Álava (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Álava 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. The largest municipality is Vitoria-Gasteiz where approximately 75% of the electorate live. [ [http://www.ine.es/censoe/elec_grales_andalu08/grales_andalu08_tab13.xls electorates by municipality] ]

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 Álava 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

Álava has returned four members at every election from 1977 onwards.

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 like Álava at the expense of larger provinces.

At the time of the 2008 General Election, Spain had 35,073,179 voters, giving an average of 100,209 voters per deputy. [ [http://www.ine.es/censoe/elec_grales_andalu08/grales_andalu08_tab13.xls electorates by municipality] ] In Álava the ratio was only 61,983. In contrast in the neighbouring district of Vizcaya the ratio was 119,589.

ummary of seats won 1977–2008

Note: Seats shown for the PP include seats won by their predecessors, the Popular Alliance and Popular Coalition before 1989. They ran in an electoral alliance with the UCD in 1982.

Results

In common with the other Basque provinces, PSOE increased their vote share by over 10%, mainly at the expense of the PNV. This was their third biggest increase in vote share overall. The 2008 election had been overshadowed by the killing of a former PSOE councillor by ETA in the neighbouring province of Guipúzcoa. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7283488.stm ETA blamed for killing PSOE former councillor] ]

=2008 General Election=

Source: [ [http://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2008/02/espana/elecciones2008/resultados/congreso/globales/14/alava.html 2008 election result] ]

=2004 General Election=

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

=2000 General Election=

electiontable|Spanish congress election, 2000"'Summary of the 12 March 2000 Congress of Deputies election results in Álava.
-!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Parties and alliances!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Members elected
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align=left|People's Party (Partido Popular)
align="right" |66,267
align="right" |39.10
align="right" |2
align="left" | Rafael Cámara^†, Alfonso Alonso^#

Notes:-
*^†Cámara was replaced by Santiago Abascal on 30th April 2003.
*^#Alonso was replaced by María Sagarna on 12th February 2002.

External links

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

References

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