1995 Cantabrian regional election

1995 Cantabrian regional election

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All 39 seats in the Regional Assembly of Cantabria 20 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	435,752 5.7%
Turnout	322,654 (74.0%) 1.7 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader José Joaquín Martínez Sieso Julio Neira Vicente de la Hera Party PP PSOE UPCA Leader since 1995 23 February 1995 13 December 1994 Last election 6 seats, 14.4% 16 seats, 34.8% 15 seats, 33.5% Seats won 13 10 7 Seat change 7 6 8 Popular vote 104,008 80,464 53,191 Percentage 32.5% 25.1% 16.6% Swing 18.1 pp 9.7 pp 16.9 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Miguel Ángel Revilla Ángel Agudo Party PRC IU Leader since 1983 1983 Last election 2 seats, 6.4% 0 seats, 4.4% Seats won 6 3 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 46,587 23,563 Percentage 14.6% 7.4% Swing 8.2 pp 3.0 pp
President before election None (Juan Hormaechea as acting) Elected President José Joaquín Martínez Sieso PP

The 1995 Cantabrian regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Regional Assembly of the autonomous community of Cantabria. All 39 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The People's Party won the election, recovering much of the vote it had lost in 1991 to Hormaechea's Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA), which fell to third place and lost over half of its seats and votes. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which in 1991 had won the regional election, collapsed and obtained its worst result until that time. The Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) recovered and scored fourth with nearly 15% of the vote, while United Left (IU) entered the Assembly for the first time.

As a result of the election, José Joaquín Martínez Sieso from the People's Party was able to be elected as regional President thanks to a PP-PRC coalition agreement.