Palencia (Cortes of Castile and León constituency)

Palencia 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 seven deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Palencia. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent.

For the Congress of Deputies constituency, see Palencia (Congress of Deputies constituency). For the Senate constituency, see Palencia (Senate constituency).
Palencia
Cortes of Castile and León
Electoral Constituency
Location of Palencia within Castile and León
ProvincePalencia
Autonomous communityCastile and León
Population160,980 (2019)[1]
Electorate141,613 (2019)
Major settlementsPalencia
Current constituency
Created1983
Seats7
Member(s)
  •   PP (4)
  •   PSOE (2)
  •   Podemos (1)

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: Voto rogado).[5] Seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a 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.[6]

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][7][8]

Procurators
Procurators 1983–present
Cortes Election Distribution
1st 1983
3 4
2nd 1987
2 1 4
3rd 1991
3 4
4th 1995
3 4
5th 1999
3 4
6th 2003
3 4
7th 2007
3 4
8th 2011
3 4
9th 2015
1 2 4
10th 2019
3 1 3

Elections

2019 regional election
Summary of the 26 May 2019 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 34,89835.90+6.88 3+1
People's Party (PP) 33,53234.49–6.50 3–1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 14,66915.09+5.17 1+1
Vox (Vox) 5,5315.69New 0±0
We Can–Equo (Podemos–Equo) 4,4564.58–6.26 0–1
United Left–Anticapitalists (IU–Anticapitalistas–PCAS/TC–ALTER)1 2,0402.10–2.43 0±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 6480.67New 0±0
Regionalist Union of Castile and León (Unión Regionalista)2 2460.25–0.04 0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 1530.16–0.23 0±0
Blank ballots 1,0381.07–1.44
Total 97,211 7±0
Valid votes 97,21198.96+1.13
Invalid votes 1,0251.04–1.13
Votes cast / turnout 98,23669.37+1.72
Abstentions 43,37730.63–1.72
Registered voters 141,613
Sources[9]

2015 regional election
Summary of the 24 May 2015 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 39,38740.99–12.05 4±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 27,88129.02–3.76 2–1
We Can (Podemos) 10,41110.84New 1+1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 9,5349.92New 0±0
United Left–Equo: Convergence for Castile and León (IU–Equo) 3,7033.85–0.56 0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 1,1071.15–1.25 0±0
Castilian Party–Commoners' Land: Pact (PCAS–TC–Pacto) 6500.68–1.95 0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 3730.39+0.05 0±0
Blank Seats (EB) 3480.36New 0±0
Regionalist Democracy of Castile and León (DRCyL)1 2760.29–0.05 0±0
Blank ballots 2,4102.51–0.81
Total 96,080 7±0
Valid votes 96,08097.83–0.20
Invalid votes 2,1272.17+0.20
Votes cast / turnout 98,20767.65–2.48
Abstentions 46,96232.35+2.48
Registered voters 145,169
Sources[10][11]

2011 regional election
Summary of the 22 May 2011 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 53,93953.04+3.80 4±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 33,33632.78–7.46 3±0
United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL) 4,4904.41+1.91 0±0
Party of Castile and León (PCAL)1 2,6752.63+1.02 0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 2,4362.40New 0±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 4220.41New 0±0
Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL) 3430.34New 0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 3410.34+0.07 0±0
Communist Party of the Castilian People (PCPC) 2060.20–0.01 0±0
Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn) 1420.14New 0±0
Blank ballots 3,3723.32+1.22
Total 101,702 7±0
Valid votes 101,70298.03–1.09
Invalid votes 2,0471.97+1.09
Votes cast / turnout 103,74970.13–2.85
Abstentions 44,19129.87+2.85
Registered voters 147,940
Sources[10][12]

2007 regional election
Summary of the 27 May 2007 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 53,67249.24+0.61 4±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 43,86440.24–1.32 3±0
Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León (CI–PCL) 3,0652.81New 0±0
United Left–The Greens–Commitment for Castile and León (IU–LV–CyL) 2,7292.50–0.73 0±0
Commoners' Land–Alternative for Castile and León (TC–ACAL) 1,7551.61–0.54 0±0
The Greens (LV)1 7930.73–0.56 0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 2920.27New 0±0
Communist Party of the Castilian People (PCPC) 2250.21New 0±0
Republican Left (IR) 1930.18±0.00 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 1340.12–0.11 0±0
Blank ballots 2,2882.10–0.41
Total 109,010 7±0
Valid votes 109,01099.12+0.16
Invalid votes 9660.88–0.16
Votes cast / turnout 109,97672.98–2.03
Abstentions 40,72527.02+2.03
Registered voters 150,701
Sources[10][13]

2003 regional election
Summary of the 25 May 2003 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 55,21448.63–2.39 4±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 47,18841.56+3.82 3±0
United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL) 3,6723.23–2.59 0±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 2,4392.15+1.23 0±0
The Greens–Cives (LV–Cives) 1,4591.29New 0±0
Castilian Left (IzCa) 2570.23New 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 2570.23–0.08 0±0
Republican Left (IR) 2080.18New 0±0
Blank ballots 2,8452.51–0.37
Total 113,539 7±0
Valid votes 113,53998.96+0.28
Invalid votes 1,1921.04–0.28
Votes cast / turnout 114,73175.01+3.81
Abstentions 38,23324.99–3.81
Registered voters 152,964
Sources[10][14]

1999 regional election
Summary of the 13 June 1999 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 55,45151.02–1.27 4±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 41,02237.74+5.82 3±0
United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL) 6,3235.82–2.61 0±0
Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL) 1,4191.31+0.16 0±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 9960.92+0.39 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 3380.31New 0±0
Blank ballots 3,1342.88+1.10
Total 108,683 7±0
Valid votes 108,68398.68–0.39
Invalid votes 1,4581.32+0.39
Votes cast / turnout 110,14171.20–5.24
Abstentions 44,56028.80+5.24
Registered voters 154,701
Sources[10][15]

1995 regional election
Summary of the 28 May 1995 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 60,11152.29+7.03 4±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 36,68831.92–5.24 3±0
United Left of Castile and León (IU) 9,6928.43+3.10 0±0
People's Palentine Group (APP) 4,0713.54New 0±0
Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)1 1,3211.15–0.66 0±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 6090.53New 0±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 2360.21–0.12 0±0
Party of El Bierzo (PB) 1830.16New 0±0
Blank ballots 2,0411.78+0.11
Total 114,952 7±0
Valid votes 114,95299.07+0.14
Invalid votes 1,0830.93–0.14
Votes cast / turnout 116,03576.44+5.27
Abstentions 35,76323.56–5.27
Registered voters 151,798
Sources[10][16]

1991 regional election
Summary of the 26 May 1991 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP)1 47,76745.26+0.22 4±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 39,21137.16+3.78 3+1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 7,0886.72–6.97 0–1
United Left (IU) 5,6295.33+1.04 0±0
Palentine Unity (UP) 1,5581.48New 0±0
The Greens (LV) 1,5221.44New 0±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 3530.33New 0±0
Regionalist Democracy of Castile and León (DRCL) 3440.33New 0±0
Castilianist Union (UC) 2980.28New 0±0
Blank ballots 1,7591.67+0.23
Total 105,529 7±0
Valid votes 105,52998.93+0.33
Invalid votes 1,1421.07–0.33
Votes cast / turnout 106,67171.17–6.81
Abstentions 43,21528.83+6.81
Registered voters 149,886
Sources[10][17][18]

1987 regional election
Summary of the 10 June 1987 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Alliance (AP)1 49,14445.04–1.84 4±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 36,42033.38–7.65 2–1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 14,94013.69+8.81 1+1
United Left (IU)2 4,6794.29–0.24 0±0
Nationalist Party of Castile and León (PNCL–PANCAL) 1,1021.01New 0±0
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) 7770.71New 0±0
Humanist Platform (PH) 2960.27New 0±0
Leonesist Union (UNLE) 1840.17New 0±0
Blank ballots 1,5741.44+0.63
Total 109,116 7±0
Valid votes 109,11698.60–0.17
Invalid votes 1,5491.40+0.17
Votes cast / turnout 110,66577.98+4.35
Abstentions 31,25522.02–4.35
Registered voters 141,920
Sources[10][19][20]

1983 regional election
Summary of the 8 May 1983 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) 48,75346.88n/a 4n/a
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 42,66541.03n/a 3n/a
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 5,0724.88n/a 0n/a
Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 4,7074.53n/a 0n/a
Castilian Communal Unity (UCC) 1,9581.88n/a 0n/a
Blank ballots 8390.81n/a
Total 103,994 7n/a
Valid votes 103,99498.77n/a
Invalid votes 1,2961.23n/a
Votes cast / turnout 105,29073.63n/a
Abstentions 37,70226.37n/a
Registered voters 142,992
Sources[10][21][22]

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