Granada is one of the 52 electoral districts (circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It was first contested in modern times in the 1977 General Election. Granada is the largest city with an electorate of over 217,000 in the year 2000. There are no other municipalities with more than 50,000 voters.[1]
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Under Article 68 of the Spanish constitution [2] the boundaries must be the same as the province of Granada 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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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 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]
Granada has returned seven members at every election from 1977 onwards.
In 2004 Spain had 34,571,831 voters giving an average of 98,777 voters per deputy.[3] In Granada the ratio was very close to that being 99,186.[4]
| 1977 | 1979 | 1982 | 1986 | 1989 | 1993 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Centre Union (UCD) | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| United Left (IU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| People's Party (PP) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Seats shown for the People's Party include seats won by their predecessors, the Popular Alliance and the Popular Coalition before 1989. Seats shown for United Left include seats won by the Communist Party of Spain before 1986.
| 1977 | 1979 | 1982 | 1986 | 1989 | 1993 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Centre Union (UCD) | 43.9 | 36.7 | 6.9 | |||||||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 32.2 | 35.8 | 57.9 | 53.0 | 50.1 | 49.4 | 46.5 | 44.4 | 51.5 | 50.0 |
| United Left (IU) | 9.8 | 12.7 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 12.0 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| People's Party (PP) | 7.1 | 4.7 | 24.1 | 26.3 | 24.6 | 34.6 | 38.4 | 42.7 | 37.0 | 41.1 |
| Popular Socialist Party (PSP) | 3.6 | |||||||||
| Andalusian Party (PA) | 6.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 0.9 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1.8 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Parties and alliances | Votes | % | Seats | Members elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) | 264,974 | 49.96 | 4 | Cándida Martínez López, Manuel Pezzi Cereto, María Josefa Sánchez Rubio, José Antonio Pérez Tapias |
| People's Party (Partido Popular) | 217,874 | 41.08 | 3 | Concepción de Santa Ana Fernández, Blanca Fernández-Capel, Baños Juan de Dios Martínez Soriano |
| United Left | 26,115 | 5.02 | 0 | |
| Union, Progress and Democracy | 5,308 | 1.00 | 0 | |
| Andalusian Party (Coalicion Andalucista) | 4,747 | 0.90 | 0 | |
| Others | 6,535 | 1.30 | 0 |
In the 2004 election the Popular Party (PP) outpolled the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in the city of Granada by 47.0% to 42.0% with PSOE polling best overall due to their strength in the smaller settlements. In Loja the fifth largest municipality for example PSOE polled 61.0% against 31.7% for the PP. The second largest settlement of Motril produced a result closer to the provincial average as PSOE took 50.6% of the vote against 37.2% for PP.[5]
| Parties and alliances | Votes | % | Seats | Members elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) | 268,870 | 51.47 | 4 | |
| People's Party (Partido Popular) | 193,484 | 37.04 | 3 | |
| United Left | 31,227 | 5.98 | 0 | |
| Andalusian Party (Partido Andalucista) | 14,030 | 2.69 | 0 | |
| Others | 6,535 | 1.30 | 0 |
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| Parties and alliances | Votes | % | Seats | Members elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) | 213,019 | 44.36 | 4 | |
| People's Party (Partido Popular) | 204,875 | 42.66 | 3 | |
| United Left | 34,809 | 7.25 | 0 | |
| Andalusian Party (Partido Andalucista) | 16,594 | 3.46 | 0 | |
| Others | 4,951 | 1.00 | 0 |
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