Madrid (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
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Madrid 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 has the largest electorate of all the 52 districts. Madrid is the largest city. Other municipalities with an electorate over 100,000 are (in descending order) Móstoles, Leganés, Alcalá de Henares, Fuenlabrada, Alcorcón and Getafe.[1]
Traditionally the two main parties candidates for Prime Minister are the heads of the Madrid list for their respective parties.
Boundaries and electoral system
Under Article 68 of the Spanish constitution [2] the boundaries must be the same as the province of Madrid 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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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 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]
Number of members
In the general elections of 1977, 1979 and 1982 Madrid returned 32 members. That figure was increased to 33 members for the 1986 General Election, to 34 members for the 1993 election and then to its current figure of 35 from the 2004 General Election.
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 law has been to overrepresent smaller provinces at the expense of larger provinces like Madrid.
In 2004 for example Spain had 34,571,831 voters giving an average of 98,777 voters per deputy.[4] In Madrid however the number of voters per deputy was 127,377[5] the second largest ratio after Barcelona. In contrast the ratio was 38,714 and 26,177 respectively in the smallest provinces of Teruel [6] and Soria.[7]
Party strength by municipality
Generally certain patterns have emerged in recent elections. The Popular Party (PP) normally polls best in the City of Madrid, with the PSOE polling best in the smaller municipalities, particularly those in the 'sur metropolitano' (South Metropolitan region) area which consists of the satellite towns to the immediate south and of Madrid.[8]
Within the Madrid autonomous community, PP generally polled best in the municipalities in the north and west of the community, while PSOE does best in the south and east of the community. IU normally failed to break the 10% barrier, but did do relatively well in many of the smaller municipalities and in one of them, Berzosa del Lozoya, in the north of the autonomous community, outpolled the other parties, albeit by just one vote out of 106 cast.
Exactly the same pattern was evident in 2004 within Madrid city itself with PP polling best in the districts in the north western half of the city and PSOE doing best in the south eastern half. PP polled best in the districts of Chamartín (67.9%), Salamanca (67.7%) and Chamberí (64.9%) while PSOE's best vote shares came in the Vallecas districts where they polled 61.4% in Puente de Vallecas and 56.9% in Villa de Vallecas. IU's best result was in Centro where they polled 10.4%.[9]
Party strength in largest municipalities in 2004
Municipality | PP | PSOE | IU |
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Madrid Autonomous Community | 46.0 | 45.0 | 6.6 |
Madrid | 48.7 | 42.7 | 6.4 |
Móstoles | 39.0 | 51.7 | 6.5 |
Leganés | 33.8 | 54.9 | 8.4 |
Alcalá de Henares | 40.9 | 48.9 | 7.1 |
Fuenlabrada | 31.5 | 59.0 | 6.5 |
Alcorcón | 39.0 | 51.7 | 6.5 |
Getafe | 33.8 | 53.7 | 9.8 |
Torrejón de Ardoz | 38.0 | 50.1 | 7.0 |
Alcobendas | 46.1 | 44.0 | 4.9 |
Coslada | 32.9 | 52.1 | 9.8 |
Parla | 26.5 | 62.3 | 7.0 |
Pozuelo de Alarcón | 62.8 | 29.3 | 3.2 |
Only municipalities with more than 50,000 voters shown.
Source: [10]
Summary of seats won 1977-2008
1977 | 1979 | 1982 | 1986 | 1989 | 1993 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | |
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Seats | 32 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 |
Democratic Centre Union (UCD) | 11 | 12 | 1 | |||||||
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 11 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 15 |
United Left (IU) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
People's Party (PP) | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 18 |
Popular Socialist Party (PSP) | 3 | |||||||||
National Union (UN) | 1 | |||||||||
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||||||
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 1 | |||||||||
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.
Vote share summary 1977-2004
1977 | 1979 | 1982 | 1986 | 1989 | 1993 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | |
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Democratic Centre Union (UCD) | 32.0 | 33.1 | 3.4 | |||||||
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 31.7 | 33.3 | 52.1 | 40.8 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 31.4 | 33.1 | 44.1 | 39.7 |
United Left (IU) | 10.7 | 13.5 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 15.4 | 14.6 | 16.4 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 4.7 |
People's Party (PP) | 10.5 | 8.6 | 32.3 | 32.0 | 34.2 | 43.9 | 49.3 | 52.5 | 45.0 | 49.2 |
Popular Socialist Party (PSP) | 9.2 | |||||||||
National Union (UN) | 4.8 | 0.8 | ||||||||
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 4.1 | 13.9 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |||
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPD) | 3.7 | |||||||||
2008 Election
As traditionally the prime ministerial candidate of each party is the leader of the Madrid list, PSOE's, PP's and IU's lists were led by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Mariano Rajoy and Gaspar Llamazares respectively. In many political parties it is usually the number two on these lists who are considered the leader and left for discussion within the regional party branches. The current Second Vice-President Pedro Solbes was offered this position [11] with confederal environment Secretary of the Workers' Commissions trade union, Joaquin Nieto being offered that position for IU [12] Manuel Pizzarro, former Chairman of ENDESA, was chosen to run as number two in the Madrid list of the Peoples' Party, his draft was announced at the time that current Mayor Madrid Alberto Ruiz Gallardón was rejected for taking part in the party list.
Results
2011 general election
Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Elect. | +/− | ||
People's Party (PP) | 1,719,709 | 50.97 | +1.78 | 19 | +1 | |
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 878,724 | 26.05 | −13.63 | 10 | −5 | |
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 347,354 | 10.30 | +6.56 | 4 | +3 | |
United Left (IU) | 271,209 | 8.04 | +3.38 | 3 | +2 | |
EQUO (EQUO) | 65,169 | 1.93 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Others | 56,547 | 1.68 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 35,093 | 1.04 | +0.09 | |||
Total | 3,373,805 | 100.00 | 36 | +1 | ||
Valid votes | 3,373,805 | 98.96 | −0.52 | |||
Invalid votes | 35,526 | 1.04 | +0.52 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 3,409,331 | 73.26 | −5.82 | |||
Abstentions | 1,244,448 | 26.74 | +5.82 | |||
Registered voters | 4,653,779 | |||||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
2008 general election
Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Elect. | +/− | ||
People's Party (PP) | 1,737,688 | 49.19 | +4.17 | 18 | +1 | |
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1,401,785 | 39.68 | −4.43 | 15 | −1 | |
United Left (IU) | 164,595 | 4.66 | −1.77 | 1 | −1 | |
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 132,095 | 3.74 | New | 1 | +1 | |
Others | 62,679 | 1.77 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 33,539 | 0.95 | −1.11 | |||
Total | 3,532,381 | 100.00 | 35 | ±0 | ||
Valid votes | 3,532,381 | 99.48 | −0.02 | |||
Invalid votes | 18,477 | 0.52 | +0.02 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 3,550,858 | 79.08 | +0.15 | |||
Abstentions | 939,182 | 20.92 | −0.15 | |||
Registered voters | 4,490,040 | |||||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
2004 general election
Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Elect. | +/− | ||
People's Party (PP) | 1,576,636 | 45.02 | −7.50 | 17 | −2 | |
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1,544,676 | 44.11 | +11.05 | 16 | +4 | |
United Left (IU) | 225,109 | 6.43 | −2.69 | 2 | −1 | |
Others | 83,319 | 2.38 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 72,038 | 2.06 | +0.18 | |||
Total | 3,501,778 | 100.00 | 35 | +1 | ||
Valid votes | 3,501,778 | 99.50 | +0.02 | |||
Invalid votes | 17,465 | 0.50 | −0.02 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 3,519,243 | 78.93 | +6.85 | |||
Abstentions | 939,297 | 21.07 | −6.85 | |||
Registered voters | 4,458,540 | |||||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
2000 general election
Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Elect. | +/− | ||
People's Party (PP) | 1,625,831 | 52.52 | +3.23 | 19 | +2 | |
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1,023,212 | 33.06 | +1.64 | 12 | +1 | |
United Left (IU) | 282,180 | 9.12 | −7.32 | 3 | −3 | |
Independent Liberal Group (GIL) | 32,432 | 1.05 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Others | 73,698 | 2.38 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 58,114 | 1.88 | +0.62 | |||
Total | 3,095,467 | 100.00 | 34 | ±0 | ||
Valid votes | 3,095,467 | 99.48 | −0.20 | |||
Invalid votes | 16,195 | 0.52 | +0.20 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 3,111,662 | 72.08 | −7.51 | |||
Abstentions | 1,205,484 | 27.92 | +7.51 | |||
Registered voters | 4,317,146 | |||||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
1996 general election
Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Elect. | +/− | ||
People's Party (PP) | 1,642,489 | 49.29 | +5.37 | 17 | +1 | |
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1,046,904 | 31.42 | −3.54 | 11 | −2 | |
United Left (IU) | 547,901 | 16.44 | +1.86 | 6 | +1 | |
Others | 52,825 | 1.59 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 41,927 | 1.26 | +0.28 | |||
Total | 3,332,046 | 100.00 | 34 | ±0 | ||
Valid votes | 3,332,046 | 99.68 | +0.07 | |||
Invalid votes | 10,582 | 0.32 | −0.07 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 3,342,628 | 79.59 | +0.67 | |||
Abstentions | 857,171 | 20.41 | −0.67 | |||
Registered voters | 4,199,799 | |||||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
1993 general election
Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Elect. | +/− | ||
People's Party (PP) | 1,373,042 | 43.92 | +9.70 | 16 | +4 | |
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1,093,015 | 34.96 | +1.47 | 13 | +1 | |
United Left (IU) | 455,685 | 14.58 | −0.84 | 5 | ±0 | |
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 93,347 | 2.99 | −8.00 | 0 | −4 | |
The Greens (LV) | 33,295 | 1.07 | −0.07 | 0 | ±0 | |
Others | 47,212 | 1.51 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 30,554 | 0.98 | −0.04 | |||
Total | 3,126,150 | 100.00 | 34 | +1 | ||
Valid votes | 3,126,150 | 99.61 | +0.14 | |||
Invalid votes | 12,361 | 0.39 | −0.14 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 3,138,511 | 78.92 | +6.20 | |||
Abstentions | 838,551 | 21.08 | −6.20 | |||
Registered voters | 3,977,062 | |||||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
1989 general election
Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Elect. | +/− | ||
People's Party (PP) | 919,357 | 34.22 | +2.25 | 12 | +1 | |
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 899,723 | 33.49 | −7.32 | 12 | −3 | |
United Left (IU) | 414,392 | 15.42 | +9.39 | 5 | +3 | |
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 295,189 | 10.99 | −2.95 | 4 | −1 | |
The Greens (LV) | 30,495 | 1.14 | +0.42 | 0 | ±0 | |
Others | 100,256 | 3.73 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Blank ballots | 27,303 | 1.02 | +0.06 | |||
Total | 2,686,715 | 100.00 | 33 | ±0 | ||
Valid votes | 2,686,715 | 99.47 | +1.18 | |||
Invalid votes | 14,227 | 0.53 | −1.18 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 2,700,942 | 72.72 | −1.18 | |||
Abstentions | 1,012,999 | 27.28 | +1.18 | |||
Registered voters | 3,713,941 | |||||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
1986 general election
Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±pp | Elect. | +/− | ||
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1,054,730 | 40.81 | −11.28 | 15 | −3 | |
People's Alliance (AP) | 826,206 | 31.97 | −0.29 | 11 | ±0 | |
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 360,246 | 13.94 | −2.95 | 5 | +4 | |
United Left (IU) | 155,932 | 6.03 | +9.39 | 2 | +1 | |
Communists’ Unity Board (MUC) | 63,928 | 2.47 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Democratic Reformist Party (PRD) | 36,709 | 1.42 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Others | 61,997 | 2.40 | 0 | −1 | ||
Blank ballots | 24,814 | 0.96 | +0.53 | |||
Total | 2,584,562 | 100.00 | 33 | +1 | ||
Valid votes | 2,584,562 | 98.29 | +0.16 | |||
Invalid votes | 44,844 | 1.71 | −0.16 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 2,629,406 | 73.90 | −12.06 | |||
Abstentions | 928,522 | 26.10 | +12.06 | |||
Registered voters | 3,557,928 | |||||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
1982 general election
Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Elect. | +/− | ||
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 1,439,137 | 52.09 | +18.75 | 18 | +6 | |
People's Alliance (AP) | 891,372 | 32.26 | +23.66 | 11 | +8 | |
Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 137,459 | 4.98 | −8.48 | 1 | −3 | |
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 113,384 | 4.10 | New | 1 | +1 | |
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 92,508 | 3.35 | −29.79 | 1 | −11 | |
Others | 76,977 | 2.79 | 0 | −1 | ||
Blank ballots | 11,826 | 0.43 | +0.05 | |||
Total | 2,762,663 | 100.00 | 32 | ±0 | ||
Valid votes | 2,762,663 | 98.13 | −0.99 | |||
Invalid votes | 52,635 | 1.87 | +0.99 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 2,815,298 | 85.96 | +12.69 | |||
Abstentions | 459,668 | 14.04 | −12.69 | |||
Registered voters | 3,274,966 | |||||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
1979 general election
Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Elect. | +/− | ||
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 769,328 | 33.34 | +1.66 | 12 | +1 | |
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 764,830 | 33.14 | +1.19 | 12 | +1 | |
Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 310,496 | 13.46 | +2.76 | 4 | ±0 | |
People's Alliance (AP) | 198,345 | 8.60 | −1.88 | 3 | ±0 | |
National Union (UN) | 110,730 | 4.80 | New | 1 | +1 | |
Workers' Revolutionary Organisation (ORT) | 48,354 | 2.10 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Party of Labour of Spain (PTE) | 25,832 | 1.12 | +0.54 | 0 | ±0 | |
Others | 71,038 | 3.08 | 0 | −3 | ||
Blank ballots | 8,691 | 0.38 | +0.12 | |||
Total | 2,307,644 | 100.00 | 32 | ±0 | ||
Valid votes | 2,307,644 | 99.12 | +0.14 | |||
Invalid votes | 20,585 | 0.88 | −0.14 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 2,328,229 | 73.27 | −11.73 | |||
Abstentions | 849,503 | 26.73 | +11.73 | |||
Registered voters | 3,177,732 | |||||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
1977 general election
Party | Vote | Seats | |||
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Votes | ±pp | Elect. | |||
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 737,699 | 31.95 | 11 | ||
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 731,380 | 31.68 | 11 | ||
Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 247,038 | 10.70 | 4 | ||
People's Alliance (AP) | 242,077 | 10.48 | 3 | ||
People's Socialist Party (PSP) | 211,440 | 9.16 | 3 | ||
Christian Democracy Group (FDC-EDC) | 34,113 | 1.48 | 0 | ||
Democratic Socialist Alliance (ASDCI) | 28,363 | 1.23 | 0 | ||
Others | 70,695 | 3.06 | 0 | ||
Blank ballots | 6,111 | 0.26 | |||
Total | 2,308,916 | 100.00 | 32 | ||
Valid votes | 2,308,916 | 98.98 | |||
Invalid votes | 23,744 | 1.02 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 2,332,660 | 85.00 | |||
Abstentions | 411,492 | 15.00 | |||
Registered voters | 2,744,152 | ||||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
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References
- ↑ Madrid electorates
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Spanish Constitution
- ↑ General features of Spanish electoral system
- ↑ 2004 Spanish election
- ↑ Madrid 2004 result
- ↑ Teruel 2004 result
- ↑ Soria 2004 result
- ↑ Party votes by municipalities
- ↑ http://www.madrid.org/iestadis/fijas/estructu/general/otros/descarga/congreso04t6.pdfParty votes within the city of Madrid 2004
- ↑ official results figures
- ↑ (Spanish)- AFP 26/11/07 Solbes will continue in the Government and be number two for Madrid
- ↑ (Spanish)Público 14/12/07 Llamazares has a number two.