Biscay | |
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Senate of Spain Electoral constituency | |
![]() Location of Biscay within Spain | |
Province | Biscay |
Autonomous community | Basque Country |
Population | ![]() |
Electorate | ![]() |
Major settlements | Bilbao, Barakaldo, Getxo |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1977 |
Seats | 4 (1977–) |
Member(s) |
Biscay is one of the 59 constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Senate of Spain, the upper chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency elects four senators. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Biscay. The electoral system uses an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. Electors can vote for up to three candidates.
Senators 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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13th | 2019 (Apr) |
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14th | 2019 (Nov) |
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15th | 2023 |
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Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | ||
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Votes | % | |||
![]() | EAJ/PNV | 230,304 | 36.99 | |
![]() | EAJ/PNV | 222,904 | 35.80 | |
![]() | EAJ/PNV | 220,156 | 35.36 | |
![]() | PSE–EE (PSOE) | 120,371 | 19.34 | |
• Idoia Agorría Martínez | PSE–EE (PSOE) | 117,483 | 18.87 | |
• Carlos Fernández Martínez | PSE–EE (PSOE) | 113,885 | 18.29 | |
• Arantza Gutiérrez Paz | EH Bildu | 101,741 | 16.34 | |
• Edriga Aranburu Agirre | EH Bildu | 96,573 | 15.51 | |
• María Jesús Etxeandia Cirión | EH Bildu | 94,621 | 15.20 | |
• José Antonio Martín Acosta | Podemos–IU | 81,743 | 13.13 | |
• Amaia Hernández Rodríguez | Podemos–IU | 76,841 | 12.34 | |
• Xabier Jiménez López | Podemos–IU | 76,122 | 12.23 | |
• Raquel González Diez-Andino | PP | 59,761 | 9.60 | |
• Luis Miguel Arroyo Millán | PP | 57,564 | 9.25 | |
• María Carmen Sánchez Sequeros | PP | 54,008 | 8.68 | |
• María Pérez Fernández | Vox | 12,728 | 2.04 | |
• Pascual Blanco Peña | Más País–C. Ecologista | 10,054 | 1.61 | |
• Armán Basurto Barrio | Cs | 8,350 | 1.34 | |
• Blanca Amelia Gozalo Martínez | Cs | 7,114 | 1.14 | |
• Santiago Orozco García | Cs | 6,542 | 1.05 | |
• María Izaskun Almazán Ledesma | PACMA | 6,185 | 0.99 | |
• Unai de Zarraolandia Salas | PACMA | 4,183 | 0.67 | |
• Rocío Hernández Clares | PACMA | 3,772 | 0.61 | |
• Pablo Setién Pascual | Recortes Cero–GV | 1,277 | 0.21 | |
• Javier Martínez Bárbara | PUM+J | 1,103 | 0.18 | |
• Unai Vidaurrazaga Sola | PCTE/ELAK | 1,085 | 0.17 | |
• María Soraya Urrutia Santos | Recortes Cero–GV | 949 | 0.15 | |
• Jesús Ángel Gómez Esteban "Kendall Maison" | Recortes Cero–GV | 616 | 0.10 | |
• Unai Ortúzar Barrenechea | Solidaria | 411 | 0.07 | |
• María Pilar Vivar Ramos | Solidaria | 325 | 0.05 | |
• Javier López Galiana | Solidaria | 238 | 0.04 | |
Blank ballots | 7,886 | 1.27 | ||
Total | 622,554 | |||
Valid votes | 622,554 | 98.38 | ||
Invalid votes | 10,247 | 1.62 | ||
Votes cast / turnout | 632,801 | 66.64 | ||
Abstentions | 316,797 | 33.36 | ||
Registered voters | 949,598 | |||
Sources [2] |
Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | ||
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Votes | % | |||
![]() | FA | 324,648 | 58.37 | |
![]() | FA | 323,081 | 58.08 | |
![]() | FA | 231,619 | 41.64 | |
![]() | UCD | 111,041 | 19.96 | |
• Pedro de Zubiría y Garnica | AP | 51,633 | 9.28 | |
• Pablo Lucas Verdú | PSP–US | 48,692 | 8.75 | |
• José María González Barandiarán | AP | 48,140 | 8.65 | |
• Jaime Cibrián Saiz | AP | 47,800 | 8.59 | |
• Luis Arana Zubiria | PCE/EPK | 46,583 | 8.37 | |
• José Unanue Ruiz | PCE/EPK | 45,156 | 8.12 | |
• Juan Miguel Moreno Lombardero | PSP–US | 41,133 | 7.39 | |
• José Rodríguez Martínez | PCE/EPK | 40,122 | 7.21 | |
• Pedro María Carmelo de Irujo Ollo | EAE/ANV | 31,534 | 5.67 | |
• Adolfo Careaga Fontecha | DCV | 26,517 | 4.77 | |
• Isidro Infante Olarte | DCV | 23,126 | 4.16 | |
• Jose Luis Mintegui Iraizoz | ASDCI | 18,753 | 3.37 | |
• Paloma Rodríguez-Escudero Sánchez | DCV | 18,503 | 3.33 | |
• José Luis Pedro Barrado Ibarra | CJA | 5,346 | 0.96 | |
• Manuel García Antuñano | CJA | 5,217 | 0.94 | |
• Armando González Fernández | CJA | 5,088 | 0.91 | |
• Carlos Umaran García-Iturri | CJA | 3,062 | 0.55 | |
Blank ballots | ||||
Total | 556,235 | |||
Valid votes | 556,235 | |||
Invalid votes | ||||
Votes cast / turnout | ||||
Abstentions | ||||
Registered voters | 749,572 | |||
Sources [3] [4] |
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