1995 Bijhanian state election

The 1995 Bijhanian state election was held on Saturday, 4 November, and Sunday, 5 November 1995. During this presidential election year, the President and Vice President of Bijhan were elected. In addition, an election was held for all 60 seats in the State Assembly and 10 of the 30 seats in the State Council to determine the 3rd State Forum.

Background

In the 1987 and 1991 elections, voters cast separate ballots for the State Council and the State Assembly. For the 1995 election, voters cast a single vote for one political party, which was counted as a vote for that party's candidates in both chambers.

Presidential election

The President of Bijhan was elected under the contingent vote system, a form of preferential voting in which voters rank candidates in the order of their preference. Beyond expressing a first preference, which was required for the vote to be considered valid, voters could indicate as many or as few preferences as they wished.

Under the contingent vote system, if no candidate receives an absolute majority of first preference votes, then all but the two leading candidates are eliminated and there is a second count. In the second count, the votes of those who supported eliminated candidates are distributed among the two remaining candidates, so that one candidate achieves an absolute majority.

Political Party		President	Vice President	Count 1		Count 2
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Independence Party of Bijhan	Menit Hanadani	Joru Kivik	885,187	29.98	1,400,749	55.82
	Bijhanian Democratic Party	Ligvo Renkonten	Hasi Hajasi	649,724	22.00	1,108,754	44.18
	Moderate Progressive Party	Erik Vendredo	Marko Nentrendesi	638,267	21.62
	Conservative People's Party	Aleks Nemsalo	Filipo Beskeso	379,860	12.86
	Communist Party of Bijhan	Ruri Jeteri	Marko Pejzaĝo	186,475	6.32
Non-Party				95,142	3.22
Non-Party				64,993	2.20
Non-Party				29,972	1.02
Non-Party				23,269	0.79
Transferable Votes				2,952,889	100.00	2,509,503	84.98
Non-Transferable Votes				0	0.00	443,386	15.02
Total Valid Vote				2,952,889	97.66	2,952,889	97.66
Invalid Votes				70,876	2.34	70,876	2.34
Total Votes				3,023,765	100.00	3,023,765	100.00
Enrolled Voters/Turnout				4,356,831	69.40	4,356,831	69.40

State Council

Political Party		Votes	%	±	Seats Won	Seats Held	Total Seats	±
	Independence Party of Bijhan	1,176,680	39.67	–2.87	5	12	17	+1
	Moderate Progressive Party	538,671	18.16	+2.82	2	2	4	–1
	Bijhanian Democratic Party	518,238	17.47	+1.01	2	4	6	+1
	Conservative People's Party	346,343	11.68	+4.61	1	0	1	+1
	Communist Party of Bijhan	177,515	5.98	–5.1	0	2	2	–1
	Unity Party	156,508	5.28	+1.30	0	0	0	–1
Other Parties		52,380	1.77	–1.77	0	0	0	±0
Valid Votes		2,966,335	98.10	+0.08	10	20	30	±0
Invalid Votes		57,430	1.90	–0.08
Total Votes		3,023,765	100.00	±0.00
Enrolled Voters/Turnout		4,356,831	69.40	–3.63

Members of the State Council are divided into classes, with one-third of the Council's seats being vacated every four years.

Political Party	Members	Class 1 (1992–2004)	Class 2 (1996–2008)	Class 3 (1988–2000)
Independence Party of Bijhan	17	6	5	6
Bijhanian Democratic Party	6	2	2	2
Moderate Progressive Party	4	1	2	1
Communist Party of Bijhan	2	1	0	1
Conservative People's Party	1	0	1	0
TOTAL	30	10	10	10

State Assembly

The State Assembly consists of 60 members, of whom 46 are elected from fourteen electoral districts. The electoral districts each return between 1 and 5 members, based on population. One seat was transferred from Blankalupo to Sudhaveno to reflect population changes since the last election.

The remaining 14 members are elected at-large, with seats apportioned among the parties which received at least 5% of the statewide vote.

Political Party		Votes	%	±	Seats	±
	Independence Party of Bijhan	1,176,680	39.67	–1.71	28	–3
	Moderate Progressive Party	538,671	18.16	+0.01	10	±0
	Bijhanian Democratic Party	518,238	17.47	+1.90	10	+2
	Conservative People's Party	346,343	11.68	+6.33	6	+3
	Communist Party of Bijhan	177,515	5.98	–4.08	3	–2
	Unity Party	156,508	5.28	–0.12	3	±0
Other Parties		52,380	1.77	–2.32	0	±0
Valid Votes		2,966,335	98.10	+0.07	60	±0
Invalid Votes		57,430	1.90	–0.07
Total Votes		3,023,765	100.00	±0.00
Enrolled Voters/Turnout		4,356,831	69.40	–3.63