1995 Ceuta Assembly election

The 1995 Ceuta Assembly election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 1st Assembly of the Autonomous City of Ceuta. All 25 seats in the assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

1995 Ceuta Assembly election

28 May 1995

All 25 seats in the Assembly of Ceuta
13 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered50,945 18.1%
Turnout28,861 (56.7%)
0.4 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Basilio Fernández
Party PP PFC CEU
Last election 6 seats, 38.7% 11 seats, 37.3% 2 seats, 9.9%
Seats won 9 6 4
Seat change 3 5 2
Popular vote 8,867 5,778 4,171
Percentage 30.9% 20.1% 14.5%
Swing 7.9 pp 17.2 pp 4.6 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party PSOE PSPC PDSC
Last election 3 seats, 11.9% 2 seats, 8.2% Did not contest
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change 0 0 1
Popular vote 3,770 2,307 1,449
Percentage 13.1% 8.0% 5.0%
Swing 1.2 pp 0.2 pp New party

Mayor-President before election

Basilio Fernández
PFC

Elected Mayor-President

Basilio Fernández
PFC

Electoral system

The Assembly of Ceuta was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the autonomous city of Ceuta. Voting for the assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Ceuta and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-nationals whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty.[1][2][3]

The 25 members of the Assembly of Ceuta were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.[1][2][3]

The mayor-president was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of members, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In case of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.[3]

The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in Ceuta. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.[1][2]

Results

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Assembly of Ceuta election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 8,86730.85+7.86 9+3
Progress and Future of Ceuta (PFC) 5,77820.11–17.15 6–5
United Ceuta (CEU) 4,17114.51+4.62 4+2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 3,77013.12+1.24 3±0
Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC) 2,3078.03–0.14 2±0
Democratic and Social Party of Ceuta (PDSC) 1,4495.04New 1+1
Muslim Electoral Coalition (CEM) 1,1113.87New 0±0
United Left of Ceuta (IU) 5101.77New 0±0
Ceuta First (CP) 4071.42New 0±0
Ceutan Party (PC) 870.30New 0±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) n/an/a–5.03 0–1
Blank ballots 2820.98+0.51
Total 28,739 25±0
Valid votes 28,73999.58±0.00
Invalid votes 1220.42±0.00
Votes cast / turnout 28,86156.65–2.22
Abstentions 22,08443.35+2.22
Registered voters 50,945
Sources[4][5][6]
Popular vote
PP
30.85%
PFC
20.11%
CEU
14.51%
PSOE
13.12%
PSPC
8.03%
PDSC
5.04%
CEM
3.87%
IU
1.77%
CP
1.42%
PC
0.30%
Blank ballots
0.98%
Seats
PP
36.00%
PFC
24.00%
CEU
16.00%
PSOE
12.00%
PSPC
8.00%
PDSC
4.00%

References

  1. "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. "Statute of Autonomy of Ceuta of 1995". Law No. 1 of 13 March 1995. Retrieved 7 April 2018. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 1995. City of Ceuta". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  5. "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) (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  6. "Elecciones Municipales y Autonómicas en Ceuta (1979-2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2021.
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