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1995 Melilla Assembly election

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The 1995 Melilla Assembly election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 1st Assembly of the Autonomous City of Melilla. All 25 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Electoral system

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The Assembly of Melilla was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the autonomous city of Melilla. Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Melilla and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-nationals whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty.[1][2][3]

The 25 members of the Assembly of Melilla were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.[1][2][3]

The Mayor-President was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of members, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In case of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.[3]

The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in Melilla. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.[1][2]

Results

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Summary of the 28 May 1995 Assembly of Melilla election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 12,425 47.20 +4.96 14 +2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 5,232 19.88 –20.66 5 –6
Coalition for Melilla (CpM) 4,072 15.47 New 4 +4
Melillan People's Union (UPM) 2,605 9.90 New 2 +2
Nationalist Party of Melilla (PNM) 1,008 3.83 –4.77 0 –2
United Left (IU) 715 2.72 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 265 1.01 +0.12
Total 26,322 25 ±0
Valid votes 26,322 99.58 –0.10
Invalid votes 110 0.42 +0.10
Votes cast / turnout 26,432 61.73 +4.34
Abstentions 16,388 38.27 –4.34
Registered voters 42,820
Sources[4][5][6]
Popular vote
PP
47.20%
PSOE
19.88%
CpM
15.47%
UPM
9.90%
PNM
3.83%
IU
2.72%
Blank ballots
1.01%
Seats
PP
56.00%
PSOE
20.00%
CpM
16.00%
UPM
8.00%

References

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  1. ^ a b c General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Statute of Autonomy of Melilla of 1995. Official State Gazette (Law 2) (in Spanish). 13 March 1995. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 1995. City of Melilla". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  5. ^ "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) (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Elecciones Municipales y Autonómicas en Melilla (1979-2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2021.