Teruel (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Teruel is one of the 52 electoral districts (circunscripciónes) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is one of the three electoral districts which correspond to the provinces of Aragon. Teruel is the largest town with only 24,000 voters. There are no other municipalities with electorates over 15,000. Teruel has been a political bellwether as the party that has won most seats in the district has gone on to form the government.

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 Teruel 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

Teruel has returned three members at every election since the restoration of democracy.

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 has been to overrepreseent smaller provinces like Teruel at the expense of larger provinces. Teruel had a ratio of 38,714 voters per deputy in 2004 [ [http://electionresources.org/es/congress.php?election=2004&province=44 Teruel election result 2004] ] a figure below the Spanish average of 98,777 voters per deputy and the second smallest ratio of all after
Soria.

ummary of seats won 1977–2004

Note: The PP ran in an electoral alliance with the Aragonese Party (Partido Aragonés) in 1996.

Results

Teruel produced one of the closest results of the most recent election with PSOE gaining a seat from the PP by just 232 votes.

=2004 General Election=

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

=2000 General Election=

External links

* [http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/DipCircuns List of members by year]
* [http://www.ine.es/censoe/elec2000/00mun44.htm Number of voters by Municipality]

References

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District) — Valencia is one of the 52 electoral districts (Spanish: circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies mdash;the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is the third largest district in Congress, electing… … Wikipedia
Zaragoza (Spanish Congress Electoral District) — Zaragoza 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 is one of the three electoral districts which correspond to the… … Wikipedia
Madrid (Spanish Congress Electoral District) — Location of Madrid electoral district in Spain Madrid 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 has the largest… … Wikipedia
Asturias (Spanish Congress Electoral District) — Location of Asturias electoral district in Spain Asturias 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. The total electorate… … Wikipedia
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… … Wikipedia
Murcia (Spanish Congress Electoral District) — Location of Murcia electoral district in Spain. Murcia is one of the 52 electoral districts (Spanish: circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It was first… … Wikipedia
Barcelona (Spanish Congress Electoral District) — Barcelona 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. When first contested in modern times in the 1977 General Election,… … Wikipedia
Navarre (Spanish Congress Electoral District) — Location of Navarra electoral district in Spain Navarra (also called Navarre in English and Nafarroa in Basque) is one of the 52 electoral districts (circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies the lower chamber of the Spanish… … Wikipedia
Ourense (Spanish Congress Electoral District) — Location of Ourense electoral district in Spain Ourense 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 is located in the… … Wikipedia
Málaga (Spanish Congress Electoral District) — Location of Málaga electoral district in Spain. Málaga 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 … Wikipedia

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Teruel (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Wikipedia

Teruel (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link