Albacete (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Location of Alabacete electoral district in Spain

Albacete is one of the 52 electoral districts (circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is one of the five electoral districts which correspond to the provinces of Castilla La Mancha. Albacete is the largest town accounting for almost half the electorate and there are no other municipalities with electorates over 25,000.

Boundaries and electoral system

Under Article 68 of the Spanish constitution [1] the boundaries must be the same as the province of Albacete 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.

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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

Albacete has returned four members at every election since the restoration of democracy.

Under Spanish electoral law, all provinces are entitled to a minimum of 2 seats with a remaining 248 seats apportioned according to population.[2] These laws are laid out in detail in the 1985 electoral law. (Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General) The practical effect of this has been to overrepreseent smaller provinces like Albacete at the expense of larger provinces. Alabcete had a ratio of 74,695 voters per deputy in 2004 [3] a figure below the Spanish average of 98,777 voters per deputy.[4]

Summary of seats won 1977–2011

Generally Alabacete has been balanced with the PSOE winning two seats and the main party of the centre right winning two. In the 1980s however, the PSOE won three seats leaving the Popular Party and predecessors with just one seat.

1977 1979 1982 1986 1989 1993 1996 2000 2004 2008 2011
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1
Democratic Centre Union 2 2
Popular Alliance / People's Party 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3

Seats shown for the People's Party include seats won by their predecessors, the Popular Alliance and the Popular Coalition before 1989.

Vote share summary 1977-2011

1977 1979 1982 1986 1989 1993 1996 2000 2004 2008 2011
Democratic Centre Union 38.1 39.0 8.7
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 33.2 38.7 53.6 51.1 49.7 46.1 43.9 41.2 46.3 45.5 30.1
Popular Alliance / People's Party 9.4 4.9 28.9 31.9 30.8 40.5 44.7 51.2 47.0 47.6 55.2
United Left (IU) 8.0 12.4 4.6 4.5 7.4 9.3 9.6 5.0 3.9 3.4 6.2
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 2.0 8.7 8.4 1.9 0.3 0.1 0.2
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPD) 1.3 5.0

Results

2015

Summary of the 20 December 2015 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in Albacete
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
United Left, Popular Unity in Common (UP)
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)
We Can (Podemos) New
Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's) New
Vox (VOX) New
Zero Cuts-Green Group (Recortes Cero-Grupo Verde) New
Liberal Party of the Right (PLD) New
Blank ballots
Total 100.00 4 ±0
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters
Source:

2011 General Election

Summary of the 20 November 2011 Congress of Deputies election results in Albacete.

 
Parties and alliances Votes % Seats Members elected
People's Party (Partido Popular) 127,883 55.15 3 Maravillas Concepción Falcón, Álvaro María Nadal Belda, Francisco Molinero Hoyos
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) 69,762 30.08 1 Manuel González Ramos
United Left 14,275 6.16 0
Union, Progress and Democracy 11,600 5.00 0
Others 5,326 2.30 0

2008 General Election

Summary of the 9 March 2008 Congress of Deputies election results in Albacete.

 
Parties and alliances Votes % Seats Members elected
People's Party (Partido Popular) 113,609 47.55 2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) 109,682 45.51 2
United Left 8,104 3.39 0
Union, Progress and Democracy 3,078 1.29 0
Others 2,619 1.10 0

2004 General Election

Summary of the 14 March 2004 Congress of Deputies election results in Albacete.

 
Parties and alliances Votes % Seats Members elected
People's Party (Partido Popular) 110,338 46.95 2 Héctor Esteve, José González Moraga
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) 108,715 46.26 2 María López Rodríguez, Siro Torres
United Left 9,145 3.89 0
Others 2,453 1.00 0

Source: [5]

2000 General Election

Summary of the 12 March 2000 Congress of Deputies election results in Albacete.

 
Parties and alliances Votes % Seats Members elected
People's Party (Partido Popular) 113,406 51.19 2 Héctor Esteve, Margarita Mariscal
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) 91,270 41.20 2 Manuel Aguilar^, Matilde Valentín#
United Left 11,062 4.99 0
Others 2,317 1.00 0

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References

  1. 1 2 Spanish Constitution
  2. ↑ General features of Spanish electoral system
  3. ↑ Albacete election result 2004
  4. ↑ 2004 Spanish election
  5. ↑ Interior ministry link to election results

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