Biscay (Congress of Deputies constituency)
| Biscay | |
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Congress of Deputies Electoral Constituency | |
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Location of Biscay within Spain | |
| Province | Biscay |
| Autonomous community | Basque Country |
| Population | 1,148,775 (2016) |
| Electorate | 948,080 (2016) |
| Major settlements | Bilbao, Barakaldo, Getxo |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1977 |
| Seats |
10 (1977–1993) 9 (1993–2008) 8 (2008–) |
| Member(s) | |
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Biscay (Basque: Bizkaia, Spanish: Vizcaya) is one of the 52 constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Congress of Deputies—the lower chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales—. The constituency currently elects eight deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Biscay. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of 3 percent.
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 Congress of Deputies,[1] with this regulation being maintained under Article 68.2 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Additionally, Article 141.1 of 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.[2]
Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. The only exception was in 1977, when this was limited to nationals over twenty-one and in full enjoyment of all political and civil rights. 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).[3] 348 seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 per 100 of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold are not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method may result in an effective threshold over three percent, dependant on the district magnitude.[4] Each provincial constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of two seats, with the remaining 248 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations. Ceuta and Melilla are allocated the two remaining seats, which are elected using plurality voting.[2][5][6][7]
The electoral law provides that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors are allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors are required to secure at least the signature of 1 per 100 of the electors entered in electoral register of the constituency for which they are seeking election—0.1 per 100 and, at least, the signature of 500 electors, until 1985—. Also since 2011, parties, federations or coalitions who have not obtained a mandate in either House of Parliament at the preceding election are required to secure at least the signature of 0.1 per 100 of the electors entered in electoral register of the constituency for which they are seeking election. Electors are barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days from the election call.[5][7]
Deputies
| Deputies for Biscay 1977– | ||||||||
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| Legislature | Election | Distribution | ||||||
| Constituent | 1977 |
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| 1st | 1979 |
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| 2nd | 1982 |
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| 3rd | 1986 |
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| 4th | 1989 |
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| 5th | 1993 |
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| 6th | 1996 |
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| 7th | 2000 |
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| 8th | 2004 |
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| 9th | 2008 |
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| 10th | 2011 |
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| 11th | 2015 |
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| 12th | 2016 |
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Elections
2016 general election
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| United We Can (Podemos/Ahal Dugu–IU–eQuo)1 | 179,347 | 28.87 | –0.05 | 3 | +1 | |
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 175,296 | 28.22 | +0.31 | 2 | –1 | |
| Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 86,425 | 13.91 | +0.93 | 1 | ±0 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 78,965 | 12.71 | +1.31 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Basque Country Unite (EH Bildu) | 67,653 | 10.89 | –1.60 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 20,685 | 3.33 | –0.51 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 8,941 | 1.44 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
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| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 4,865 | 0.78 | +0.12 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) | 1,176 | 0.19 | +0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank Seats (EB/AZ) | 1,026 | 0.17 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 766 | 0.12 | –0.19 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Vox (Vox) | 641 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 467 | 0.08 | +0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 3,907 | 0.63 | –0.11 | ||||||
| Total | 621,219 | 100.00 | 8 | ±0 | |||||
| Valid votes | 621,219 | 98.32 | +0.03 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 4,225 | 0.68 | –0.03 | ||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 625,444 | 65.97 | –3.44 | ||||||
| Abstentions | 322,636 | 34.03 | +3.44 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 948,080 | ||||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||
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2015 general election
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 182,604 | 27.91 | –4.70 | 3 | ±0 | |
| We Can (Podemos/Ahal Dugu) | 170,728 | 26.10 | New | 2 | +2 | |
| Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 84,893 | 12.98 | –8.41 | 1 | –1 | |
| Basque Country Unite (EH Bildu)1 | 81,704 | 12.49 | –6.70 | 1 | –1 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 74,560 | 11.40 | –6.32 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 25,148 | 3.84 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| United Left–Popular Unity in Common (IU–UPeC) | 18,466 | 2.82 | –0.96 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 11,234 | 1.72 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
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| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 4,342 | 0.66 | +0.15 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 2,012 | 0.31 | –1.39 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Left–For the Left (Ezkerra) | 1,447 | 0.22 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) | 1,089 | 0.17 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank Seats (EB/AZ) | 1,045 | 0.16 | –0.29 | 0 | ±0 | |
| For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | 479 | 0.07 | –0.19 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 414 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Social Justice, Citizen Participation (JS,PC) | 406 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 4,840 | 0.74 | –0.40 | ||||||
| Total | 654,177 | 100.00 | 8 | ±0 | |||||
| Valid votes | 654,177 | 99.29 | +0.30 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 4,647 | 0.71 | –0.30 | ||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 658,824 | 69.41 | +1.33 | ||||||
| Abstentions | 290,353 | 30.59 | –1.33 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 949,177 | ||||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||
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2011 general election
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 208,683 | 32.61 | +1.51 | 3 | ±0 | |
| Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 136,853 | 21.39 | –15.60 | 2 | –2 | |
| Amaiur (Amaiur)1 | 122,796 | 19.19 | +14.54 | 2 | +2 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 113,401 | 17.72 | –0.68 | 1 | ±0 | |
| United Left–The Greens: Plural Left (IU–LV) | 24,205 | 3.78 | –0.57 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 10,886 | 1.70 | +0.75 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Equo (eQuo) | 7,387 | 1.15 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 8,384 | 1.31 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
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| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 3,278 | 0.51 | +0.14 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank Seats (EB) | 2,886 | 0.45 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | 1,670 | 0.26 | +0.03 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) | 550 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 7,285 | 1.14 | –0.54 | ||||||
| Total | 639,880 | 100.00 | 8 | ±0 | |||||
| Valid votes | 639,880 | 98.99 | –0.04 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 6,552 | 1.01 | +0.04 | ||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 646,432 | 68.08 | +1.49 | ||||||
| Abstentions | 303,039 | 31.92 | –1.49 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 949,471 | ||||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||
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2008 general election
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 233,371 | 36.99 | +10.23 | 4 | +1 | |
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 196,242 | 31.10 | –6.19 | 3 | –1 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 116,110 | 18.40 | –0.34 | 1 | –1 | |
| United Left–Greens–Alternative (EB–B) | 27,471 | 4.35 | –4.23 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Basque Solidarity (EA) | 19,605 | 3.11 | –1.23 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Aralar (Aralar) | 9,740 | 1.54 | –0.31 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 17,797 | 2.82 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
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| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 5,997 | 0.95 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Greens (B/LV) | 3,351 | 0.53 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 2,343 | 0.37 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | 1,466 | 0.23 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) | 998 | 0.16 | –0.08 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain–Basque Communists (PCPE–EK) | 799 | 0.13 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Engine and Sports Alternative (AMD) | 617 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Family and Life Party (PFyV) | 589 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Humanist Party (PH) | 435 | 0.07 | –0.20 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 426 | 0.07 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE–JONS) | 219 | 0.03 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |
| National Democracy (DN) | 191 | 0.03 | –0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Carlist Party of the Basque Country–Carlist Party (EKA–PC) | 166 | 0.03 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Spanish Alternative (AES) | 113 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| National Alliance (AN) | 87 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 10,581 | 1.68 | +0.42 | |||
| Total | 630,917 | 100.00 | 8 | –1 | ||
| Valid votes | 630,917 | 99.03 | +5.25 | |||
| Invalid votes | 6,177 | 0.97 | –5.25 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 637,094 | 66.59 | –9.24 | |||
| Abstentions | 319,615 | 33.41 | +9.24 | |||
| Registered voters | 956,709 | |||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2004 general election
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 258,488 | 37.29 | +3.08 | 4 | ±0 | |
| Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 185,514 | 26.76 | +3.90 | 3 | +1 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 129,889 | 18.74 | –8.52 | 2 | –1 | |
| United Left (EB/IU) | 59,493 | 8.58 | +2.79 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Basque Solidarity (EA) | 30,096 | 4.34 | –0.74 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Aralar–Stand up (Aralar–Zutik) | 12,791 | 1.85 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 8,160 | 1.18 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
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| Party of the Democratic Karma (PKD) | 2,300 | 0.33 | –0.09 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Humanist Party (PH) | 1,846 | 0.27 | +0.03 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) | 1,682 | 0.24 | +0.14 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 789 | 0.11 | +0.06 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Republican Left (IR) | 407 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| National Democracy (DN) | 348 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Republican Social Movement (MSR) | 264 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Carlist Party of the Basque Country–Carlist Party (EKA–PC) | 243 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Falange (FE) | 147 | 0.02 | –0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE–JONS)1 | 134 | 0.02 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 8,754 | 1.26 | –1.44 | ||||||
| Total | 693,185 | 100.00 | 9 | ±0 | |||||
| Valid votes | 693,185 | 93.78 | –5.13 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 45,979 | 6.22 | +5.13 | ||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 739,164 | 75.83 | +8.84 | ||||||
| Abstentions | 235,578 | 24.17 | –8.84 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 974,742 | ||||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||
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2000 general election
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 222,479 | 34.21 | +5.01 | 4 | +1 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 177,272 | 27.26 | +8.82 | 3 | +1 | |
| Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 148,670 | 22.86 | –0.93 | 2 | ±0 | |
| United Left (EB/IU) | 37,677 | 5.79 | –3.93 | 0 | –1 | |
| Basque Solidarity (EA) | 33,047 | 5.08 | –0.10 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 13,658 | 2.10 | — | 0 | –1 | |
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| The Greens (B/LV) | 5,469 | 0.84 | +0.40 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Party of the Democratic Karma (PKD) | 2,759 | 0.42 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Humanist Party (PH) | 1,579 | 0.24 | +0.18 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Natural Law Party (PLN) | 1,025 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) | 662 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 534 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC) | 348 | 0.05 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Republican Action (AR) | 281 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Spain 2000 Platform (ES2000) | 246 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Falange (FE) | 243 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Carlist Party (EKA/PC) | 182 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Independent Spanish Falange–Falange 2000 (FEI–FE 2000) | 179 | 0.03 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Internationalist Struggle (LI (LIT–CI)) | 151 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Basque Citizens (EH)1 | 0 | 0.00 | –9.94 | 0 | –1 | |
| Blank ballots | 17,584 | 2.70 | +1.40 | ||||||
| Total | 650,387 | 100.00 | 9 | ±0 | |||||
| Valid votes | 650,387 | 98.91 | –0.41 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 7,138 | 1.09 | +0.41 | ||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 657,525 | 66.99 | –5.50 | ||||||
| Abstentions | 324,046 | 33.01 | +5.50 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 981,571 | ||||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||
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1996 general election
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 204,056 | 29.20 | –0.34 | 3 | ±0 | |
| Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 166,293 | 23.79 | –1.08 | 2 | –1 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 128,904 | 18.44 | +3.15 | 2 | ±0 | |
| Popular Unity (HB) | 69,472 | 9.94 | –2.58 | 1 | ±0 | |
| United Left (IU/EB) | 67,954 | 9.72 | +2.67 | 1 | +1 | |
| Basque Solidarity (EA) | 36,234 | 5.18 | –1.13 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Basque Citizen Initiative (ICV–Gorordo) | 11,833 | 1.69 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 5,050 | 0.72 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
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| European Greens–Basque Country Greens (VE–EHB) | 774 | 0.44 | –0.57 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT)1 | 560 | 0.08 | –0.38 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Centrist Union (UC) | 430 | 0.06 | –0.73 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Humanist Party (PH) | 394 | 0.06 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Republican Coalition (CR)2 | 331 | 0.05 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Authentic Spanish Falange (FEA) | 139 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Independent Spanish Falange (FEI) | 138 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR) | 0 | 0.00 | –0.06 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 9,063 | 1.30 | +0.09 | ||||||
| Total | 698,859 | 100.00 | 9 | ±0 | |||||
| Valid votes | 698,859 | 99.32 | +0.14 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 4,770 | 0.68 | –0.14 | ||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 703,629 | 72.49 | +1.41 | ||||||
| Abstentions | 266,963 | 27.51 | –1.41 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 970,592 | ||||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||
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1993 general election
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 197,392 | 29.54 | +1.63 | 3 | ±0 | |
| Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))1 | 166,172 | 24.87 | –3.81 | 3 | ±0 | |
| People's Party (PP) | 102,172 | 15.29 | +5.59 | 2 | +1 | |
| Popular Unity (HB) | 83,644 | 12.52 | –2.53 | 1 | –1 | |
| United Left (IU/EB) | 47,091 | 7.05 | +3.44 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Basque Solidarity–Basque Left (EA–EuE) | 42,175 | 6.31 | –1.56 | 0 | –1 | |
| The Greens (B/LV) | 6,769 | 1.01 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 14,716 | 2.20 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
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| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 5,285 | 0.79 | –2.65 | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Ecologists (LE) | 3,215 | 0.48 | –0.59 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 3,053 | 0.46 | +0.12 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Ruiz-Mateos Group–European Democratic Alliance (ARM–ADE) | 1,359 | 0.20 | –0.56 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Referendum Tolerant Independent Political Party (PITRCG) | 408 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR) | 405 | 0.06 | –0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Natural Law Party (PLN) | 387 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Humanist Party (PH) | 353 | 0.05 | –0.03 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Coalition for a New Socialist Party (CNPS)2 | 251 | 0.04 | –0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) | 0 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 8,060 | 1.21 | +0.53 | ||||||
| Total | 668,191 | 100.00 | 9 | –1 | |||||
| Valid votes | 668,191 | 99.18 | +0.15 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 5,495 | 0.82 | –0.15 | ||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 673,686 | 71.08 | +3.79 | ||||||
| Abstentions | 274,085 | 28.92 | –3.79 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 947,771 | ||||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||
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1989 general election
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 171,582 | 27.91 | –1.40 | 3 | ±0 | |
| Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | 127,744 | 20.78 | –5.78 | 2 | –1 | |
| Popular Unity (HB) | 92,493 | 15.05 | –0.86 | 2 | ±0 | |
| People's Party (PP)1 | 59,632 | 9.70 | –0.97 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Basque Country Left (EE) | 48,559 | 7.90 | –0.46 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Basque Solidarity (EA) | 48,355 | 7.87 | New | 1 | +1 | |
| United Left (IU/EB) | 22,169 | 3.61 | +2.03 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 21,144 | 3.44 | –1.51 | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Ecologist Greens (LVE) | 6,589 | 1.07 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 12,281 | 2.00 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
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| Ruiz-Mateos Group (Ruiz-Mateos) | 4,682 | 0.76 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Workers' Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Workers (PTE–EL)2 | 3,125 | 0.51 | –0.61 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 2,099 | 0.34 | –0.10 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 546 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Humanist Party (PH) | 521 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Revolutionary Workers' Party of Spain (PORE) | 510 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE–JONS) | 400 | 0.07 | –0.05 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Alliance for the Republic (AxR)3 | 398 | 0.06 | –0.10 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m–l))4 | 0 | 0.00 | –0.12 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Revolutionary Communist League–Communist Movement (LKI–EMK)5 | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 4,176 | 0.68 | +0.20 | ||||||
| Total | 614,724 | 100.00 | 10 | ±0 | |||||
| Valid votes | 614,724 | 99.03 | +1.04 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 6,044 | 0.97 | –1.04 | ||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 620,768 | 67.29 | –1.03 | ||||||
| Abstentions | 301,825 | 32.71 | +1.03 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 922,593 | ||||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||
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1986 general election
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 179,130 | 29.31 | –4.07 | 3 | –1 | |
| Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | 162,323 | 26.56 | –3.08 | 3 | –1 | |
| Popular Unity (HB) | 97,252 | 15.91 | +2.80 | 2 | +1 | |
| People's Coalition (AP–PDP–PL)1 | 65,212 | 10.67 | –1.35 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Basque Country Left (EE) | 51,090 | 8.36 | +1.80 | 1 | +1 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 30,286 | 4.95 | +3.47 | 0 | ±0 | |
| United Left (IU) | 9,638 | 1.58 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) | 6,863 | 1.12 | –1.07 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 6,492 | 1.06 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 2,659 | 0.44 | –0.13 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) | 1,397 | 0.23 | +0.05 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) | 981 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE–JONS) | 751 | 0.12 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Republican Popular Unity (UPR)2 | 704 | 0.12 | +0.05 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Movement of the Basque Country (EMK) | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Revolutionary Communist League (LKI) | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC) | 0 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 2,935 | 0.48 | –0.02 | ||||||
| Total | 611,221 | 100.00 | 10 | ±0 | |||||
| Valid votes | 611,221 | 97.99 | +0.16 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 12,549 | 2.01 | –0.16 | ||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 623,770 | 68.32 | –11.20 | ||||||
| Abstentions | 289,194 | 31.68 | +11.20 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 912,964 | ||||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||
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1982 general election
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 221,801 | 33.38 | +4.20 | 4 | ±0 | |
| Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | 196,974 | 29.64 | +10.58 | 4 | +2 | |
| Popular Unity (HB) | 87,100 | 13.11 | –1.40 | 1 | –1 | |
| Democratic Coalition (AP–PDP–PDL–UCD)1 | 79,866 | 12.02 | –8.20 | 1 | –1 | |
| Basque Country Left–Left for Socialism (EE) | 43,591 | 6.56 | +0.71 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) | 14,537 | 2.19 | –3.58 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 9,815 | 1.48 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 7,568 | 1.14 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 3,815 | 0.57 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| New Force (FN)2 | 1,289 | 0.19 | –1.17 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) | 1,225 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Unity Candidacy (CUC) | 761 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m–l)) | 478 | 0.07 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Revolutionary Communist League (LKI) | 0 | 0.00 | –0.55 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Socialist Party (PS)3 | 0 | 0.00 | –0.75 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist League–Internationalist Socialist Workers' Coalition (LC (COSI)) | 0 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Movement of the Basque Country (EMK) | 0 | 0.00 | –1.32 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 3,318 | 0.50 | +0.30 | ||||||
| Total | 664,570 | 100.00 | 10 | ±0 | |||||
| Valid votes | 664,570 | 97.83 | +0.04 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 14,728 | 2.17 | –0.04 | ||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 679,298 | 79.52 | +14.19 | ||||||
| Abstentions | 174,906 | 20.48 | –14.19 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 854,204 | ||||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||
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1979 general election
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 161,480 | 29.18 | –1.74 | 4 | ±0 | |
| Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE)1 | 105,481 | 19.06 | –8.38 | 2 | –1 | |
| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 88,431 | 15.98 | –0.43 | 2 | ±0 | |
| Popular Unity (HB)2 | 80,280 | 14.51 | +10.97 | 2 | +2 | |
| Basque Country Left (EE) | 32,363 | 5.85 | +0.42 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) | 31,942 | 5.77 | +0.38 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Foral Union of the Basque Country (UFPV)3 | 23,484 | 4.24 | –2.40 | 0 | –1 | |
| National Union (UN) | 7,521 | 1.36 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC) | 7,292 | 1.32 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 14,006 | 2.53 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOEh)4 | 4,131 | 0.75 | –0.37 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)5 | 3,039 | 0.55 | –0.26 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)6 | 2,932 | 0.53 | +0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Carlist Party (PC) | 1,380 | 0.25 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Republican Left of the Basque Country (IR–E) | 1,229 | 0.22 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Spanish Falange of the JONS (authentic) (FE–JONS(A)) | 795 | 0.14 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Proverist Party (PPr) | 500 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Union for the Freedom of Speech (ULE) | 0 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 1,127 | 0.20 | –0.01 | ||||||
| Total | 553,407 | 100.00 | 10 | ±0 | |||||
| Valid votes | 553,407 | 97.79 | +0.64 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 12,478 | 2.21 | –0.64 | ||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 565,885 | 65.33 | –11.05 | ||||||
| Abstentions | 300,300 | 34.67 | +11.05 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 866,185 | ||||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||
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1977 general election
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 171,991 | 30.92 | — | 4 | — | |
| Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | 140,643 | 25.28 | — | 3 | — | |
| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 91,262 | 16.41 | — | 2 | — | |
| People's Alliance (AP) | 36,934 | 6.64 | — | 1 | — | |
| Basque Country Left (EE) | 30,209 | 5.43 | — | 0 | — | |
| Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) | 29,968 | 5.39 | — | 0 | — | |
| Basque Socialist Party (ESB/PSV) | 15,079 | 2.71 | — | 0 | — | |
| People's Socialist Party–Socialist Unity (PSP–US) | 12,038 | 2.16 | — | 0 | — | |
| Democratic Socialist Alliance (ASDCI) | 6,224 | 1.12 | — | 0 | — | |
| Basque Christian Democracy (DCV) | 6,034 | 1.08 | — | 0 | — | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 14,687 | 2.64 | — | 0 | — | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basque Nationalist Action (EAE/ANV) | 4,617 | 0.83 | — | 0 | — | |
| Front for Workers' Unity (FUT) | 4,478 | 0.81 | — | 0 | — | |
| Workers' Electoral Group (AET) | 2,825 | 0.51 | — | 0 | — | |
| Democratic Left Front (FDI) | 2,767 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | |
| Blank ballots | 1,166 | 0.21 | — | |||
| Total | 556,235 | 100.00 | 10 | — | ||
| Valid votes | 556,235 | 97.15 | — | |||
| Invalid votes | 16,313 | 2.85 | — | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 572,548 | 76.38 | — | |||
| Abstentions | 177,024 | 23.62 | — | |||
| Registered voters | 749,572 | |||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
References
- ↑ Political Reform Act of 1977, Law No. 1 of January 4, 1977 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 27 December 2016.
- 1 2 Spanish Constitution of 1978, December 29, 1978 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 27 December 2016.
- ↑ Reig Pellicer, Naiara (16 December 2015). "Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote". cafebabel.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ "Effective threshold in electoral systems". Trinity College, Dublin. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- 1 2 General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985, Organic Law No. 5 of June 19, 1985 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 28 December 2016.
- ↑ "Constitution" (PDF). congreso.es. Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- 1 2 "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
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