Toledo (Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha constituency)

Toledo 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 nine deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Toledo. 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 Toledo (Congress of Deputies constituency). For the Senate constituency, see Toledo (Senate constituency).

Toledo
Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha Electoral Constituency
Location of Toledo within Castilla–La Mancha
Province	Toledo
Autonomous community	Castilla–La Mancha
Population	694,844 (2019)[1]
Electorate	524,282 (2019)
Major settlements	Talavera de la Reina, Toledo
Current constituency
Created	1983
Seats	10 (1983–1986) 11 (1986–2007) 12 (2007–2012) 13 (2012–2014) 9 (2014–present)
Member(s)	PSOE (5)      PP (3)      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 5
2nd	1987	6 1 4
3rd	1991	6 5
4th	1995	6 5
5th	1999	6 5
6th	2003	7 4
7th	2007	6 5
8th	2011	6 6
9th	2015	1 4 4
10th	2019	5 1 3

Elections

2019 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	161,723	44.57	+7.63	5	+1
	People's Party (PP)	102,626	28.28	–9.97	3	–1
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	38,174	10.52	+2.08	1	+1
	Vox (Vox)	29,492	8.13	+7.62	0	±0
	United We Can–United Left–Equo CLM (Podemos–IU–Equo)^1	23,700	6.53	–5.23	0	–1
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	2,796	0.77	–0.09	0	±0
	Castilian Party–Commoners' Land (PCAS–TC)	710	0.20	+0.10	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	551	0.15	+0.02	0	±0
	Traditions and Rural World (ANATUR–UDEC)	351	0.10	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,720	0.75	–0.74
Total		362,843			9	±0
Valid votes		362,843	98.93	+1.24
Invalid votes		3,922	1.07	–1.24
Votes cast / turnout		366,765	69.96	–2.00
Abstentions		157,517	30.04	+2.00
Registered voters		524,282
Sources[8]

2015 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	139,622	38.25	–10.86	4	–2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	134,851	36.94	–5.94	4	–2
	We Can (Podemos)	32,068	8.79	New	1	+1
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	30,794	8.44	New	0	±0
	Let's Win Castilla–La Mancha–The Greens–United Left (Ganemos–LV–IU)^1	10,828	2.97	–0.66	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	3,137	0.86	+0.57	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	2,896	0.79	–0.70	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	1,869	0.51	New	0	±0
	The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV)	1,479	0.41	–0.20	0	±0
	Union of Independent Citizens (UCIN)^2	1,176	0.32	–0.05	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	476	0.13	New	0	±0
	Castilian Party–Castilian Unity (PCAS–UdCa)^3	381	0.10	–0.10	0	±0
Blank ballots		5,445	1.49	+0.07
Total		365,022			9	–3
Valid votes		365,022	97.69	–1.05
Invalid votes		8,640	2.31	+1.05
Votes cast / turnout		373,662	71.96	–4.75
Abstentions		145,608	28.04	+4.75
Registered voters		519,270
Sources[9][10]

2011 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	190,410	49.11	+5.45	6	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	166,249	42.88	–8.09	6	±0
	United Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IUCLM)	14,094	3.63	+0.20	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	5,777	1.49	New	0	±0
	The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV)	2,375	0.61	New	0	±0
	Union of Independent Citizens of Toledo (UCIT)	1,430	0.37	New	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	1,133	0.29	New	0	±0
	Castilian Party (PCAS)^1	773	0.20	+0.01	0	±0
Blank ballots		5,499	1.42	+0.44
Total		387,740			12	+1
Valid votes		387,740	98.74	–0.54
Invalid votes		4,967	1.26	+0.54
Votes cast / turnout		392,707	76.71	+0.55
Abstentions		119,258	23.29	–0.55
Registered voters		511,965
Sources[11][12]

2007 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	183,583	50.97	–7.81	6	–1
	People's Party (PP)	157,230	43.66	+7.51	5	+1
	United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM)	12,358	3.43	+0.57	0	±0
	The Greens of Europe (LVE)	1,845	0.51	New	0	±0
	Commoners' Land (TC)	701	0.19	+0.08	0	±0
	Independent Regional Unity (URI)	610	0.17	±0.00	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	286	0.08	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,537	0.98	–0.05
Total		360,150			47	±0
Valid votes		360,150	99.28	–0.10
Invalid votes		2,630	0.72	+0.10
Votes cast / turnout		362,780	76.16	–2.04
Abstentions		113,544	23.84	+2.04
Registered voters		476,324
Sources[13][14]

2003 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	203,462	58.78	+4.67	7	+1
	People's Party (PP)	125,133	36.15	–3.76	4	–1
	United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM)	9,898	2.86	–0.37	0	±0
	The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV)	1,684	0.49	+0.17	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	866	0.25	New	0	±0
	Independent Regional Unity (URI)	580	0.17	–0.02	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	386	0.11	+0.01	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	293	0.08	New	0	±0
	Castilian Left (IzCa)	288	0.08	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,569	1.03	–0.12
Total		346,159			11	±0
Valid votes		346,159	99.38	±0.00
Invalid votes		2,154	0.62	±0.00
Votes cast / turnout		348,313	78.20	+0.70
Abstentions		97,098	21.80	–0.70
Registered voters		445,411
Sources[15][16]

1999 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE–p)	176,528	54.11	+6.54	6	±0
	People's Party (PP)	130,218	39.91	–3.59	5	±0
	United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM)	10,537	3.23	–3.05	0	±0
	The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV)	1,034	0.32	–0.14	0	±0
	Spanish Democratic Party (PADE)	813	0.25	New	0	±0
	Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)	700	0.21	–0.16	0	±0
	Independent Regional Unity (URI)	635	0.19	+0.07	0	±0
	Union of Talavera and Region (UTyC)	474	0.15	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	400	0.12	+0.02	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PRCM)	382	0.12	–0.08	0	±0
	Party of Self-employed of Spain and Spanish Independent Groups (PAE–I)	336	0.10	New	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	313	0.10	+0.01	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	142	0.04	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,745	1.15	+0.25
Total		326,257			11	±0
Valid votes		326,257	99.38	+0.13
Invalid votes		2,032	0.62	–0.13
Votes cast / turnout		328,289	77.50	–2.86
Abstentions		95,285	22.50	+2.86
Registered voters		423,574
Sources[17][18]

1995 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	151,801	47.57	–3.70	6	±0
	People's Party (PP)	138,813	43.50	+5.42	5	±0
	United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM)	20,042	6.28	+0.51	0	±0
	The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV)	1,474	0.46	New	0	±0
	Action for Talavera Region (ACTAL)	1,270	0.40	–0.46	0	±0
	Centrist Union (UC)	1,186	0.37	–1.78	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PRCM)	649	0.20	–0.15	0	±0
	Independent Regional Unity (URI)	391	0.12	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	327	0.10	New	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	289	0.09	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,863	0.90	+0.03
Total		319,105			11	±0
Valid votes		319,105	99.25	–0.04
Invalid votes		2,398	0.75	+0.04
Votes cast / turnout		321,503	80.36	+4.64
Abstentions		78,568	19.64	–4.64
Registered voters		400,071
Sources[19][20]

1991 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	145,861	51.27	+6.21	6	±0
	People's Party (PP)^1	108,339	38.08	+0.64	5	+1
	United Left (IU)	16,406	5.77	–0.03	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	6,110	2.15	–8.05	0	–1
	Action for Talavera (ACTAL)	2,441	0.86	New	0	±0
	The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)^2	1,899	0.67	+0.49	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PRCM)	984	0.35	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,475	0.87	+0.05
Total		284,515			11	±0
Valid votes		284,515	99.29	+0.49
Invalid votes		2,047	0.71	–0.49
Votes cast / turnout		286,562	75.72	–3.28
Abstentions		91,893	24.28	+3.28
Registered voters		378,455
Sources[21][22][23]

1987 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	128,713	45.06	+1.40	6	+1
	People's Alliance (AP)^1	105,232	36.84	–5.27	4	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	29,132	10.20	+6.77	1	+1
	United Left (IU)^2	16,554	5.80	–1.88	0	±0
	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	1,718	0.60	New	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)	933	0.33	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	512	0.18	New	0	±0
	Social Democratic Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PSDCLM)	512	0.18	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,352	0.82	+0.28
Total		285,658			11	+1
Valid votes		285,658	98.80	–0.21
Invalid votes		3,456	1.20	+0.21
Votes cast / turnout		289,114	79.00	+1.53
Abstentions		76,845	21.00	–1.53
Registered voters		365,959
Sources[24][25][26]

1983 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	118,295	43.66	n/a	5	n/a
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)	114,090	42.11	n/a	5	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	20,809	7.68	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	9,299	3.43	n/a	0	n/a
	Liberal Democratic Party (PDL)	6,958	2.57	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		1,471	0.54	n/a
Total		270,922			10	n/a
Valid votes		270,922	99.01	n/a
Invalid votes		2,699	0.99	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		273,621	77.47	n/a
Abstentions		79,581	22.53	n/a
Registered voters		353,202
Sources[27][28][29]

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