Lugo is one of the 52 constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Congress of Deputies, the lower chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency currently elects four deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Lugo. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of 3 percent.
Lugo | |
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Congress of Deputies Electoral constituency | |
Province | Lugo |
Autonomous community | Galicia |
Population | 339,386 (2016) |
Electorate | 348,561 (2016) |
Major settlements | Lugo |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1977 |
Seats | 5 (1977–1996) 4 (1996–) |
Member(s) |
Electoral system
The constituency was created as per the Political Reform Act 1977 and was first contested in the 1977 general election. The Act provided for the provinces of Spain to be established as multi-member districts in the Congress of Deputies,[1] with this regulation being maintained under the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Additionally, the Constitution requires for any modification of the provincial limits to be approved under an organic law, needing an absolute majority in the Cortes Generales.[2]
Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The only exception was in 1977, when this was limited to nationals over twenty-one and in full enjoyment of their political and civil rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Spaniards abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).[3] 348 seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold are not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method may result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude.[4] Each provincial constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of two seats, with the remaining 248 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations. Ceuta and Melilla are allocated the two remaining seats, which are elected using plurality voting.[2][5][6][7]
The electoral law provides that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors are allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors are required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they are seeking election—0.1 percent and, at least, the signature of 500 electors, until 1985—. Also since 2011, parties, federations or coalitions who have not obtained a mandate in either House of Parliament at the preceding election are required to secure the signature of at least 0.1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they are seeking election. Electors are barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.[5][7]
Deputies
Deputies for Lugo 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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Elections
April 2019 general election
2016 general election
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| | People's Party (PP) | 91,516 | 47.43 | +4.92 | 2 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Galicia/meta/color"| | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) | 45,796 | 23.73 | –0.25 | 1 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:En Marea/meta/color"| | En Masse (Podemos–Anova–EU) | 32,752 | 16.97 | –2.27 | 1 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Citizens (Spanish political party)/meta/color"| | Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 13,343 | 6.92 | –0.67 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| | Galician Nationalist Bloc–We–Galician Candidacy (BNG–Nós)1 | 5,009 | 2.60 | –0.97 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals/meta/color"| | Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 1,939 | 1.00 | +0.20 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Zero Cuts/meta/color"| | Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) | 514 | 0.27 | +0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
Blank ballots | 2,088 | 1.08 | –0.12 | |||
Total | 192,957 | 4 | ±0 | |||
Valid votes | 192,957 | 98.31 | +0.11 | |||
Invalid votes | 3,315 | 1.69 | –0.11 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 196,272 | 56.31 | –2.93 | |||
Abstentions | 152,289 | 43.69 | +2.93 | |||
Registered voters | 348,561 | |||||
Sources[9] | ||||||
2015 general election
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| | People's Party (PP) | 86,446 | 42.51 | –13.59 | 2 | –1 |
bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Galicia/meta/color"| | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) | 48,772 | 23.98 | –4.37 | 1 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:En Marea/meta/color"| | En Masse (Podemos–Anova–EU)1 | 39,122 | 19.24 | +16.19 | 1 | +1 |
bgcolor="Template:Citizens (Spanish political party)/meta/color"| | Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 15,441 | 7.59 | New | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Nós–Candidatura Galega/meta/color"| | We–Galician Candidacy (Nós)2 | 7,253 | 3.57 | –5.58 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals/meta/color"| | Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 1,633 | 0.80 | +0.31 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Union, Progress and Democracy/meta/color"| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 971 | 0.48 | –0.45 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Zero Cuts/meta/color"| | Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) | 443 | 0.22 | New | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain/meta/color"| | Communists of Galicia (PCPE–CdG) | 421 | 0.21 | New | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Land Party/meta/color"| | Land Party (PT) | 405 | 0.20 | New | 0 | ±0 |
Blank ballots | 2,445 | 1.20 | –0.48 | |||
Total | 203,352 | 4 | ±0 | |||
Valid votes | 203,352 | 98.20 | –0.01 | |||
Invalid votes | 3,732 | 1.80 | +0.01 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 207,084 | 59.24 | –3.57 | |||
Abstentions | 142,463 | 40.76 | +3.57 | |||
Registered voters | 349,547 | |||||
Sources[10] | ||||||
2011 general election
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| | People's Party (PP) | 121,422 | 56.10 | +11.58 | 3 | +1 |
bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Galicia/meta/color"| | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) | 61,357 | 28.35 | –13.10 | 1 | –1 |
bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) | 19,811 | 9.15 | –1.64 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Plural Left (Spain, 2011)/meta/color"| | United Left–The Greens: Plural Left (EU–V) | 6,603 | 3.05 | +2.10 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Union, Progress and Democracy/meta/color"| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 2,020 | 0.93 | +0.46 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals/meta/color"| | Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 1,054 | 0.49 | New | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Communist Unification of Spain/meta/color"| | Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) | 293 | 0.14 | New | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Converxencia XXI/meta/color"| | XXI Convergence (C.XXI) | 247 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
Blank ballots | 3,628 | 1.68 | +0.77 | |||
Total | 216,435 | 4 | ±0 | |||
Valid votes | 216,435 | 98.21 | –1.08 | |||
Invalid votes | 3,944 | 1.79 | +1.08 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 220,379 | 62.81 | –9.20 | |||
Abstentions | 130,472 | 37.19 | +9.20 | |||
Registered voters | 350,851 | |||||
Sources[11] |
2008 general election
2004 general election
2000 general election
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| | People's Party (PP) | 134,168 | 57.97 | +4.50 | 3 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Galicia/meta/color"| | Socialists' Party of Galicia–Progressives (PSdeG–PSOE–p) | 53,028 | 22.91 | –9.57 | 1 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) | 37,422 | 16.17 | +6.21 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:United Left (Galicia)/meta/color"| | United Left (EU–IU) | 2,297 | 0.99 | –1.61 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Galician Coalition/meta/color"| | Galician Coalition (CG) | 351 | 0.15 | New | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Party of Self-employed and Professionals/meta/color"| | Party of Self-employed and Professionals (AUTONOMO) | 298 | 0.13 | New | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) | 291 | 0.13 | –0.09 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Galician Democracy/meta/color"| | Galician Democracy (DG) | 238 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Natural Law Party (Spain)/meta/color"| | Natural Law Party (PLN) | 185 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Spain 2000/meta/color"| | Spain 2000 Platform (ES2000) | 181 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Galician People's Front/meta/color"| | Galician People's Front (FPG) | 161 | 0.07 | –0.03 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Humanist Party (Spain)/meta/color"| | Humanist Party (PH) | 157 | 0.07 | +0.03 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:La Falange (1999)/meta/color"| | The Phalanx (FE) | 118 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Spanish Democratic Party/meta/color"| | Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) | 61 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 |
Blank ballots | 2,506 | 1.08 | +0.32 | |||
Total | 231,462 | 4 | ±0 | |||
Valid votes | 231,462 | 99.28 | –0.15 | |||
Invalid votes | 1,683 | 0.72 | +0.15 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 233,145 | 67.73 | –4.34 | |||
Abstentions | 111,096 | 32.27 | +4.34 | |||
Registered voters | 344,241 | |||||
Sources[14] |
1996 general election
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| | People's Party (PP) | 129,523 | 53.47 | +0.29 | 3 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Galicia/meta/color"| | Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) | 78,692 | 32.48 | +0.28 | 1 | –1 |
bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| | Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) | 24,136 | 9.96 | +2.78 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:United Left (Galicia)/meta/color"| | United Left–Galician Left (EU–EG) | 6,292 | 2.60 | –0.12 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Confederation of the Greens/meta/color"| | The European Greens–The Greens of Galicia (LVE–OVG) | 857 | 0.35 | –0.06 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| | Centrist Union (UC) | 439 | 0.18 | –1.08 | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Galician People's Front/meta/color"| | Galician People's Front (FPG) | 250 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Falange Española Auténtica/meta/color"| | Authentic Spanish Phalanx (FEA) | 121 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 |
bgcolor="Template:Humanist Party (Spain)/meta/color"| | Humanist Party (PH) | 108 | 0.04 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
Blank ballots | 1,838 | 0.76 | –0.02 | |||
Total | 242,256 | 4 | –1 | |||
Valid votes | 242,256 | 99.43 | +0.15 | |||
Invalid votes | 1,396 | 0.57 | –0.15 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 243,652 | 72.07 | +2.21 | |||
Abstentions | 94,447 | 27.93 | –2.21 | |||
Registered voters | 338,099 | |||||
Sources[15] |
1993 general election
1989 general election
1986 general election
1982 general election
1979 general election
1977 general election
References
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- ^ a b Spanish Constitution of 1978. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). 29 December 1978. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
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- ^ a b General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "Constitution" (PDF). congreso.es. Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
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