1995 Spanish local elections

Local elections were held in Spain on 28 May 1995[a] to elect all 65,869 councillors in the 8,067 Spanish municipalities (including 50 seats in the assemblies of the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla),[2] all 1,187 provincial seats in 41 provinces (including 38 indirectly-elected provincial deputations and the three foral deputations in the Basque Country) and 198 seats in ten island councils (seven Canarian and three Balearic ones). They were held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities.

1995 Spanish local elections

 1991
28 May 1995[a]
1999 

All 65,869 councillors in 8,067 municipal councils[b]
All 1,385 provincial/island seats in 44 provinces[c]
Opinion polls
Registered31,953,812 Increase 5.7%
Turnout22,324,852 (69.9%)
Increase 7.1 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José María Aznar Felipe González Jordi Pujol
Party PP PSOE CiU
Leader since 4 September 1989 13 October 1974 19 September 1978
Last election 19,543 c., 25.7%
391 p.
25,365 c., 38.7%[d]
636 p.
4,360 c., 4.9%
68 p.
Seats won 24,772 c.
553 p.
21,189 c.
479 p.
4,265 c.
64 p.
Seat change Increase 5,229 c.
Increase 162 p.
Decrease 4,176 c.
Decrease 157 p.
Decrease 95 c.
Decrease 4 p.
Popular vote 7,820,392 6,838,607 975,037
Percentage 35.3% 30.8% 4.4%
Swing Increase 9.6 pp Decrease 7.9 pp Decrease 0.5 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Julio Anguita José María Mur Xabier Arzalluz
Party IU PAR EAJ/PNV
Leader since 12 February 1989 July 1987 18 January 1985
Last election 2,531 c., 8.0%
36 p.
1,221 c., 0.7%
15 p.
993 c., 1.6%
47 p.
Seats won 3,493 c.
82 p.
1,050 c.
11 p.
1,015 c.
47 p.
Seat change Increase 962 c.
Increase 46 p.
Decrease 171 c.
Decrease 4 p.
Increase 22 c.
Steady 0 p.
Popular vote 2,589,780 116,447 313,318
Percentage 11.7% 0.5% 1.4%
Swing Increase 3.7 pp Decrease 0.2 pp Decrease 0.2 pp

Provincial results map for municipal elections

Overview

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Local government

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Under the 1978 Constitution, the governance of municipalities in Spain was centered on the figure of city councils (Spanish: ayuntamientos), local corporations with independent legal personality composed of a mayor, a government council and an elected legislative assembly.[3] 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).[4] The concejo abierto system (English: open council), under which voters directly elected the local mayor by plurality voting, was reserved for municipalities under 100 inhabitants and some minor local entities.[5]

Provincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain—except for single-province autonomous communities—having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary.[6] For insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, deputations were replaced by island councils in each of the islands or group of islands. For Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma, this figure was referred to in Spanish as cabildo insular, whereas for Mallorca, Menorca and IbizaFormentera, its name was consejo insular (Catalan: consell insular).[7][e] The three Basque provinces had foral deputations instead (called General Assemblies, or Juntas Generales).[9]

Date

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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).[10] 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.[11]

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.[12] Subsequent by-elections were called on 12 September, for 5 November.[1]

Electoral system

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Voting for local assemblies and Canarian island councils was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality or council 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.[13]

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 constituency.[14] Each municipality or council was a multi-member constituency, with a number of seats based on the following scale:[15]

Population Councillors
Municipalities Canary Islands Balearic Islands[e]
<250 5 No island below 5,000
inhabitants
Fixed number:
IbizaFormentera: 13
Menorca: 13
Mallorca: 33
251–1,000 7
1,001–2,000 9
2,001–5,000 11
5,001–10,000 13 11
10,001–20,000 17 13
20,001–50,000 21 17
50,001–100,000 25 21
>100,001 +1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction
+1 if total is an even number

Councillors in municipalities between 100 and 250 inhabitants were elected using open-list partial block voting, with voters choosing up to four candidates.[16]

Most provincial deputations were indirectly elected by applying the D'Hondt method and a three percent-threshold of valid votes to municipal results—excluding candidacies not electing any councillor—in each judicial district. Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale (with each judicial district being assigned an initial minimum of one seat and a maximum of three-fifths of the total number of provincial seats, with the remaining ones distributed in proportion to population):[17]

Population Seats
<500,000 25
500,001–1,000,000 27
1,000,001–3,500,000 31
>3,500,001 51

The General Assemblies of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa were directly elected by voters under their own, specific electoral regulations.[18]

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.[19]

Parties and candidates

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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:[20]

  • At least one percent of the electors in municipalities with a population below 5,000 inhabitants, provided that the number of signers was more than double that of councillors at stake.
  • At least 100 signatures in municipalities with a population between 5,001 and 10,000.
  • At least 500 signatures in municipalities with a population between 10,001 and 50,000.
  • At least 1,500 signatures in municipalities with a population between 50,001 and 150,000.
  • At least 3,000 signatures in municipalities with a population between 150,001 and 300,000.
  • At least 5,000 signatures in municipalities with a population between 300,001 and 1,000,000.
  • At least 8,000 signatures in municipalities with a population over 1,000,001.

Opinion polls

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The table 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. 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.

Results

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Municipal

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Overall

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Summary of the 28 May 1995 Spanish municipal election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Councillors
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 7,820,39235.27+9.56 24,772+5,229
People's Party (PP) 7,743,65634.93+9.59 24,479+5,181
Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 76,7360.35−0.01 293+48
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1 6,838,60730.84−7.88 21,189−4,176
United Left (IU) 2,589,78011.68+3.71 3,493+962
Convergence and Union (CiU) 975,0374.40−0.46 4,265−95
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 313,3181.41−0.18 1,015+22
Andalusian Party (PA) 260,2491.17−0.65 345−195
Canarian Coalition (CC) 247,2191.12−0.15 429+65
Canarian Coalition (CC)2 211,8820.96+0.28 372+126
Canarian Initiative (ICAN)3 21,1400.10−0.45 30−83
Nationalist Canarian Centre (CCN) 10,9150.05New 19+19
Independents of Gran Canaria (IGC) 3,2820.01−0.03 8+3
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 208,0980.94+0.37 428+187
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 204,9060.92+0.43 525+297
Popular Unity (HB) 184,7420.83−0.23 621−80
Basque Solidarity (EA) 133,5760.60−0.10 406+13
Valencian Union–Independents–Centrists (UV–FICVA–CCV) 129,7590.59−0.40 215−120
Aragonese Party (PAR) 116,4470.53−0.15 1,050−171
Andalusian Progress Party (PAP) 86,8950.39New 79+79
Valencian People's UnionNationalist Bloc (UPV–BN) 84,4620.38+0.09 168+76
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 81,5600.37−3.51 261−2,678
Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE) 79,3380.36New 206+206
Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA) 41,6280.19−0.19 170−115
Nationalists of the Balearic Islands (PSM–ENE) 40,2460.18+0.04 97+31
Socialist Party of Mallorca–Nationalists of Majorca (PSM–NM) 37,2300.17+0.06 91+37
Socialist Party of Menorca–Nationalists of the Islands (PSM–NI)4 2,3520.01–0.01 6–5
Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement (ENE) 6640.00–0.01 0–1
Liberal Independent Group (GIL) 36,4380.16+0.05 43+24
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 34,7150.16+0.11 138+110
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 33,2210.15+0.05 88+19
Basque Citizen Initiative (ICV–Gorordo) 32,1290.14New 5+5
Extremaduran Coalition (CEx)5 28,0600.13+0.05 139+72
Aragonese Union (CHA) 27,6480.12+0.07 39+23
Nationalist Canarian Platform (PCN) 26,9560.12+0.05 44−10
Party of Gran Canaria (PGC) 14,0180.06New 2+2
Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) 10,4930.05−0.01 31−14
Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) 2,4450.01±0.00 11+2
Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN) 24,1860.11New 42+42
The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) 23,4150.11New 1+1
Alavese Unity (UA) 21,5620.10−0.01 37−2
Federation of Independents of Catalonia (FIC) 19,7180.09New 177+177
Majorcan Union (UM)6 18,7130.08+0.03 44+23
Portuese Independents (IP) 16,5220.07+0.04 16+8
The Greens (LV) 13,4900.06−0.38 4−1
Asturianist Party (PAS)7 13,4140.06±0.00 6±0
Andalusian Federation of Independents (FADI) 12,9640.06New 58+58
Riojan Party (PR) 11,8420.05+0.01 103+21
Galician Nationalist Convergence (CNG) 11,5510.05−0.23 21−116
The Alternative Greens (LVA)8 11,5190.05−0.03 0±0
Coalition for Gran Canaria (CGC) 10,9700.05New 6+6
Independent Group of Ávila (AIAV) 10,5470.05New 115+115
Independent Solution (SI) 10,3100.05−0.07 61±0
Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)9 10,0040.05+0.02 98+62
Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) 1,7240.01±0.00 8±0
Independent Sorian Alternative (ALSI) 1,7150.01New 2+2
Others (lists at <0.05% not securing any provincial or island seat) 948,6414.28 4,840−1,003
Blank ballots 323,7121.46+0.33
Total 22,171,945100.00 65,869−439
Valid votes 22,171,94599.32+0.02
Invalid votes 152,9070.68−0.02
Votes cast / turnout 22,324,85269.87+7.09
Abstentions 9,628,96030.13−7.09
Registered voters 31,953,812
Sources[22][23]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
35.27%
PSOE
30.84%
IU
11.68%
CiU
4.40%
EAJ/PNV
1.41%
PA
1.17%
CC
1.12%
BNG
0.94%
ERC
0.92%
HB
0.83%
EA
0.60%
UV–FICVA–CCV
0.59%
PAR
0.53%
Others
8.24%
Blank ballots
1.46%

City control

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The following table lists party control in provincial capitals (highlighted in bold), as well as in municipalities above 75,000.[24] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Municipality Population Previous control New control
A Coruña 255,087 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete 141,179 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Alcalá de Henares 166,250 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Alcobendas 83,990 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcorcón 103,787 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Algeciras 102,079 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Andalusian Progress Party (PAP) (PA in 1996)
Alicante 274,964 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Almería 167,361 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Ávila 49,639 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Avilés 88,570 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Badajoz 130,153 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Badalona 219,340 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Barakaldo 103,594 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona 1,630,867 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Bilbao 371,876 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Burgos 166,251 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Cáceres 80,235 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Cádiz 155,438 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Cartagena 179,659 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Castellón de la Plana 139,094 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real 62,072 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Córdoba 315,948 United Left (IU) People's Party (PP)
Cornellà de Llobregat 84,142 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Coslada 79,240 United Left (IU) United Left (IU)
Cuenca 44,960 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Donostia-San Sebastián 177,929 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Dos Hermanas 82,814 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Elche 191,305 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ferrol 85,692 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Fuenlabrada 158,212 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getafe 144,368 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getxo 83,466 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Gijón 269,644 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona 72,333 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Granada 271,180 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Guadalajara 67,401 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Huelva 145,049 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Huesca 45,515 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Aragonese Party (PAR) (PP in 1997)
Jaén 112,772 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Jerez de la Frontera 186,273 Andalusian Progress Party (PAP) Andalusian Progress Party (PAP) (PA in 1996)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 266,642 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 371,787 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Leganés 178,162 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León 147,311 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Lleida 114,234 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Logroño 124,823 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Lugo 87,305 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Madrid 3,041,101 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Málaga 531,443 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Marbella 86,013 Liberal Independent Group (GIL) Liberal Independent Group (GIL)
Mataró 102,117 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Móstoles 199,141 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Murcia 341,531 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Ourense 108,547 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Oviedo 201,712 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Palencia 79,561 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Palma de Mallorca 322,008 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Pamplona 182,465 Navarrese People's Union (UPN) Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN)
Pontevedra 76,461 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Reus 90,059 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sabadell 189,006 Initiative for Catalonia (IC) Initiative for Catalonia (IC)
Salamanca 167,382 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna 125,183 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
San Fernando 87,588 Andalusian Party (PA) Andalusian Party (PA)
Sant Boi de Llobregat 79,594 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet 131,764 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife 203,929 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
Santander 194,822 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Santiago de Compostela 93,398 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Segovia 55,372 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Seville 714,148 Andalusian Party (PA) People's Party (PP)
Soria 33,317 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Talavera de la Reina 75,138 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Tarragona 114,630 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Telde 84,078 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
Terrassa 161,428 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Teruel 29,971 Aragonese Party (PAR) People's Party (PP)
Toledo 64,040 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Torrejón de Ardoz 87,219 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) (PSOE in 1997)
Valencia 764,293 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Valladolid 336,917 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Vigo 288,573 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Vitoria-Gasteiz 214,148 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Zamora 65,885 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza 606,620 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)

Autonomous cities

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The following table lists party control in the autonomous cities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

City Population Previous control New control
Ceuta 71,926 Newly-established Progress and Future of Ceuta (PFC) (PP in 1996)
Melilla 63,570 Newly-established People's Party (PP) (PIM in 1998)

Provincial and island

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Summary

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Summary of the 28 May 1995 Spanish provincial and island election results
Parties and alliances Seats
PD IC FD Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 4646425 553+162
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1 3945926 479−157
United Left (IU) 6859 82+46
Convergence and Union (CiU) 64 64−4
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 47 47±0
Canarian Coalition (CC)2 42 42+6
Popular Unity (HB) 20 20−7
Basque Solidarity (EA) 15 15−4
Nationalist Canarian Platform (PCN) 12 12−3
Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) 8 8−4
Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) 4 4+1
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 11 11+8
Aragonese Party (PAR) 11 11−4
Alavese Unity (UA) 9 9−2
Andalusian Party (PA) 6 6−9
Nationalists of the Balearic Islands (PSM–ENE) 6 6+1
Socialist Party of Mallorca–Nationalists of Mallorca (PSM–NM) 5 5+2
Socialist Party of Menorca–Nationalists of the Islands (PSM–NI)3 1 1−1
Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) 6 6+2
Andalusian Progress Party (PAP) 5 5+5
Liberal Independent Group (GIL) 3 3+1
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 2 2+2
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 2 2+1
Basque Citizen Initiative (ICV–Gorordo) 2 2+2
Majorcan Union (UM)4 2 2+1
Valencian Union–Independents–Centrists (UV–FICVA–CCV) 1 1−3
The Greens (LV) 1 1+1
Independent Group of Ávila (AIAV) 1 1+1
Independent Sorian Alternative (ALSI) 1 1+1
Independent Popular Council of Formentera (AIPF) 1 1+1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 000 0−32
Valencian People's UnionNationalist Bloc (UPV–BN) 0 0−1
Galician Nationalist Convergence (CNG) 0 0−10
Independents of Ibiza and Formentera Federation (FIEF) 0 0−1
Canarian Initiative (ICAN)5 0 0−1
People's Palentine Group (APP) n/an/an/a 0−1
Independents (INDEP) 100 1±0
Total 1,034198153 1,385+2
Sources[25]
Footnotes:

Indirectly-elected

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The following table lists party control in the indirectly-elected provincial deputations.[25] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Province Population Previous control New control
Albacete 358,626 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Alicante 1,348,667 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Almería 486,005 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Ávila 176,910 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Badajoz 671,774 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona 4,743,797 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Burgos 359,738 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Cáceres 423,159 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cádiz 1,118,137 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Castellón 461,701 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real 488,699 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Córdoba 779,333 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cuenca 207,175 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Girona[f] 536,317 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Granada 833,526 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Guadalajara 153,141 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Huelva 454,995 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huesca 210,099 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Jaén 663,586 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
La Coruña 1,131,404 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
León 531,913 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Lleida[g] 359,532 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Lugo 387,038 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Málaga 1,212,531 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Orense 362,832 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Palencia 186,184 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Pontevedra 931,688 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Salamanca 364,920 Independent (INDEP) People's Party (PP)
Segovia 149,139 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Seville 1,701,400 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria 94,584 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Tarragona 569,057 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Teruel 143,198 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Toledo 510,601 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Valencia 2,188,459 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Valladolid 505,208 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Zamora 214,624 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza 850,888 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)

Island councils

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The following table lists party control in the island councils.[27][28] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Island Population Previous control New control
El Hierro 7,846 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)
Fuerteventura 41,477 Canarian Coalition (CC) Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)
Gran Canaria 715,860 Canarian Coalition (CC) People's Party (PP)
IbizaFormentera 88,143[29] People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
La Gomera 16,812 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
La Palma 81,724 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (CC in 1996)
Lanzarote 75,110 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) (PSOE in 1997)
Mallorca 622,447[29] People's Party (PP) Majorcan Union (UM)
Menorca 68,027[29] People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Tenerife 669,271 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)

Foral deputations

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The following table lists party control in the foral deputations.[30] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Province Population Previous control New control
Álava 281,703 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Biscay 1,164,772 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Guipúzcoa 684,714 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)

Notes

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  1. 1 2 By-elections were held on 5 November 1995 in those constituencies where results were annulled by a final sentence following an electoral petition, or where elections were not held due to a lack of candidates.[1]
  2. Including 50 seats in the assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla.
  3. Including:
  4. Results data for PSOE (38.3%, 25,260 c. and 628 p.) and EE (0.4%, 105 c. and 8 p.) in the 1991 elections.
  5. 1 2 For the Balearic Islands, regional lawmakers served as island councillors.[8]
  6. Renamed from Gerona in March 1992.[26]
  7. Renamed from Lérida in March 1992.[26]

References

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  1. 1 2 Royal Decree 1495/1995 (1995), arts. 1–2.
  2. "Elecciones Municipales en España 1979-2011" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. December 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  3. Constitution (1978), art. 140; LBRL (1985), art. 19.
  4. LBRL (1985), art. 19; LOREG (1985), art. 196.
  5. LBRL (1985), art. 29; LOREG (1985), arts. 179 & 199–200.
  6. Constitution (1978), art. 141; LBRL (1985), arts. 31–32 & 40.
  7. Constitution (1978), art. 141; LBRL (1985), art. 41.
  8. EAIB (1983), art. 38 (suppl. by LEIB (1986), art. 12).
  9. Constitution (1978), repeal. prov.; Law 27/1983 (1983), arts. 1 & 6–8; LBRL (1985), art. 39.
  10. LOREG (1985), arts. 42, 194 & 201.
  11. LBRL (1985), art. 61.
  12. Royal Decree 489/1995 (1995), art. 1.
  13. Constitution (1978), art. 13; LBRL (1985), art. 19; LOREG (1985), arts. 2–3, 176 & 201.
  14. LOREG (1985), arts. 163, 180 & 201.
  15. LOREG (1985), arts. 179–180 & 201.
  16. LOREG (1985), art. 184.
  17. LOREG (1985), arts. 163 & 204–205.
  18. Law 1/1987 (1987), arts. 1–4 & 7–9.
  19. LOREG (1985), arts. 46, 48, 182 & 208.
  20. LOREG (1985), arts. 44 & 187.
  21. "El PSOE se hunde en las principales ciudades". El País (in Spanish). 21 May 1995.
  22. Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales (resultados 1979-2011)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  23. "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  24. Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales (alcaldes de ciudades por partido)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  25. 1 2 Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a Diputaciones Provinciales (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  26. 1 2 Law 2/1992 (1992), arts. 1–2 & final prov..
  27. Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a Cabildos insulares (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  28. Lozano, Carles. "Eleccions als Consells Insulars (des de 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Catalan). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  29. 1 2 3 "Poblaciones de derecho desde 1986 hasta 1995. Cifras de las rectificaciones y renovaciones padronales. Balears (Illes) (1994)" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  30. Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a las Juntas Generales (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2026.

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