Ciudad Real (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

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Location of Ciudad Real electoral district in Spain

Ciudad Real is one of the 52 electoral districts (circunscripciónes) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is one of the five electoral districts which correspond to the provinces of Castilla La Mancha. Ciudad Real and Puertollano are the largest municipalities with between 40,000 and 50,000 voters.

1 Boundaries and electoral system
2 Eligibility
3 Number of members
4 Summary of seats won 1977–2008
5 Results
6 External links
7 References

[edit] Boundaries and electoral system

Under Article 68 of the Spanish constitution ^[1] the boundaries must be the same as the province of Ciudad Real and under Article 140 this can only be altered with the approval of congress. Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The electoral system used is closed list proportional representation with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method. Only lists which poll 3% or more of all valid votes cast, including votes "en blanco" i.e. for "none of the above" can be considered for seats. Under article 12 of the constitution, the minimum voting age is 18.

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[edit] Eligibility

Article 67.3 of the Spanish Constitution prohibits dual membership of the Cortes and regional assemblies, meaning that candidates must resign from Regional Assemblies if successfully elected. Article 70 also makes active judges, magistrates, public defenders, serving military personnel, active police officers and members of constitutional and electoral tribunals ineligible. ^[2]

[edit] Number of members

From the 1977 General Election onwards Ciudad Real has returned five members.

Under Spanish electoral law, all provinces are entitled to a minimum of 2 seats with a remaining 248 seats apportioned according to population. ^[3] These laws are laid out in detail in the 1985 electoral law. (Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General) The practical effect of this has been to overrepreseent smaller provinces at the expense of larger provinces. Ciudad Real had a ratio of 78,632 voters per deputy in 2004,^[4] a figure below the Spanish average of 98,777 voters per deputy.

[edit] Summary of seats won 1977–2008

	1977	1979	1982	1986	1989	1993	1996	2000	2004	2008
Democratic Centre Union (UCD)	3	3
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2
People's Party (PP)			2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3

Note: Seats shown for the PP include seats won by their predecessors, the Popular Alliance and Popular Coalition before 1989.

[edit] Results

The 2004 election saw the PSOE regain the seat they had lost in the 2000 election. However they beat the PP by less than 5,000 votes or 1.5%. This was their second smallest lead over the PP in any marginal seat in the election after Teruel. Similarly the 1996 election produced a very close result with PSOE winning the fifth seat by just over 500 votes.

[edit] 2004 General Election

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**Summary of the 14 March 2004 Congress of Deputies election results in Ciudad Real.**
Parties and alliances	Votes	%	Seats	Members elected
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español)	147,271	48.1	3	Manuel Marín
People's Party (Partido Popular)	142,508	46.6	2
United Left	8,581	2.8	0
Others	2,960	1.0	0

Source: ^[5]

[edit] 2000 General Election

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**Summary of the 12 March 2000 Congress of Deputies election results in Ciudad Real.**
Parties and alliances	Votes	%	Seats	Members elected
People's Party (Partido Popular)	150,842	51.7	3
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español)	124,180	42.6	2	Manuel Marín
United Left	10,843	3.7	0
Others	2,279	0.8	0

[edit] 1996 General Election

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**Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Ciudad Real.**
Parties and alliances	Votes	%	Seats
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español)	142,101	45.2	3
People's Party (Partido Popular)	141,494	45.0	2
United Left	25,689	8.2	0
Others	2,297	0.7	0