1995 Murcian regional election
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The 1995 Murcian regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Regional Assembly of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
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All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly of Murcia 23 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 847,967 9.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 638,297 (75.3%) 8.1 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Constituency results map for the Regional Assembly of Murcia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Former president Carlos Collado had been forced to resign in April 1993 by his own party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), as a result of the ongoing struggle between the two main party factions (the guerristas and the renovadores) and a political scandal over the purchase of the Casa Grande estate.[1][2] He was replaced by María Antonia Martínez, the first woman presiding over a Spanish autonomous community as well as the only one to date holding the office in the Region of Murcia.[3] The crisis resulting in Collado's resignation was among the factors said to contribute to the opposition People's Party (PP) spectacular gains in that year's June general election, overcoming the PSOE as the most voted party in the region for the first time in democracy;[4] a feat which was confirmed in the 1994 European Parliament election.[5][6]
The regional election resulted in the PP consolidating its gains, winning by a landslide as the vote for the ruling PSOE plummeted.[7] PP leader Ramón Luis Valcárcel would become the new President of the Region of Murcia,[8] with the PP remaining in government ever since. The PP would also remain the prime party of Murcian politics until 2019.