Albacete (Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha constituency)

Albacete is one of the five constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha, the regional legislature of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. The constituency currently elects six deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Albacete. 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 Albacete (Congress of Deputies constituency). For the Senate constituency, see Albacete (Senate constituency).

Albacete
Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha Electoral Constituency
Location of Albacete within Castilla–La Mancha
Province	Albacete
Autonomous community	Castilla–La Mancha
Population	388,167 (2019)[1]
Electorate	310,059 (2019)
Major settlements	Albacete
Current constituency
Created	1983
Seats	9 (1983–1986) 10 (1986–2014) 6 (2014–2019) 7 (2019–present)
Member(s)	PSOE (4)      PP (2)      Cs (1)

Electoral system

The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy of Castilla–La Mancha of 1982 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election. The Statute provided for the five provinces in Castilla–La Mancha—Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo—to be established as multi-member districts in the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha, with this regulation being maintained under the 1986 regional electoral law. Each constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of three seats, with the remaining 18—22 from 1986 to 1998—being distributed in proportion to their populations. In 1983 and from 1998 to 2014, each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 9 for Albacete (10 from 1998 to 2014), 10 for Ciudad Real (11 from 1998 to 2012; 12 until 2014), 8 for Cuenca (8 from 2012 to 2014), 7 for Guadalajara (8 from 2007 to 2012; 9 until 2014) and 10 for Toledo (11 from 1998 to 2007; 12 from 2007 to 2012; 13 until 2014).[2][3]

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castilla–La Mancha and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Castilian-Manchegan people abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).[4] 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. The only exception was in 1983, when a five percent threshold was applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold are not taken into consideration for seat distribution.[2][3] The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.[5]

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.[3][6][7]

Deputies

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

Elections

2019 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 2019 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Albacete

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	86,626	41.92	+8.07	4	+1
	People's Party (PP)	60,059	29.06	–7.60	2	–1
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	27,191	13.16	+3.53	1	+1
	United We Can–United Left–Equo CLM (Podemos–IU–Equo)^1	16,398	7.94	–7.10	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	11,744	5.68	+5.31	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	1,769	0.86	–0.04	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	538	0.26	+0.02	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	260	0.13	New	0	±0
	Traditions and Rural World (ANATUR–UDEC)	204	0.10	New	0	±0
	Together We Win (JG)	149	0.07	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,704	0.82	–0.92
Total		206,642			7	+1
Valid votes		206,642	98.99	+0.96
Invalid votes		2,113	1.01	–0.96
Votes cast / turnout		208,755	67.33	–3.43
Abstentions		101,304	32.67	+3.43
Registered voters		310,059
Sources[8]

2015 regional election

Summary of the 24 May 2015 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Albacete

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	79,082	36.66	–11.73	3	–2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	73,004	33.85	–7.81	3	–2
	We Can (Podemos)	24,235	11.24	New	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	20,775	9.63	New	0	±0
	Let's Win Castilla–La Mancha–The Greens–United Left (Ganemos–LV–IU)^1	8,193	3.80	–0.92	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	2,085	0.97	–0.97	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	1,933	0.90	+0.44	0	±0
	Union of Independent Citizens (UCIN)	1,076	0.50	New	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	802	0.37	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	511	0.24	New	0	±0
	Castilian Party–Castilian Unity (PCAS–UdCa)^2	244	0.11	–0.08	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,758	1.74	–0.19
Total		215,698			6	–4
Valid votes		215,698	98.03	–0.60
Invalid votes		4,336	1.97	+0.60
Votes cast / turnout		220,034	70.76	–3.99
Abstentions		90,917	29.24	+3.99
Registered voters		310,951
Sources[9][10]

2011 regional election

Summary of the 22 May 2011 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Albacete

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	110,255	48.39	+7.64	5	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	94,910	41.66	–10.99	5	–1
	United Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IUCLM)	10,751	4.72	+0.81	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	4,412	1.94	New	0	±0
	Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB)	1,615	0.71	New	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	1,048	0.46	New	0	±0
	Castilian Party (PCAS)^1	442	0.19	+0.07	0	±0
Blank ballots		4,408	1.93	+0.47
Total		227,841			10	±0
Valid votes		227,841	98.63	–0.64
Invalid votes		3,163	1.37	+0.64
Votes cast / turnout		231,004	74.75	+3.05
Abstentions		78,025	25.25	–3.05
Registered voters		309,029
Sources[11][12]

2007 regional election

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Albacete

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	113,295	52.65	–5.38	6	±0
	People's Party (PP)	87,684	40.75	+4.39	4	±0
	United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM)	8,416	3.91	+0.43	0	±0
	The Greens of Europe (LVE)	1,697	0.79	New	0	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	410	0.19	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	286	0.13	–0.09	0	±0
	Commoners' Land (TC)	259	0.12	–0.06	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,140	1.46	–0.09
Total		215,187			10	±0
Valid votes		215,187	99.27	–0.11
Invalid votes		1,579	0.73	+0.11
Votes cast / turnout		216,766	71.70	–2.36
Abstentions		85,555	28.30	+2.36
Registered voters		302,321
Sources[13][14]

2003 regional election

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Albacete

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	127,148	58.03	+2.19	6	±0
	People's Party (PP)	79,672	36.36	–0.72	4	±0
	United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM)	7,635	3.48	–0.69	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	492	0.22	+0.09	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	389	0.18	+0.10	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	360	0.16	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,399	1.55	–0.21
Total		219,095			10	±0
Valid votes		219,095	99.38	±0.00
Invalid votes		1,375	0.62	±0.00
Votes cast / turnout		220,470	74.06	+1.91
Abstentions		77,211	25.94	–1.91
Registered voters		297,681
Sources[15][16]

1999 regional election

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Albacete

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE–p)	117,615	55.84	+11.38	6	+1
	People's Party (PP)	78,097	37.08	–6.13	4	±0
	United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM)	8,785	4.17	–6.18	0	–1
	Manchegan Regionalist Party (PRM)	993	0.47	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	361	0.17	New	0	±0
	Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)	341	0.16	–0.18	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PRCM)	305	0.14	–0.20	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	277	0.13	New	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	161	0.08	–0.03	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,697	1.76	+0.63
Total		210,632			10	±0
Valid votes		210,632	99.38	+0.04
Invalid votes		1,316	0.62	–0.04
Votes cast / turnout		211,948	72.15	–5.89
Abstentions		81,827	27.85	+5.89
Registered voters		293,775
Sources[17][18]

1995 regional election

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Albacete

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	96,565	44.46	–9.58	5	–1
	People's Party (PP)	93,843	43.21	+11.69	4	+1
	United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM)	22,475	10.35	+1.64	1	±0
	Regionalist Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PRCM)	747	0.34	New	0	±0
	Centrist Union (UC)	618	0.28	–3.13	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	245	0.11	New	0	±0
	Action for Talavera Region (ACTAL)	237	0.11	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,464	1.13	±0.00
Total		217,194			10	±0
Valid votes		217,194	99.34	+0.09
Invalid votes		1,449	0.66	–0.09
Votes cast / turnout		218,643	78.04	+7.64
Abstentions		61,522	21.96	–7.64
Registered voters		280,165
Sources[19][20]

1991 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 1991 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Albacete

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	100,420	54.04	+5.50	6	±0
	People's Party (PP)^1	58,568	31.52	–0.27	3	±0
	United Left (IU)	16,194	8.71	+2.16	1	+1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	6,342	3.41	–7.35	0	–1
	The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)^2	1,824	0.98	+0.77	0	±0
	Social Democratic Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PSDCLM)	378	0.20	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,109	1.13	+0.14
Total		185,835			10	±0
Valid votes		185,835	99.25	+0.27
Invalid votes		1,410	0.75	–0.27
Votes cast / turnout		187,245	70.40	–2.79
Abstentions		78,732	29.60	+2.79
Registered voters		265,977
Sources[21][22][23]

1987 regional election

Summary of the 10 June 1987 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Albacete

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	87,833	48.54	–4.30	6	+1
	People's Alliance (AP)^1	55,425	30.63	–6.31	3	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	19,471	10.76	+8.79	1	+1
	United Left (IU)^2	11,854	6.55	–0.72	0	±0
	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	2,090	1.16	New	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)	1,609	0.89	New	0	±0
	Manchegan Regionalist Party (PRM)	487	0.27	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	380	0.21	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,789	0.99	+0.34
Total		180,938			10	+1
Valid votes		180,938	98.98	+0.15
Invalid votes		1,861	1.02	–0.15
Votes cast / turnout		182,799	73.19	+2.30
Abstentions		66,962	26.81	–2.30
Registered voters		249,761
Sources[24][25][26]

1983 regional election

Summary of the 8 May 1983 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Albacete

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	91,876	52.84	n/a	5	n/a
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)	64,235	36.94	n/a	4	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	12,643	7.27	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	3,424	1.97	n/a	0	n/a
	Spanish Communist Workers' Party–Unified Communist Party (PCOE–PCEU)	579	0.33	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		1,125	0.65	n/a
Total		173,882			9	n/a
Valid votes		173,882	98.83	n/a
Invalid votes		2,064	1.17	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		175,946	70.89	n/a
Abstentions		72,256	29.11	n/a
Registered voters		248,202
Sources[27][28][29]

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