Zamora (Cortes of Castile and León constituency) explained

Zamora
Type:Cortes of Castile and León
Electoral
District Label:Province
District:Zamora
Region Label:Autonomous community
Region:Castile and León
Population:172,539 (2019)[1]
Electorate:168,951 (2019)
Towns:Zamora, Benavente
Year:1983
Seats:8 (1983–2003)
7 (2003–present)

Zamora 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 Zamora. 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
44
2nd1987
314
3rd1991
314
4th1995
35
5th1999
35
6th2003
34
7th2007
34
8th2011
25
9th2015
124
10th2019
313
11th2022
331

Elections

2022 regional election

Summary of the 13 February 2022 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)29,228 33.59 –0.253 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)28,413 32.65 –3.553 ±0
Vox (Vox)16,463 18.92 +13.841 +1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)3,147 3.62 –10.270 –1
United We Can Castile and León (Podemos–IU–AV)12,810 3.23 –3.210 ±0
Leonese People's Union (UPL)2,323 2.67 +1.960 ±0
Zamora Decides (Zamora Decide)22,121 2.44 +0.730 ±0
For Zamora (Por Zamora)814 0.94 New0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)345 0.40 –0.110 ±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)290 0.33 –0.060 ±0
Castilian Party–Commoners' Land–Zero Cuts (PCAS–TC–RC)107 0.12 New0 ±0
Blank ballots956 1.10 –0.17
Total87,017 7 ±0
Valid votes87,017 98.80 +0.03
Invalid votes1,055 1.20 –0.03
Votes cast / turnout88,072 53.28 –10.51
Abstentions77,235 46.72 +10.51
Registered voters165,307
Sources[10]

2019 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 2019 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)38,536 36.20 +10.673 +1
People's Party (PP)36,019 33.84 –7.483 –1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)14,788 13.89 +6.131 +1
Vox (Vox)5,412 5.08 New0 ±0
We Can–Equo (Podemos–Equo)3,710 3.49 –7.550 –1
United Left–Anticapitalists (IU–Anticapitalistas–PCAS/TC–ALTER)13,143 2.95 –1.480 ±0
Decide Now (Ahora Decide)21,777 1.67 –2.460 ±0
Leonese People's Union (UPL)758 0.71 +0.030 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)543 0.51 ±0.000 ±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)413 0.39 +0.060 ±0
Blank ballots1,355 1.27 –1.54
Total106,454 7 ±0
Valid votes106,454 98.77 +0.94
Invalid votes1,326 1.23 –0.94
Votes cast / turnout107,780 63.79 +0.08
Abstentions61,171 36.21 –0.08
Registered voters168,951
Sources[11]

2015 regional election

Summary of the 24 May 2015 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)45,225 41.32 –12.644 –1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)27,940 25.53 –5.132 ±0
We Can (Podemos)12,077 11.04 New1 +1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)8,491 7.76 New0 ±0
United Left–Equo: Convergence for Castile and León (IU–Equo)4,750 4.34 –0.310 ±0
Decide Now–Socialist Alternative (Ahora Decide–AS)2,285 2.09 New0 ±0
Zamoran Independent Electors (ADEIZA)2,238 2.04 –0.810 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)962 0.88 –1.170 ±0
Leonese People's Union (UPL)745 0.68 –0.560 ±0
Cives (Cives)628 0.57 New0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)562 0.51 New0 ±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)364 0.33 –0.120 ±0
Castilian Party–Commoners' Land: Pact (PCAS–TC–Pacto)99 0.09 –0.070 ±0
Blank ballots3,074 2.81 –0.44
Total109,440 7 ±0
Valid votes109,440 97.83 –0.40
Invalid votes2,433 2.17 +0.40
Votes cast / turnout111,873 63.71 –2.98
Abstentions63,721 36.29 +2.98
Registered voters175,594
Sources[12] [13]

2011 regional election

Summary of the 22 May 2011 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)63,000 53.96 +2.815 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)35,796 30.66 –6.682 –1
United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)5,427 4.65 +1.990 ±0
Zamoran Independent Electors–Zamoran People's Union (ADEIZA–UPZ)3,322 2.85 +0.300 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)2,388 2.05 New0 ±0
Leonese People's Union (UPL)11,448 1.24 +0.660 ±0
Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB)852 0.73 New0 ±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)525 0.45 –0.050 ±0
Party of Castile and León (PCAL)2190 0.16 +0.030 ±0
Blank ballots3,795 3.25 +1.51
Total116,743 7 ±0
Valid votes116,743 98.23 –0.93
Invalid votes2,104 1.77 +0.93
Votes cast / turnout118,847 66.69 –4.36
Abstentions59,348 33.31 +4.36
Registered voters178,195
Sources[14]

2007 regional election

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)64,906 51.15 +0.334 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)47,386 37.34 +0.863 ±0
United Left–The Greens–Commitment for Castile and León (IU–LV–CyL)3,381 2.66 +0.120 ±0
Zamoran Independent Electors–Zamoran People's Union (ADEIZA–UPZ)3,241 2.55 +1.030 ±0
Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León (CI–PCL)2,688 2.12 New0 ±0
United Zamora–Leonese People's Union (ZU–UPL)1738 0.58 –4.400 ±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)637 0.50 –0.040 ±0
The Greens (LV)629 0.50 New0 ±0
The Greens of Europe (LVE)391 0.31 New0 ±0
Liberal Centrist Union (UCL)315 0.25 –0.250 ±0
Republican Left (IR)201 0.16 +0.050 ±0
Commoners' Land–Alternative for Castile and León (TC–ACAL)171 0.13 –0.030 ±0
Blank ballots2,205 1.74 –0.35
Total126,889 7 ±0
Valid votes126,889 99.16 +0.19
Invalid votes1,071 0.84 –0.19
Votes cast / turnout127,960 71.05 –1.39
Abstentions52,130 28.95 +1.39
Registered voters180,090
Sources[15]

2003 regional election

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)66,619 50.82 –2.234 –1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)47,822 36.48 +2.553 ±0
Leonese People's Union (UPL)3,942 3.01 New0 ±0
United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)3,324 2.54 –0.360 ±0
United Zamora (ZU)2,579 1.97 New0 ±0
Zamoran People's Union (UPZ)1,998 1.52 +0.280 ±0
Zamoran People for Zamora–PREPAL (PREPAL)713 0.54 –0.580 ±0
Liberal Centrist Union (UCL)652 0.50 New0 ±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)210 0.16 ±0.000 ±0
The Phalanx (FE)196 0.15 New0 ±0
Castilian Left (IzCa)154 0.12 New0 ±0
Republican Left (IR)140 0.11 New0 ±0
Blank ballots2,744 2.09 –0.32
Total131,093 7 –1
Valid votes131,093 98.97 +0.07
Invalid votes1,368 1.03 –0.07
Votes cast / turnout132,461 72.44 +3.80
Abstentions50,400 27.56 –3.80
Registered voters182,861
Sources[16]

1999 regional election

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)66,720 53.05 –2.665 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)42,677 33.93 +0.023 ±0
Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)5,302 4.22 New0 ±0
United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)3,650 2.90 –3.690 ±0
Zamoran People's Union (UPZ)1,556 1.24 New0 ±0
Salamanca–Zamora–León–PREPAL (PREPAL)1,412 1.12 –0.540 ±0
Confederation of the Greens (LV)791 0.63 New0 ±0
Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)310 0.25 New0 ±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)197 0.16 New0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH)137 0.11 New0 ±0
Blank ballots3,025 2.41 +0.54
Total125,777 8 ±0
Valid votes125,777 98.90 +0.08
Invalid votes1,400 1.10 –0.08
Votes cast / turnout127,177 68.64 –5.14
Abstentions58,093 31.36 +5.14
Registered voters185,270
Sources[17]

1995 regional election

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)73,088 55.71 +10.315 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)44,489 33.91 –3.693 ±0
United Left of Castile and León (IU)8,641 6.59 +3.180 ±0
Zamoran People for Zamora–PREPAL (PREPAL)2,182 1.66 +0.770 ±0
Party of El Bierzo (PB)331 0.25 New0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)n/a n/a –9.900 –1
Blank ballots2,454 1.87 +0.31
Total131,185 8 ±0
Valid votes131,185 98.82 –0.15
Invalid votes1,570 1.18 +0.15
Votes cast / turnout132,755 73.78 +3.82
Abstentions47,173 26.22 –3.82
Registered voters179,928
Sources[18]

1991 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 1991 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Party (PP)156,544 45.40 +0.444 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)46,827 37.60 +5.063 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)12,335 9.90 –6.811 ±0
United Left (IU)4,243 3.41 +1.260 ±0
The Greens (LV)1,553 1.25 New0 ±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)1,108 0.89 +0.120 ±0
Blank ballots1,938 1.56 +0.01
Total124,548 8 ±0
Valid votes124,548 98.97 +0.67
Invalid votes1,301 1.03 –0.67
Votes cast / turnout125,849 69.96 –3.53
Abstentions54,040 30.04 +3.53
Registered voters179,889
Sources[19] [20]

1987 regional election

Summary of the 10 June 1987 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
People's Alliance (AP)155,698 42.96 +2.174 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)42,193 32.54 –8.533 –1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)21,664 16.71 +9.331 +1
United Left (IU)22,792 2.15 +0.540 ±0
People's Democratic Party (PDP)2,587 2.00 New0 ±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)1,000 0.77 –1.500 ±0
Leonesist Union (UNLE)711 0.55 New0 ±0
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)555 0.43 New0 ±0
Nationalist Party of Castile and León (PNCL–PANCAL)444 0.34 New0 ±0
Blank ballots2,009 1.55 +0.64
Total129,653 8 ±0
Valid votes129,653 98.30 –0.14
Invalid votes2,245 1.70 +0.14
Votes cast / turnout131,898 73.49 +3.50
Abstentions47,579 26.51 –3.50
Registered voters179,477
Sources[21] [22]

1983 regional election

Summary of the 8 May 1983 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppTotal+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)51,716 41.07 n/a4 n/a
People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)51,367 40.79 n/a4 n/a
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)9,299 7.38 n/a0 n/a
Liberal Democratic Party (PDL)7,520 5.97 n/a0 n/a
Agrarian Bloc–Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (BAR–PREPAL)2,863 2.27 n/a0 n/a
Communist Party of Castile and León (PCCL–PCE)2,027 1.61 n/a0 n/a
Blank ballots1,140 0.91 n/a
Total125,932 8 n/a
Valid votes125,932 98.44 n/a
Invalid votes1,991 1.56 n/a
Votes cast / turnout127,923 69.99 n/a
Abstentions54,838 30.01 n/a
Registered voters182,761
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. Zamora . 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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