Alicante (Congress of Deputies constituency)

For the Corts Valencianes constituency, see Alicante (Corts Valencianes constituency). For the Senate constituency, see Alicante (Senate constituency).

Alicante
Congress of Deputies Electoral constituency
Location of Alicante within Spain
Province	Alicante
Autonomous community	Valencian Community
Population	1,991,259 (2024) [1]
Electorate	1,306,311 (2023)
Major settlements	Alicante, Elche, Alcoy, Elda, Benidorm, Orihuela
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	9 (1977–1986) 10 (1986–1996) 11 (1996–2008) 12 (2008–present)
Member(s)	PP (5)   PSOE (4)   Vox (2)   Sumar (1)

Alicante (Valencian : Alacant) 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 12 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Alicante. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three 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, ^[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] 348 seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Each provincial constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of two seats, with the remaining 248 being distributed in proportion to their populations. Ceuta and Melilla are allocated the two remaining seats, which are elected using plurality voting. ^{[2] [3] [11] [12]} The use of the electoral method may result in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies. ^[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]}

Deputies

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

Elections

2023 general election

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	330,293	36.73	+12.39	5	+2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	287,737	32.00	+3.80	4	±0
	Vox (Vox)	146,133	16.25	–3.40	2	–1
	Commitment–Unite: We Unite to Win (Sumar–Compromís)1	115,787	12.88	–4.04	1	±0
	Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)2	7,335	0.82	–0.29	0	±0
	Workers' Front (FO)	1,724	0.19	New	0	±0
	Self-employed Party (Partido Autónomos)	1,446	0.16	New	0	±0
	Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero)	1,135	0.13	+0.03	0	±0
	Walking Together (CJ)	1,027	0.11	New	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	n/a	n/a	–8.12	0	–1
Blank ballots		6,575	0.73	–0.07
Total		899,192			12	±0
Valid votes		899,192	98.94	–0.09
Invalid votes		9,650	1.06	+0.09
Votes cast / turnout		908,842	69.57	+2.20
Abstentions		397,469	30.43	–2.20
Registered voters		1,306,311
Sources [16]
Footnotes: 1 Commitment–Unite: We Unite to Win results are compared to the combined totals of United We Can and More Commitment in the November 2019 election. 2 Animalist Party with the Environment results are compared to Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals totals in the November 2019 election.

November 2019 general election

Summary of the 10 November 2019 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	240,202	28.20	–0.07	4	±0
	People's Party (PP)	207,310	24.34	+4.82	3	±0
	Vox (Vox)	167,395	19.65	+7.09	3	+2
	United We Can (Podemos–EUPV)	108,533	12.74	–1.17	1	–1
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	69,143	8.12	–11.25	1	–1
	More Commitment (Més Compromís)1	35,612	4.18	+0.80	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	9,417	1.11	–0.30	0	±0
	The Eco-pacifist Greens–Forward (Avant/Adelante–LVEP)	2,337	0.27	–0.08	0	±0
	Republican Left of the Valencian Country (ERPV)	1,683	0.20	+0.07	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	948	0.11	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	911	0.11	–0.04	0	±0
	Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)	891	0.10	–0.07	0	±0
	Libertarian Party (P–LIB)	556	0.07	–0.04	0	±0
Blank ballots		6,778	0.80	+0.12
Total		851,716			12	±0
Valid votes		851,716	99.03	+0.12
Invalid votes		8,334	0.97	–0.12
Votes cast / turnout		860,050	67.37	–5.51
Abstentions		416,641	32.63	+5.51
Registered voters		1,276,691
Sources [16]
Footnotes: 1 More Commitment results are compared to Commitment: Bloc–Initiative–Greens Equo totals in the April 2019 election.

April 2019 general election

Summary of the 28 April 2019 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	259,404	28.27	+6.85	4	+2
	People's Party (PP)	179,056	19.52	–18.14	3	–2
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	177,691	19.37	+3.54	2	±0
	United We Can (Podemos–EUPV)1	127,615	13.91	–8.17	2	–1
	Vox (Vox)	115,249	12.56	+12.33	1	+1
	Commitment: Bloc–Initiative–Greens Equo (Compromís 2019)	31,030	3.38	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	12,982	1.41	+0.20	0	±0
	The Eco-pacifist Greens–Forward (Avant/Adelante–LVEP)2	3,183	0.35	+0.01	0	±0
	Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)	1,527	0.17	+0.02	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	1,345	0.15	–0.03	0	±0
	Republican Left of the Valencian Country (ERPV)	1,221	0.13	New	0	±0
	Libertarian Party (P–LIB)	973	0.11	+0.06	0	±0
Blank ballots		6,222	0.68	+0.13
Total		917,498			12	±0
Valid votes		917,498	98.91	–0.25
Invalid votes		10,154	1.09	+0.25
Votes cast / turnout		927,652	72.88	+2.46
Abstentions		345,276	27.12	–2.46
Registered voters		1,272,928
Sources [16]
Footnotes: 1 United We Can results are compared to The Valencian Way totals in the 2016 election. 2 The Eco-pacifist Greens–Forward results are compared to The Eco-pacifist Greens totals in the 2016 election.

2016 general election

Summary of the 26 June 2016 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	329,628	37.66	+4.84	5	+1
	The Valencian Way (Podemos–Compromís–EUPV)1	193,263	22.08	–3.88	3	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	187,484	21.42	+0.57	2	–1
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	138,517	15.83	–1.23	2	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	10,632	1.21	+0.30	0	±0
	The Eco-pacifist Greens (Centro Moderado)	3,011	0.34	–0.02	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	2,003	0.23	–0.02	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	1,961	0.22	–0.40	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	1,582	0.18	–0.01	0	±0
	Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)	1,293	0.15	–0.04	0	±0
	We Are Valencian (SOMVAL)	554	0.06	+0.02	0	±0
	Libertarian Party (P–LIB)	403	0.05	±0.00	0	±0
Blank ballots		4,838	0.55	–0.03
Total		875,169			12	±0
Valid votes		875,169	99.16	+0.03
Invalid votes		7,432	0.84	–0.03
Votes cast / turnout		882,601	70.42	–2.52
Abstentions		370,695	29.58	+2.52
Registered voters		1,253,296
Sources [16]
Footnotes: 1 The Valencian Way results are compared to the combined totals of It is Time and United Left of the Valencian Country–Popular Unity in Common in the 2015 election.

2015 general election

Summary of the 20 December 2015 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	297,083	32.82	–22.39	4	–4
	It is Time (Podemos–Compromís)1	201,610	22.27	+19.16	3	+3
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	188,711	20.85	–6.12	3	–1
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	154,397	17.06	New	2	+2
	United Left of the Valencian Country–Popular Unity in Common (EUPV–UPeC)	33,397	3.69	–2.81	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	8,262	0.91	+0.36	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	5,570	0.62	–4.98	0	±0
	The Eco-pacifist Greens (Centro Moderado)	3,278	0.36	New	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	2,227	0.25	New	0	±0
	Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)	1,761	0.19	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	1,741	0.19	–0.05	0	±0
	Valencian Country Now (Ara PV)2	608	0.07	–0.19	0	±0
	Democratic Forum (FDEE)	456	0.05	New	0	±0
	Libertarian Party (P–LIB)	415	0.05	New	0	±0
	We Are Valencian (SOMVAL)	404	0.04	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		5,293	0.58	–0.56
Total		905,213			12	±0
Valid votes		905,213	99.13	+0.35
Invalid votes		7,952	0.87	–0.35
Votes cast / turnout		913,165	72.94	–0.57
Abstentions		338,776	27.06	+0.57
Registered voters		1,251,941
Sources [16]
Footnotes: 1 It is Time results are compared to Commitment Coalition–Equo totals in the 2011 election. 2 Valencian Country Now results are compared to Republican Left of the Valencian Country totals in the 2011 election.

2011 general election

Summary of the 20 November 2011 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	489,946	55.21	+2.78	8	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	239,318	26.97	–14.15	4	–1
	United Left of the Valencian Country–The Greens: Plural Left (EUPV–EV)	57,677	6.50	+4.24	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	49,662	5.60	+4.89	0	±0
	Bloc–Initiative–Greens–Equo: Commitment Coalition (Compromís–Q)1	27,619	3.11	+2.39	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	4,904	0.55	+0.40	0	±0
	Republican Left of the Valencian Country (ERPV)	2,301	0.26	+0.05	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	2,122	0.24	+0.16	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	1,782	0.20	+0.17	0	±0
	Republicans (RPS)	1,078	0.12	New	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	894	0.10	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		10,124	1.14	+0.33
Total		887,427			12	±0
Valid votes		887,427	98.78	–0.59
Invalid votes		10,975	1.22	+0.59
Votes cast / turnout		898,402	73.51	–5.23
Abstentions		323,707	26.49	+5.23
Registered voters		1,222,109
Sources [16]
Footnotes: 1 Bloc–Initiative–Greens–Equo: Commitment Coalition results are compared to Bloc–Initiative–Greens totals in the 2008 election.

2008 general election

Summary of the 9 March 2008 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	489,831	52.43	+3.55	7	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	384,156	41.12	–1.00	5	±0
	United and Republican Left (EUPV–IR)	21,087	2.26	–1.65	0	±0
	Bloc–Initiative–Greens (Bloc–IdPV–EVEE)	6,711	0.72	–0.11	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	6,614	0.71	New	0	±0
	The Greens (EV–LV)1	3,205	0.34	–0.59	0	±0
	The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV)	2,263	0.24	New	0	±0
	Republican Left of the Valencian Country (esquerra–PV)	1,923	0.21	–0.10	0	±0
	Navarrese Cannabis Representation (RCN/NOK)	1,837	0.20	–0.41	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	1,412	0.15	New	0	±0
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	1,308	0.14	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	933	0.10	+0.05	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	708	0.08	–0.03	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	685	0.07	New	0	±0
	Spain 2000 (E–2000)	601	0.06	+0.02	0	±0
	Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB)	594	0.06	–0.11	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	586	0.06	New	0	±0
	Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL)	347	0.04	New	0	±0
	Valencian Coalition (CVa)	305	0.03	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	305	0.03	–0.05	0	±0
	Authentic Phalanx (FA)	281	0.03	–0.02	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	265	0.03	–0.06	0	±0
	Valencian Nationalist Option (ONV)	230	0.02	New	0	±0
	Centrist Party (PCTR)	164	0.02	New	0	±0
	National Alliance (AN)	148	0.02	New	0	±0
	For the Valencian Republic (plRV)	140	0.01	New	0	±0
	Spanish Alternative (AES)	139	0.01	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		7,535	0.81	–0.58
Total		934,313			12	+1
Valid votes		934,313	99.37	±0.00
Invalid votes		5,878	0.63	±0.00
Votes cast / turnout		940,191	78.74	+1.22
Abstentions		253,878	21.26	–1.22
Registered voters		1,194,069
Sources [16]
Footnotes: 1 The Greens results are compared to The Eco-pacifist Greens totals in the 2004 election.

2004 general election

Summary of the 14 March 2004 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	434,812	48.88	–5.38	6	–1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	374,631	42.12	+7.33	5	+1
	United Left–The Agreement+Republican Left (Entesa+IR)	34,774	3.91	–1.43	0	±0
	The Eco-pacifist Greens (LVEP)	8,235	0.93	–0.15	0	±0
	Valencian Nationalist Bloc–Green Left (Bloc–EV)	7,384	0.83	–0.70	0	±0
	Cannabis Party for Legalisation and Normalisation (PCLyN)	5,463	0.61	New	0	±0
	Republican Left of the Valencian Country (ERPV)	2,791	0.31	+0.19	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,694	0.19	+0.08	0	±0
	Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB)	1,513	0.17	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	966	0.11	–0.05	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	798	0.09	New	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	782	0.09	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	674	0.08	+0.02	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)1	477	0.05	+0.01	0	±0
	Authentic Phalanx (FA)	462	0.05	New	0	±0
	Spain 2000 (E–2000)	383	0.04	–0.07	0	±0
	Spanish Democratic Party (PADE)	341	0.04	–0.07	0	±0
	The Phalanx (FE)	299	0.03	–0.05	0	±0
	Republican Party (PRF)	289	0.03	New	0	±0
	Liberal Centrist Union (UCL)	248	0.03	New	0	±0
	Republican Social Movement (MSR)	164	0.02	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		12,342	1.39	+0.23
Total		889,522			11	±0
Valid votes		889,522	99.37	+0.03
Invalid votes		5,601	0.63	–0.03
Votes cast / turnout		895,123	77.52	+4.18
Abstentions		259,606	22.48	–4.18
Registered voters		1,154,729
Sources [16]
Footnotes: 1 Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO results are compared to Independent Spanish Phalanx–Phalanx 2000 totals in the 2000 election.

2000 general election

Summary of the 12 March 2000 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	436,740	54.26	+8.57	7	+2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE–p)	280,085	34.79	–5.26	4	–1
	United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV)	42,998	5.34	–5.27	0	–1
	Valencian Nationalist Bloc–The Greens–Valencians for Change (BNV–EV)1	12,353	1.53	+0.06	0	±0
	The Eco-pacifist Greens (LVEP)	8,671	1.08	New	0	±0
	Liberal Independent Group (GIL)	2,727	0.34	New	0	±0
	Valencian Union (UV)	2,392	0.30	–0.21	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	1,266	0.16	–0.06	0	±0
	Front for the Valencian Country–Republican Left of Catalonia (Front–ERC)	973	0.12	±0.00	0	±0
	Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	968	0.12	New	0	±0
	Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)	913	0.11	–0.04	0	±0
	Spanish Democratic Party (PADE)	909	0.11	New	0	±0
	Spain 2000 Platform (ES2000)	886	0.11	New	0	±0
	Self-employed Spanish Party (PEDA)	774	0.10	New	0	±0
	The Phalanx (FE)	650	0.08	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	496	0.06	+0.02	0	±0
	Independent Initiative (II)	425	0.05	New	0	±0
	Natural Law Party (PLN)	360	0.04	New	0	±0
	Independent Spanish Phalanx–Phalanx 2000 (FEI–FE 2000)	325	0.04	New	0	±0
	Republican Action (AR)	318	0.04	+0.01	0	±0
	Valencian Nationalist Left (ENV)	228	0.03	±0.00	0	±0
	Catalan State (EC)	192	0.02	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		9,319	1.16	+0.32
Total		804,968			11	±0
Valid votes		804,968	99.34	–0.10
Invalid votes		5,378	0.66	+0.10
Votes cast / turnout		810,346	73.34	–8.53
Abstentions		294,594	26.66	+8.53
Registered voters		1,104,940
Sources [16]
Footnotes: 1 Valencian Nationalist Bloc–The Greens–Valencians for Change results are compared to the combined totals of Valencian People's Union–Nationalist Bloc and The Greens of the Valencian Country in the 1996 election.

1996 general election

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	382,321	45.69	+2.22	5	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	335,149	40.05	+0.10	5	+1
	United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV)	88,772	10.61	+0.35	1	±0
	The Greens of the Valencian Country (EV)	6,707	0.80	±0.00	0	±0
	Valencian People's Union–Nationalist Bloc (UPV–BN)	5,586	0.67	–0.29	0	±0
	Valencian Union (UV)	4,292	0.51	–0.04	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	1,825	0.22	+0.07	0	±0
	Centrist Union (UC)	1,239	0.15	–1.79	0	±0
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	1,034	0.12	New	0	±0
	Authentic Spanish Phalanx (FEA)	818	0.10	New	0	±0
	Alicantine Provincial Union (UPRA)	651	0.08	–0.01	0	±0
	Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT)	473	0.06	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	370	0.04	+0.01	0	±0
	Republican Action (AR)	324	0.04	±0.00	0	±0
	Valencian Nationalist Left (ENV)	292	0.03	–0.01	0	±0
Blank ballots		6,997	0.84	+0.31
Total		836,850			11	+1
Valid votes		836,850	99.44	–0.04
Invalid votes		4,712	0.56	+0.04
Votes cast / turnout		841,562	81.87	+0.12
Abstentions		186,304	18.13	–0.12
Registered voters		1,027,866
Sources [16]

1993 general election

Summary of the 6 June 1993 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	340,312	43.47	+14.10	5	+2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	312,754	39.95	–3.85	4	–1
	United Left of the Valencian Country (EU–PV)	80,339	10.26	+1.30	1	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	15,212	1.94	–8.03	0	–1
	Valencian People's Union (UPV)	7,488	0.96	–0.09	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)1	6,274	0.80	–0.75	0	±0
	Valencian Union (UV)	4,328	0.55	–0.05	0	±0
	The Ecologists (LE)	2,311	0.30	–0.66	0	±0
	Ruiz-Mateos Group–European Democratic Alliance (ARM–ADE)	2,117	0.27	–0.90	0	±0
	The Greens of the Alicantine Country (PVPA)	1,375	0.18	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	1,148	0.15	–0.10	0	±0
	Health and Ecology in Solidarity (Eco–Verde)	821	0.10	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	729	0.09	–0.11	0	±0
	Alicantine Democratic Union (UniDA)	715	0.09	New	0	±0
	Cantonal Party (PCAN)	685	0.09	New	0	±0
	Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR)	522	0.07	New	0	±0
	Valencian Nationalist Left (ENV)	327	0.04	–0.01	0	±0
	Gray Panthers of Spain (ACI)	294	0.04	New	0	±0
	Spanish Democratic Republican Action (ARDE)	292	0.04	New	0	±0
	Coalition for a New Socialist Party (CNPS)2	271	0.03	–0.06	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	244	0.03	–0.03	0	±0
	Natural Law Party (PLN)	200	0.03	New	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	0	0.00	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		4,163	0.53	+0.03
Total		782,921			10	±0
Valid votes		782,921	99.48	+0.13
Invalid votes		4,074	0.52	–0.13
Votes cast / turnout		786,995	81.75	+7.66
Abstentions		175,647	18.25	–7.66
Registered voters		962,642
Sources [16]
Footnotes: 1 The Greens results are compared to The Greens–Green List totals in the 1989 election. 2 Coalition for a New Socialist Party results are compared to Alliance for the Republic totals in the 1989 election.

1989 general election

Summary of the 29 October 1989 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	290,886	43.80	–5.53	5	–1
	People's Party (PP)1	195,031	29.37	–0.16	3	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	66,230	9.97	+0.34	1	±0
	United Left–United Left of the Valencian Country (IU–EU)	59,491	8.96	+4.05	1	+1
	The Greens–Green List (LV–LV)	10,312	1.55	+0.67	0	±0
	Ruiz-Mateos Group (Ruiz-Mateos)	7,784	1.17	New	0	±0
	Valencian People's Union (UPV)	6,985	1.05	+0.15	0	±0
	The Ecologist Greens (LVE)	6,348	0.96	New	0	±0
	Valencian Union (UV)	3,960	0.60	+0.32	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)2	3,162	0.48	–0.47	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	2,420	0.36	–0.07	0	±0
	Social Democratic Coalition (CSD)	1,871	0.28	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	1,632	0.25	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	1,359	0.20	–0.12	0	±0
	Cantonalist Party of the Alicantine Country (Alicantón)	1,041	0.16	New	0	±0
	Spanish Vertex Ecological Development Revindication (VERDE)	889	0.13	New	0	±0
	Alliance for the Republic (AxR)3	570	0.09	–0.04	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	398	0.06	New	0	±0
	Valencian Nationalist Left–Valencian Regional Union (ENV–URV)	360	0.05	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m–l))4	0	0.00	–0.16	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,331	0.50	+0.04
Total		664,060			10	±0
Valid votes		664,060	99.35	+1.38
Invalid votes		4,372	0.65	–1.38
Votes cast / turnout		668,432	74.09	–0.74
Abstentions		233,805	25.91	+0.74
Registered voters		902,237
Sources [16]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1986 election. 2 Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity results are compared to Communists' Unity Board totals in the 1986 election. 3 Alliance for the Republic results are compared to Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party totals in the 1986 election. 4 Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) results are compared to Republican Popular Unity totals in the 1986 election.

1986 general election

Summary of the 22 June 1986 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	314,763	49.33	–4.81	6	±0
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–PL)1	188,399	29.53	+0.51	3	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	61,446	9.63	+7.07	1	+1
	United Left (IU)2	31,340	4.91	+0.84	0	±0
	Democratic Reformist Party (PRD)	11,407	1.79	New	0	±0
	Communists' Unity Board (MUC)	6,031	0.95	New	0	±0
	Valencian People's Union (UPV)	5,735	0.90	+0.53	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	5,638	0.88	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	2,730	0.43	–0.13	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	2,071	0.32	+0.32	0	±0
	Valencian Union (UV)	1,786	0.28	New	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	1,351	0.21	+0.10	0	±0
	Republican Popular Unity (UPR)3	1,038	0.16	+0.09	0	±0
	Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	827	0.13	New	0	±0
	Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC)	533	0.08	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,954	0.46	+0.01
Total		638,049			10	+1
Valid votes		638,049	97.97	+0.05
Invalid votes		13,226	2.03	–0.05
Votes cast / turnout		651,275	74.83	–9.62
Abstentions		219,072	25.17	+9.62
Registered voters		870,347
Sources [16]
Footnotes: 1 People's Coalition results are compared to People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party–Valencian Union totals in the 1982 election. 2 United Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Valencian Country totals in the 1982 election. 3 Republican Popular Unity results are compared to Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) totals in the 1982 election.

1982 general election

Summary of the 28 October 1982 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	352,632	54.14	+14.76	6	+2
	People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party–Valencian Union (AP–PDP–UV)1	189,040	29.02	+23.80	3	+3
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	46,940	7.21	–30.26	0	–4
	Communist Party of the Valencian Country (PCE–PV)	26,531	4.07	–7.13	0	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	16,680	2.56	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	3,656	0.56	New	0	±0
	New Force (FN)2	3,461	0.53	–1.41	0	±0
	Valencian People's Union (UPV)3	2,414	0.37	New	0	±0
	Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE)	1,327	0.20	New	0	±0
	United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV)	1,226	0.19	–0.45	0	±0
	Spanish Solidarity (SE)	863	0.13	New	0	±0
	Falangist Movement of Spain (MFE)	713	0.11	New	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	688	0.11	–0.06	0	±0
	Communist League–Internationalist Socialist Workers' Coalition (LC (COSI))	636	0.10	New	0	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	610	0.09	–0.35	0	±0
	Communist Unity Candidacy (CUC)4	602	0.09	–0.55	0	±0
	Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m–l))	444	0.07	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	0	0.00	New	0	±0
	Socialist Party (PS)5	0	0.00	–0.94	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,920	0.45	+0.25
Total		651,383			9	±0
Valid votes		651,383	97.92	–0.87
Invalid votes		13,805	2.08	+0.87
Votes cast / turnout		665,188	84.45	+10.96
Abstentions		122,521	15.55	–10.96
Registered voters		787,709
Sources [16]
Footnotes: 1 People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party–Valencian Union results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election. 2 New Force results are compared to National Union totals in the 1979 election. 3 Valencian People's Union results are compared to Nationalist Party of the Valencian Country totals in the 1979 election. 4 Communist Unity Candidacy results are compared to Workers' Communist Party totals in the 1979 election. 5 Socialist Party results are compared to Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) totals in the 1979 election.

1979 general election

Summary of the 1 March 1979 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1	218,137	39.38	–3.39	4	±0
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	207,570	37.47	+1.58	4	±0
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	62,018	11.20	+2.01	1	±0
	Democratic Coalition (CD)2	28,917	5.22	–1.29	0	±0
	National Union (UN)3	10,759	1.94	+1.04	0	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOEh)4	5,196	0.94	+0.12	0	±0
	Workers' Communist Party (PCT)	3,538	0.64	New	0	±0
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)5	3,123	0.56	+0.36	0	±0
	Left Bloc for National Liberation (BEAN)	2,568	0.46	New	0	±0
	Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MCPV–OIC)	2,534	0.46	New	0	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	2,439	0.44	New	0	±0
	Party of Labour of Spain (PTE)6	1,628	0.29	–0.21	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (Authentic) (FE–JONS(A))	1,531	0.28	–0.04	0	±0
	Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)	1,017	0.18	New	0	±0
	Carlist Party (PC)	925	0.17	New	0	±0
	Communist Organization–Communist Unification (OCEBR–UCE)	922	0.17	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,110	0.20	±0.00
Total		553,932			9	±0
Valid votes		553,932	98.79	+0.11
Invalid votes		6,782	1.21	–0.11
Votes cast / turnout		560,714	73.49	–8.70
Abstentions		202,268	26.51	+8.70
Registered voters		762,982
Sources [16]
Footnotes: 1 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party results are compared to the combined totals of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and People's Socialist Party–Socialist Unity in the 1977 election. 2 Democratic Coalition results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1977 election. 3 National Union results are compared to the combined totals of National Alliance July 18 and José Antonio Circles in the 1977 election. 4 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) results are compared to Democratic Socialist Alliance totals in the 1977 election. 5 Workers' Revolutionary Organization results are compared to Workers' Electoral Group totals in the 1977 election. 6 Party of Labour of Spain results are compared to Democratic Left Front totals in the 1977 election.

1977 general election

Summary of the 15 June 1977 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	213,242	38.83	n/a	4	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	197,100	35.89	n/a	4	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	50,444	9.19	n/a	1	n/a
	People's Alliance (AP)	35,755	6.51	n/a	0	n/a
	People's Socialist Party–Socialist Unity (PSP–US)	21,621	3.94	n/a	0	n/a
	Christian Democratic Team of the Spanish State (FDC–UDPV)	8,160	1.49	n/a	0	n/a
	Spanish Social Reform (RSE)	5,240	0.95	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic Socialist Alliance (ASDCI)	4,479	0.82	n/a	0	n/a
	National Alliance July 18 (AN18)	4,028	0.73	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic Left Front (FDI)	2,726	0.50	n/a	0	n/a
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (Authentic) (FE–JONS(A))	1,760	0.32	n/a	0	n/a
	Workers' Electoral Group (AET)	1,101	0.20	n/a	0	n/a
	José Antonio Circles (CJA)	943	0.17	n/a	0	n/a
	Labour Federation (FL)	788	0.14	n/a	0	n/a
	Independent Spanish Phalanx (FEI)	726	0.13	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		1,071	0.20	n/a
Total		549,184			9	n/a
Valid votes		549,184	98.68	n/a
Invalid votes		7,341	1.32	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		556,525	82.19	n/a
Abstentions		120,631	17.81	n/a
Registered voters		677,156
Sources [16]

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