single art.; 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 Parliament of the Canary Islands 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 Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.Statute 1982 art. 16. The election to the Parliament of the Canary Islands was officially called on 4 April 1995 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOC, setting election day for 28 May.Decree 68/1995 1995 art. 1. Electoral system Voting for the Parliament was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Canary Islands 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 1982 arts. 8–9; LEPC 1987 art. 2 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 2–3). The Parliament of the Canary Islands had a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 70 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 60. All were elected in seven multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife, each of which was assigned a fixed number of seats—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a 20 percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency or three percent regionally.Statute 1982 art. 8 & trans. prov. 1. As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:Statute 1982 trans. prov. 1; Decree 68/1995 1995 art. 2. Seats Constituencies 15 Gran Canaria, Tenerife 8 La Palma, Lanzarote 7 Fuerteventura 4 La Gomera 3 El Hierro 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.LEPC 1987 art. 19 (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/acanarias.html Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias (desde 1983) es Historia Electoral.com 26 April 2026https://www.parcan.es/composicion/grupos.py?legis=3 Los grupos parlamentarios. III Legislatura es Parliament of the Canary Islands 3 May 2026 + Parliamentary composition in April 1995 Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total Canarian Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 23 23 Canarian Independent Groups–AIC Parliamentary Group AIC 10 16 PIL 4 IF 2 Centrist Parliamentary Group CCI 6 7 AGI 1 People's Parliamentary Group PP 6 6 Canarian Left Parliamentary Group (ICAN) ICAN 5 5 Mixed Parliamentary Group AM 2 3 AHI 1 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 one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list.LEPC 1987 art. 16 (suppl. supplemented by 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 Augusto Brito Social democracy 33.0% 23 CC List on Canarian Independent Groups (AIC)– Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)– La Palma Group of Independents (API)– Gomera Group of Independents (AGI) Nationalist Canarian Initiative (ICAN) Nationalist Canarian Centre (CCN) Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) Majorera Assembly (AM) 50px Manuel Hermoso RegionalismCanarian nationalismCentrism 34.1%"AIC+ICAN+PNC+AM" 17 CDS–UC List on Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC) 50px Juan Bautista Ruiz CentrismLiberalism 14.4% 7 PP List on People's Party (PP) 50px José Miguel Bravo de Laguna ConservatismChristian democracy 12.8% 6 PCN List on Party of Gran Canaria (PGC) Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) 50px Onelio Ramos Canarian nationalism 2.6%"PCN" 6 AHI List on Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) 50px Juan Padrón Morales InsularismCanarian nationalismCentrism 0.2% 1 IUC List on Canarian United Left (IUC)– Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC)– Socialist Action Party (PASOC)– Republican Left (IR) 50px Segundo Martínez SocialismCommunism colspan="2" Did not contest 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; 31 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Canary Islands. Color key: #EAFFEA Exit poll 1px solid #AAAAAA Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 17px|link=Socialist Party of the Canaries|PSOE 30px|link=Canarian Independent Groups|AIC 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS 27px|link=People's Party of the Canary Islands|PP ICAN AM 32px|link=Independent Herrenian Group|AHI 27px|link=Canarian Coalition|CC 25px|link=Canarian United Left|IUC PCN Lead 1995 regional election 28 May 1995 64.2 23.175% Verdana 16 "CC" Within CC. 0.775% Verdana 0 31.175% Verdana 18 "CC" "CC" 0.375% Verdana 1 32.875% Verdana 21 5.175% Verdana 0 3.075% Verdana 4 1.7 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?? 22.075% Verdana 17/19 "CC" – 31.975% Verdana 19/21 "CC" "CC" – 30.175% Verdana 16/18 5.375% Verdana 3 – 1.8 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 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 1,452? 16.875% Verdana 13/14 "CC" 3.375% Verdana 0 33.975% Verdana 19/20 "CC" "CC" 0.575% Verdana 2 31.075% Verdana 19 9.875% Verdana 4 – 2.9 CISPreelectoral Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias (Estudio 2163. Abril-Mayo 1995) http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2160_2179/2163/e216300.html es CIS 10 May 1995 3 May 2026 25 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190525125408/http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2160_2179/2163/e216300.html bot: unknown Estudio CIS nº 2163. Ficha técnica https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/ft2163pdf es CIS 10 May 1995 24 Apr–10 May 1995 999 69.4 18.4 "CC" – 31.4 "CC" "CC" – 38.8 6.0 – 7.4 1994 EP election 12 Jun 1994 49.9 24.8 "CC" 0.7 43.9 "CC" "CC" – 18.8 8.3 – 19.1 1993 general election 6 Jun 1993 68.9 29.9 "CC" 1.2 33.9 "CC" "CC" – 25.6 5.0 – 4.0 1991 regional election 26 May 1991 61.7 33.075% Verdana 23 22.775% Verdana 16 14.475% Verdana 7 12.875% Verdana 6 12.275% Verdana 5 0.775% Verdana 2 0.275% Verdana 1 – – – 10.3 Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 17px|link=Socialist Party of the Canaries|PSOE 30px|link=Canarian Independent Groups|AIC 27px|link=Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS 27px|link=People's Party of the Canary Islands|PP ICAN AM 32px|link=Independent Herrenian Group|AHI 27px|link=Canarian Coalition|CC 25px|link=Canarian United Left|IUC PCN Lead 1995 regional election"CERA" Does not include non-resident citizens. 28 May 1995 14.7 "CC" 0.4 19.8 "CC" "CC" 0.2 21.0 3.3 1.9 35.0 1.2 CIS 24 Apr–10 May 1995 999 14.5 "CC" 0.5 20.4 "CC" "CC" – 24.8 5.2 – 25.7 4.8 4.4 CISSituación social y política de Canarias (IV) (Estudio nº 2141. Marzo 1995) https://www.cis.es/es/estudios/situacion-social-y-politica-de-canarias-iv- es CIS 17 March 1995Estudio CIS nº 2141. Ficha técnica https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/ft2141pdf es CIS 17 March 1995 2–17 Mar 1995 995 14.2 "CC" 0.9 23.2 "CC" "CC" – 20.9 7.1 – 22.9 7.2 2.3 1994 EP election"CERA" 12 Jun 1994 12.4 "CC" 0.4 22.0 "CC" "CC" – 9.4 4.2 – 49.8 9.6 CISSituación social y política de Canarias (III) (Estudio nº 2095. Mayo 1994) https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es2095marpdf es CIS 22 May 1994Estudio CIS nº 2093. Ficha técnica https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/ft2095pdf es CIS 22 May 1994 5–22 May 1994 965 12.8 "CC" 1.7 22.8 "CC" "CC" 0.2 8.3 7.1 – 29.0 7.0 10.0 1993 general election"CERA" 6 Jun 1993 20.5 "CC" 0.8 23.4 "CC" "CC" – 17.6 3.4 – 30.7 2.9 CISOpinión pública y cultura política en las comunidades autónomas. Canarias (Estudio nº 2029. Noviembre 1992) https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es2029marpdf es CIS 21 November 1992Estudio CIS nº 2029. Ficha técnica https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/ft2029pdf es CIS 21 November 1992 8–21 Nov 1992 1,085 21.9 11.6 2.1 9.1 8.8 0.5 0.1 – – – 37.4 7.8 10.3 1991 regional election"CERA" 26 May 1991 20.3 13.9 8.8 8.0 7.8 0.4 0.1 – – – 38.0 6.4 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=Socialist Party of the Canaries|PSOE 27px|link=People's Party of the Canary Islands|PP 27px|link=Canarian Coalition|CC 25px|link=Canarian United Left|IUC Other/None Lead CIS 24 Apr–10 May 1995 999 17.8 23.5 30.7 – 0.1 28.0 7.2 CIS 2–17 Mar 1995 995 17.0 27.0 32.2 – – 23.8 5.2 CIS 5–22 May 1994 965 14.5 24.6 23.9 8.8 4.2 23.9 0.7 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=Socialist Party of the Canaries|PSOE 27px|link=People's Party of the Canary Islands|PP 27px|link=Canarian Coalition|CC Other/None Lead CIS 24 Apr–10 May 1995 999 12.1 27.9 23.1 – 37.0 4.8 CIS 2–17 Mar 1995 995 11.8 28.4 26.0 – 33.8 2.4 Preferred President The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Canary Islands. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 55px 55px 55px Other/None/Notcare Lead BritoPSOE Bravode LagunaPP HermosoCC CIS 24 Apr–10 May 1995 999 11.2 17.1 29.4 4.3 38.0 12.3 CIS 2–17 Mar 1995 995 8.5 17.7 27.3 3.6 42.8 9.6 Results Overall + ← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Parliament of the Canary Islands election results → center|325px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Canarian Coalition (CC)1 261,424 32.80 −1.33 21 +4 People's Party (PP) 247,609 31.07 +18.24 18 +12 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 183,969 23.08 −9.95 16 −7 Canarian United Left (IUC) 40,614 5.10 New 0 ±0 Nationalist Canarian Platform (PCN)2 23,914 3.00 +0.43 4 −2 Coalition for Gran Canaria (CGC) 10,964 1.38 New 0 ±0 Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC) 5,340 0.67 −13.74 0 −7 National Congress of the Canaries (CNC) 2,964 0.37 New 0 ±0 Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac) 2,436 0.31 −0.28 0 ±0 Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) 2,105 0.26 +0.05 1 ±0 Tenerife Assembly (ATF) 1,600 0.20 New 0 ±0 Humanist Platform (PH)3 1,561 0.20 +0.04 0 ±0 Green Left of the Canary Islands (Izegzawen) 1,357 0.17 New 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC) 1,251 0.16 New 0 ±0 Party of The People (LG) 625 0.08 −0.13 0 ±0 Nationalist Canarian Initiative (ICAN)4 248 0.03 −0.03 0 ±0 Blank ballots 9,078 1.14 +0.37 Total 797,059 60 ±0 Valid votes 797,059 99.43 +0.16 Invalid votes 4,548 0.57 −0.16 Votes cast / turnout 801,607 64.20 +2.51 Abstentions 446,968 35.80 −2.51 Registered voters 1,248,575 Sources18 August 1995 Acta de Proclamación de Diputados electos al Parlamento de Canarias en las elecciones convocadas por Decreto 68/1995, de 3 de abril https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/boc/1995/108/boc-1995-108-015.pdf es Official Gazette of Canaries 108 8914–8918 28 April 2026 left Footnotes: 1 Canarian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Independent Groups in Gran Canaria, La Palma and Tenerife, Canarian Initiative, Canarian Nationalist Party and Majorera Assembly in the 1991 election, not including Canarian Initiative results in El Hierro. 2 Nationalist Canarian Platform results are compared to Canarian Independent Groups totals in Fuerteventura and La Palma. 3 Humanist Platform results are compared to The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List totals in the 1991 election. 4 Nationalist Canarian Initiative results are compared to Canarian Initiative totals in El Hierro in the 1991 election. Canarian Coalition and its member parties, except for Nationalist Canarian Initiative, declined to run in El Hierro in order to respect Independent Herrenian Group's list there. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px CC Canarian Coalition 32.80 PP People's Party of the Canary Islands 31.07 PSOE Socialist Party of the Canaries 23.08 IUC Canarian United Left 5.10 PCN Nationalist Canarian Platform 3.00 CGC Coalition for Gran Canaria 1.38 AHI Independent Herrenian Group 0.26 Others #777777 2.15 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 1.14 Seats #ddd 550px 500px CC Canarian Coalition 35.00 PP People's Party of the Canary Islands 30.00 PSOE Socialist Party of the Canaries 26.67 PCN Nationalist Canarian Platform 6.67 AHI Independent Herrenian Group 1.67 Distribution by constituency Constituency CC PP PSOE PNC AHI % S % S % S % S % S El Hierro 26.7 1 23.0 1 43.0 1 Fuerteventura 31.3 2 26.5 2 26.9 2 10.5 1 Gran Canaria 27.5 5 40.2 7 18.0 3 3.3 − La Gomera 35.5 2 8.9 − 47.0 2 La Palma 45.6 4 20.0 2 27.4 2 Lanzarote 17.1 1 19.0 2 25.2 2 29.8 3 Tenerife 39.2 7 24.6 4 27.0 4 Total 32.8 21 31.1 18 23.1 16 3.0 4 0.3 1 Sources Aftermath Government formation InvestitureNomination of Manuel Hermoso (AIC) Ballot → 11 July 1995 Required majority → 31 out of 60 15 Yes • CC (21) • PP (17) • AHI (1) 39 60 green 125px No • PSOE (16) 16 60 red 125px Abstentions • PCN (4) 4 60 gray 125px Absentees • PP (1) 1 60 black 125px Sources Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Bibliography 30em y Ley Orgánica 10/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias Organic Law 10/1982 10 August 1982 version as of 16 August 1982 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1982-20821 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1982-20821&tn=1&p=19820816 26 April 2026 Statute 1982 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 3/1987, de 3 de abril, de medidas urgentes en materia electoral Law 3/1987 3 April 1987 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1987-9084 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1987-9084 27 April 2026 LEPC 1987 y Ley 2/1991, de 18 de marzo, de modificación de determinados artículos de la Ley Territorial 3/1987, de 3 de abril, de medidas urgentes en materia electoral Law 2/1991 18 March 1991 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1991-8593 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1991-8593 27 April 2026 LEPC 1991 y Decreto 68/1995, de 3 de abril, del Presidente de la Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias, por el que se convocan elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias Decree 68/1995 3 April 1995 Official Gazette of the Canaries es https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/boc/1995/041/boc-1995-041-001.pdf 26 April 2026 Decree 68/1995 1995 Regional election Canary Islands Category:Regional elections in the Canary Islands Canary Islands