Results breakdown of the 1995 Spanish local elections (Canary Islands)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Canary Islands on 28 May 1995. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[1][2]

City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold).[1] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Municipality Population Previous control New control
Arona 27,909 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) (ATI–MEI in 1997)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 371,787 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna 125,183 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife 203,929 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
Telde 84,078 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)

Municipalities

Arona

Population: 27,909
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Arona election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 4,322 40.00 −1.75 9 ±0
Tenerife Group of Independents–Independent Electoral Movement (ATI–MEI) 2,324 21.51 −5.77 5 −1
People's Party (PP) 1,801 16.67 +7.84 4 +2
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC) 1,086 10.05 −6.17 2 −1
Nationalist Canarian Initiative (ICAN) 614 5.68 +0.19 1 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 286 2.65 New 0 ±0
Nationalist Canarian Centre (CCN) 144 1.33 New 0 ±0
Tenerife Independent Family Groups (AFIT) 78 0.72 New 0 ±0
Tenerife Assembly (ATF) 65 0.60 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 84 0.78 +0.35
Total 10,804 21 ±0
Valid votes 10,804 99.64 +0.49
Invalid votes 39 0.36 −0.49
Votes cast / turnout 10,843 55.14 +2.79
Abstentions 8,821 44.86 −2.79
Registered voters 19,664
Sources[1][3][4]

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Population: 371,787
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 83,502 48.36 +26.60 15 +8
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 31,209 18.08 −10.76 5 −5
Canarian Coalition (CC)1 28,192 16.33 −2.81 5 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 11,440 6.63 New 2 +2
Party of Gran Canaria (PGC) 10,937 6.33 New 2 +2
Coalition for Gran Canaria (CGC) 3,925 2.27 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC) 723 0.42 −22.54 0 −7
Humanist Platform (PH)2 594 0.34 −0.18 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,134 1.24 +0.16
Total 172,656 29 ±0
Valid votes 172,656 99.33 +0.17
Invalid votes 1,165 0.67 −0.17
Votes cast / turnout 173,821 60.21 +6.64
Abstentions 114,891 39.79 −6.64
Registered voters 288,712
Sources[1][3][4]
Footnotes:

San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Population: 125,183
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of San Cristóbal de La Laguna election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Canarian Coalition (CC)1 19,055 35.57 −15.81 11 −3
People's Party (PP) 15,285 28.53 +21.12 8 +6
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 13,678 25.53 −3.10 7 −1
Canarian United Left (IUC) 3,193 5.96 New 1 +1
Tenerife Assembly (ATF) 678 1.27 New 0 ±0
Green Left of the Canary Islands (Izegzawen) 501 0.94 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC) 201 0.38 New 0 ±0
Humanist Platform (PH) 137 0.26 New 0 ±0
Independent Municipal Platform (PMI) n/a n/a −9.91 0 −3
Blank ballots 839 1.57 +0.53
Total 53,567 27 ±0
Valid votes 53,567 98.85 +0.01
Invalid votes 621 1.15 −0.01
Votes cast / turnout 54,188 56.85 +1.29
Abstentions 41,134 43.15 −1.29
Registered voters 95,322
Sources[1][3][4]
Footnotes:

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Population: 203,929
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Canarian Coalition (CC)1 34,879 39.17 −23.90 11 −7
People's Party (PP) 30,149 33.86 +23.26 10 +7
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 13,744 15.44 −4.57 4 −2
Canarian United Left (IUC) 6,766 7.60 New 2 +2
Tenerife Assembly (ATF) 827 0.93 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC) 610 0.69 −1.91 0 ±0
Tenerife Independent Family Groups (AFIT) 430 0.48 New 0 ±0
Party of The People (LG) 295 0.33 −0.25 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,337 1.50 +0.19
Total 89,037 27 ±0
Valid votes 89,037 99.32 +0.13
Invalid votes 614 0.68 −0.13
Votes cast / turnout 89,651 50.23 +5.27
Abstentions 88,816 49.77 −5.27
Registered voters 178,467
Sources[1][3][4]
Footnotes:

Telde

Population: 84,078
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Telde election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Canarian Coalition (CC)1 20,872 50.71 −7.40 15 ±0
People's Party (PP) 10,578 25.70 +13.67 8 +5
Coalition for Gran Canaria (CGC) 3,104 7.54 New 2 +2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 1,769 4.30 −10.42 0 −4
Federal Group of Jinámar Valley (AFV) 1,516 3.68 New 0 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 1,209 2.94 New 0 ±0
Party of Gran Canaria (PGC) 862 2.09 New 0 ±0
Telde Independents Nationalist Group (ANITEL) 579 1.41 New 0 ±0
Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac) 252 0.61 New 0 ±0
Humanist Platform (PH)2 75 0.18 −0.41 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC) 59 0.14 −13.11 0 −3
Blank ballots 285 0.69 +0.10
Total 41,160 25 ±0
Valid votes 41,160 99.45 +0.55
Invalid votes 229 0.55 −0.55
Votes cast / turnout 41,389 67.00 +1.28
Abstentions 20,387 33.00 −1.28
Registered voters 61,776
Sources[1][3][4]
Footnotes:

Island Cabildos

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Elecciones Municipales. 28 de mayo de 1995. Canarias". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Acuerdo de la Junta Electoral Central de 19 de julio de 1995, de publicación del 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). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (173 (Supplement)): 1–1166. 21 July 1995. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.