Cantabria (Senate constituency)
Cantabria is one of the 59 constituencies (Spanish: 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 Cantabria. 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.
| Cantabria | |
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| Senate of Spain Electoral Constituency | |
.png.webp) Location of Cantabria within Spain | |
| Province | Cantabria |
| Autonomous community | Cantabria |
| Population |  581,078 (2019)[1] |
| Electorate | 501,676 (Nov 2019) |
| Major settlements | Santander, Torrelavega |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1977 |
| Seats | 4 |
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Senators
| Senators for Cantabria 1977– | ||||
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| Legislature | Election | Distribution | ||
| Constituent | 1977 |
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| 1st | 1979 |
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| 2nd | 1982 |
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| 3rd | 1986 |
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| 4th | 1989 |
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| 5th | 1993 |
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| 6th | 1996 |
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| 7th | 2000 |
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| 8th | 2004 |
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| 9th | 2008 |
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| 10th | 2011 |
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| 11th | 2015 |
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| 12th | 2016 |
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| 13th | 2019 (Apr) |
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| 14th | 2019 (Nov) |
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Elections
November 2019 general election
| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | ||
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| Votes | % | |||
 Javier Puente Redondo |
PP | 102,966 | 32.01 | |
| Amaya Landín Díaz de Corcuera |
PP | 97,872 | 30.42 | |
| Félix de las Cuevas Cortés |
PP | 87,274 | 27.13 | |
| María Isabel Fernández Gutiérrez |
PSOE | 83,561 | 25.98 | |
| • José Manuel Cruz Viadero | PSOE | 79,473 | 24.70 | |
| • María Rocío Rábago Gómez | PSOE | 77,941 | 24.23 | |
| • Luis Fernando Fernández Fernández | PRC | 64,339 | 20.00 | |
| • Aurora Cuero Fuentecilla | PRC | 58,118 | 18.07 | |
| • Ángel Sainz Ruiz | PRC | 54,283 | 16.87 | |
| • José Luis Temes Ortiz | Vox | 41,941 | 13.04 | |
| • Rodrigo Romero Jiménez | Podemos–IU | 25,323 | 7.87 | |
| • Pablo Ángel González de la Riva | Podemos–IU | 22,968 | 7.14 | |
| • María Rosario Quintana Pantaleón | Podemos–IU | 22,528 | 7.00 | |
| • Ruth Pérez Higuera | Cs | 19,580 | 6.09 | |
| • Agustín Prieto Espuñes | Cs | 14,969 | 4.65 | |
| • Sara Cristina Quintanilla Fernández | Cs | 14,213 | 4.42 | |
| • Laura Tejedor Bonhome | PACMA | 4,011 | 1.25 | |
| • Javier Antonio Peña Fernández | PACMA | 2,522 | 0.78 | |
| • María López Revuelta | PCPE | 841 | 0.26 | |
| • José Jaime Gómez García | Recortes Cero–GV | 694 | 0.22 | |
| • Lorena García Tabarés | PCTE | 621 | 0.19 | |
| • Montserrat Barrio López | PUM+J | 594 | 0.18 | |
| • Arturo Limón Fernández | EB | 563 | 0.18 | |
| • María Pilar Artigas Manero | EB | 457 | 0.14 | |
| • Alejandro Ruiz Benito | P–LIB | 320 | 0.10 | |
| Blank ballots | 5,057 | 1.57 | ||
| Total | 321,694 | |||
| Valid votes | 321,694 | 97.72 | ||
| Invalid votes | 7,521 | 2.28 | ||
| Votes cast / turnout | 329,215 | 65.62 | ||
| Abstentions | 172,461 | 34.38 | ||
| Registered voters | 501,676 | |||
| Sources[2] | ||||
References
- "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.
- "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. November 2019. Cantabria". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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