Gran Canaria (Senate constituency)
Gran Canaria 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 three senators. Its boundaries correspond to those of the island of Gran Canaria. 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 two candidates.
| Gran Canaria | |
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| Senate of Spain Electoral Constituency | |
.png.webp) Location of Gran Canaria within Spain | |
| Island | Gran Canaria |
| Autonomous community | Canary Islands |
| Population |  851,231 (2019)[1] |
| Electorate | 704,506 (Nov 2019) |
| Major settlements | Las Palmas, Telde, Santa Lucía de Tirajana, San Bartolomé de Tirajana |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1977 |
| Seats | 3 |
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Senators
| Senators for Gran Canaria 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 | % | |||
 Ramón Morales Quesada |
PSOE | 117,441 | 30.12 | |
| Saturnina Santana Dumpierrez |
PSOE | 111,576 | 28.62 | |
| Sergio Ramos Acosta |
PP | 97,298 | 24.96 | |
| • Rosa Faustina Viera Fernández | PP | 88,644 | 22.74 | |
| • Carlos Carmelo Reyes Lima | Podemos–IU | 49,864 | 12.79 | |
| • Laura Saz Almazán | Podemos–IU | 49,085 | 12.59 | |
| • Carlos Manuel Ruiz de Galarreta Hernández | Vox | 41,967 | 10.76 | |
| • Heriberto José Dávila Ojeda | NC–CCa–PNC | 41,039 | 10.53 | |
| • María Ángeles Batista Perdomo | NC–CCa–PNC | 38,917 | 9.98 | |
| • Rafael Juan Medina Jaber | Cs | 23,449 | 6.01 | |
| • Alicia Esther Díaz Álamo | Cs | 21,850 | 5.60 | |
| • Raquel Díaz Santana | PACMA | 7,358 | 1.89 | |
| • Jesús Alberto Rosales Falcón | Más País–Equo | 5,201 | 1.33 | |
| • María Teresa Bañobre Nebot | Más País–Equo | 4,811 | 1.23 | |
| • Daniel Romero Vecino | PACMA | 4,714 | 1.21 | |
| • Luz Carmen Rodríguez Gangura | ANC–UP | 1,720 | 0.44 | |
| • Ramón Francisco González Hernández | Verdes | 1,693 | 0.43 | |
| • José Echedey "CANARIONASOS" Santana Morán | ANC–UP | 1,489 | 0.38 | |
| • Laura Rodríguez Álvarez | PUM+J | 953 | 0.24 | |
| • Abisai Melián Ramírez | Recortes Cero–GV | 884 | 0.23 | |
| • Juana María Ruiz Suárez | Recortes Cero–GV | 662 | 0.17 | |
| • Javier Delgado Pérez | PCPC | 537 | 0.14 | |
| • Judit Duque Suárez | PCPC | 457 | 0.12 | |
| • Guayarmina Méndez Laguna | Contigo | 211 | 0.05 | |
| • María Dolores Blanco López | PH | 199 | 0.05 | |
| • Luis Bodoque Gómez | PH | 181 | 0.05 | |
| • José Miguel Yánez Ramírez | Contigo | 141 | 0.04 | |
| Blank ballots | 6,765 | 1.74 | ||
| Total | 389,860 | |||
| Valid votes | 389,860 | 96.90 | ||
| Invalid votes | 12,471 | 3.10 | ||
| Votes cast / turnout | 402,331 | 57.11 | ||
| Abstentions | 302,175 | 42.89 | ||
| Registered voters | 704,506 | |||
| Sources[2] | ||||
References
- "Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero. Población por islas y por sexo". ine.es (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. November 2019. Gran Canaria". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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