1995 Spanish local elections in the Canary Islands

This article presents the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Canary Islands on 28 May 1995. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.^[1]^[2]

City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (highlighted in bold).^[1] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Municipality	Population
Arona	27,909	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) (ATI–MEI in 1997)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	371,787	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna	125,183	Canarian Coalition (CC)	Canarian Coalition (CC)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	203,929	Canarian Coalition (CC)	Canarian Coalition (CC)
Telde	84,078	Canarian Coalition (CC)	Canarian Coalition (CC)

Municipalities

Arona

Population: 27,909

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Arona election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	4,322	40.00	−1.75	9	±0
	Tenerife Group of Independents–Independent Electoral Movement (ATI–MEI)	2,324	21.51	−5.77	5	−1
	People's Party (PP)	1,801	16.67	+7.84	4	+2
	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)	1,086	10.05	−6.17	2	−1
	Nationalist Canarian Initiative (ICAN)	614	5.68	+0.19	1	±0

	Canarian United Left (IUC)	286	2.65	New	0	±0
	Nationalist Canarian Centre (CCN)	144	1.33	New	0	±0
	Tenerife Independent Family Groups (AFIT)	78	0.72	New	0	±0
	Tenerife Assembly (ATF)	65	0.60	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		84	0.78	+0.35

Total		10,804			21	±0

Valid votes		10,804	99.64	+0.49
Invalid votes		39	0.36	−0.49
Votes cast / turnout		10,843	55.14	+2.79
Abstentions		8,821	44.86	−2.79
Registered voters		19,664

Sources^[1]^[3]^[4]

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Population: 371,787

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	83,502	48.36	+26.60	15	+8
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	31,209	18.08	−10.76	5	−5
	Canarian Coalition (CC)¹	28,192	16.33	−2.81	5	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	11,440	6.63	New	2	+2
	Party of Gran Canaria (PGC)	10,937	6.33	New	2	+2

	Coalition for Gran Canaria (CGC)	3,925	2.27	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)	723	0.42	−22.54	0	−7
	Humanist Platform (PH)²	594	0.34	−0.18	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,134	1.24	+0.16

Total		172,656			29	±0

Valid votes		172,656	99.33	+0.17
Invalid votes		1,165	0.67	−0.17
Votes cast / turnout		173,821	60.21	+6.64
Abstentions		114,891	39.79	−6.64
Registered voters		288,712

Sources^[1]^[3]^[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.

San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Population: 125,183

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of San Cristóbal de La Laguna election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition (CC)¹	19,055	35.57	−15.81	11	−3
	People's Party (PP)	15,285	28.53	+21.12	8	+6
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	13,678	25.53	−3.10	7	−1
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	3,193	5.96	New	1	+1

	Tenerife Assembly (ATF)	678	1.27	New	0	±0
	Green Left of the Canary Islands (Izegzawen)	501	0.94	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)	201	0.38	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	137	0.26	New	0	±0
	Independent Municipal Platform (PMI)	n/a	n/a	−9.91	0	−3
Blank ballots		839	1.57	+0.53

Total		53,567			27	±0

Valid votes		53,567	98.85	+0.01
Invalid votes		621	1.15	−0.01
Votes cast / turnout		54,188	56.85	+1.29
Abstentions		41,134	43.15	−1.29
Registered voters		95,322

Sources^[1]^[3]^[4]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of Tenerife Group of Independents and Canarian Initiative in the 1991 election.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Population: 203,929

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition (CC)¹	34,879	39.17	−23.90	11	−7
	People's Party (PP)	30,149	33.86	+23.26	10	+7
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	13,744	15.44	−4.57	4	−2
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	6,766	7.60	New	2	+2

	Tenerife Assembly (ATF)	827	0.93	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)	610	0.69	−1.91	0	±0
	Tenerife Independent Family Groups (AFIT)	430	0.48	New	0	±0
	Party of The People (LG)	295	0.33	−0.25	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,337	1.50	+0.19

Total		89,037			27	±0

Valid votes		89,037	99.32	+0.13
Invalid votes		614	0.68	−0.13
Votes cast / turnout		89,651	50.23	+5.27
Abstentions		88,816	49.77	−5.27
Registered voters		178,467

Sources^[1]^[3]^[4]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of Tenerife Group of Independents, Canarian Initiative and Canarian Nationalist Party in the 1991 election.

Telde

Population: 84,078

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Telde election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Coalition (CC)¹	20,872	50.71	−7.40	15	±0
	People's Party (PP)	10,578	25.70	+13.67	8	+5
	Coalition for Gran Canaria (CGC)	3,104	7.54	New	2	+2

	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	1,769	4.30	−10.42	0	−4
	Federal Group of Jinámar Valley (AFV)	1,516	3.68	New	0	±0
	Canarian United Left (IUC)	1,209	2.94	New	0	±0
	Party of Gran Canaria (PGC)	862	2.09	New	0	±0
	Telde Independents Nationalist Group (ANITEL)	579	1.41	New	0	±0
	Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac)	252	0.61	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)²	75	0.18	−0.41	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC)	59	0.14	−13.11	0	−3
Blank ballots		285	0.69	+0.10

Total		41,160			25	±0

Valid votes		41,160	99.45	+0.55
Invalid votes		229	0.55	−0.55
Votes cast / turnout		41,389	67.00	+1.28
Abstentions		20,387	33.00	−1.28
Registered voters		61,776

Sources^[1]^[3]^[4]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of Nationalist Canarian Assembly and United Canarian Left in the 1991 election. ² Humanist Platform results are compared to The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List totals in the 1991 election.

Island councils

References

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1 2 3 4 5 "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" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (173 (Supplement)): 1–1166. 21 July 1995. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

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[InfoE-3] 1 2 3 4 5 "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

[All-4] 1 2 3 4 5 "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" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (173 (Supplement)): 1–1166. 21 July 1995. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

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