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Albacete (Senate constituency)

Albacete
Senate of Spain
Electoral constituency
Location of Albacete within Spain
ProvinceAlbacete
Autonomous communityCastilla–La Mancha
PopulationGreen arrow up388,599 (2024)[1]
ElectorateRed arrow down307,988 (2023)
Major settlementsAlbacete
Current constituency
Created1977
Seats4
Member(s)

Albacete is one of the 59 constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Senate, the upper chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency elects four senators. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Albacete. The electoral system uses an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. Electors can vote for up to three candidates.

Electoral system

The constituency was created as per the Political Reform Act 1977 and was first contested in the 1977 general election. The Act provided for the provinces of Spain to be established as multi-member districts in the Senate of Spain,[2] with this regulation being maintained under the Spanish Constitution of 1978.[3] Additionally, the Constitution requires for any modification of the provincial limits to be approved under an organic law, needing an absolute majority in the Cortes Generales.[4]

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights.[5] The only exception was in 1977, when this was limited to nationals over 21 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political and civil rights.[6][7] Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Spaniards abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado),[8][9] which was abolished in 2022.[10] 208 seats are elected using an open list partial block voting system, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. In constituencies electing four seats, electors can vote for up to three candidates; in those with two or three seats, for up to two candidates; and for one candidate in single-member districts. Each of the 47 peninsular provinces is allocated four seats, whereas for insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, districts are the islands themselves, with the larger—Mallorca, Gran Canaria and Tenerife—being allocated three seats each, and the smaller—Menorca, IbizaFormentera, Fuerteventura, La Gomera and El Hierro (which comprised a single constituency only for the 1977 election), Lanzarote and La Palma—one each. Ceuta and Melilla elect two seats each.[2][3][11][12] Until 1985, the law also provided for by-elections to fill Senate seats vacated up to two years into the legislature.[13]

The electoral law allows for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call—fifteen before 1985—whereas groupings of electors need to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they seek election—one permille of the electorate, with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures, until 1985—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. Also since 2011, parties, federations or coalitions that have not obtained a mandate in either chamber of the Cortes at the preceding election are required to secure the signature of at least 0.1 percent of electors in the aforementioned constituencies.[14][15]

Senators

Senators for Albacete 1977–
Key to parties
  PSOE
  UCD
  PP
  CP
  AP
Legislature Election Distribution
Constituent 1977
1 3
1st 1979
2 2
2nd 1982
3 1
3rd 1986
3 1
4th 1989
3 1
5th 1993
3 1
6th 1996
1 3
7th 2000
1 3
8th 2004
1 3
9th 2008
1 3
10th 2011
1 3
11th 2015
1 3
12th 2016
1 3
13th 2019 (Apr)
3 1
14th 2019 (Nov)
2 2
15th 2023
1 3

Elections

2023 general election

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Senate of Spain election results
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
checkY Simón Valentín Bueno Vargas PP 89,014 41.56
checkY Miriam García Navarro PP 87,318 40.76
checkY Pilar Milagros Rojo Noguera PP 85,350 39.84
checkY Amparo Torres Valencoso PSOE 75,934 35.45
Alberto Iglesias Martínez PSOE 73,045 34.10
Donelia Roldán Martínez PSOE 71,040 33.16
Ginés Luis Núñez Martínez Vox 30,586 14.28
María Ángeles Gutiérrez Montañana Vox 28,806 13.44
Juan Antonio Gil García Vox 27,622 12.89
Iago Vázquez Vázquez Sumar 15,785 7.37
María Dolores Serrano Egea Sumar 13,424 6.26
Jesús Enrique Plaza Senabre Sumar 13,104 6.11
María Josefa Vizcaíno Pina PACMA 2,812 1.31
José Serrano Paradinas PUM+J 1,069 0.49
Francesc Cremades Gómez Recortes Cero 723 0.33
Blank ballots 3,493 1.63
Total 619,125
Valid votes 214,179 97.55
Invalid votes 5,364 2.44
Votes cast / turnout 219,543 74.20
Abstentions 76,298 25.79
Registered voters 295,841
Sources[16]

November 2019 general election

Summary of the 10 November 2019 Senate of Spain election results in Albacete
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
checkY Antonio Serrano Aguilar PP 74,357 35.23
checkY Ramón Rodríguez López PP 70,869 33.58
checkY Manuel Miranda Martínez PSOE 69,892 33.12
checkY Donelia Roldán Martínez PSOE 67,625 32.04
• María Victoria Leal Utiel PSOE 66,655 31.58
• María del Mar Requena Molla PP 60,871 28.84
• Ana María Muñoz Antúnez Vox 39,678 18.80
• Daniel Faura Macía Cs 19,672 9.32
• Juan Miguel Rodríguez Cuesta Podemos–IU 19,516 9.25
• Rebeca Cañavate Ayuso Podemos–IU 17,577 8.33
• Vicente Martínez Zalve Podemos–IU 17,510 8.30
• Caridad Martínez Calero Cs 16,461 7.80
• José Antonio Ibáñez López Cs 14,185 6.72
• Pierre Pérez Silvestre PACMA 3,251 1.54
• Lara Peris Moral PACMA 2,711 1.28
• Clara Martínez Rabadán PUM+J 1,098 0.52
• Jaime Oliver Cortés PCPE 751 0.36
• Carlos Enrique Marín Bernal R. CeroGVPCASTC 725 0.34
Blank ballots 3,987 1.89
Total 211,044
Valid votes 211,044 97.37
Invalid votes 5,691 2.63
Votes cast / turnout 216,735 69.92
Abstentions 93,261 30.08
Registered voters 309,996
Sources[17]

April 2019 general election

2016 general election

2015 general election

2011 general election

2008 general election

2004 general election

2000 general election

1996 general election

1993 general election

1989 general election

1986 general election

1982 general election

1979 general election

1977 general election

References

  1. ^ "Real Decreto 1210/2024, de 28 de noviembre, por el que se declaran oficiales las cifras de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal referidas al 1 de enero de 2024". Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b Law 1/1977 (1977), trans. prov. 1.
  3. ^ a b Const. Esp. (1978), tit. III, ch. I, art. 69.
  4. ^ Const. Esp. (1978), tit. VIII, ch. II, art. 141.
  5. ^ LOREG (1985), tit. I, ch. I, art. 2.
  6. ^ RDL 20/1977 (1977), tit. I, art. 2.
  7. ^ Carreras de Odriozola & Tafunell Sambola 2005, p. 1077.
  8. ^ LOREG (1985), tit. I, ch. VI, art. 75.
  9. ^ Reig Pellicer, Naiara (16 December 2015). "Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote". cafebabel.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  10. ^ Araque Conde, Pilar (8 June 2022). "El Congreso acaba con el voto rogado: diez años de trabas burocráticas para los residentes en el extranjero". Público (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  11. ^ RDL 20/1977 (1977), tit. II, ch. II, art. 19 & 21.
  12. ^ LOREG (1985), tit. II, ch. III, art. 162 & 165–166.
  13. ^ RDL 20/1977 (1977), tit. III, art. 29.
  14. ^ RDL 20/1977 (1977), tit. IV, art. 30–31 & 34.
  15. ^ LOREG (1985), tit. I, ch. VI, art. 44 & tit. II, ch. V, art. 169.
  16. ^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. 2023". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. November 2019. Albacete". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2020.

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