La Palma (Senate constituency)

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La Palma
Senate of Spain
Electoral constituency
SpanishSenateDistricts(LaPalma).png
Location of La Palma within Spain
Island La Palma
Autonomous community Canary Islands
Population Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 85,104 (2024) [1]
Electorate Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 86,978 (2023)
Major settlements Los Llanos de Aridane
Current constituency
Created 1977
Seats1
Member(s)
  •   PSOE (1)

La Palma 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 one senator. Its boundaries correspond to those of the island of La Palma. The electoral system uses an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties.

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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 Senate of Spain, [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] 208 seats are elected using an open list partial block voting system, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. In constituencies electing four seats, electors can vote for up to three candidates; in those with two or three seats, for up to two candidates; and for one candidate in single-member districts. Each of the 47 peninsular provinces is allocated four seats, whereas for insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, districts are the islands themselves, with the larger—Mallorca, Gran Canaria and Tenerife—being allocated three seats each, and the smaller—Menorca, Ibiza–Formentera, Fuerteventura, La Gomera and El Hierro (which comprised a single constituency only for the 1977 election), Lanzarote and La Palma—one each. Ceuta and Melilla elect two seats each. [2] [3] [11] [12] Until 1985, the law also provided for by-elections to fill Senate seats vacated up to two years into the legislature. [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]

Senators

Senators for La Palma 1977–
Key to parties
   PSOE
   CCa
   UCD
   PP
   CP
LegislatureElectionDistribution
Constituent 1977
1
1st 1979
1
2nd 1982
1
3rd 1986
1
4th 1989
1
5th 1993
1
6th 1996
1
7th 2000
1
8th 2004
1
9th 2008
1
10th 2011
1
11th 2015
1
12th 2016
1
13th 2019 (Apr)
1
14th 2019 (Nov)
1
15th 2023
1

Elections

2023 general election

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Senate of Spain election results
CandidatesParties and coalitionsPopular vote
Votes %
Yes check.svg Kilian Sánchez San Juan PSOE 12,65230.69
• Borja Pérez Sicilia PP 12,42030.12
• Marcos José Lorenzo Martín CC 10,74026.05
• Clara Medina Fernández Sumar 2,2415.43
• Jesús Allende León Rodríguez Vox 2,2005.33
• Fernando Jesús Martín Acosta PACMA 2770.67
• Miguel Ángel Pulido Rodríguez NC 2630.63
• María Jesús Cuesta Bolao PCPC 500.12
• Rayco Pérez Rodríguez Recortes Cero 300.07
Blank ballots3490.84
Total41222
Valid votes41,22297.72
Invalid votes9612.27
Votes cast / turnout42,18366.19
Abstentions21,53833.80
Registered voters63721
Sources [16]

November 2019 general election

Summary of the 10 November 2019 Senate of Spain election results in La Palma
CandidatesParties and coalitionsPopular vote
Votes %
Yes check.svg Borja Pérez Sicilia PP 12,73533.55
• Sergio Matos Castro PSOE 11,62130.62
• Gregorio Clemente Alonso Méndez CCa–PNC–NC 6,27716.54
• José Luis Cabrera Sánchez Podemos–IU 2,7967.37
• Arturo Perez-Seoane Garau Vox 2,0465.39
• Juan Arturo San Gil Ayut Cs 1,2793.37
• Tamara Hernández Pimienta PACMA 4971.31
• Pedro Adrián Pérez Lopez "El Gasio" ANC–UP 1250.33
• Rayco Pérez Rodríguez Recortes Cero–GV 990.26
Blank ballots4781.26
Total37,953
Valid votes37,95397.01
Invalid votes1,1692.99
Votes cast / turnout39,12245.84
Abstentions46,22654.16
Registered voters85,348
Sources [17]

April 2019 general election

2016 general election

2015 general election

2011 general election

2008 general election

2004 general election

2000 general election

1996 general election

1993 general election

1989 general election

1986 general election

1982 general election

1979 general election

1977 general election

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  2. 1 2 Law 1/1977 (1977) , trans. prov. 1.
  3. 1 2 Const. Esp. (1978) , tit. III, ch. I, art. 69.
  4. ↑ Const. Esp. (1978) , tit. VIII, ch. II, art. 141.
  5. ↑ LOREG (1985) , tit. I, ch. I, art. 2.
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  7. ↑ Carreras de Odriozola & Tafunell Sambola 2005, p. 1077.
  8. ↑ LOREG (1985) , tit. I, ch. VI, art. 75.
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  12. ↑ LOREG (1985) , tit. II, ch. III, art. 162 & 165–166.
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  14. ↑ RDL 20/1977 (1977) , tit. IV, art. 30–31 & 34.
  15. ↑ LOREG (1985) , tit. I, ch. VI, art. 44 & tit. II, ch. V, art. 169.
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