Palencia (Cortes of Castile and León constituency) explained

Palencia
Type:Cortes of Castile and León
Electoral
District Label:Province
District:Palencia
Region Label:Autonomous community
Region:Castile and León
Population:160,980 (2019)[1]
Electorate:141,613 (2019)
Towns:Palencia
Year:1983
Seats:7

Palencia is one of the nine constituencies (Spanish; Castilian: circunscripciones) represented in the Cortes of Castile and León, the regional legislature of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León. The constituency currently elects seven deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Palencia. 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 Castile and León of 1983 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election. The Statute provided for the nine provinces in Castile and León—Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora—to be established as multi-member districts in the Cortes of Castile and León, with this regulation being maintained under the 1987 regional electoral law. Each constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of three seats, with one additional member per each 45,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 22,500.[2] [3] [4]

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castile and León and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Castilian-Leonese 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.[5] [6] 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.[2] [3] [4] The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.[7]

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.[4] [8] [9]

Procurators

Procurators 1983–present
CortesElectionDistribution
1st1983
34
2nd1987
214
3rd1991
34
4th1995
34
5th1999
34
6th2003
34
7th2007
34
8th2011
34
9th2015
124
10th2019
313
11th2022
331

Elections

2022 regional election

Summary of the 13 February 2022 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)28,709 33.91 –1.993 ±0
People's Party (PP)27,887 32.94 –1.553 ±0
Vox (Vox)15,260 18.03 +12.341 +1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)4,639 5.48 –9.610 –1
United We Can Castile and León (Podemos–IU–AV)13,669 4.33 –2.350 ±0
Empty Spain (España Vaciada)2,363 2.79 New0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)443 0.52 –0.150 ±0
Castilian Party–Commoners' Land–Zero Cuts (PCAS–TC–RC)224 0.26 New0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J)200 0.24 New0 ±0
State of Spain Unionist Party (PUEDE)114 0.14 New0 ±0
Wake Up (Despierta)113 0.13 New0 ±0
Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE)101 0.12 New0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE de las JONS)61 0.07 –0.090 ±0
Blank ballots874 1.03 –0.04
Total84,657 7 ±0
Valid votes84,657 98.79 –0.17
Invalid votes1,037 1.21 +0.17
Votes cast / turnout85,694 61.60 –7.77
Abstentions53,416 38.40 +7.77
Registered voters139,110
Sources[10]

2019 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 2019 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)34,898 35.90 +6.883 +1
People's Party (PP)33,532 34.49 –6.503 –1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)14,669 15.09 +5.171 +1
Vox (Vox)5,531 5.69 New0 ±0
We Can–Equo (Podemos–Equo)4,456 4.58 –6.260 –1
United Left–Anticapitalists (IU–Anticapitalistas–PCAS/TC–ALTER)12,040 2.10 –2.430 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)648 0.67 New0 ±0
Regionalist Union of Castile and León (Unión Regionalista)2246 0.25 –0.040 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)153 0.16 –0.230 ±0
Blank ballots1,038 1.07 –1.44
Total97,211 7 ±0
Valid votes97,211 98.96 +1.13
Invalid votes1,025 1.04 –1.13
Votes cast / turnout98,236 69.37 +1.72
Abstentions43,377 30.63 –1.72
Registered voters141,613
Sources[11]

2015 regional election

Summary of the 24 May 2015 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)39,387 40.99 –12.054 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)27,881 29.02 –3.762 –1
We Can (Podemos)10,411 10.84 New1 +1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)9,534 9.92 New0 ±0
United Left–Equo: Convergence for Castile and León (IU–Equo)3,703 3.85 –0.560 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)1,107 1.15 –1.250 ±0
Castilian Party–Commoners' Land: Pact (PCAS–TC–Pacto)650 0.68 –1.950 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)373 0.39 +0.050 ±0
Blank Seats (EB)348 0.36 New0 ±0
Regionalist Democracy of Castile and León (DRCyL)1276 0.29 –0.050 ±0
Blank ballots2,410 2.51 –0.81
Total96,080 7 ±0
Valid votes96,080 97.83 –0.20
Invalid votes2,127 2.17 +0.20
Votes cast / turnout98,207 67.65 –2.48
Abstentions46,962 32.35 +2.48
Registered voters145,169
Sources[12] [13]

2011 regional election

Summary of the 22 May 2011 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)53,939 53.04 +3.804 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)33,336 32.78 –7.463 ±0
United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)4,490 4.41 +1.910 ±0
Party of Castile and León (PCAL)12,675 2.63 +1.020 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)2,436 2.40 New0 ±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)422 0.41 New0 ±0
Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)343 0.34 New0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)341 0.34 +0.070 ±0
Communist Party of the Castilian People (PCPC)206 0.20 –0.010 ±0
Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)142 0.14 New0 ±0
Blank ballots3,372 3.32 +1.22
Total101,702 7 ±0
Valid votes101,702 98.03 –1.09
Invalid votes2,047 1.97 +1.09
Votes cast / turnout103,749 70.13 –2.85
Abstentions44,191 29.87 +2.85
Registered voters147,940
Sources[14]

2007 regional election

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)53,672 49.24 +0.614 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)43,864 40.24 –1.323 ±0
Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León (CI–PCL)3,065 2.81 New0 ±0
United Left–The Greens–Commitment for Castile and León (IU–LV–CyL)2,729 2.50 –0.730 ±0
Commoners' Land–Alternative for Castile and León (TC–ACAL)1,755 1.61 –0.540 ±0
The Greens (LV)1793 0.73 –0.560 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)292 0.27 New0 ±0
Communist Party of the Castilian People (PCPC)225 0.21 New0 ±0
Republican Left (IR)193 0.18 ±0.000 ±0
Humanist Party (PH)134 0.12 –0.110 ±0
Blank ballots2,288 2.10 –0.41
Total109,010 7 ±0
Valid votes109,010 99.12 +0.16
Invalid votes966 0.88 –0.16
Votes cast / turnout109,976 72.98 –2.03
Abstentions40,725 27.02 +2.03
Registered voters150,701
Sources[15]

2003 regional election

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)55,214 48.63 –2.394 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)47,188 41.56 +3.823 ±0
United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)3,672 3.23 –2.590 ±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)2,439 2.15 +1.230 ±0
The Greens–Cives (LV–Cives)1,459 1.29 New0 ±0
Castilian Left (IzCa)257 0.23 New0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH)257 0.23 –0.080 ±0
Republican Left (IR)208 0.18 New0 ±0
Blank ballots2,845 2.51 –0.37
Total113,539 7 ±0
Valid votes113,539 98.96 +0.28
Invalid votes1,192 1.04 –0.28
Votes cast / turnout114,731 75.01 +3.81
Abstentions38,233 24.99 –3.81
Registered voters152,964
Sources[16]

1999 regional election

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)55,451 51.02 –1.274 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)41,022 37.74 +5.823 ±0
United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)6,323 5.82 –2.610 ±0
Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)1,419 1.31 +0.160 ±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)996 0.92 +0.390 ±0
Humanist Party (PH)338 0.31 New0 ±0
Blank ballots3,134 2.88 +1.10
Total108,683 7 ±0
Valid votes108,683 98.68 –0.39
Invalid votes1,458 1.32 +0.39
Votes cast / turnout110,141 71.20 –5.24
Abstentions44,560 28.80 +5.24
Registered voters154,701
Sources[17]

1995 regional election

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)60,111 52.29 +7.034 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)36,688 31.92 –5.243 ±0
United Left of Castile and León (IU)9,692 8.43 +3.100 ±0
People's Palentine Group (APP)4,071 3.54 New0 ±0
Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)11,321 1.15 –0.660 ±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)609 0.53 New0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)236 0.21 –0.120 ±0
Party of El Bierzo (PB)183 0.16 New0 ±0
Blank ballots2,041 1.78 +0.11
Total114,952 7 ±0
Valid votes114,952 99.07 +0.14
Invalid votes1,083 0.93 –0.14
Votes cast / turnout116,035 76.44 +5.27
Abstentions35,763 23.56 –5.27
Registered voters151,798
Sources[18]

1991 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 1991 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)147,767 45.26 +0.224 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)39,211 37.16 +3.783 +1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)7,088 6.72 –6.970 –1
United Left (IU)5,629 5.33 +1.040 ±0
Palentine Unity (UP)1,558 1.48 New0 ±0
The Greens (LV)1,522 1.44 New0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)353 0.33 New0 ±0
Regionalist Democracy of Castile and León (DRCL)344 0.33 New0 ±0
Castilianist Union (UC)298 0.28 New0 ±0
Blank ballots1,759 1.67 +0.23
Total105,529 7 ±0
Valid votes105,529 98.93 +0.33
Invalid votes1,142 1.07 –0.33
Votes cast / turnout106,671 71.17 –6.81
Abstentions43,215 28.83 +6.81
Registered voters149,886
Sources[19] [20]

1987 regional election

Summary of the 10 June 1987 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Alliance (AP)149,144 45.04 –1.844 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)36,420 33.38 –7.652 –1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)14,940 13.69 +8.811 +1
United Left (IU)24,679 4.29 –0.240 ±0
Nationalist Party of Castile and León (PNCL–PANCAL)1,102 1.01 New0 ±0
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)777 0.71 New0 ±0
Humanist Platform (PH)296 0.27 New0 ±0
Leonesist Union (UNLE)184 0.17 New0 ±0
Blank ballots1,574 1.44 +0.63
Total109,116 7 ±0
Valid votes109,116 98.60 –0.17
Invalid votes1,549 1.40 +0.17
Votes cast / turnout110,665 77.98 +4.35
Abstentions31,255 22.02 –4.35
Registered voters141,920
Sources[21] [22]

1983 regional election

Summary of the 8 May 1983 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)48,753 46.88 n/a4 n/a
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)42,665 41.03 n/a3 n/a
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)5,072 4.88 n/a0 n/a
Communist Party of Castile and León (PCCL–PCE)4,707 4.53 n/a0 n/a
Castilian Communal Unity (UCC)1,958 1.88 n/a0 n/a
Blank ballots839 0.81 n/a
Total103,994 7 n/a
Valid votes103,994 98.77 n/a
Invalid votes1,296 1.23 n/a
Votes cast / turnout105,290 73.63 n/a
Abstentions37,702 26.37 n/a
Registered voters142,992
Sources[23] [24]

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 4/1983, de 25 de febrero, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Castilla-León . Organic Law . 4 . . es . 25 February 1983 . 16 September 2017.
  3. Ley Orgánica 14/2007, de 30 de noviembre, de reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de Castilla y León . Organic Law . 14 . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 30 November 2007 . 15 September 2017.
  4. Ley 3/1987, de 30 de marzo, Electoral de Castilla y León . Law . 3 . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 30 March 1987 . 15 September 2017.
  5. Web site: Reig Pellicer . Naiara . 16 December 2015 . Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote . cafebabel.co.uk . 17 July 2017.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Web site: Resolución de 7 de marzo de 2022, de la Junta Electoral de Castilla y León, por la que se publica el resumen de los resultados de las elecciones a las Cortes de Castilla y León convocadas por Decreto 2/2021, de 21 de diciembre, y celebradas el 13 de febrero de 2022, conforme a las actas de escrutinio general y de proclamación de electos remitidas por las Juntas Electorales Provinciales . es . Boletín Oficial de Castilla y León . 9 March 2022.
  11. Web site: Cortes of Castile and León election results, 26 May 2019 . 20 June 2019 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castile and León . 20 June 2019.
  12. Web site: Elections to the Cortes of Castile and León . es . servicios.jcyl.es . Junta of Castile and León . 14 January 2018.
  13. Web site: Cortes of Castile and León election results, 24 May 2015 . 6 July 2015 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castile and León . 24 September 2017.
  14. Web site: Cortes of Castile and León election results, 22 May 2011 . 9 August 2011 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castile and León . 24 September 2017.
  15. Web site: Cortes of Castile and León election results, 27 May 2007 . 30 July 2007 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castile and León . 24 September 2017.
  16. Web site: Cortes of Castile and León election results, 25 May 2003 . 9 July 2003 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castile and León . 24 September 2017.
  17. Web site: Cortes of Castile and León election results, 13 June 1999 . 6 August 1999 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castile and León . 24 September 2017.
  18. Web site: Cortes of Castile and León election results, 28 May 1995 . 12 July 1995 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castile and León . 24 September 2017.
  19. Web site: Cortes of Castile and León election results, 26 May 1991 . 3 July 1991 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castile and León . 24 September 2017.
  20. Web site: Number 153. Report-declaration of the Cortes of Castile and León election of 26 May 1991 . es . tcu.es . Court of Auditors . 8 December 2019.
  21. Web site: Cortes of Castile and León election results, 10 June 1987 . 12 August 1987 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Castile and León . 24 September 2017.
  22. 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.
  23. Web site: Cortes of Castile and León election, 1983. Palencia . es . www.datoselecciones.com . Election Data . 26 September 2017.
  24. Web site: Cortes of Castile and León election results, 8 May 1983 . 28 October 1983 . es . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Central Electoral Commission . 24 September 2017.

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