A regional election was held in the Balearic Islands on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 59 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Overview Under the 1983 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of the Balearic Islands was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions..

Date The term of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands expired four years after the date of its previous ordinary 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 Gazette of the Balearic Islands (BOIB).; ( by ). The previous election was 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.

The Parliament of the Balearic Islands could not be dissolved before the expiration date of parliament, except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a 60-day period from the Parliament's reconvening. In such a case, the chamber was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.; .

The election to the Parliament of the Balearic Islands was officially called on 4 April 1995 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOIB, setting election day for 28 May and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 21 June..

Electoral system Voting for the Parliament was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Balearic Islands 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.; ( by ).

The Parliament of the Balearic Islands had 59 seats. All were elected in four multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, each of which was assigned a fixed number of seats—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency.; . The use of this electoral method resulted in a higher effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:; .

Seats Constituencies 33 Mallorca 13 Menorca 12 Ibiza 1 Formentera

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. ( by ).

Outgoing parliament The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.

+ Parliamentary composition in April 1995 Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total People's Parliamentary Group PP 29 29 Socialist Parliamentary Group PSIB–PSOE 20 20 PSM–EEM Parliamentary Group PSM 3 5 PSMe 2 Mixed Parliamentary Group UM 3 5 FIEF 1 INDEP 1

Opinion polls The tables 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.

Voting intention estimates The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. 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. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 30 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout PSM EVIB PSMe UM AIPF Lead 1995 regional election 28 May 1995 63.6 44.8 24.0 12.2 6.6 3.1 5.3 0.3 20.8 Eco Consulting/RTVE 28 May 1995?? 45.8 21.9 11.5 8.1 – ? 23.9 Demoscopia/El País 10–15 May 1995 448? 56.0 19.3 8.7 8.3 – 36.7 CIS 24 Apr–10 May 1995 498 67.6 51.8 26.9 7.2 6.1 – 1.9 24.9 1994 EP election 12 Jun 1994 49.8 50.6 24.8 6.0 9.9 – – 2.6 – 25.8 1993 general election 6 Jun 1993 72.6 46.4 34.0 4.9 6.0 2.2 2.4 – 12.4 1991 regional election 26 May 1991 60.3 47.3 30.1 6.6 2.3 2.1 1.4 – 17.2

Results Overall + ← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP)1 168,156 44.77 −2.35 30 −1 Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) 90,008 23.97 −6.12 16 −5 Nationalists of the Balearic Islands (PSM–ENE) 45,854 12.21 +3.79 6 +1 Socialist Party of Mallorca–Nationalists of Mallorca (PSM–NM) 41,242 10.98 +4.34 5 +2 Socialist Party of Menorca–Nationalists of the Islands (PSM–NI)2 4,013 1.07 −0.30 1 −1 Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement (ENE) 599 0.16 −0.25 0 ±0 United Left (IU) 24,820 6.61 +4.33 3 +3 Majorcan Union (UM)3 19,966 5.32 +2.83 2 +1 The Greens of the Balearic Islands (EVIB) 11,663 3.11 +0.99 1 +1 Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 2,082 0.55 New 0 ±0 Balearic Convergence (CB) 1,600 0.43 −1.20 0 ±0 Independent Social Group (ASI) 1,425 0.38 New 0 ±0 Independents of Ibiza and Formentera Federation (FIEF) 1,359 0.36 −0.37 0 −1 Independent Popular Council of Formentera (AIPF)4 1,195 0.32 −0.08 1 +1 Independents of Menorca (INME) 987 0.26 New 0 ±0 Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 439 0.12 −0.06 0 ±0 Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE) 378 0.10 New 0 ±0 Neighborhood Movement–New Socialist Party (MV–NPS)5 321 0.09 −0.09 0 ±0 Balearic Radical Party (PRB) 219 0.06 −0.10 0 ±0 Blank ballots 5,100 1.36 +0.49 Total 375,572 59 ±0 Valid votes 375,572 99.37 −0.01 Invalid votes 2,371 0.63 +0.01 Votes cast / turnout 377,943 63.56 +3.29 Abstentions 216,723 36.44 −3.29 Registered voters 594,666 Sources

Distribution by constituency Constituency PP PSIB PSM–ENE IU UM EVIB AIPF % S % S % S % S % S % S % S Formentera 44.1 − 4.5 − 49.4 1 Ibiza 50.6 7 28.1 4 1.9 − 6.0 − 6.9 1 Mallorca 44.6 16 22.8 8 13.4 5 6.5 2 6.5 2 3.1 − Menorca 44.2 7 29.4 4 11.9 1 8.6 1 Total 44.8 30 24.0 16 12.2 6 6.6 3 5.3 2 3.1 1 0.3 1 Sources

Aftermath Government formation Investiture Ballot → 29 June 1995 Required majority → 30 out of 59 Abstentions Absentees Sources

July 1995 investiture Investiture Ballot → 28 July 1995 Required majority → 30 out of 59 Absentees Sources

1996 investiture Investiture Ballot → 12 June 1996 14 June 1996 Required majority → 30 out of 59 Simple Absentees Sources

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