Zamora (Cortes of Castile and León constituency)

Zamora is one of the nine constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Cortes of Castile and León, the regional legislature of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León. The constituency currently elects seven deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Zamora. 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 Zamora (Congress of Deputies constituency). For the Senate constituency, see Zamora (Senate constituency).

Zamora
Cortes of Castile and León Electoral Constituency
Location of Zamora within Castile and León
Province	Zamora
Autonomous community	Castile and León
Population	172,539 (2019)[1]
Electorate	168,951 (2019)
Major settlements	Zamora, Benavente
Current constituency
Created	1983
Seats	8 (1983–2003) 7 (2003–present)
Member(s)	PSOE (3)      PP (3)      Cs (1)

Electoral system

The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy of Castile and León of 1983 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election. The Statute provided for the nine provinces in Castile and León—Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora—to be established as multi-member districts in the Cortes of Castile and León, with this regulation being maintained under the 1987 regional electoral law. Each constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of three seats, with one additional member per each 45,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 22,500.[2][3][4]

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castile and León and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Castilian-Leonese people abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).[5] 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.[2][3][4] The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.[6]

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.[4][7][8]

Procurators

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

Elections

2019 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 2019 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	38,536	36.20	+10.67	3	+1
	People's Party (PP)	36,019	33.84	–7.48	3	–1
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	14,788	13.89	+6.13	1	+1
	Vox (Vox)	5,412	5.08	New	0	±0
	We Can–Equo (Podemos–Equo)	3,710	3.49	–7.55	0	–1
	United Left–Anticapitalists (IU–Anticapitalistas–PCAS/TC–ALTER)^1	3,143	2.95	–1.48	0	±0
	Decide Now (Ahora Decide)	1,777	1.67	–0.42	0	±0
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	758	0.71	+0.03	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	543	0.51	±0.00	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)	413	0.39	+0.06	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,355	1.27	–1.54
Total		106,454			7	±0
Valid votes		106,454	98.77	+0.94
Invalid votes		1,326	1.23	–0.94
Votes cast / turnout		107,780	63.79	+0.08
Abstentions		61,171	36.21	–0.08
Registered voters		168,951
Sources[9]

2015 regional election

Summary of the 24 May 2015 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	45,225	41.32	–12.64	4	–1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	27,940	25.53	–5.13	2	±0
	We Can (Podemos)	12,077	11.04	New	1	+1
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	8,491	7.76	New	0	±0
	United Left–Equo: Convergence for Castile and León (IU–Equo)	4,750	4.34	–0.31	0	±0
	Decide Now–Socialist Alternative (Ahora Decide–AS)	2,285	2.09	New	0	±0
	Zamoran Independent Electors (ADEIZA)	2,238	2.04	–0.81	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	962	0.88	–1.17	0	±0
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	745	0.68	–0.56	0	±0
	Cives (Cives)	628	0.57	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	562	0.51	New	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)	364	0.33	–0.12	0	±0
	Castilian Party–Commoners' Land: Pact (PCAS–TC–Pacto)	99	0.09	–0.07	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,074	2.81	–0.44
Total		109,440			7	±0
Valid votes		109,440	97.83	–0.40
Invalid votes		2,433	2.17	+0.40
Votes cast / turnout		111,873	63.71	–2.98
Abstentions		63,721	36.29	+2.98
Registered voters		175,594
Sources[10][11]

2011 regional election

Summary of the 22 May 2011 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	63,000	53.96	+2.81	5	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	35,796	30.66	–6.68	2	–1
	United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)	5,427	4.65	+1.99	0	±0
	Zamoran Independent Electors–Zamoran People's Union (ADEIZA–UPZ)	3,322	2.85	+0.30	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	2,388	2.05	New	0	±0
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)^1	1,448	1.24	+0.66	0	±0
	Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB)	852	0.73	New	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)	525	0.45	–0.05	0	±0
	Party of Castile and León (PCAL)^2	190	0.16	+0.03	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,795	3.25	+1.51
Total		116,743			7	±0
Valid votes		116,743	98.23	–0.93
Invalid votes		2,104	1.77	+0.93
Votes cast / turnout		118,847	66.69	–4.36
Abstentions		59,348	33.31	+4.36
Registered voters		178,195
Sources[10][12]

2007 regional election

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	64,906	51.15	+0.33	4	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	47,386	37.34	+0.86	3	±0
	United Left–The Greens–Commitment for Castile and León (IU–LV–CyL)	3,381	2.66	+0.12	0	±0
	Zamoran Independent Electors–Zamoran People's Union (ADEIZA–UPZ)	3,241	2.55	+1.03	0	±0
	Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León (CI–PCL)	2,688	2.12	New	0	±0
	United Zamora–Leonese People's Union (ZU–UPL)^1	738	0.58	–4.40	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)	637	0.50	–0.04	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	629	0.50	New	0	±0
	The Greens of Europe (LVE)	391	0.31	New	0	±0
	Liberal Centrist Union (UCL)	315	0.25	–0.25	0	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	201	0.16	+0.05	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Alternative for Castile and León (TC–ACAL)	171	0.13	–0.03	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,205	1.74	–0.35
Total		126,889			7	±0
Valid votes		126,889	99.16	+0.19
Invalid votes		1,071	0.84	–0.19
Votes cast / turnout		127,960	71.05	–1.39
Abstentions		52,130	28.95	+1.39
Registered voters		180,090
Sources[10][13]

2003 regional election

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	66,619	50.82	–2.23	4	–1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	47,822	36.48	+2.55	3	±0
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	3,942	3.01	New	0	±0
	United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)	3,324	2.54	–0.36	0	±0
	United Zamora (ZU)	2,579	1.97	New	0	±0
	Zamoran People's Union (UPZ)	1,998	1.52	+0.28	0	±0
	Zamoran People for Zamora–PREPAL (PREPAL)	713	0.54	–0.58	0	±0
	Liberal Centrist Union (UCL)	652	0.50	New	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	210	0.16	±0.00	0	±0
	The Phalanx (FE)	196	0.15	New	0	±0
	Castilian Left (IzCa)	154	0.12	New	0	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	140	0.11	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,744	2.09	–0.32
Total		131,093			7	–1
Valid votes		131,093	98.97	+0.07
Invalid votes		1,368	1.03	–0.07
Votes cast / turnout		132,461	72.44	+3.80
Abstentions		50,400	27.56	–3.80
Registered voters		182,861
Sources[10][14]

1999 regional election

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	66,720	53.05	–2.66	5	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	42,677	33.93	+0.02	3	±0
	Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)	5,302	4.22	New	0	±0
	United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)	3,650	2.90	–3.69	0	±0
	Zamoran People's Union (UPZ)	1,556	1.24	New	0	±0
	Salamanca–Zamora–León–PREPAL (PREPAL)	1,412	1.12	–0.54	0	±0
	Confederation of the Greens (LV)	791	0.63	New	0	±0
	Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)	310	0.25	New	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	197	0.16	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	137	0.11	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,025	2.41	+0.54
Total		125,777			8	±0
Valid votes		125,777	98.90	+0.08
Invalid votes		1,400	1.10	–0.08
Votes cast / turnout		127,177	68.64	–5.14
Abstentions		58,093	31.36	+5.14
Registered voters		185,270
Sources[10][15]

1995 regional election

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	73,088	55.71	+10.31	5	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	44,489	33.91	–3.69	3	±0
	United Left of Castile and León (IU)	8,641	6.59	+3.18	0	±0
	Zamoran People for Zamora–PREPAL (PREPAL)	2,182	1.66	+0.77	0	±0
	Party of El Bierzo (PB)	331	0.25	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	n/a	n/a	–9.90	0	–1
Blank ballots		2,454	1.87	+0.31
Total		131,185			8	±0
Valid votes		131,185	98.82	–0.15
Invalid votes		1,570	1.18	+0.15
Votes cast / turnout		132,755	73.78	+3.82
Abstentions		47,173	26.22	–3.82
Registered voters		179,928
Sources[10][16]

1991 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 1991 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)^1	56,544	45.40	+0.44	4	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	46,827	37.60	+5.06	3	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	12,335	9.90	–6.81	1	±0
	United Left (IU)	4,243	3.41	+1.26	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	1,553	1.25	New	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)	1,108	0.89	+0.12	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,938	1.56	+0.01
Total		124,548			8	±0
Valid votes		124,548	98.97	+0.67
Invalid votes		1,301	1.03	–0.67
Votes cast / turnout		125,849	69.96	–3.53
Abstentions		54,040	30.04	+3.53
Registered voters		179,889
Sources[10][17][18]

1987 regional election

Summary of the 10 June 1987 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Alliance (AP)^1	55,698	42.96	+2.17	4	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	42,193	32.54	–8.53	3	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	21,664	16.71	+9.33	1	+1
	United Left (IU)^2	2,792	2.15	+0.54	0	±0
	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	2,587	2.00	New	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)	1,000	0.77	–1.50	0	±0
	Leonesist Union (UNLE)	711	0.55	New	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)	555	0.43	New	0	±0
	Nationalist Party of Castile and León (PNCL–PANCAL)	444	0.34	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,009	1.55	+0.64
Total		129,653			8	±0
Valid votes		129,653	98.30	–0.14
Invalid votes		2,245	1.70	+0.14
Votes cast / turnout		131,898	73.49	+3.50
Abstentions		47,579	26.51	–3.50
Registered voters		179,477
Sources[10][19][20]

1983 regional election

Summary of the 8 May 1983 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Zamora

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	51,716	41.07	n/a	4	n/a
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)	51,367	40.79	n/a	4	n/a
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	9,299	7.38	n/a	0	n/a
	Liberal Democratic Party (PDL)	7,520	5.97	n/a	0	n/a
	Agrarian Bloc–Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (BAR–PREPAL)	2,863	2.27	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	2,027	1.61	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		1,140	0.91	n/a
Total		125,932			8	n/a
Valid votes		125,932	98.44	n/a
Invalid votes		1,991	1.56	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		127,923	69.99	n/a
Abstentions		54,838	30.01	n/a
Registered voters		182,761
Sources[10][21][22]

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