1995 Valencian regional election

1995 Valencian regional election

28 May 1995

All 89 seats in the Corts Valencianes
45 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered3,131,191 7.4%
Turnout2,380,614 (76.0%)
6.8 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Eduardo Zaplana Joan Lerma Albert Taberner
Party PP PSOE EUEV
Leader since 26 September 1993 31 July 1979 1986
Leader's seat Valencia Valencia Valencia
Last election 31 seats, 27.8% 45 seats, 42.8% 6 seats, 9.3%
Seats won 42 32 10
Seat change 11 13 4
Popular vote 1,013,859 804,463 273,030
Percentage 42.8% 34.0% 11.5%
Swing 15.0 pp 8.8 pp 2.2 pp

  Fourth party
 
Leader Vicente González Lizondo
Party UV–FICVA–CCV
Leader since 1995
Leader's seat Valencia
Last election 7 seats, 10.4%
Seats won 5
Seat change 2
Popular vote 165,956
Percentage 7.0%
Swing 3.4 pp


President before election

Joan Lerma
PSOE

Elected President

Eduardo Zaplana
PP

The 1995 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 89 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

As a result of the election, the People's Party (PP) increased its vote share by 15 percentage points relative to the 1991 Courts elections. For the first time, the PP had won a regional election, becoming the first party to poll more than 1 million votes in the area and gaining eleven seats, 3 short of an absolute majority. Most of the gains came from Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which lost 13 seats in the election. The regionalist Valencian Union (UV) also lost 1 seat, while United Left (IU) gained 4 seats to overtake UV as the third largest party.

A coalition agreement between the PP and UV was able to force the PSOE out from the Valencian Government after 12 years of Socialist rule. Eduardo Zaplana, the People's Party's candidate, became the second democratically elected President of the autonomous community