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La Gomera (Senate constituency)

La Gomera
Senate of Spain
Electoral constituency
Location of La Gomera within Spain
IslandLa Gomera
El Hierro (1977–1979)
Autonomous communityCanary Islands
PopulationGreen arrow up22,436 (2024)[1]
ElectorateGreen arrow up26,540 (2023)
Major settlementsSan Sebastián de La Gomera
Current constituency
Created1977
Seats1
Member(s)

La Gomera 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 one senator. Its boundaries correspond to those of the island of La Gomera. From 1977 to 1979 it also included the island of El Hierro. The electoral system uses an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties.

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

Elections

2023 general election

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Senate of Spain election results
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
checkY Fabián Chinea Correa ASG 3,820 37.96
José María Morales Herrera PSOE 3,045 30.26
Domingo Curbelo Sanz García PP 1,657 16.46
Moisés Plasencia Martín CC 645 6.41
Jorge Iván Negrín Méndez Vox 552 5.48
Mónica Carmen Padilla Herrera PCPC 138 1.37
María Jesús Gallo García Recortes Cero 52 0.51
Blank ballots 153 1.52
Total 10062
Valid votes 10,062 96.78
Invalid votes 334 3.21
Votes cast / turnout 10,396 63.80
Abstentions 5,897 36.19
Registered voters 16293
Sources[16]

November 2019 general election

Summary of the 10 November 2019 Senate of Spain election results in La Gomera
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
checkY Fabián Chinea Correa ASG 3,628 40.14
• Fernando Manuel Méndez Borges PSOE 2,112 23.37
• Carmen Delia García Medina PP 1,197 13.24
• Lázaro Rafael Arteaga Hernández CCa–PNC–NC 757 8.38
• Jesús Eder Arteaga Jerez Podemos–IU 689 7.62
• Laura Serafina Vega Casanova Cs 270 2.99
• Sylvana Ferreira Pérez PACMA 111 1.23
• Ivan Medina Verheyen ANC–UP 46 0.51
• Nicole Pérez González EB 31 0.34
• Salvador Morales Coello Recortes CeroGV 23 0.25
Blank ballots 174 1.93
Total 9,038
Valid votes 9,038 96.01
Invalid votes 376 3.99
Votes cast / turnout 9,414 36.59
Abstentions 16,311 63.41
Registered voters 25,725
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. La Gomera". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2020.

Bibliography

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