Tenerife (Senate constituency)

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Tenerife
Senate of Spain
Electoral constituency
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Location of Tenerife within Spain
Island Tenerife
Autonomous community Canary Islands
Population Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 955,063 (2024) [1]
Electorate Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 756,544 (2023)
Major settlements Santa Cruz de Tenerife, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Arona
Current constituency
Created 1977
Seats3
Member(s)
  •   PSOE (2)
  •   PP (1)

Tenerife 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 three senators. Its boundaries correspond to those of the island of Tenerife. The electoral system uses open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. Electors can vote for up to two candidates.

Contents

Electoral system

The constituency was created as per the Political Reform Law and was first contested in the 1977 general election. The Law provided for the provinces of Spain to be established as multi-member districts in the Senate, [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, IbizaFormentera, 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 Tenerife 1977–
Key to parties
   PSOE
   CCa
   AIC
   UCD
   PP
   AP
LegislatureElectionDistribution
Constituent 1977
12
1st 1979
12
2nd 1982
21
3rd 1986
21
4th 1989
21
5th 1993
21
6th 1996
21
7th 2000
12
8th 2004
21
9th 2008
21
10th 2011
12
11th 2015
12
12th 2016
12
13th 2019 (Apr)
21
14th 2019 (Nov)
21
15th 2023
21

Elections

2023 general election

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Senate of Spain election results
CandidatesParties and coalitionsPopular vote
Votes %
Yes check.svg Pedro Manuel Martín Domínguez PSOE 145,05834.45
Yes check.svg Marta Arocha Correa PSOE 136,80132.49
Yes check.svg Emilio José Navarro Castanedo PP 120,20128.55
Ana María Zurita Expósito PP 116,13527.58
José Jonathan Domínguez Roger CC 61,91114.70
Gladis De León León CC 59,00314.01
María Aurora Martínez Rey Vox 41,5169.86
María Jesús González Abreu Sumar 39,6739.42
Isidro Ventura García Vox 38,5139.14
Manuel Marrero Morales Sumar 26,9026.39
Daniel Bisshopp Flores PACMA 5,5511.31
Andrea Rodríguez Clemente PACMA 4,8501.15
Saúl Gómez Alberola Sumar 4,5791.08
Odalys Padrón Padrón NC 3,5230.83
Pedro Jonay Díaz Hernández NC 2,4130.57
María Tatiana Delgado Plasencia PCPC 9100.21
María Angustias Rodríguez García Recortes Cero 6000.14
Eduardo Nacimiento García PCPC 5730.13
Blank ballots4,9701.18
Total813682
Valid votes420,98296.58
Invalid votes14,8753.41
Votes cast / turnout435,85764.20
Abstentions243,04335.79
Registered voters678900
Sources [16]

November 2019 general election

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

References

  1. "Real Decreto 1210/2024, de 28 de noviembre, por el que se declaran oficiales las cifras de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal referidas al 1 de enero de 2024". Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  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.
  6. RDL 20/1977 (1977) , tit. I, art. 2.
  7. Carreras de Odriozola & Tafunell Sambola 2005, p. 1077.
  8. LOREG (1985) , tit. I, ch. VI, art. 75.
  9. Reig Pellicer, Naiara (16 December 2015). "Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote". cafebabel.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  10. Araque Conde, Pilar (8 June 2022). "El Congreso acaba con el voto rogado: diez años de trabas burocráticas para los residentes en el extranjero". Público (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  11. RDL 20/1977 (1977) , tit. II, ch. II, art. 19 & 21.
  12. LOREG (1985) , tit. II, ch. III, art. 162 & 165–166.
  13. RDL 20/1977 (1977) , tit. III, art. 29.
  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.
  16. "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. 2023". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2023.

Bibliography

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