León (Cortes of Castile and León constituency)

León
Cortes of Castile and León
Electoral Constituency
Location of León within Castile and León
Province León
Autonomous community Castile and León
Population 479,395 (2016)
Electorate 440,263 (2016)
Major settlements León, Ponferrada
Current constituency
Created 1983
Seats 15 (1983–1999)
14 (1999–)
Member(s)

León is one of the nine constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Cortes of Castile and León, the regional legislature of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León. The constituency currently elects 14 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of León. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of 3 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. Seats are allocated to constituencies, each entitled to an initial minimum of three seats, being allocated one additional member per each 45,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 22,500.[1][2][3]

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: Voto rogado).[4] Seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each constituency.[1][2][3] Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method may result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude.[5]

The electoral law provides that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors are allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors are required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they are seeking election—0.1 percent and, at least, the signature of 500 electors, until 1985—. Electors are barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called—fifteen before 1985.[3][6][7][8]

Procurators

Procurators for León 1983–
Cortes Election Distribution
1st 1983
9 6
2nd 1987
7 2 6
3rd 1991
7 1 7
4th 1995
1 5 2 7
5th 1999
5 3 6
6th 2003
6 2 6
7th 2007
6 2 6
8th 2011
5 1 8
9th 2015
2 5 1 1 5

Elections

2015 regional election

Summary of the 24 May 2015 Cortes of Castile and León election results in León
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 84,75232.14–12.57 5–3
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 72,11027.34–4.48 5±0
We Can (Podemos) 33,25412.61New 2+2
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 23,4618.90New 1+1
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 18,4316.99–0.45 1±0
United Left–Equo: Convergence for Castile and León (IU–eQuo) 9,0273.42–0.38 0±0
Coalition for El Bierzo (CB)1 5,0321.91+1.06 0±0
Leonese Autonomist Party–Leonesist Unity (PAL–UL) 1,9630.74–0.65 0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 1,8990.72–0.95 0±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 1,7720.67+0.31 0±0
Grouped Rural Citizens (CRA) 1,6980.64New 0±0
Vox (Vox) 1,2050.46New 0±0
Regionalist Party of El Bierzo (PRB) 7320.28+0.05 0±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 5350.20+0.04 0±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) 4710.18–0.11 0±0
National Democracy (DN) 4500.17New 0±0
Regionalist Democracy of Castile and León (DRCL) 970.04New 0±0
Castilian Party–Commoners' Land (PCAS–TC) 780.03–0.02 0±0
Blank ballots 6,7622.56–0.67
Total 263,729 14±0
Valid votes 263,72997.93–0.08
Invalid votes 5,5632.07+0.08
Votes cast / turnout 269,29260.64–3.88
Abstentions 174,79739.36+3.88
Registered voters 444,089
Sources[9][10][11]

2011 regional election

Summary of the 22 May 2011 Cortes of Castile and León election results in León
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 126,48344.71+5.12 8+2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 90,01431.82–7.85 5–1
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 25,2128.91–4.46 1–1
United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL) 10,7543.80+1.70 0±0
Social Alternative Movement (MASS) 4,7771.69New 0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 4,7191.67New 0±0
Leonese Autonomist Party–Leonesist Unity (PAL–UL) 3,9251.39–0.24 0±0
Party of El Bierzo (PB) 2,4010.85+0.38 0±0
Civiqus (Civiqus) 1,5270.54New 0±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 1,0180.36New 0±0
Independents for San Andrés (IxSA) 8590.30New 0±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) 8120.29+0.13 0±0
Regionalist Party of El Bierzo (PRB) 6570.23–0.11 0±0
Communist Party of the Castilian People (PCPC) 4600.16New 0±0
Party of Castile and León (PCAL) 1500.05New 0±0
Blank ballots 9,1473.23+1.51
Total 282,915 14±0
Valid votes 282,91598.01–1.31
Invalid votes 5,7551.99+1.31
Votes cast / turnout 288,67064.52–4.00
Abstentions 158,73435.48+4.00
Registered voters 447,404
Sources[9][12][11]

2007 regional election

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Cortes of Castile and León election results in León
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 120,98839.67+3.69 6±0
People's Party (PP) 120,74939.59+0.73 6±0
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 40,78113.37–4.44 2±0
United Left–The Greens, Commitment for Castile and León (IU–LV–CyL) 6,3952.10–0.98 0±0
Leonese Autonomist Party–Leonesist Unity (PAL–UL) 4,9721.63New 0±0
The Greens of Europe (LVE) 1,8610.61New 0±0
Party of El Bierzo–Alternative for Castile and León (PB–ACAL) 1,4270.47–0.25 0±0
Regionalist Party of El Bierzo (PRB) 1,0280.34+0.01 0±0
Republican Left (IR) 4850.16+0.04 0±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) 4730.16+0.04 0±0
The Phalanx (FE) 2940.10±0.00 0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 2710.09New 0±0
Blank ballots 5,2371.72+0.12
Total 304,961 14±0
Valid votes 304,96199.32–0.07
Invalid votes 2,0950.68+0.07
Votes cast / turnout 307,05668.52–2.36
Abstentions 141,05531.48+2.36
Registered voters 448,111
Sources[9][13][11]

2003 regional election

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Cortes of Castile and León election results in León
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 123,04338.86–3.66 6±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 113,90635.98+4.98 6+1
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 56,38917.81–0.63 2–1
United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL) 9,7673.08–0.90 0±0
Party of El Bierzo (PB) 2,2860.72–0.59 0±0
Leonese United Independent Citizens (CiuLe) 2,0510.65New 0±0
The Greens (LV) 1,8350.58New 0±0
Regionalist Party of El Bierzo (PRB) 1,0410.33New 0±0
PREPAL–Leonese People for León (PREPAL) 3940.12–0.07 0±0
Republican Left (IR) 3860.12New 0±0
The Phalanx (FE) 3210.10New 0±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 1220.04–0.01 0±0
Blank ballots 5,0641.60–0.36
Total 316,605 14±0
Valid votes 316,60599.39+0.13
Invalid votes 1,9280.61–0.13
Votes cast / turnout 318,53370.88+5.13
Abstentions 130,86529.12–5.13
Registered voters 449,398
Sources[9][14][11]

1999 regional election

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Cortes of Castile and León election results in León
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 124,87742.52–2.58 6–1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 91,05831.00+0.60 5±0
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 54,15818.44+5.72 3+1
United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL) 11,6933.98–2.75 0–1
Party of El Bierzo (PB) 3,8511.31–0.18 0±0
Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) 8360.28New 0±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) 5580.19+0.03 0±0
Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) 4320.15New 0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 3310.11New 0±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 1570.05–0.02 0±0
Blank ballots 5,7701.96+0.43
Total 293,721 14–1
Valid votes 293,72199.26–0.01
Invalid votes 2,1910.74+0.01
Votes cast / turnout 295,91265.75–6.72
Abstentions 154,13434.25+6.72
Registered voters 450,046
Sources[9][15][11]

1995 regional election

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Cortes of Castile and León election results in León
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 139,81045.10+5.27 7±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 94,23830.40–8.46 5–2
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 39,42512.72+8.54 2+2
United Left (IU) 20,8646.73+1.84 1+1
Party of El Bierzo (PB) 4,6171.49–0.14 0±0
Independents for León (IPL) 3,2901.06New 0±0
The Alternative Greens (LVA) 1,3740.44New 0±0
Provincialist Party of El Bierzo (PPB) 9090.29New 0±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) 4840.16New 0±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 2090.07New 0±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) n/an/a–5.46 0–1
Blank ballots 4,7471.53–0.39
Total 309,967 15±0
Valid votes 309,96799.27+0.20
Invalid votes 2,2810.73–0.20
Votes cast / turnout 312,24872.47+7.24
Abstentions 118,64227.53–7.24
Registered voters 430,980
Sources[9][16][11]

1991 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 1991 Cortes of Castile and León election results in León
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP)1 108,88339.83+3.59 7+1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 106,22538.86+0.67 7±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 14,9155.46–8.29 1–1
United Left (IU) 13,3694.89+0.99 0±0
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 11,4324.18+1.54 0±0
Party of El Bierzo (PB) 4,4651.63–0.28 0±0
Bercian Left (IB) 3,4071.25New 0±0
The Greens (LV) 3,3031.21New 0±0
Independent Progressive Union (UPI) 2,1270.78New 0±0
Blank ballots 5,2571.92+0.22
Total 273,383 15±0
Valid votes 273,38399.07+0.51
Invalid votes 2,5540.93–0.51
Votes cast / turnout 275,93765.23–4.38
Abstentions 147,08534.77+4.38
Registered voters 423,022
Sources[9][17][11]

1987 regional election

Summary of the 10 June 1987 Cortes of Castile and León election results in León
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 107,79138.19–9.54 7–2
People's Alliance (AP)1 95,35133.79–1.41 6±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 38,79413.75+11.39 2+2
United Left (IU)2 11,0093.90+0.54 0±0
Leonesist Union (UNLE) 7,4432.64New 0±0
Party of El Bierzo (PB) 5,3871.91+0.26 0±0
People's Democratic Party (PDP) 4,7251.67New 0±0
Liberal Party (PL) 2,2130.78New 0±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) 2,0780.74–3.49 0±0
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) 1,4750.52New 0±0
Humanist Platform (PH) 6400.23New 0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 5100.18New 0±0
Blank ballots 4,7991.70+0.52
Total 282,215 15±0
Valid votes 282,21598.56–0.15
Invalid votes 4,1091.44+0.15
Votes cast / turnout 286,32469.61+4.88
Abstentions 125,02830.39–4.88
Registered voters 411,352
Sources[9][18][11]

1983 regional election

Summary of the 8 May 1983 Cortes of Castile and León election results in León
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 124,75047.73n/a 9n/a
People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) 91,99035.20n/a 6n/a
Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) 11,2194.29n/a 0n/a
Agrarian Bloc–Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (BAR–PREPAL) 11,0484.23n/a 0n/a
Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 8,7773.36n/a 0n/a
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 6,1772.36n/a 0n/a
Party of El Bierzo (PB) 4,3011.65n/a 0n/a
Blank ballots 3,0951.18n/a
Total 261,357 15n/a
Valid votes 261,35798.71n/a
Invalid votes 3,4241.29n/a
Votes cast / turnout 264,78164.73n/a
Abstentions 144,24335.27n/a
Registered voters 409,024
Sources[9][19][20][11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Statute of Autonomy of Castile and León of 1983". Organic Law No. 4 of 25 February 1983. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Statute of Autonomy of Castile and León of 2007". Organic Law No. 14 of 30 November 2007. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Castile and León Electoral Law of 1987". Law No. 3 of 30 March 1987. Official Gazette of Castile and León (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Reig Pellicer, Naiara (16 December 2015). "Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote". cafebabel.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Gallagher, Michael (30 July 2012). "Effective threshold in electoral systems". Trinity College, Dublin. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Electoral Rules Decree of 1977". Royal Decree-Law No. 20 of 18 March 1977. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Elections to the Cortes of Castile and León". servicios.jcyl.es (in Spanish). Junta of Castile and León. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Cortes of Castile and León election results, 24 May 2015" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Castile and León. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Cortes of Castile and León elections since 1983". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "Cortes of Castile and León election results, 22 May 2011" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Castile and León. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Cortes of Castile and León election results, 27 May 2007" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Castile and León. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  14. ↑ "Cortes of Castile and León election results, 25 May 2003" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Castile and León. 9 July 2003. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  15. ↑ "Cortes of Castile and León election results, 13 June 1999" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Castile and León. 6 August 1999. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  16. ↑ "Cortes of Castile and León election results, 28 May 1995" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Castile and León. 12 July 1995. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  17. ↑ "Cortes of Castile and León election results, 26 May 1991" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Castile and León. 3 July 1991. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  18. ↑ "Cortes of Castile and León election results, 10 June 1987" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Castile and León. 12 August 1987. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  19. ↑ "Cortes of Castile and León election, 1983. León". datoselecciones.com (in Spanish). Election Data. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  20. ↑ "Cortes of Castile and León election results, 8 May 1983" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Central Electoral Commission. 28 October 1983. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

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