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Girona (Senate constituency)

Girona
Senate of Spain
Electoral constituency
Location of Girona within Spain
ProvinceGirona
Autonomous communityCatalonia
PopulationGreen arrow up822,952 (2024)[1]
ElectorateGreen arrow up546,370 (2023)
Major settlementsGirona
Current constituency
Created1977
Seats4
Member(s)

Girona is one of the 59 constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Senate of Spain, 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 Girona. 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 Girona 1977–
Key to parties
  EdC
  ERC
  NE
  ECdP
  PSC
  CatSen
  DiC
  Junts
  JxCat
  CDC
  DiL
  CiU
Legislature Election Distribution
Constituent 1977
3 1
1st 1979
3 1
2nd 1982
1 3
3rd 1986
1 3
4th 1989
1 3
5th 1993
1 3
6th 1996
1 3
7th 2000
1 3
8th 2004
3 1
9th 2008
3 1
10th 2011
1 3
11th 2015
2 2
12th 2016
3 1
13th 2019 (Apr)
3 1
14th 2019 (Nov)
2 2
15th 2023
3 1

Elections

Value

2023 general election

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Senate of Spain election results
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
checkY Consol Canteny Arbolí PSC 81,738 26.64
checkY Martí Sans Pairuto PSC 74,857 24.40
checkY Lluïsa Blanch Fulcarà PSC 73,013 23.80
checkY Joan Bagué Roura Junts 71,617 23.34
Jordi Martí Deulofeu ERC 65,568 21.37
Albert Piñeira Brosel Junts 63,978 20.85
Montserrat Mindan Cortada Junts 63,080 20.56
Josep María Terricabras i Nogueras ERC 61,614 20.08
Susanna Pagés Jutglar ERC 54,565 17.78
Jordi Lloveras Avellí Sumar 32,323 10.53
Alfonso Sánchez Fisac PP 30,169 9.83
Vanesa Mányik Jiménez PP 28,688 9.35
Anna Portillo Cuberes Sumar 28,470 9.28
Juan Ramón Iturriagagoitia Bassas PP 27,441 8.94
Rubén Paz Martín Sumar 22,421 7.30
Ana María Catalán Martínez Vox 17,746 5.78
Jordi Vivo Fernández Vox 16,425 5.35
Cristina Ruz Navarro Vox 15,611 5.08
Elena Costa Farré PACMA 9,406 3.06
Alicia Fuentes Company PDeCAT 5,384 1.75
Ramon Torredemer Turu PACMA 5,349 1.74
Camila Fernanda Parra Alvarado PACMA 4,992 1.62
Tomás Ferreira Crubellati PCTC 2,499 0.81
Sandra Barba Olaiz Recortes Cero 1,107 0.36
Blank ballots 6,280 2.04
Total 864341
Valid votes 306,751 97.03
Invalid votes 9,378 2.96
Votes cast / turnout 316,129 61.28
Abstentions 199,732 38.71
Registered voters 515861
Sources[16]

November 2019 general election

Summary of the 10 November 2019 Senate of Spain election results in Girona
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
checkY Jordi Martí Deulofeu ERC–Sobiranistes 116,664 33.61
checkY Josep Maria "Jami" Matamala Alsina JxCat–Junts 110,351 31.79
checkY Elisenda Pérez Esteve ERC–Sobiranistes 104,529 30.12
checkY Josep Maria Cervera Pinart JxCat–Junts 94,236 27.15
• Josep Quintana Caralt ERC–Sobiranistes 90,282 26.01
• Laura Karina Corsunsky Zeitune JxCat–Junts 87,664 25.26
• Ferran Camas Roda PSC–PSOE 50,038 14.42
• María Josefa "Pepa" Celaya Armisen PSC–PSOE 47,937 13.81
• Xavier Rangel Martínez PSC–PSOE 46,236 13.32
• Gemma Triedo Salvador ECP–Guanyem el Canvi 35,308 10.17
• Marta Domènech Gràcia ECP–Guanyem el Canvi 28,873 8.32
• Wilder Alfonso Palacio Pineda ECP–Guanyem el Canvi 24,214 6.98
• Maria Àngels Olmedo Delestal PP 21,938 6.32
• Daniel Ruíz Pérez PP 19,731 5.68
• Sebastián Mateo Herrero PP 17,633 5.08
• Miriam Pujola Romero Cs 15,843 4.56
• Francisco Javier Domínguez García Vox 14,911 4.30
• María Paz García Moreno Cs 13,645 3.93
• Vito Vicente García Galán Cs 12,271 3.54
• Albert Benítez Hugas PACMA 8,543 2.46
• María Rosa Blasco Prim PACMA 6,532 1.88
• Esteve Huguet Pardo PCPC 1,829 0.53
• Francesc Sergio Ibáñez Laffort Recortes CeroGV 1,322 0.38
• Àlex Martínez Ramos PCTC 1,301 0.37
• Elisabet Requena López PUM+J 1,183 0.34
• Jesús Osorio Hernández IZQP 579 0.17
Blank ballots 4,773 1.38
Total 347,091
Valid votes 347,091 98.23
Invalid votes 6,249 1.77
Votes cast / turnout 353,340 67.31
Abstentions 171,638 32.69
Registered voters 524,978
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. Girona". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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