1995 Ceuta Assembly election

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All 25 seats in the Assembly of Ceuta 13 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	50,945 18.1%
Turnout	28,861 (56.7%) 0.4 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Basilio Fernández Party PP PFC CEU Last election 6 seats, 38.7% 11 seats, 37.3% 2 seats, 9.9% Seats won 9 6 4 Seat change 3 5 2 Popular vote 8,867 5,778 4,171 Percentage 30.9% 20.1% 14.5% Swing 7.9 pp 17.2 pp 4.6 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party PSOE PSPC PDSC Last election 3 seats, 11.9% 2 seats, 8.2% Did not contest Seats won 3 2 1 Seat change 0 0 1 Popular vote 3,770 2,307 1,449 Percentage 13.1% 8.0% 5.0% Swing 1.2 pp 0.2 pp New party
Mayor-President before election Basilio Fernández PFC Elected Mayor-President Basilio Fernández PFC

The 1995 Ceuta Assembly election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 1st Assembly of the Autonomous City of Ceuta. 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

The Assembly of Ceuta was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the autonomous city of Ceuta. Voting for the assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Ceuta 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 Ceuta 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 Ceuta. 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

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Assembly of Ceuta election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	± pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	8,867	30.85	+7.86	9	+3
	Progress and Future of Ceuta (PFC)	5,778	20.11	–17.15	6	–5
	United Ceuta (CEU)	4,171	14.51	+4.62	4	+2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	3,770	13.12	+1.24	3	±0
	Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC)	2,307	8.03	–0.14	2	±0
	Democratic and Social Party of Ceuta (PDSC)	1,449	5.04	New	1	+1
	Muslim Electoral Coalition (CEM)	1,111	3.87	New	0	±0
	United Left of Ceuta (IU)	510	1.77	New	0	±0
	Ceuta First (CP)	407	1.42	New	0	±0
	Ceutan Party (PC)	87	0.30	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	n/a	n/a	–5.03	0	–1
Blank ballots		282	0.98	+0.51
Total		28,739			25	±0
Valid votes		28,739	99.58	±0.00
Invalid votes		122	0.42	±0.00
Votes cast / turnout		28,861	56.65	–2.22
Abstentions		22,084	43.35	+2.22
Registered voters		50,945
Sources [4] [5] [6]

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