La Rioja (Senate constituency) explained
La Rioja (Senate constituency) should not be confused with La Rioja (Congress of Deputies constituency).
La Rioja 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 four senators. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of La Rioja. 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.
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 | % |
|---|
| Luis Martínez Portillo Subero | | PP | 77,933 | 46.23 |
| Carlos Yécora Roca | | PP | 76,620 | 45.45 |
| María del Mar San Martín Ibarra | | PP | 76,015 | 45.10 |
| Concepción Andreu Rodríguez | | PSOE | 60,647 | 35.98 |
| • Pedro Antonio Montalvo Íñigo | | PSOE | 58,904 | 34.94 |
| • Noelia González Pastor | | PSOE | 56,984 | 33.80 |
| • Ignacio Aquesolo García | | Vox | 14,689 | 8.71 |
| • Susana Alesanco Ulecia | | Vox | 13,610 | 8.07 |
| • Hilda Cárdenas Díaz | | Vox | 12,872 | 7.63 |
| • Eunate García Miguel | | Sumar | 12,660 | 7.51 |
| • Amaya Castro Sánchez | | Sumar | 10,624 | 6.30 |
| • Ramón Sánchez Esteban | | Sumar | 8,870 | 5.26 |
| • Carmen Nogales Florido | | PACMA | 1,375 | 0.81 |
| • José Carlos Palacios Miguel | | EB | 1,142 | 0.67 |
| • María Carmen Andrés Domínguez | | EB | 893 | 0.52 |
| • Miguel Ángel Peralta Hernández | | PACMA | 841 | 0.49 |
| • Sonia Silvestrini García | | EB | 798 | 0.47 |
| • María Olga Villanueva Henrichs | | PACMA | 794 | 0.47 |
| • Berta Nasarre López | | PUM+J | 670 | 0.39 |
| • Sacha Gabriel Pozo Puertas | | PCTE | 594 | 0.35 |
| • Ángel Artigas Canales | | Recortes Cero | 407 | 0.24 |
| Blank ballots | 2,675 | 1.58 |
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| Total | 490617 | |
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| Valid votes | 168,545 | 97.71 |
| Invalid votes | 3,936 | 2.28 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 172,481 | 74.66 |
| Abstentions | 58,538 | 25.33 |
| Registered voters | 231019 | |
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| Sources[2] | |
November 2019 general election
Summary of the 10 November 2019 Senate of Spain election results in La Rioja| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote |
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| Votes | % |
|---|
| Ana Lourdes González García | | PP | 61,779 | 37.87 |
| Carlos Yécora Roca | | PP | 59,582 | 36.52 |
| María Victoria de Pablo Dávila | | PSOE | 58,009 | 35.56 |
| Pedro Antonio Montalvo Íñigo | | PSOE | 55,876 | 34.25 |
| • Rosa María Ortega Martínez | | PP | 55,172 | 33.82 |
| • María del Carmen Arana Álvarez | | PSOE | 55,038 | 33.73 |
| • Silvia Garrido Rivas | | Vox | 17,196 | 10.54 |
| • Guillermo Robles Martínez | | Podemos–IU | 15,352 | 9.41 |
| • Miriam González Blanco | | Podemos–IU | 14,686 | 9.00 |
| • Diego Ubis López | | Cs | 13,529 | 8.29 |
| • Xavier Capellares Sesé | | Podemos–IU | 12,951 | 7.94 |
| • Cristina Moreno Martínez | | Cs | 11,785 | 7.22 |
| • José Javier Garijo Sánchez | | Cs | 10,204 | 6.25 |
| • María Pilar Blanco Daroca | | PACMA | 2,296 | 1.41 |
| • Ignacio Hourcade Bellocq Varela | | PACMA | 1,383 | 0.85 |
| • Isabel Padilla Aragües | | Recortes Cero–GV | 1,063 | 0.65 |
| • Martina Mazorra Huerta | | PUM+J | 813 | 0.50 |
| • María del Carmen Andrés Domínguez | | EB | 780 | 0.48 |
| • José Carlos Palacio Miguel | | EB | 585 | 0.36 |
| Blank ballots | 3,318 | 2.03 |
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| Total | 163,151 | |
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| Valid votes | 163,151 | 97.31 |
| Invalid votes | 4,515 | 2.69 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 167,666 | 67.01 |
| Abstentions | 82,547 | 32.99 |
| Registered voters | 250,213 | |
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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 provincias y por sexo . es . ine.es . . 8 February 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 Rioja . es . Ministry of the Interior . 28 July 2020.
