Asturias (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Asturias
Congress of Deputies Electoral Constituency
Location of Asturias within Spain.
Province	Province of Asturias
Autonomous community	Principality of Asturias
Population	1,050,917 (2015)
Electorate	985,076 (2015)
Major settlements	Gijón, Oviedo, Avilés, Siero, Langreo, Mieres
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	10 (1977–1982) 9 (1986–2000) 8 (2004–)

Coordinates: 43°20′N 6°00′W / 43.333°N 6.000°W / 43.333; -6.000Asturias 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%.

The largest municipalities are Gijón and Oviedo, with a population of over 200,000. The next municipalities in size, with a population over 40,000, are Avilés, Siero, Langreo and Mieres.

Results

General elections

2015

Summary of the 20 December 2015 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in Asturias
Party		Vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party-Asturias Forum (PP-FAC)
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
	United Left, Popular Unity in Common, Asturian Left (IU-UPeC-IAS)
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)
	Blank Seats (Eb)
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)
	Humanist Party (PH)
	Zero Cuts-Green Group (Recortes Cero-Grupo Verde)
	We Can (Podemos)			New
	Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's)			New
	Vox (VOX)			New
	State of Spain Unionist Party (PUEDE)			New
	Blank ballots

Total			100.00		8	±0

Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters

Source:

2011

↓
1	3	3	1

Vote share

PP (35.4%)

PSOE (29.3%)

FAC (14.7%)

IU (13.2%)

UPyD (3.9%)

Other (3.5%)

Summary of the 20 November 2011 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in Asturias
Party		Vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	223,906	35.40	6.18	3	1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	185,526	29.34	17.59	3	1
	Asturias Forum (FAC)	92,828	14.68	New	1	1
	United Left of Asturias: Plural Left (IU-IX)	83,755	13.24	6.06	1	1
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	24,721	3.91	2.55	0	±0

	Equo (EQUO)	4,033	0.64	New	0	±0
	Blank Seats (Eb)	2,532	0.40	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	2,125	0.34	0.17	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	1,202	0.19	0.05	0	±0
	Andecha Astur (AA)	1,087	0.17	0.02	0	±0
	Jaded.org (Hartos.org)	867	0.14	0.05	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		1,462	0.23	–	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	383	0.06	±0.00	±0
	Democratic and Constitutional Party (PDyC)	304	0.05	New	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	284	0.04	0.02	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	282	0.04	±0.00	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	209	0.03	New	±0

	Blank ballots	8,392	1.33	0.09

Total		632,436	100.00		8	±0

Valid votes		632,436	99.03	0.32
Invalid votes		6,193	0.97	0.32
Votes cast / turnout		638,629	64.57	6.72
Abstentions		350,416	35.43	6.72
Registered voters		989,045

Source: Ministry of the Interior

2008

↓
4	4

Vote share

PSOE (46.9%)

PP (41.6%)

IU-BA-LV (7.2%)

UPyD (1.4%)

Other (2.9%)

Summary of the 9 March 2008 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in Asturias
Party		Vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	326,477	46.93	3.55	4	±0
	People's Party (PP)	289,305	41.58	2.19	4	±0
	United Left-Bloc for Asturias-The Greens (IU-BA-LV)	49,936	7.18	1.24	0	±0

	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	9,485	1.36	New	0	±0
	The Greens-Green Group (LV-GV)	1,906	0.27	New	0	±0
	Andecha Astur (AA)	1,299	0.19	0.09	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	1,193	0.17	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	946	0.14	0.03	0	±0
	Unity (Unidá)	848	0.12	New	0	±0
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	778	0.11	New	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		4,932	0.71	–	±0
	Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB)	617	0.09	0.10	±0
	Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's)	575	0.08	New	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	549	0.08	0.04	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	529	0.08	0.03	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	446	0.06	New	±0
	Engine and Sports Alternative (AMD)	369	0.05	New	±0
	Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	262	0.04	New	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	250	0.04	New	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	237	0.03	0.01	±0
	Asturian Democratic Convergence (CDAS)	216	0.03	0.05	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	159	0.02	New	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	151	0.02	0.04	±0
	State of Spain Unionist Party (PUEDE)	117	0.02	New	±0
	Spanish Alternative (AES)	98	0.01	New	±0
	Authentic Falange (FA)	90	0.01	0.02	±0
	Spanish Front (Frente)	75	0.01	New	±0
	Falangist Movement of Spain (MFE)	68	0.01	New	±0
	National Alliance (AN)	67	0.01	New	±0
	Carlist Party (PC)	57	0.01	New	±0

	Blank ballots	8,630	1.24	0.81

Total		695,735	100.00		8	±0

Valid votes		695,735	99.35	0.10
Invalid votes		4,533	0.65	0.10
Votes cast / turnout		700,268	71.29	0.44
Abstentions		281,962	28.71	0.44
Registered voters		982,230

Source: Ministry of the Interior

2004

↓
4	4

Vote share

PP (43.8%)

PSOE (43.4%)

IU (8.4%)

Other (4.4%)

Summary of the 14 March 2004 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in Asturias
Party		Vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	307,977	43.77	2.56	4	1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	305,240	43.38	6.36	4	1
	United Left-Bloc for Asturias (IU-BA)	59,253	8.42	1.84	0	1

	The Greens of Asturias (LV)	5,013	0.71	0.03	0	±0
	Asturianist Party (PAS)	4,292	0.61	0.29	0	±0
	Andecha Astur (AA)	1,970	0.28	0.03	0	±0
	Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB)	1,348	0.19	New	0	±0
	Asturian Left (IAS)	854	0.12	0.05	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	798	0.11	New	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		2,457	0.35	–	±0
	Asturian Democratic Convergence-CDS (CDAS-CDS)	582	0.08	0.02	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	415	0.06	0.01	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	377	0.05	New	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	254	0.04	New	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	253	0.04	0.01	±0
	Republican Social Movement (MSR)	216	0.03	New	±0
	The Falange (FE)	181	0.03	0.02	±0
	Authentic Falange (FA)	179	0.03	New	±0

	Blank ballots	14,453	2.05	0.37

Total		703,655	100.00		8	1

Valid votes		703,655	99.45	0.18
Invalid votes		3,902	0.55	0.11
Votes cast / turnout		707,557	71.73	4.74
Abstentions		278,795	28.27	4.74
Registered voters		986,352

Source: Ministry of the Interior

2000

↓
1	3	5

Vote share

PP (46.3%)

PSOE (37.0%)

IU (10.3%)

URAS (2.0%)

Other (4.4%)

Summary of the 12 March 2000 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in Asturias
Party		Vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	302,626	46.33	5.30	5	1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party-Progresists (PSOE)	241,830	37.02	2.83	3	1
	United Left (IU)	67,024	10.26	5.25	1	±0

	Asturian Renewal Union (URAS)	13,360	2.05	New	0	±0
	Asturianist Party (PAS)	5,876	0.90	0.79	0	±0
	The Greens of Asturias (LV)	4,874	0.75	0.26	0	±0
	Andecha Astur (AA)	2,036	0.31	0.20	0	±0
	Asturian Left Bloc (BIA)	1,085	0.17	New	0	±0
	Freelance and Professionals' Party (AUTONOMO)	1,036	0.16	New	0	±0
	Centrist Union-Democratic and Social Centre (UC-CDS)	658	0.10	0.14	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		1,844	0.28	–	±0
	Spain 2000 Platform (ES2000)	607	0.09	New	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	329	0.05	New	±0
	The Falange (FE)	295	0.05	New	±0
	Natural Law Party (PLN)	280	0.04	New	±0
	Independent Spanish Falange-Falange 2000 (FEI-FE 2000)	173	0.03	New	±0
	Spanish Democratic Party (PADE)	160	0.02	New	±0

	Blank ballots	10,985	1.68	0.74

Total		653,234	100.00		9	±0

Valid votes		653,234	99.34	0.18
Invalid votes		4,319	0.66	0.18
Votes cast / turnout		657,553	66.99	8.92
Abstentions		323,951	33.01	8.92
Registered voters		981,504

Source: Ministry of the Interior

1996

↓
1	4	4

Vote share

PP (41.0%)

PSOE (39.9%)

IU (15.5%)

PAS (1.7%)

Other (1.9%)

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in Asturias
Party		Vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	297,079	41.03	3.66	4	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	288,558	39.85	0.53	4	±0
	United Left (IU)	112,339	15.51	0.07	1	±0

	Asturianist Party (PAS)	12,213	1.69	0.09	0	±0
	The Greens of Asturias (LV)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3,575	0.49	0.17	0	±0
	Centrist Union (UC)	1,709	0.24	3.43	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	813	0.11	0.15	0	±0
	Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT)	497	0.07	0.26	0	±0
	Authentic Spanish Falange (FEA)	487	0.07	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	6,805	0.94	0.03

Total		724,075	100.00		9	±0

Valid votes		724,075	99.52	0.07
Invalid votes		3,492	0.48	0.07
Votes cast / turnout		727,567	75.91	0.48
Abstentions		230,845	24.09	0.48
Registered voters		958,412

Source: Ministry of the Interior

1993

↓
1	4	4

Vote share

PSOE (39.3%)

PP (37.4%)

IU (15.4%)

CDS (3.7%)

PAS (1.6%)

Other (2.6%)

Summary of the 6 June 1993 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in Asturias
Party		Vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	271,877	39.32	1.24	4	±0
	People's Party (PP)	258,355	37.37	10.84	4	1
	United Left (IU)	106,757	15.44	0.14	1	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	25,351	3.67	8.84	0	1

	Asturianist Party (PAS)	11,088	1.60	1.02	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4,532	0.66	0.05	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	2,249	0.33	0.14	0	±0
	The Ecologists (LE)^{[lower-alpha 3]}	1,408	0.20	0.35	0	±0
	Ruiz Mateos' Group-European Democratic Alliance (ARM-ADE)	920	0.13	0.43	0	±0
	Andecha Astur (AA)	787	0.11	New	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		1,751	0.25	–	±0
	Independent Council of Asturias (Conceyu)	528	0.08	New	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	355	0.05	0.07	±0
	Natural Law Party (PLN)	261	0.04	New	±0
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	243	0.04	New	±0
	New Socialist Party (NPS)	186	0.03	New	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	178	0.03	0.04	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	0	0.00	New	±0

	Blank ballots	6,306	0.91	0.30

Total		691,381	100.00		9	±0

Valid votes		691,381	99.59	0.38
Invalid votes		2,862	0.41	0.38
Votes cast / turnout		694,243	75.43	6.53
Abstentions		226,147	24.57	6.53
Registered voters		920,390

Source: Ministry of the Interior

1989

↓
1	4	1	3

Vote share

PSOE (40.6%)

PP (26.5%)

IU (15.6%)

CDS (12.5%)

Other (4.8%)

Summary of the 29 October 1989 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in Asturias
Party		Vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	248,584	40.56	5.43	4	1
	People's Party (PP)^{[lower-alpha 4]}	162,590	26.53	0.69	3	1
	United Left (IU)	95,494	15.58	6.37	1	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	76,643	12.51	0.65	1	±0

	The Greens-Green List (LV-LV)	4,352	0.71	New	0	±0
	Asturianist Party (PAS)	3,526	0.58	New	0	±0
	Ruiz Mateos' Group (ARM)	3,424	0.56	New	0	±0
	The Ecologist Greens (LVE)	3,340	0.55	New	0	±0
	Asturian Nationalist Unity (UNA)	3,218	0.53	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	2,861	0.47	0.14	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain-Communist Unity (PTE-UC)^{[lower-alpha 5]}	1,854	0.30	1.28	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	1,604	0.26	New	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	751	0.12	0.13	0	±0
	Alliance for the Republic (AR)	469	0.08	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	406	0.07	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m-l))	0	0.00	0.12	0	±0
	Blank ballots	3,728	0.61	0.04

Total		612,844	100.00		9	±0

Valid votes		612,844	99.21	0.98
Invalid votes		4,853	0.79	0.98
Votes cast / turnout		617,697	68.90	1.08
Abstentions		278,788	31.10	1.08
Registered voters		896,485

Source: Ministry of the Interior

1986

↓
1	5	1	2

Vote share

PSOE (46.0%)

AP-PDP-PL (27.2%)

CDS (13.2%)

IU (9.2%)

MUC (1.6%)

Other (2.8%)

Summary of the 22 June 1986 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in Asturias
Party		Vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	278,946	45.99	6.14	5	1
	People's Coalition (AP-PDP-PL)^{[lower-alpha 6]}	165,071	27.22	0.72	2	1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	79,788	13.16	8.85	1	1
	United Left (IU)^{[lower-alpha 7]}	55,881	9.21	1.07	1	±0

	Communists’ Unity Board (MUC)	9,607	1.58	New	0	±0
	Democratic Reformist Party (PRD)	5,105	0.84	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	3,688	0.61	0.06	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	1,821	0.30	0.19	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	1,497	0.25	0.25	0	±0
	Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	889	0.15	New	0	±0
	Republican People's Unity (UPR)	744	0.12	0.03	0	±0
	Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC)	0	0.00	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	3,477	0.57	0.14

Total		606,514	100.00		9	1

Valid votes		606,514	98.23	0.06
Invalid votes		10,930	1.77	0.06
Votes cast / turnout		617,444	67.82	9.78
Abstentions		293,003	32.18	9.78
Registered voters		910,447

Source: Ministry of the Interior

1982

↓
1	6	3

Vote share

PSOE (52.1%)

AP-PDP (27.9%)

PCE (8.1%)

UCD (4.9%)

CDS (4.3%)

Other (2.7%)

Summary of the 28 October 1982 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in Asturias
Party		Vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	339,575	52.13	14.85	6	2
	People's Alliance-People's Democratic Party (AP-PDP)	181,965	27.94	19.31	3	2
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	53,017	8.14	5.58	1	±0
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	31,763	4.88	28.14	0	4
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	28,048	4.31	New	0	±0

	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	3,570	0.55	New	0	±0
	Liberal Democratic Asturian Party (PADL)	2,493	0.38	New	0	±0
	New Force (FN)	2,056	0.32	1.76	0	±0
	Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE)	1,713	0.26	New	0	±0
	Communist Unity Candidacy (CUC)	1,223	0.19	New	0	±0
	Spanish Solidarity (SE)	897	0.14	New	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	712	0.11	0.10	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		1,547	0.24	–	±0
	Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m-l))	567	0.09	New	±0
	Asturian Falange (FA)	532	0.08	New	±0
	Communist League-Internationalist Socialist Workers' Coalition (LC (COSI))	448	0.07	New	±0
	Asturian Left Bloc (BIA)	0	0.00	New	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	0	0.00	0.30	±0
	Socialist Party (PS)	0	0.00	New	±0

	Blank ballots	2,799	0.43	0.21

Total		651,378	100.00		10	±0

Valid votes		651,378	98.29	0.28
Invalid votes		11,332	1.71	0.28
Votes cast / turnout		662,710	77.60	14.86
Abstentions		191,271	22.40	14.86
Registered voters		853,981

Source: Ministry of the Interior

Notes

↑ Compared to The Greens results in the 1993 election.
↑ Compared to The Greens-Green List results in the 1989 election.
↑ Compared to The Ecologist Greens results in the 1989 election.
↑ Compared to the People's Coalition results in the 1986 election.
↑ Compared to the Communists’ Unity Board results in the 1986 election.
↑ Compared to the People's Alliance-People's Democratic Party results in the 1982 election.
↑ Compared to the Communist Party of Spain results in the 1982 election.

Electoral districts of the Spanish Congress of Deputies

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