1994 European Parliament election in Spain

The 1994 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Sunday, 12 June 1994, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 4th European Parliament. All 64 seats allocated to Spain as per the 1993 Council Decision amending the Direct Elections Act were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in Andalusia.

1994 European Parliament election in Spain
12 June 1994
All 64 Spanish seats in the European Parliament
Opinion polls
Registered31,558,999 7.8%
Turnout18,664,055 (59.1%)
4.4 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Abel Matutes Fernando Morán Alonso Puerta
Party PP PSOE IU
Alliance EPP PES NI (EUL)
Leader since 18 November 1993 10 April 1987 2 March 1994
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain
Last election 15 seats, 21.4% 27 seats, 40.2% 4 seats, 6.1%
Seats won 28 22 9
Seat change 13 5 5
Popular vote 7,453,900 5,719,707 2,497,671
Percentage 40.1% 30.8% 13.4%
Swing 18.7 pp 9.4 pp 7.3 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Carles Gasòliba Josu Jon Imaz Carlos Garaikoetxea
Party CiU CN PEP
Alliance ELDR
EPP		 EPP
ERA		 RBW
Leader since 1 January 1986 27 February 1994 29 April 1987
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain (lost)
Last election 2 seats, 4.5% 1 seat, 2.6% 1 seat, 1.6%
Seats won 3 2 0
Seat change 1 1 1
Popular vote 865,913 518,532 239,339
Percentage 4.7% 2.8% 1.3%
Swing 0.2 pp 0.2 pp 0.1 pp

The election was held against the backdrop of the early 1990s recession and a string of corruption scandals affecting the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of Prime Minister Felipe González. The most recent involved former Civil Guard director Luis Roldán, who had fled the country in early 1994 when it was discovered that he had used his office to amass a fortune through fraudulent means, resulting in the resignation of interior minister Antoni Asunción in the month leading to the election. The People's Party (PP) won in a landslide victory, the first PP win over the PSOE in a nationwide election.

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