Alicante (Senate constituency)

Alicante (Valencian: Alacant) is one of the 59 constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Senate, 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 Alicante. 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.

For the Congress of Deputies constituency, see Alicante (Congress of Deputies constituency). For the Corts Valencianes constituency, see Alicante (Corts Valencianes constituency).
Alicante
Senate of Spain
Electoral Constituency
Location of Alicante within Spain
ProvinceAlicante
Autonomous communityValencian Community
Population1,858,683 (2019)[1]
Electorate1,276,691 (Nov 2019)
Major settlementsAlicante, Elche, Alcoy, Elda, Benidorm, Orihuela
Current constituency
Created1977
Seats4
Member(s)
  •   PP (2)
  •   PSOE (2)

Senators
Senators for Alicante 1977–
Legislature Election Distribution
Constituent 1977
1 2 1
1978
1 2 1
1st 1979
3 1
2nd 1982
3 1
3rd 1986
3 1
4th 1989
3 1
5th 1993
1 3
6th 1996
1 3
7th 2000
1 3
8th 2004
1 3
9th 2008
1 3
10th 2011
1 3
11th 2015
1 3
12th 2016
1 3
13th 2019 (Apr)
3 1
14th 2019 (Nov)
2 2

Elections

November 2019 general election
Summary of the 10 November 2019 Senate of Spain election results in Alicante
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
Y Pablo Ruz Villanueva PP 262,25631.29
Y María Adela Pedrosa Roldán PP 247,32829.51
Y José Asensi Sabater PSOE 244,32729.15
Y Ana Martínez Zaragoza PSOE 238,63128.47
• Carlos Giménez Bertomeu PSOE 227,49027.14
• Consuelo Maraver Lora PP 209,80825.03
• Pascual Moxica Pruneda Vox 150,88818.00
• María Asunción Villaverde Zamora Podemos–EUPV 99,52211.87
• María José Gómez-Pimpollo López-Castillo Podemos–EUPV 87,78810.47
• Lucía Granados Alós Cs 86,04310.27
• Roberto Molina Pilosio Podemos–EUPV 79,4819.48
• Domingo Francisco Guillén Fernández Cs 67,1598.01
• Santiago Mira Quiles Cs 60,9507.27
• Llum Quiñonero Hernández Més Compromís 41,5394.96
• Conxa del Ruste Aguilar Més Compromís 32,3343.86
• Vicent Miquel Sansano Belso Més Compromís 28,0463.35
• Paloma Jerez Cabello PACMA 18,5172.21
• Germán Rabasco Mora PACMA 11,0191.31
• Maite Carpintero Pariente PACMA 10,1661.21
• Abelardo Lloret López Avant/Adelante–LVEP 5,4930.66
• Juan Francisco Martínez Tortosa ERPV 3,4490.41
• Manuel Serna Oltra PCPE 2,4900.30
• Adrián Martínez Ramos Recortes Cero–GV 1,8830.22
• Francisco de Bartolomé Gisbert PUM+J 1,6900.20
• Rosa Isabel Payá Giménez Recortes Cero–GV 1,4120.17
• José María García Cabrera P–LIB 1,1460.14
• Rafael Adrián Serrano Recortes Cero–GV 7280.09
Blank ballots 14,7171.76
Total 838,203
Valid votes 838,20397.64
Invalid votes 20,2272.36
Votes cast / turnout 858,43067.24
Abstentions 418,26132.76
Registered voters 1,276,691
Sources[2]

References
  1. "Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero. Población por provincias y por sexo". ine.es (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. November 2019. Alicante". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2020.

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