Almería (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Almería
Congress of Deputies Electoral Constituency
Location of Almería within Spain.
Province	Province of Almería
Autonomous community	Andalusia
Population	700,545 (2015)
Electorate	490,179 (2015)
Major settlements	Almería, Roquetas de Mar, El Ejido
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	5 (1977–2004) 6 (2008–)

Coordinates: 37°10′N 2°20′W / 37.167°N 2.333°W Almería 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. The method of election is the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of 3%.

It is one of eight districts which correspond to the provinces of Andalusia. Almería is the only town with a population of over 100,000, accounting for nearly a third of the electorate in the province. The next largest municipalities, with a population of over 50,000 are Roquetas de Mar and El Ejido.

Results

General elections

2015

Summary of the 20 December 2015 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in Almería

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
	United Left The Greens, Popular Unity in Common (IULV-CA,UPeC)
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)
	National Democracy (DN)
	Zero Cuts-Green Group (Recortes Cero-Grupo Verde)
	We Can (Podemos)			New
	Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's)			New
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)			New
	Vox (VOX)			New
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)			New
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)			New
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)			New
	Blank ballots
Total			100.00		6	±0
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters
Source:

2011

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2

4

Vote share

  PP (57.6%)

  PSOE (29.9%)

  IULV-CA (5.3%)

  UPyD (3.9%)

  Other (3.3%)

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

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	180,249	57.60	7.72	4	1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	93,495	29.88	12.13	2	1
	United Left The Greens-Assembly for Andalusia: Plural Left (IULV-CA)	16,445	5.26	2.57	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	12,225	3.91	3.35	0	±0
	Equo (EQUO)	2,828	0.90	New	0	±0
	Andalusian Party (PA)	2,659	0.85	0.31	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	493	0.16	0.13	0	±0
	Anti-capitalists (Anticapitalistas)	338	0.11	New	0	±0
	Let us Give the Change (DeC)	270	0.09	New	0	±0
	Regionalist Party for Eastern Andalusia (PRAO)	253	0.08	New	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	178	0.06	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	3,490	1.12	0.34
Total		312,923	100.00		6	±0
Valid votes		312,923	99.18	0.37
Invalid votes		2,581	0.82	0.37
Votes cast / turnout		315,504	67.19	5.56
Abstentions		154,090	32.81	5.56
Registered voters		469,594
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2008

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3

3

Vote share

  PP (49.9%)

  PSOE (42.0%)

  IULV-CA (2.7%)

  PdeAL (2.6%)

  Other (2.8%)

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

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	162,531	49.88	5.60	3	1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	136,887	42.01	5.68	3	±0
	United Left The Greens-Assembly for Andalusia-Alternative (IULV-CA)	8,755	2.69	0.42	0	±0
	Party of Almeria (PdeAL)	8,451	2.59	New	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	1,820	0.56	New	0	±0
	Andalusian Coalition (CA)	1,772	0.54	1.81	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	840	0.26	New	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	436	0.13	New	0	±0
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	354	0.11	New	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		1,472	0.45	–	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	290	0.09	0.09	0	±0
	Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's)	211	0.06	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	188	0.06	New	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	159	0.05	0.01	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	126	0.04	0.03	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	114	0.03	0.05	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	105	0.03	0.01	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	102	0.03	0.03	0	±0
	Spain 2000 (E-2000)	91	0.03	New	0	±0
	National Alliance (AN)	44	0.01	New	0	±0
	Spanish Alternative (AES)	42	0.01	New	0	±0

	Blank ballots	2,528	0.78	0.59
Total		325,846	100.00		6	1
Valid votes		325,846	99.55	0.06
Invalid votes		1,486	0.45	0.06
Votes cast / turnout		327,332	72.75	0.81
Abstentions		122,583	27.25	0.81
Registered voters		449,915
Source: Ministry of the Interior

1977