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Seville (Senate constituency)

Seville
Senate of Spain
Electoral constituency
Location of Seville within Spain
ProvinceSeville
Autonomous communityAndalusia
PopulationGreen arrow up1,967,746 (2024)[1]
ElectorateGreen arrow up1,564,082 (2023)
Major settlementsSeville, Dos Hermanas, Alcalá de Guadaíra, Utrera, Écija
Current constituency
Created1977
Seats4
Member(s)

Seville 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 Seville. 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 Seville 1977–
Key to parties
  PSOE
  Cs
  UCD
  PP
  CP
  AP
Legislature Election Distribution
Constituent 1977
3 1
1st 1979
3 1
1980
3 1
2nd 1982
3 1
3rd 1986
3 1
4th 1989
3 1
5th 1993
3 1
6th 1996
3 1
7th 2000
3 1
8th 2004
3 1
9th 2008
3 1
10th 2011
3 1
11th 2015
3 1
12th 2016
3 1
13th 2019 (Apr)
3 1
14th 2019 (Nov)
3 1
15th 2023
3 1

Elections

2023 general election

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Senate of Spain election results in Seville
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 1,112,663 37.58 –1.98 3 ±0
People's Party (PP) 1,037,781 35.05 +10.10 1 ±0
Unite Andalusia (Sumar)1 399,017 13.48 –2.73 0 ±0
Vox (Vox) 338,837 11.44 +5.34 0 ±0
Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)2 38,356 1.30 –0.57 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 4,374 0.15 +0.02 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) 3,361 0.11 New 0 ±0
Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero) 3,183 0.11 –0.07 0 ±0
Walking Together (CJ) 2,387 0.08 New 0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 2,040 0.07 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots[a] 18,819 1.82 –0.53
Total 2,960,818 4 ±0
Valid votes 1,033,464 97.19 +0.44
Invalid votes 29,836 2.81 –0.44
Votes cast / turnout 1,063,300 67.98 –0.62
Abstentions 500,782 32.02 +0.62
Registered voters 1,564,082
Sources[16]
Footnotes:

November 2019 general election

Summary of the 10 November 2019 Senate of Spain election results in Seville
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 1,088,383 39.56 +1.95 3 ±0
People's Party (PP) 686,498 24.95 +8.46 1 +1
United We Can (PodemosIULV–CA) 408,916 14.86 –0.64 0 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 252,848 9.19 –7.51 0 –1
Vox (Vox) 167,787 6.10 –4.02 0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 51,485 1.87 –0.16 0 ±0
More Country–Andalusia (Más País–Andalucía) 37,193 1.35 New 0 ±0
Andalusia by Herself (AxSí) 22,348 0.81 +0.23 0 ±0
Zero CutsGreen Group (Recortes Cero–GV) 5,050 0.18 +0.02 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 3,494 0.13 ±0.00 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Andalusian Party (PCPA) 3,125 0.11 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots[a] 24,112 2.35 +0.40
Total 2,751,239 4 ±0
Valid votes 1,027,178 96.75 –0.20
Invalid votes 34,500 3.25 +0.20
Votes cast / turnout 1,061,678 68.60 –3.45
Abstentions 486,066 31.40 +3.45
Registered voters 1,547,744
Sources[16]

April 2019 general election

Summary of the 28 April 2019 Senate of Spain election results in Seville
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 1,161,476 37.61 3 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 515,663 16.70 1 +1
People's Party (PP) 509,091 16.49 0 –1
United We Can (PodemosIULV–CAEquo) 478,648 15.50 0 ±0
Vox (Vox) 312,573 10.12 0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 62,554 2.03 0 ±0
Andalusia by Herself (AxSí) 18,004 0.58 New 0 ±0
Zero CutsGreen Group (Recortes Cero–GV) 4,826 0.16 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 4,118 0.13 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots[a] 21,016 1.95
Total 3,087,969 4 ±0
Valid votes 1,078,679 96.95
Invalid votes 33,970 3.05
Votes cast / turnout 1,112,649 72.05
Abstentions 431,531 27.95
Registered voters 1,544,180
Sources[16]

2016 general election

Summary of the 26 June 2016 Senate of Spain election results in Seville
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 997,475 34.93 3 ±0
People's Party (PP) 859,404 30.09 1 ±0
United We Can for Andalusia (PodemosIUEquo)1 562,991 19.71 0 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 322,659 11.30 0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 57,525 2.01 0 ±0
Vox (Vox) 9,254 0.32 0 ±0
Zero CutsGreen Group (Recortes Cero–GV) 7,358 0.26 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 5,644 0.20 0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 3,890 0.14 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 2,590 0.09 0 ±0
Blank ballots[a] 27,015 2.69
Total 2,855,805 4 ±0
Valid votes 1,003,559 97.25
Invalid votes 28,342 2.75
Votes cast / turnout 1,031,901 67.36
Abstentions 499,905 32.64
Registered voters 1,531,806
Sources[16]
Footnotes:

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

1980 by-election

1979 general election

1977 general election

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d The percentage of blank ballots is calculated over the official number of valid votes cast, irrespective of the total number of votes shown as a result of adding up the individual results for each party.

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. ^ a b c d "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 December 2024.

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