Sevilla (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Sevilla (English: Seville) is one of the 52 electoral districts (circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It was first contested in modern times in the 1977 General Election. It is the fourth largest district in terms of electorate. The largest municipality by far is Seville with 547,000 voters out of the total electorate of 1,469,000 [ [http://www.ine.es/censoe/censo_cerrado/cermun_08.xls Number of voters by Municipality in 2008] ] The next largest municipalities were Dos Hermanas (91,000), Alcalá de Guadaíra (52,000), Utrera (38,000) and Écija (30,000). In the last two General Elections, the district has produced the highest vote share for PSOE, the current governing party, of all 52 districts.

Boundaries and electoral system

Under Article 68 of the Spanish constitution [ [http://www.mir.es/DGPI/Normativa/Normativa_Estatal/Constitucion_Espanola/constitucion_espanola.html Spanish Constitution] ] the boundaries must be the same as the province of Seville and under Article 140 this can only be altered with the approval of congress. Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The electoral system used is closed list proportional representation with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method. Only lists which poll 3% or more of all valid votes cast, including votes "en blanco" i.e. for "none of the above" can be considered for seats. Under article 12 of the constitution, the minimum voting age is 18.

Eligibility

Article 67.3 of the Spanish Constitution prohibits dual membership of the Cortes and regional assemblies, meaning that candidates must resign from Regional Assemblies if successfully elected. Article 70 also makes active judges, magistrates, public defenders, serving military personnel, active police officers and members of constitutional and electoral tribunals ineligible. [ [http://www.mir.es/DGPI/Normativa/Normativa_Estatal/Constitucion_Espanola/constitucion_espanola.html Spanish Constitution] ]

Number of members

In the general elections from 1977 until 1993 Sevilla returned 12 members. For the 1996 and 2000 elections it returned 13 members. At the most recent General Election in 2004 it lost a seat and returned to its former representation of 12 members.

Under Spanish electoral law, all provinces are entitled to a minimum of 2 seats with a remaining 248 seats apportioned according to population. [ [http://electionresources.org/es/index_en.html General features of Spanish electoral system] ] These laws are laid out in detail in the 1985 electoral law. (Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General) The practical effect of this law has been to overrepresent smaller provinces at the expense of larger provinces like Sevilla.

In 2008 Spain had 35,073,179 voters giving an average of 100,209 voters per deputy [http://www.electionresources.org/es/congress.php?election=2008 2008 Spanish election] ] . In Sevilla the ratio was 122,423. [ [http://www.electionresources.org/es/congress.php?election=2004&province=41 Sevilla 2008 election results] ] In contrast the ratio was 38,071 and 38,685 respectively in the smallest provinces of Teruel [ [http://www.electionresources.org/es/congress.php?election=2008&province=44 Teruel 2008 result] ] and Soria. [ [http://www.electionresources.org/es/congress.php?election=2008&province=42 Soria 2008 result] ]

ummary of seats won 1977-2008

Turnout=73.8%

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Turnout=77.1%

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Turnout=69.7%

Source: [ [http://www-org.elecciones.mir.es/MIR/jsp/resultados/index.htm Interior ministry link to election results] ]

External links

* [http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/DipCircuns List of members by year]

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