1995 Basque foral elections

The 1995 Basque foral elections were held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 5th General Assemblies of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa. All 153 seats in the three General Assemblies were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Overall

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Basque General Assemblies election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	315,621	28.37	–1.19	47	±0
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))1	185,972	16.72	–9.84	26	–14
	People's Party (PP)	171,973	15.46	+7.42	25	+16
	Popular Unity (HB)	160,552	14.43	–2.97	20	–7
	Basque Solidarity (EA)	120,960	10.87	–1.54	15	–4
	United Left (IU/EB)	90,434	8.13	+6.33	9	+9
	Alavese Unity (UA)	23,442	2.11	–0.14	9	–2
	Basque Citizen Initiative (ICV–Gorordo)	20,383	1.83	New	2	+2
	Abanto Municipal Group (AMA)	824	0.07	New	0	±0
	Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE)	601	0.05	New	0	±0
	Basque Country Greens (EHB)	472	0.04	–0.29	0	±0
	Public Hats (Herri-Hats)	446	0.04	New	0	±0
	Carlist Party (EKA/PC)	185	0.02	–0.04	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	123	0.01	–0.52	0	±0
Blank ballots		20,352	1.83	+0.88
Total		1,112,340			153	±0
Valid votes		1,112,340	99.07	–0.09
Invalid votes		10,399	0.93	+0.09
Votes cast / turnout		1,122,739	63.92	+4.89
Abstentions		633,796	36.08	–4.89
Registered voters		1,756,535
Sources[1][2]
Footnotes: 1 Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left results are compared to the combined totals of the Socialist Party of the Basque Country and Basque Country Left in the 1990 elections.

Popular vote EAJ/PNV   28.37% PSE–EE (PSOE)   16.72% PP   15.46% HB   14.43% EA   10.87% IU/EB   8.13% UA   2.11% ICV–Gorordo   1.83% Others   0.24% Blank ballots   1.83%

Foral deputation control

The following table lists party control in the foral deputations.^[2] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Deputation	Previous control		New control
Álava		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Biscay		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Gipuzkoa		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)

Historical territories

Álava

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Álava General Assembly election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	38,126	26.04	+0.20	15	+1
	People's Party (PP)	25,077	17.13	+8.34	9	+6
	Alavese Unity (UA)	23,442	16.01	–2.29	9	–2
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))1	21,099	14.41	–8.18	7	–6
	Popular Unity (HB)	13,330	9.10	–2.27	4	–3
	Basque Solidarity (EA)	11,500	7.85	–0.81	4	+1
	United Left (IU/EB)	11,400	7.79	+6.70	3	+3
Blank ballots		2,458	1.68	+0.68
Total		146,432			51	±0
Valid votes		146,432	99.03	+0.06
Invalid votes		1,435	0.97	–0.06
Votes cast / turnout		147,867	64.33	+6.62
Abstentions		82,006	35.67	–6.62
Registered voters		229,873
Sources[1][2]
Footnotes: 1 Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left results are compared to the combined totals of the Socialist Party of the Basque Country and Basque Country Left in the 1990 election.

Biscay

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Biscay General Assembly election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	201,469	33.22	–2.60	20	–1
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))1	102,575	16.91	–10.65	10	–4
	People's Party (PP)	99,662	16.43	+7.62	9	+5
	Popular Unity (HB)	71,967	11.87	–3.56	5	–3
	United Left (IU/EB)	56,515	9.32	+6.90	4	+4
	Basque Solidarity (EA)	42,278	6.97	–0.98	1	–3
	Basque Citizen Initiative (ICV–Gorordo)	20,383	3.36	New	2	+2
	Abanto Municipal Group (AMA)	824	0.14	New	0	±0
	Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE)	601	0.10	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		10,166	1.68	+0.71
Total		606,440			51	±0
Valid votes		606,440	99.05	–0.08
Invalid votes		5,814	0.95	+0.08
Votes cast / turnout		612,254	63.69	+5.56
Abstentions		348,992	36.31	–5.56
Registered voters		961,246
Sources[1][2]
Footnotes: 1 Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left results are compared to the combined totals of the Socialist Party of the Basque Country and Basque Country Left in the 1990 election.

Gipuzkoa

← Summary of the 28 May 1995 Gipuzkoa General Assembly election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	76,026	21.15	+0.41	12	±0
	Popular Unity (HB)	75,255	20.94	–1.89	11	–1
	Basque Solidarity (EA)	67,182	18.69	–2.38	10	–2
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))1	62,298	17.33	–9.05	9	–4
	People's Party (PP)	47,234	13.14	+6.62	7	+5
	United Left (IU/EB)	22,519	6.26	+5.21	2	+2
	Basque Country Greens (EHB)	472	0.13	–0.09	0	±0
	Public Hats (Herri-Hats)	446	0.12	New	0	±0
	Carlist Party (EKA/PC)	185	0.05	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	123	0.03	–0.27	0	±0
Blank ballots		7,728	2.15	+1.27
Total		359,468			51	±0
Valid votes		359,468	99.13	–0.16
Invalid votes		3,150	0.87	+0.16
Votes cast / turnout		362,618	64.13	+3.06
Abstentions		202,798	35.87	–3.06
Registered voters		565,416
Sources[1][2]
Footnotes: 1 Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left results are compared to the combined totals of the Socialist Party of the Basque Country and Basque Country Left in the 1990 election.