Catalan parliamentary election, 1995

Catalan regional election, 1995

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All 135 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia 68 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	5,079,981 5.0%
Turnout	3,232,959 (63.6%) 8.7 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jordi Pujol Joaquim Nadal Alejo Vidal-Quadras Party CiU PSC–PSOE PP Leader since 17 November 1974 22 July 1995 9 January 1991 Leader's seat Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona Last election 70 seats, 46.2% 40 seats, 27.5% 7 seats, 6.0% Seats won 60 34 17 Seat change 10 6 10 Popular vote 1,320,071 802,252 421,752 Percentage 40.9% 24.9% 13.1% Swing 5.3 pp 2.6 pp 7.1 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Àngel Colom Rafael Ribó Party ERC IC–EV Leader since 19 November 1989 23 February 1987 Leader's seat Barcelona Barcelona Last election 11 seats, 8.0% 7 seats, 6.9% Seats won 13 11 Seat change 2 4 Popular vote 305,867 313,092 Percentage 9.5% 9.7% Swing 1.5 pp 2.8 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of Catalonia
President before election Jordi Pujol CiU Elected President Jordi Pujol CiU

Jordi Pujol
CiU

Jordi Pujol
CiU

The 1995 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday, 19 November 1995, to elect the 5th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

No electoral law was in force at the time, with election rules for the Parliament regulated under the electoral system for the Congress of Deputies and special provisions within the regional Statute of Autonomy. The Parliament of Catalonia was elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation. Under a regional law, the Parliament was entitled to a minimum of 100 members and a maximum of 150, which provisional rules in the Statute set to 135. All seats were allocated to four multi-member districts—each corresponding to a province, with allocation awarding 85 seats to Barcelona, 17 to Girona, 15 to Lleida and 18 to Tarragona—. A threshold of 3% of valid votes—which included blank ballots—was applied in each constituency, with parties not reaching the threshold not taken into consideration for seat distribution.

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all residents over eighteen and in the full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. Concurrently, residents meeting the previous criteria and not involved in any cause of ineligibility were eligible for the Parliament. Groups of electors were required to obtain the signatures of at least 1% of registered electors in a particular district in order to be able to field candidates.