1995 Madrid City Council election

1995 Madrid City Council election

← 1991 28 May 1995 1999 →

All 55 seats in the City Council of Madrid
28 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered2,529,476 Green arrow up0.2%
Turnout1,801,310 (71.2%)
Green arrow up12.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José María Álvarez del Manzano Juan Barranco Francisco Herrera
Party PP PSOE IU
Leader since 10 October 1986 19 January 1986 7 June 1990
Last election 30 seats, 47.2% 21 seats, 34.3% 6 seats, 9.6%
Seats won 30 16 9
Seat change Blue arrow right0 Red arrow down5 Green arrow up3
Popular vote 945,634 499,435 279,090
Percentage 52.7% 27.8% 15.6%
Swing Green arrow up5.5 pp Red arrow down6.5 pp Green arrow up6.0 pp

Mayor before election

José María Álvarez del Manzano
PP

Elected Mayor

José María Álvarez del Manzano
PP

The 1995 Madrid City Council election, also the 1995 Madrid municipal election, was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 5th City Council of the municipality of Madrid. All 55 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

People's Party (PP) incumbent José María Álvarez del Manzano again won an absolute majority of seats, improving his position relative to others as he obtained nearly 250,000 votes more than four years before. In contrast, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) plummeted to one of its worst historical results, obtaining only 16 seats, to the benefit of United Left (IU) which scored its best result to date. Turnout was one of the highest in the history of the city, at 71.2%.