Results breakdown of the 1995 Spanish local elections (Catalonia)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Catalonia on 28 May 1995. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[1][2][3]

City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold).[1][2] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Municipality Population Previous control New control
Badalona 219,340 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Barcelona 1,630,867 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Cornellà de Llobregat 84,142 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Girona 72,333 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 266,242 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Lleida 114,234 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Mataró 102,117 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Reus 90,059 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sabadell 189,006 Initiative for CataloniaThe Greens (IC–EV) Initiative for CataloniaThe Greens (IC–EV)
Sant Cugat del Vallès 43,373 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet 131,764 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Tarragona 114,630 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Terrassa 161,428 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)

Municipalities

Badalona

Population: 219,340
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Badalona election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 31,363 32.47 −14.40 10 −4
Initiative for CataloniaThe Greens (IC–EV)1 24,881 25.76 −0.28 7 ±0
Convergence and Union (CiU) 19,192 19.87 +3.62 6 +1
People's Party (PP) 15,268 15.81 +9.68 4 +3
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 4,463 4.62 +2.97 0 ±0
Civic Platform–New Socialist Party (PC–NPS) 205 0.21 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,206 1.25 +0.34
Total 96,578 27 ±0
Valid votes 96,578 99.74 +0.06
Invalid votes 248 0.26 −0.06
Votes cast / turnout 96,826 56.15 +9.72
Abstentions 75,620 43.85 −9.72
Registered voters 172,446
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Barcelona

Population: 1,630,867

Cornellà de Llobregat

Population: 84,142
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Cornellà de Llobregat election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 20,996 51.07 −4.10 14 −2
Initiative for CataloniaThe Greens (IC–EV)1 9,363 22.77 −0.61 6 +1
People's Party (PP) 5,345 13.00 +7.70 3 +2
Convergence and Union (CiU) 3,560 8.66 −3.40 2 −1
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 1,100 2.68 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 321 0.78 −1.23 0 ±0
Blank ballots 429 1.04 +0.24
Total 41,114 25 ±0
Valid votes 41,114 99.63 −0.01
Invalid votes 151 0.37 +0.01
Votes cast / turnout 41,265 60.77 +11.05
Abstentions 26,643 39.23 −11.05
Registered voters 67,908
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Girona

Population: 72,333
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Girona election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 17,628 49.71 +2.17 14 +1
Convergence and Union (CiU) 7,238 20.41 −10.38 5 −4
People's Party (PP) 4,255 12.00 +5.08 3 +1
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 3,697 10.42 +4.73 2 +1
Initiative for CataloniaThe Greens (IC–EV)1 2,231 6.29 +0.87 1 +1
Blank ballots 415 1.17 +0.07
Total 35,464 25 ±0
Valid votes 35,464 99.48 −0.01
Invalid votes 186 0.52 +0.01
Votes cast / turnout 35,650 63.88 +5.85
Abstentions 20,156 36.12 −5.85
Registered voters 55,806
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
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L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

Population: 266,242
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 60,839 47.77 −7.50 14 −3
People's Party (PP) 21,822 17.14 +8.64 5 +3
Initiative for CataloniaThe Greens (IC–EV)1 21,224 16.67 +3.46 4 +1
Convergence and Union (CiU) 17,199 13.51 −2.04 4 −1
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 3,308 2.60 +1.18 0 ±0
L'Hospitalet Independents (Il'H) 1,117 0.88 New 0 ±0
Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR) 334 0.26 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,508 1.18 +0.41
Total 127,351 27 ±0
Valid votes 127,351 99.71 +0.03
Invalid votes 368 0.29 −0.03
Votes cast / turnout 127,719 59.42 +11.37
Abstentions 87,239 40.58 −11.37
Registered voters 214,958
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Lleida

Population: 114,234
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Lleida election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 24,454 43.89 −5.49 13 −4
Convergence and Union (CiU) 13,182 23.66 −1.93 7 −1
People's Party (PP) 9,543 17.13 +9.09 5 +3
Initiative for CataloniaThe Greens (IC–EV)1 3,722 6.68 +1.07 1 +1
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 3,036 5.45 +2.00 1 +1
Freixes Independent Group (Freixes) 978 1.76 −3.07 0 ±0
People's Unity Assembly (AUP) 139 0.25 New 0 ±0
Free Catalonia (CLL) 104 0.19 New 0 ±0
Group of Independents, Progressives and Nationalists (AIPN) 41 0.07 −0.09 0 ±0
Blank ballots 515 0.92 −0.41
Total 55,714 27 ±0
Valid votes 55,714 99.68 +0.44
Invalid votes 180 0.32 −0.44
Votes cast / turnout 55,894 60.32 +4.10
Abstentions 36,773 39.68 −4.10
Registered voters 92,667
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Mataró

Population: 102,117
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Mataró election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 19,136 36.93 −5.30 11 −2
Convergence and Union (CiU) 15,345 29.61 −6.14 9 −2
People's Party (PP) 7,618 14.70 +8.98 4 +3
Initiative for CataloniaThe Greens (IC–EV)1 5,935 11.45 +1.33 3 +1
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 2,520 4.86 +3.45 0 ±0
Ecologist Alternative of Catalonia (AEC)2 751 1.45 −0.93 0 ±0
Blank ballots 514 0.99 +0.42
Total 51,819 27 ±0
Valid votes 51,819 99.75 +0.02
Invalid votes 130 0.25 −0.02
Votes cast / turnout 51,949 65.25 +5.92
Abstentions 27,666 34.75 −5.92
Registered voters 79,615
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Reus

Population: 90,059
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Reus election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 14,819 36.44 −7.84 10 −3
Convergence and Union (CiU) 11,580 28.48 −4.68 7 −3
People's Party (PP) 5,866 14.42 +8.48 4 +3
Initiative for CataloniaThe Greens (IC–EV) 3,772 9.28 +4.78 2 +2
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 3,557 8.75 +2.76 2 +1
Left Proposal for Catalonia (PEC) 573 1.41 −1.36 0 ±0
Blank ballots 499 1.23 +0.06
Total 40,666 25 ±0
Valid votes 40,666 99.67 +0.10
Invalid votes 135 0.33 −0.10
Votes cast / turnout 40,801 58.24 +2.90
Abstentions 29,261 41.76 −2.90
Registered voters 70,062
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]

Sabadell

Population: 189,006
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Sabadell election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Initiative for CataloniaThe Greens (IC–EV)1 45,227 51.08 −0.09 15 ±0
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 15,831 17.88 −0.70 5 −1
Convergence and Union (CiU) 14,109 15.93 −3.82 4 −2
People's Party (PP) 8,565 9.67 +5.23 3 +3
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 3,165 3.57 +1.39 0 ±0
Independent and Citizen Alternative Candidacy of Sabadell (CAIC) 677 0.76 −0.47 0 ±0
Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT) 219 0.25 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 748 0.84 +0.05
Total 88,541 27 ±0
Valid votes 88,541 99.71 +0.02
Invalid votes 261 0.29 −0.02
Votes cast / turnout 88,802 58.95 +6.68
Abstentions 61,832 41.05 −6.68
Registered voters 150,634
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
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Sant Cugat del Vallès

Population: 43,373
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Sant Cugat del Vallès election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Convergence and Union (CiU) 8,591 39.36 −8.01 10 −2
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 4,851 22.23 −0.25 5 ±0
People's Party (PP) 3,058 14.01 +6.03 3 +1
Initiative for CataloniaThe Greens (IC–EV) 2,373 10.87 +0.09 2 ±0
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 1,606 7.36 +3.44 1 +1
Union of Independents of Sant Cugat (UNIS) 951 4.36 +0.30 0 ±0
Blank ballots 396 1.81 +0.18
Total 21,826 21 ±0
Valid votes 21,826 99.59 +0.15
Invalid votes 89 0.41 −0.15
Votes cast / turnout 21,915 63.21 +6.81
Abstentions 12,756 36.79 −6.81
Registered voters 34,671
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]

Santa Coloma de Gramenet

Population: 131,764
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Santa Coloma de Gramenet election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 27,782 42.89 −0.52 12 −1
Initiative for CataloniaThe Greens (IC–EV)1 26,738 41.28 −1.13 12 ±0
People's Party (PP) 4,608 7.11 +4.08 2 +2
Convergence and Union (CiU) 4,057 6.26 −1.39 1 −1
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 561 0.87 +0.50 0 ±0
Independent Association of Santa Coloma (AISC) 321 0.50 −0.22 0 ±0
Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR) 171 0.26 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 540 0.83 +0.26
Total 64,778 27 ±0
Valid votes 64,778 99.78 +0.04
Invalid votes 146 0.22 −0.04
Votes cast / turnout 64,924 62.61 +13.10
Abstentions 38,775 37.39 −13.10
Registered voters 103,699
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Tarragona

Population: 114,630
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Tarragona election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Convergence and Union (CiU) 25,365 44.39 +0.29 13 −1
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 14,385 25.18 −9.60 7 −4
People's Party (PP) 9,424 16.49 +7.86 5 +3
Initiative for CataloniaThe Greens (IC–EV)1 4,922 8.61 +0.98 2 +2
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 2,455 4.30 +1.16 0 ±0
Canonginan Unity Group (AdUC) 0 0.00 ±0.00 0 ±0
Blank ballots 588 1.03 +0.40
Total 57,139 27 ±0
Valid votes 57,139 99.65 −0.05
Invalid votes 203 0.35 +0.05
Votes cast / turnout 57,342 63.29 +2.69
Abstentions 33,260 36.71 −2.69
Registered voters 90,602
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Terrassa

Population: 161,428
Summary of the 28 May 1995 City Council of Terrassa election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 33,583 43.53 −4.37 13 −2
Convergence and Union (CiU) 17,038 22.08 −4.37 6 −2
People's Party (PP) 10,431 13.52 +6.43 4 +2
Initiative for CataloniaThe Greens (IC–EV)1 9,547 12.37 −1.16 3 +1
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 4,674 6.06 +3.25 1 +1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 410 0.53 −0.76 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,467 1.90 +1.08
Total 77,150 27 ±0
Valid votes 77,150 99.49 −0.14
Invalid votes 396 0.51 +0.14
Votes cast / turnout 77,546 59.57 +8.13
Abstentions 52,636 40.43 −8.13
Registered voters 130,182
Sources[1][2][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

See also

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