La Palma (Senate constituency) explained
La Palma is one of the 59 constituencies (Spanish; Castilian: link=no|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.
Senators
Elections
2023 general election
Summary of the 23 July 2023 Senate of Spain election results| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote |
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| Votes | % |
|---|
| Kilian Sánchez San Juan | | PSOE | 12,652 | 30.69 |
| • Borja Pérez Sicilia | | PP | 12,420 | 30.12 |
| • Marcos José Lorenzo Martín | | CC | 10,740 | 26.05 |
| • Clara Medina Fernández | | Sumar | 2,241 | 5.43 |
| • Jesús Allende León Rodríguez | | Vox | 2,200 | 5.33 |
| • Fernando Jesús Martín Acosta | | PACMA | 277 | 0.67 |
| • Miguel Ángel Pulido Rodríguez | | NC | 263 | 0.63 |
| • María Jesús Cuesta Bolao | | PCPC | 50 | 0.12 |
| • Rayco Pérez Rodríguez | | Recortes Cero | 30 | 0.07 |
| Blank ballots | 349 | 0.84 |
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| Total | 41222 | |
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| Valid votes | 41,222 | 97.72 |
| Invalid votes | 961 | 2.27 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 42,183 | 66.19 |
| Abstentions | 21,538 | 33.80 |
| Registered voters | 63721 | |
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| Sources[2] | |
November 2019 general election
Summary of the 10 November 2019 Senate of Spain election results in La Palma| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote |
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| Votes | % |
|---|
| Borja Pérez Sicilia | | PP | 12,735 | 33.55 |
| • Sergio Matos Castro | | PSOE | 11,621 | 30.62 |
| • Gregorio Clemente Alonso Méndez | | CCa–PNC–NC | 6,277 | 16.54 |
| • José Luis Cabrera Sánchez | | Podemos–IU | 2,796 | 7.37 |
| • Arturo Perez-Seoane Garau | | Vox | 2,046 | 5.39 |
| • Juan Arturo San Gil Ayut | | Cs | 1,279 | 3.37 |
| • Tamara Hernández Pimienta | | PACMA | 497 | 1.31 |
| • Pedro Adrián Pérez Lopez "El Gasio" | | ANC–UP | 125 | 0.33 |
| • Rayco Pérez Rodríguez | | Recortes Cero–GV | 99 | 0.26 |
| Blank ballots | 478 | 1.26 |
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| Total | 37,953 | |
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| Valid votes | 37,953 | 97.01 |
| Invalid votes | 1,169 | 2.99 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 39,122 | 45.84 |
| Abstentions | 46,226 | 54.16 |
| Registered voters | 85,348 | |
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| Sources[3] | |
1977 general election
Notes and References
- Web site: Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero. Población por islas y por sexo . es . ine.es . National Institute of Statistics . 13 August 2020.
- Web site: Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. 2023 . es . Ministry of the Interior . 29 August 2023.
- Web site: Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. November 2019. La Palma . es . Ministry of the Interior . 13 August 2020.
