A Coruña (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

A Coruña is one of the 52 electoral districts (Spanish: circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is located in the Community of Galicia. A Coruña is the largest municipality and the only municipality with more than 100,000 voters. After that the largest towns are Ferrol and Santiago de Compostela.

Boundaries and electoral system

Under Article 68 of the Spanish constitution ^[1] the boundaries must be the same as the province of A Coruña and under Article 140 this can only be altered with the approval of congress. Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The electoral system used is closed list proportional representation with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method. Only lists which poll 3% or more of all valid votes cast, including votes "en blanco" (i.e. for "none of the above") can be considered for seats. Under article 12 of the constitution, the minimum voting age is 18.

Eligibility

Article 67.3 of the Spanish Constitution prohibits dual membership of the Cortes and regional assemblies, meaning that candidates must resign from Regional Assemblies if elected. Article 70 also makes active judges, magistrates, public defenders, serving military personnel, active police officers and members of constitutional and electoral tribunals ineligible.^[1]

Number of members

A Coruña has returned nine members at every election from 1977 onwards, however it will lose a seat for the 2008 where it will elect eight members.^[2]

Under Spanish electoral law, all provinces are entitled to a minimum of 2 seats with a remaining 248 seats apportioned according to population.^[3] These laws are laid out in detail in the 1985 electoral law. (Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General) The practical effect of this law has been to overrepresent smaller provinces at the expense of larger provinces like A Coruña.

In 2004 for example Spain had 34,571,831 voters giving an average of 98,777 voters per deputy.^[4] In A Coruña however the number of voters per deputy was above that at 117,082.^[5] In contrast in the neighbouring district of Orense the ratio was only 82,173.^[6]

Summary of seats won 1977–2011

	1977	1979	1982	1986	1989	1993	1996	2000	2004	2008	2011
Seats	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Democratic Centre Union (UCD)	6	6	1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	2
People's Party (PP)	1	1	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)				1	1
Galician Nationalist Bloc (CG)							1	2	1	1	1

Note: Seats shown for the PP include seats won by their predecessors, the Popular Alliance and Popular Coalition before 1989.

Results

2011 general election

Summary of the 20 November 2011 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in A Coruña

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	343,270	51.52	+8.85	5	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	182,056	27.32	−13.69	2	−1
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	77,945	11.70	−0.27	1	±0
	United Left (IU)	30,557	4.59	+3.02	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	8,812	1.32	+0.72	0	±0
	EQUO (EQUO)	4,802	0.72	New	0	±0
	Animal Rights Party (PACMA)	2,709	0.41	+0.22	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	1,241	0.19	+0.09	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	776	0.12	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	694	0.10	+0.05	0	±0
	Twenty-first Convergence (C.XXI)	487	0.07	New	0	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	476	0.07	+0.03	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	319	0.05	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	12,173	1.83	+0.65
Total		666,317	100.00		8	±0
Valid votes		666,317	98.45	−0.85
Invalid votes		10,520	1.55	+0.85
Votes cast / turnout		676,837	62.37	−7.59
Abstentions		408,395	37.63	+7.59
Registered voters		1,085,232
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2008 general election

Summary of the 9 March 2008 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in A Coruña

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	316,688	42.67	−1.92	4	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	304,398	41.01	+2.11	3	−1
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	88,830	11.97	+0.27	1	±0
	United Left (IU)	11,669	1.57	−0.34	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	4,468	0.60	New	0	±0
	The Greens of Europe (LVE)	1,800	0.24	New	0	±0
	Animal Rights Party (PACMA)	1,410	0.19	New	0	±0
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	1,060	0.14	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	773	0.10	New	0	±0
	Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's)	496	0.07	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	381	0.05	−0.10	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	341	0.05	+0.02	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	288	0.04	−0.02	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyL)	288	0.04	New	0	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	287	0.04	New	0	±0
	Electronic Voting Assembly (AVE)	144	0.02	New	0	±0
	Spanish Alternative (AES)	127	0.02	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	8,783	1.18	−0.63
Total		742,231	100.00		8	−1
Valid votes		742,231	99.30	+0.01
Invalid votes		5,232	0.70	−0.01
Votes cast / turnout		747,463	69.96	−0.64
Abstentions		320,970	37.63	+0.64
Registered voters		1,068,433
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2004 general election

Summary of the 14 March 2004 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in A Coruña

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	329,389	44.59	−7.35	4	−1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	287,324	38.90	+14.14	4	+2
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	86,459	11.70	−7.57	1	−1
	United Left (IU)	14,125	1.91	+0.49	0	±0
	Freelance and Professionals' Party (AU.TO.NO.MO)	1,659	0.22	−0.04	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	1,130	0.15	+0.04	0	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	1,082	0.15	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,012	0.14	+0.05	0	±0
	Galician Coalition (CG)	827	0.11	−0.01	0	±0
	Galician Popular Front (FPG)	775	0.10	+0.01	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	438	0.06	+0.01	0	±0
	Spanish Democratic Party (PADE)	430	0.06	+0.01	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	243	0.03	New	0	±0
	The Falange (FE)	234	0.03	−0.03	0	±0
	Republican Social Movement (MSR)	207	0.03	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	13,347	1.81	+0.32
Total		738,681	100.00		9	±0
Valid votes		738,681	99.29	±0.00
Invalid votes		5,255	0.71	±0.00
Votes cast / turnout		743,936	70.60	+6.76
Abstentions		309,802	29.40	−6.76
Registered voters		1,053,738
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2000 general election

Summary of the 12 March 2000 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in A Coruña

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	340,434	51.94	+4.65	5	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	162,273	24.76	−9.09	2	−1
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	126,287	19.27	+6.53	2	+1
	United Left (IU)	9,321	1.42	−2.88	0	±0
	Others	7,331	1.12		0	±0
	Blank ballots	9,741	1.49	+0.51
Total		655,387	100.00		9	±0
Valid votes		655,387	99.29	−0.14
Invalid votes		4,654	0.71	+0.14
Votes cast / turnout		660,041	63.84	−6.99
Abstentions		373,924	36.16	+6.99
Registered voters		1,033,965
Source: Ministry of the Interior

1996 general election

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in A Coruña

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	325,922	47.29	+3.06	5	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	233,344	33.85	−3.42	3	−1
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	126,287	12.74	+4.38	1	+1
	United Left (IU)	29,669	4.30	−1.14	0	±0
	Others	5,774	0.84		0	±0
	Blank ballots	6,736	0.98	+0.01
Total		689,269	100.00		9	±0
Valid votes		689,269	99.43	+0.36
Invalid votes		3,928	0.57	−0.36
Votes cast / turnout		693,197	70.83	+1.11
Abstentions		285,422	29.17	−1.11
Registered voters		978,619
Source: Ministry of the Interior

References

1. Spanish Constitution
2. representation reduced
3. General features of Spanish electoral system
4. 2004 Spanish election
5. A Coruña 2004 result
6. Orense 2004 result

External links

• List of members by year
• Number of voters by Municipality

Coordinates: 43°5′N 8°24′W / 43.083°N 8.400°W