Asturian regional election, 1995

Asturian regional election, 1995

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All 45 seats in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias 23 seats needed for a majority
Registered	945,105 3.5%
Turnout	652,640 (69.1%) 10.4 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Sergio Marqués Antonio Trevín Gaspar Llamazares Party PP PSOE IU Leader since 1995 17 June 1993 1991 Leader's seat Central Eastern Central Last election 15 seats, 30.4% 21 seats, 41.0% 6 seats, 14.8% Seats won 21 17 6 Seat change 6 4 0 Popular vote 272,495 219,527 106,538 Percentage 42.0% 33.8% 16.4% Swing 11.6 pp 7.2 pp 1.6 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Xuan Xosé Sánchez Alfonso Román Party PAS CDS Leader since 1985 1995 Leader's seat Central Central (lost) Last election 1 seat, 2.7% 2 seats, 6.7% Seats won 1 0 Seat change 0 2 Popular vote 20,669 11,555 Percentage 3.2% 1.8% Swing 0.5 pp 4.9 pp
Constituency results map for the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
President before election Antonio Trevín PSOE Elected President Sergio Marqués PP

Antonio Trevín
PSOE

Sergio Marqués
PP

The 1995 Asturian regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias. All 45 seats in the General Junta were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The election was won by the People's Party (PP) under Sergio Marqués, which became the most-voted party in the region for the first and, to date, only time. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) vote suffered from the population weariness after 12 years of Socialist governments, the economic crisis and the eruption of numerous scandals both at the regional and the national level (one such scandal had forced the resignation of President Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil in 1993). United Left (IU) scored a record result despite failing to win any new seats, while the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) was expelled from the regional legislature.

The electoral system for the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias was regulated under the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias Elections System Law 14/1986 and, subsidiarily, under the general provisions of the General Electoral System Organic Law 5/1985 (LOREG). The General Junta was composed of 45 seats, allocated to constituencies established by law as follows: