Seville (Senate constituency)

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Seville
Senate of Spain
Electoral constituency
SpanishCongressDistricts(Seville).png
Location of Seville within Spain
Province Seville
Autonomous community Andalusia
Population Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1,967,746 (2024) [1]
Electorate Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1,564,082 (2023)
Major settlements Seville, Dos Hermanas, Alcalá de Guadaíra, Utrera, Écija
Current constituency
Created 1977
Seats4
Member(s)
  •   PSOE (3)
  •   PP (1)

Seville 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 Seville. 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.

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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 Seville 1977–
Key to parties
   PSOE
   Cs
   UCD
   PP
   CP
   AP
LegislatureElectionDistribution
Constituent 1977
31
1st 1979
31
1980
31
2nd 1982
31
3rd 1986
31
4th 1989
31
5th 1993
31
6th 1996
31
7th 2000
31
8th 2004
31
9th 2008
31
10th 2011
31
11th 2015
31
12th 2016
31
13th 2019 (Apr)
31
14th 2019 (Nov)
31
15th 2023
31

Elections

2023 general election

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Senate of Spain election results in Seville
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1,112,66337.58–1.983±0
People's Party (PP)1,037,78135.05+10.101±0
Unite Andalusia (Sumar)1399,01713.48–2.730±0
Vox (Vox)338,83711.44+5.340±0
Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)238,3561.30–0.570±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J)4,3740.15+0.020±0
Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE)3,3610.11New0±0
Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero)3,1830.11–0.070±0
Walking Together (CJ)2,3870.08New0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)2,0400.07New0±0
Blank ballots [a] 18,8191.82–0.53
Total2,960,8184±0
Valid votes1,033,46497.19+0.44
Invalid votes29,8362.81–0.44
Votes cast / turnout1,063,30067.98–0.62
Abstentions500,78232.02+0.62
Registered voters1,564,082
Sources [16]
Footnotes:

November 2019 general election

Summary of the 10 November 2019 Senate of Spain election results in Seville
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1,088,38339.56+1.953±0
People's Party (PP)686,49824.95+8.461+1
United We Can (Podemos–IULV–CA)408,91614.86–0.640±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)252,8489.19–7.510–1
Vox (Vox)167,7876.10–4.020±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)51,4851.87–0.160±0
More Country–Andalusia (Más País–Andalucía)37,1931.35New0±0
Andalusia by Herself (AxSí)22,3480.81+0.230±0
Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)5,0500.18+0.020±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J)3,4940.13±0.000±0
Communist Party of the Andalusian Party (PCPA)3,1250.11New0±0
Blank ballots [a] 24,1122.35+0.40
Total2,751,2394±0
Valid votes1,027,17896.75–0.20
Invalid votes34,5003.25+0.20
Votes cast / turnout1,061,67868.60–3.45
Abstentions486,06631.40+3.45
Registered voters1,547,744
Sources [16]

April 2019 general election

Summary of the 28 April 2019 Senate of Spain election results in Seville
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1,161,47637.613±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)515,66316.701+1
People's Party (PP)509,09116.490–1
United We Can (Podemos–IULV–CA–Equo)478,64815.500±0
Vox (Vox)312,57310.120±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)62,5542.030±0
Andalusia by Herself (AxSí)18,0040.58New0±0
Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)4,8260.160±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J)4,1180.13New0±0
Blank ballots [a] 21,0161.95
Total3,087,9694±0
Valid votes1,078,67996.95
Invalid votes33,9703.05
Votes cast / turnout1,112,64972.05
Abstentions431,53127.95
Registered voters1,544,180
Sources [16]

2016 general election

Summary of the 26 June 2016 Senate of Spain election results in Seville
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)997,47534.933±0
People's Party (PP)859,40430.091±0
United We Can for Andalusia (Podemos–IU–Equo)1562,99119.710±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)322,65911.300±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)57,5252.010±0
Vox (Vox)9,2540.320±0
Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)7,3580.260±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)5,6440.200±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)3,8900.140±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)2,5900.090±0
Blank ballots [a] 27,0152.69
Total2,855,8054±0
Valid votes1,003,55997.25
Invalid votes28,3422.75
Votes cast / turnout1,031,90167.36
Abstentions499,90532.64
Registered voters1,531,806
Sources [16]
Footnotes:

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

1980 by-election

1979 general election

1977 general election

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 The percentage of blank ballots is calculated over the official number of valid votes cast, irrespective of the total number of votes shown as a result of adding up the individual results for each party.

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