1995 Canarian Island Cabildo elections

The 1995 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 5th Island Cabildos of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. All 139 seats in the seven Island Cabildos were up for election.

Overall

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildos election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition (CC)¹	263,816	33.15	−0.12	42	+6
	People's Party (PP)	236,737	29.75	+16.66	34	+20
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	188,302	23.66	−10.31	43	−8
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	38,132	4.79	New	2	+2
	Party of Gran Canaria (PGC)	15,234	1.91	New	0	±0
	Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)	10,582	1.33	−0.84	8	−4
	Coalition for Gran Canaria (CGC)	10,532	1.32	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)	5,321	0.67	−11.28	0	−18
	Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)	4,474	0.56	+0.08	4	+1
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	2,398	0.30	+0.08	6	+2
	Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac)	2,331	0.29	−0.22	0	±0
	Tenerife Assembly (ATF)	2,227	0.28	New	0	±0
	National Congress of the Canaries (CNC)	2,076	0.26	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)²	1,251	0.16	−0.02	0	±0
	Green Left of the Canary Islands (Izegzawen)	1,243	0.16	New	0	±0
	Nationalist Lanzarote Assembly (ACON)	970	0.12	New	0	±0
	Tenerife Independent Familiar Groups (AFIT)	662	0.08	New	0	±0
	Party of The People (LG)	572	0.07	−0.13	0	±0
	Socialist Canarian Party (PCS)	325	0.04	New	0	±0
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)³	293	0.04	−0.03	0	−1
Blank ballots		8,344	1.05	+0.31

Total		795,822			139	±0

Valid votes		795,822	99.41	+0.14
Invalid votes		4,686	0.59	−0.14
Votes cast / turnout		800,508	64.98	+3.12
Abstentions		431,431	35.02	−3.12
Registered voters		1,231,939

Sources^[1]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of Tenerife Group of Independents, Canarian Initiative, La Palma Group of Independents, Canarian Nationalist Party and Majorera Assembly in the 1991 elections, not including Canarian Initiative results in El Hierro. ² Humanist Platform results are compared to The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List totals in the 1991 elections. ³ Nationalist Canarian Initiative results are compared to Canarian Initiative totals in El Hierro in the 1991 elections. 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

CC			33.15%
PP			29.75%
PSOE			23.66%
IUC			4.79%
PGC			1.91%
PIL			1.33%
CGC			1.32%
IF			0.56%
AHI			0.30%
Others			2.17%
Blank ballots			1.05%

Seats

PSOE			30.94%
CC			30.22%
PP			24.46%
PIL			5.76%
AHI			4.32%
IF			2.88%
IUC			1.44%

Island Cabildo control

The following table lists party control in the Island Cabildos.^[1] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Cabildo
El Hierro	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)
Fuerteventura	Canarian Coalition (CC)	Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)
Gran Canaria	Canarian Coalition (CC)	People's Party (PP)
La Gomera	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
La Palma	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (CC in 1996)
Lanzarote	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) (PSOE in 1997)
Tenerife	Canarian Coalition (CC)	Canarian Coalition (CC)

Islands

El Hierro

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildo of El Hierro election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	2,398	49.31	+12.79	6	+2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	1,162	23.89	−8.14	3	−1
	People's Party (PP)	936	19.25	−0.76	2	±0
	Canarian Initiative (ICAN)	293	6.03	−5.21	0	−1

	Canarian United Left (IUC)	42	0.86	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)	9	0.19	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		23	0.47	+0.28

Total		4,863			11	±0

Valid votes		4,863	99.71	+0.04
Invalid votes		14	0.29	−0.04
Votes cast / turnout		4,877	81.75	+6.93
Abstentions		1,089	18.25	−6.93
Registered voters		5,966

Sources^[1]^[2]

Fuerteventura

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildo of Fuerteventura election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition (CC)¹	7,061	34.44	−1.55	6	−1
	Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)	4,474	21.82	+3.24	4	+1
	People's Party (PP)	4,136	20.17	+15.37	4	+4
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	4,124	20.12	−1.39	3	−1

	Canarian United Left (IUC)	457	2.23	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)	81	0.40	−18.09	0	−3
Blank ballots		169	0.82	+0.20

Total		20,502			17	±0

Valid votes		20,502	99.38	±0.00
Invalid votes		127	0.62	±0.00
Votes cast / turnout		20,629	69.11	−0.51
Abstentions		9,220	30.89	+0.51
Registered voters		29,849

Sources^[1]^[3]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition results are compared to Majorera Assembly totals in the 1991 election.

Gran Canaria

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildo of Gran Canaria election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	143,987	39.83	+21.36	14	+8
	Canarian Coalition (CC)¹	99,017	27.39	+8.50	9	+4
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	66,992	18.53	−16.95	6	−6

	Canarian United Left (IUC)	17,382	4.81	New	0	±0
	Party of Gran Canaria (PGC)	15,234	4.21	New	0	±0
	Coalition for Gran Canaria (CGC)	10,532	2.91	New	0	±0
	Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac)	2,331	0.64	+0.22	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)	1,501	0.42	−18.37	0	−6
	Humanist Platform (PH)²	786	0.22	−0.17	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,726	1.03	+0.25

Total		361,488			29	±0

Valid votes		361,488	99.41	+0.19
Invalid votes		2,144	0.59	−0.19
Votes cast / turnout		363,632	66.65	+4.02
Abstentions		181,943	33.35	−4.02
Registered voters		545,575

Sources^[1]^[4]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Initiative and Canarian Nationalist Party in the 1991 election. ² Humanist Platform results are compared to The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List totals in the 1991 election.

La Gomera

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildo of La Gomera election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	4,993	50.18	−6.95	7	−1
	Canarian Coalition (CC)¹	3,260	32.76	+26.76	4	+4
	People's Party (PP)	966	9.71	+6.51	1	+1
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	679	6.82	New	1	+1

	Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI)	n/a	n/a	−32.77	0	−5
Blank ballots		52	0.52	+0.10

Total		9,950			13	±0

Valid votes		9,950	99.61	−0.12
Invalid votes		39	0.39	+0.12
Votes cast / turnout		9,989	76.51	+5.24
Abstentions		3,067	23.49	−5.24
Registered voters		13,056

Sources^[1]^[5]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition results are compared to Canarian Initiative totals in the 1991 election.

La Palma

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildo of La Palma election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	16,074	38.51	+5.68	9	+2
	Canarian Coalition (CC)¹	15,151	36.30	−6.37	8	−1
	People's Party (PP)	7,653	18.33	−0.55	4	±0

	Canarian United Left (IUC)	1,984	4.75	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)	528	1.26	−4.05	0	−1
Blank ballots		350	0.84	+0.54

Total		41,740			21	±0

Valid votes		41,740	99.47	+0.02
Invalid votes		223	0.53	−0.02
Votes cast / turnout		41,963	68.39	+0.98
Abstentions		19,394	31.61	−0.98
Registered voters		61,357

Sources^[1]^[6]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of La Palma Group of Independents and Canarian Initiative in the 1991 election.

Lanzarote

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildo of Lanzarote election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)	10,582	31.81	−16.98	8	−4
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	8,973	26.98	−0.29	7	+1
	Canarian Coalition (CC)¹	4,979	14.97	+10.54	3	+3
	People's Party (PP)	4,919	14.79	+11.44	3	+3

	Canarian United Left (IUC)	1,131	3.40	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)	971	2.92	−11.78	0	−3
	Nationalist Lanzarote Assembly (ACON)	970	2.92	New	0	±0
	Socialist Canarian Party (PCS)	325	0.98	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		414	1.24	+0.77

Total		33,264			21	±0

Valid votes		33,264	99.54	−0.09
Invalid votes		153	0.46	+0.09
Votes cast / turnout		33,417	61.16	+2.65
Abstentions		21,218	38.84	−2.65
Registered voters		54,635

Sources^[1]^[7]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Initiative and Canarian Nationalist Party in the 1991 election.

Tenerife

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Island Cabildo of Tenerife election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition–Tenerife Group of Independents (CC–ATI)¹	134,348	41.46	−11.19	12	−3
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	85,984	26.54	−6.69	8	−2
	People's Party (PP)	74,140	22.88	+14.88	6	+4
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	16,457	5.08	New	1	+1

	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)	2,231	0.69	−3.21	0	±0
	Tenerife Assembly (ATF)	2,227	0.69	New	0	±0
	National Congress of the Canaries (CNC)	2,076	0.64	New	0	±0
	Green Left of the Canary Islands (Izegzawen)	1,243	0.38	New	0	±0
	Tenerife Independent Familiar Groups (AFIT)	662	0.20	New	0	±0
	Party of The People (LG)	572	0.18	−0.11	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	465	0.14	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,610	1.11	+0.29

Total		324,015			27	±0

Valid votes		324,015	99.39	+0.16
Invalid votes		1,986	0.61	−0.16
Votes cast / turnout		326,001	62.51	+2.69
Abstentions		195,500	37.49	–2.69
Registered voters		521,501

Sources^[1]^[8]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition–Tenerife Group of Independents results are compared to the combined totals of Tenerife Group of Independents, Canarian Initiative and Canarian Nationalist Party in the 1991 election.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias (1983 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1995. El Hierro". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1995. Fuerteventura". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1995. Gran Canaria". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1995. La Gomera". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1995. La Palma". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1995. Lanzarote". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1995. Tenerife". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[HE-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias (1983 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[2] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1995. El Hierro". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[3] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1995. Fuerteventura". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[4] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1995. Gran Canaria". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[5] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1995. La Gomera". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[6] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1995. La Palma". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[7] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1995. Lanzarote". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[8] "Electoral Results Consultation. Insular Cabildo. May 1995. Tenerife". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

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