Ciudad Real (Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha constituency) explained

Ciudad Real
Type:Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha
Electoral
District Label:Province
District:Ciudad Real
Region Label:Autonomous community
Region:Castilla–La Mancha
Population:492,591 (2021)[1]
Electorate:391,211 (2023)
Towns:Ciudad Real, Puertollano, Alcázar de San Juan
Year:1983
Seats:10 (1983–1986)
11 (1986–2012)
12 (2012–2014)
8 (2014–2019)
7 (2019–present)

Ciudad Real is one of the five constituencies (Spanish; Castilian: circunscripciones) represented in the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha, the regional legislature of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. The constituency currently elects eight deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Ciudad Real. 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 Statute of Autonomy of Castilla–La Mancha of 1982 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election. The Statute provided for the five provinces in Castilla–La Mancha—Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo—to be established as multi-member districts in the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha, with this regulation being maintained under the 1986 regional electoral law. Each constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of three seats, with the remaining 18—22 from 1986 to 1998—being distributed in proportion to their populations. In 1983 and from 1998 to 2014, each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 9 for Albacete (10 from 1998 to 2014), 10 for Ciudad Real (11 from 1998 to 2012; 12 until 2014), 8 for Cuenca (8 from 2012 to 2014), 7 for Guadalajara (8 from 2007 to 2012; 9 until 2014) and 10 for Toledo (11 from 1998 to 2007; 12 from 2007 to 2012; 13 until 2014).[2] [3]

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castilla–La Mancha and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Castilian-Manchegan people abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish; Castilian: Voto rogado) which was abolished in 2022.[4] [5] 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. The only exception was in 1983, when a five percent threshold was applied regionally.[2] [3] The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.[6]

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-thousandth of the electorate, with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures, until 1985—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[3] [7] [8]

Deputies

Deputies 1983–present
CortesElectionDistribution
1st1983
64
2nd1987
614
3rd1991
74
4th1995
65
5th1999
65
6th2003
74
7th2007
74
8th2011
65
9th2015
44
10th2019
412
11th2023
421

Elections

2023 regional election

Summary of the 28 May 2023 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Ciudad Real
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)125,306 46.59 +0.334 ±0
People's Party (PP)92,873 34.53 +5.972 ±0
Vox (Vox)32,247 11.99 +6.011 +1
United We Can Castilla–La Mancha (Unidas Podemos CLM)9,706 3.61 –2.540 ±0
Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)12,553 0.95 +0.260 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS)2,431 0.90 –10.360 –1
Blank ballots3,854 1.43 +0.57
Total268,970 7 ±0
Valid votes268,970 98.23 –0.65
Invalid votes3,044 1.77 +0.65
Votes cast / turnout273,807 69.99 +1.56
Abstentions117,404 30.01 –1.56
Registered voters391,211
Sources[9]

2019 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 2019 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Ciudad Real
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)124,028 46.26 +7.424 ±0
People's Party (PP)76,569 28.56 –8.522 –2
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)30,196 11.26 +3.791 +1
United We Can–United Left–Equo CLM (Podemos–IU–Equo)116,480 6.15 –5.350 ±0
Vox (Vox)16,032 5.98 +5.630 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)1,862 0.69 ±0.000 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J)342 0.13 New0 ±0
Traditions and Rural World (ANATUR–UDEC)269 0.10 New0 ±0
Blank ballots2,308 0.86 –1.11
Total268,086 7 –1
Valid votes268,086 98.88 +1.29
Invalid votes3,044 1.12 –1.29
Votes cast / turnout271,130 68.43 –2.01
Abstentions125,109 31.57 +2.01
Registered voters396,239
Sources[10]

2015 regional election

Summary of the 24 May 2015 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Ciudad Real
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)107,829 38.84 –7.504 –2
People's Party (PP)102,940 37.08 –9.054 –1
We Can (Podemos)23,423 8.44 New0 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)20,741 7.47 New0 ±0
Let's Win Castilla–La Mancha–The Greens–United Left (Ganemos–LV–IU)18,502 3.06 –0.280 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)3,182 1.15 –0.430 ±0
Union of Independent Citizens (UCIN)2,058 0.74 New0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)1,918 0.69 +0.300 ±0
Vox (Vox)983 0.35 New0 ±0
Castilian Party–Castilian Unity (PCAS–UdCa)2293 0.11 –0.280 ±0
Independents and Liberals for Manzanares (LIM)287 0.10 New0 ±0
Blank ballots5,483 1.97 +0.32
Total277,639 8 –3
Valid votes277,639 97.59 –1.19
Invalid votes6,860 2.41 +1.19
Votes cast / turnout284,499 70.44 –4.48
Abstentions119,405 29.56 +4.48
Registered voters403,904
Sources[11] [12]

2011 regional election

Summary of the 22 May 2011 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Ciudad Real
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)138,372 46.34 –9.356 –1
People's Party (PP)137,739 46.13 +6.895 +1
United Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IUCLM)9,972 3.34 +0.440 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)4,719 1.58 New0 ±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)1,170 0.39 New0 ±0
Castilian Unity (UdCa)745 0.25 –0.180 ±0
Citizens of Democratic Centre (CCD)507 0.17 New0 ±0
Castilian Party (PCAS)1430 0.14 –0.030 ±0
Blank ballots4,917 1.65 +0.29
Total298,571 11 ±0
Valid votes298,571 98.78 –0.50
Invalid votes3,692 1.22 +0.50
Votes cast / turnout302,263 74.92 +3.09
Abstentions101,175 25.08 –3.09
Registered voters403,438
Sources[13] [14]

2007 regional election

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Ciudad Real
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)156,721 55.69 –4.727 ±0
People's Party (PP)110,411 39.24 +4.644 ±0
United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM)8,164 2.90 +0.140 ±0
Castilian Unity (UdCa)1,213 0.43 –0.040 ±0
The Phalanx (FE)588 0.21 +0.050 ±0
Commoners' Land (TC)490 0.17 –0.060 ±0
Blank ballots3,818 1.36 +0.08
Total281,405 11 ±0
Valid votes281,405 99.28 ±0.00
Invalid votes2,037 0.72 ±0.00
Votes cast / turnout283,442 71.53 –2.27
Abstentions112,831 28.47 +2.27
Registered voters396,273
Sources[15] [16]

2003 regional election

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Ciudad Real
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)173,455 60.41 +5.927 +1
People's Party (PP)99,350 34.60 –5.404 –1
United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM)7,922 2.76 –0.400 ±0
Castilian Unity (UdCa)1,344 0.47 New0 ±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)667 0.23 +0.080 ±0
The Phalanx (FE)472 0.16 New0 ±0
Castilian Left (IzCa)234 0.08 New0 ±0
Blank ballots3,674 1.28 +0.01
Total287,118 11 ±0
Valid votes287,118 99.28 –0.05
Invalid votes2,070 0.72 +0.05
Votes cast / turnout289,188 73.80 +1.66
Abstentions102,667 26.20 –1.66
Registered voters391,855
Sources[17] [18]

1999 regional election

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Ciudad Real
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE–p)153,484 54.49 +7.326 ±0
People's Party (PP)112,678 40.00 –2.995 ±0
United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM)8,892 3.16 –4.580 ±0
Regionalist Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PRCM)934 0.33 –0.120 ±0
Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)694 0.25 –0.180 ±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)415 0.15 +0.040 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)283 0.10 New0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH)273 0.10 New0 ±0
Spanish Democratic Party (PADE)258 0.09 New0 ±0
Party of Self-employed of Spain and Spanish Independent Groups (PAE–I)174 0.06 New0 ±0
Blank ballots3,584 1.27 +0.29
Total281,669 11 ±0
Valid votes281,669 99.33 +0.11
Invalid votes1,903 0.67 –0.11
Votes cast / turnout283,572 72.14 –4.49
Abstentions109,528 27.86 +4.49
Registered voters393,100
Sources[19] [20]

1995 regional election

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Ciudad Real
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)136,243 47.17 –9.266 –1
People's Party (PP)124,181 42.99 +11.275 +1
United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM)22,346 7.74 +2.110 ±0
Regionalist Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PRCM)1,313 0.45 New0 ±0
Centrist Union (UC)1,251 0.43 –4.290 ±0
Action for Talavera Region (ACTAL)359 0.12 New0 ±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)328 0.11 New0 ±0
Blank ballots2,822 0.98 +0.12
Total288,843 11 ±0
Valid votes288,843 99.22 –0.02
Invalid votes2,273 0.78 +0.02
Votes cast / turnout291,116 76.63 +7.34
Abstentions88,799 23.37 –7.34
Registered voters379,915
Sources[21] [22]

1991 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 1991 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Ciudad Real
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)144,494 56.43 +6.327 +1
People's Party (PP)181,214 31.72 +0.624 ±0
United Left (IU)14,420 5.63 +0.110 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)12,096 4.72 –6.790 –1
Regionalist Unitary Party (PUR)1,052 0.41 –0.050 ±0
Social Democratic Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PSDCLM)581 0.23 –0.080 ±0
Blank ballots2,200 0.86 –0.13
Total256,057 11 ±0
Valid votes256,057 99.24 +0.35
Invalid votes1,965 0.76 –0.35
Votes cast / turnout258,022 69.29 –2.78
Abstentions114,358 30.71 +2.78
Registered voters372,380
Sources[23] [24] [25]

1987 regional election

Summary of the 10 June 1987 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Ciudad Real
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)129,581 50.11 –0.376 ±0
People's Alliance (AP)174,690 28.88 –10.214 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)29,773 11.51 +8.021 +1
United Left (IU)214,272 5.52 –0.740 ±0
People's Democratic Party (PDP)5,734 2.22 New0 ±0
Regionalist Unitary Party (PUR)1,183 0.46 New0 ±0
Social Democratic Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PSDCLM)805 0.31 New0 ±0
Blank ballots2,568 0.99 +0.31
Total258,606 11 +1
Valid votes258,606 98.89 +0.13
Invalid votes2,909 1.11 –0.13
Votes cast / turnout261,515 72.07 +2.45
Abstentions101,323 27.93 –2.45
Registered voters362,838
Sources[26] [27] [28]

1983 regional election

Summary of the 8 May 1983 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Ciudad Real
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)122,580 50.48 n/a6 n/a
People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)94,929 39.09 n/a4 n/a
Communist Party of Spain (PCE)15,199 6.26 n/a0 n/a
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)8,475 3.49 n/a0 n/a
Blank ballots1,657 0.68 n/a
Total242,840 10 n/a
Valid votes242,840 98.76 n/a
Invalid votes3,040 1.24 n/a
Votes cast / turnout245,880 69.62 n/a
Abstentions107,307 30.38 n/a
Registered voters353,187
Sources[29] [30] [31]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero. Población por provincias y por sexo . es . ine.es . . 8 February 2020.
  2. Ley Orgánica 9/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Castilla-La Mancha . Organic Law . 9 . . es . 10 August 1982 . 15 September 2017.
  3. Ley 5/1986, de 23 de diciembre, electoral de Castilla-La Mancha . Law . 5 . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 23 December 1986 . 15 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Reig Pellicer . Naiara . 16 December 2015 . Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote . cafebabel.co.uk . 17 July 2017.
  5. News: Araque Conde . Pilar . 8 June 2022 . El Congreso acaba con el voto rogado: diez años de trabas burocráticas para los residentes en el extranjero . es . Público . Madrid . 31 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Gallagher . Michael . 30 July 2012 . Effective threshold in electoral systems . https://web.archive.org/web/20170730092518/http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php . dead . 30 July 2017 . Trinity College, Dublin . 22 July 2017.
  7. Real Decreto-ley 20/1977, de 18 de marzo, sobre Normas Electorales . Royal Decree-Law . 20 . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 18 March 1977 . 14 December 2019.
  8. Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General . Organic Law . 5 . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 19 June 1985 . 30 January 2020.
  9. Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha . Diario Oficial de Castilla-La Mancha . 114 . 16 June 2023 . es . Acuerdo de 14/06/2023, de la Junta Electoral de Castilla-La Mancha, por el que se ordena la publicación en el Diario Oficial de Castilla-La Mancha de los resultados generales y por circunscripciones de las elecciones a las Cortes Regionales 2023 . 1575-0051 . 21577–21583.
  10. Web site: Cortes of Castile-La Mancha election results, 26 May 2019 . 14 June 2019 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 November 2019.
  11. Web site: Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results, 24 May 2015 . 15 June 2015 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  12. Web site: IX Legislature. Regional election, 24 May 2015 . es . www.cortesclm.es . Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  13. Web site: Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results, 22 May 2011 . 13 June 2011 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  14. Web site: VIII Legislature. Regional election, 22 May 2011 . es . www.cortesclm.es . Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  15. Web site: Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results, 27 May 2007 . 14 June 2007 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  16. Web site: VII Legislature. Regional election, 27 May 2007 . es . www.cortesclm.es . Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  17. Web site: Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results, 25 May 2003 . 13 June 2003 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  18. Web site: VI Legislature. Regional election, 25 May 2003 . es . www.cortesclm.es . Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  19. Web site: Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results, 13 June 1999 . 2 July 1999 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  20. Web site: V Legislature. Regional election, 13 June 1999 . es . www.cortesclm.es . Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  21. Web site: Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results, 28 May 1995 . 16 June 1995 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  22. Web site: IV Legislature. Regional election, 28 May 1995 . es . www.cortesclm.es . Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  23. Web site: Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results, 26 May 1991 . 14 June 1991 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  24. Web site: III Legislature. Regional election, 26 May 1991 . es . www.cortesclm.es . Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  25. Web site: Number 157. Report-declaration of the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election of 26 May 1991 . es . tcu.es . Court of Auditors . 8 December 2019.
  26. Web site: Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results, 10 June 1987 . 30 June 1987 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  27. Web site: II Legislature. Regional election, 10 June 1987 . es . www.cortesclm.es . Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.
  28. Web site: Number 75. Audit report on the regularity of electoral accounting derived from the elections held on June 10, 1987 . es . tcu.es . Court of Auditors . 8 December 2019.
  29. Web site: Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election, 1983. Ciudad Real . es . www.datoselecciones.com . Election Data . 29 September 2017.
  30. Web site: Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results, 8 May 1983 . 28 October 1983 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017 . 29 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170929232604/http://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/CASTILLA_LA_MANCHA_1983_Resultados . dead .
  31. Web site: I Legislature. Regional election, 8 May 1983 . es . www.cortesclm.es . Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha . 29 September 2017.

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