Valladolid (Cortes of Castile and León constituency)

Valladolid 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 15 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Valladolid. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent.

Valladolid
Cortes of Castile and León Electoral Constituency
Location of Valladolid within Castile and León
Province	Valladolid
Autonomous community	Castile and León
Population	519,546 (2019)[1]
Electorate	432,446 (2019)
Major settlements	Valladolid, Medina del Campo, Laguna de Duero
Current constituency
Created	1983
Seats	14 (1983–2007) 15 (2007–present)
Member(s)	PSOE (6)   PP (5)   Cs (3)   Vox (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	9 5
2nd	1987	6 3 5
3rd	1991	1 6 7
4th	1995	2 4 8
5th	1999	1 5 8
6th	2003	6 8
7th	2007	7 8
8th	2011	1 5 9
9th	2015	1 2 4 1 7
10th	2019	6 3 5 1

Elections

2019 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	102,662	34.72	+9.73	6	+2
	People's Party (PP)	87,357	29.55	–6.19	5	–2
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	52,225	17.66	+8.72	3	+2
	Vox (Vox)	20,296	6.86	+5.78	1	+1
	We Can–Equo (Podemos–Equo)	13,872	4.69	–8.38	0	–2
	United Left–Anticapitalists (IU–Anticapitalistas–PCAS/TC–ALTER)^1	12,043	4.07	–2.37	0	–1
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	1,787	0.60	–0.11	0	±0
	Centrists–Independent Candidacy (CI–CCD)^2	860	0.29	–4.11	0	±0
	Regionalist Union of Castile and León (Unión Regionalista)^3	605	0.20	+0.04	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE)	286	0.10	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	247	0.08	–0.15	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	215	0.07	New	0	±0
	Tradition and Future (TyF)	191	0.06	New	0	±0
	With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo)	139	0.05	New	0	±0
	Decide Now (Ahora Decide)	134	0.05	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,727	0.92	–1.16
Total		295,646			15	±0
Valid votes		295,646	99.20	+0.86
Invalid votes		2,377	0.80	–0.86
Votes cast / turnout		298,023	68.92	+1.16
Abstentions		134,423	31.08	–1.16
Registered voters		432,446
Sources[9]

2015 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	103,538	35.74	–14.45	7	–2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	72,399	24.99	–4.15	4	–1
	We Can (Podemos)	37,872	13.07	New	2	+2
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	25,915	8.94	New	1	+1
	United Left–Equo: Convergence for Castile and León (IU–Equo)	17,943	6.19	–1.63	1	±0
	Independent Candidacy–Citizens of Democratic Centre (CI–CCD)^1	12,748	4.40	+1.54	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	4,532	1.56	–2.73	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	3,116	1.08	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	2,060	0.71	+0.30	0	±0
	United Free Citizens (CILUS)	742	0.26	New	0	±0
	Castilian Party–Commoners' Land: Pact (PCAS–TC–Pacto)	715	0.25	–0.17	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	669	0.23	–0.01	0	±0
	Regionalist Democracy of Castile and León (DRCyL)^2	475	0.16	–0.08	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	446	0.15	–0.07	0	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	392	0.14	–0.02	0	±0
	Zamoran Independent Electors (ADEIZA)	142	0.05	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		6,026	2.08	–0.89
Total		289,730			15	±0
Valid votes		289,730	98.34	+0.05
Invalid votes		4,896	1.66	–0.05
Votes cast / turnout		294,626	67.76	–1.40
Abstentions		140,187	32.24	+1.40
Registered voters		434,813
Sources[10][11]

2011 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	148,388	50.19	+1.42	9	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	86,143	29.14	–9.80	5	–2
	United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)	23,118	7.82	+3.08	1	+1
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	12,692	4.29	New	0	±0
	The Party of Castile and León–Independent Candidacy (PCL–CI)	8,463	2.86	–0.06	0	±0
	Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB)	1,630	0.55	New	0	±0
	Party of Castile and León (PCAL)^1	1,252	0.42	–0.32	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	1,219	0.41	New	0	±0
	Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)	724	0.24	–0.06	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	713	0.24	+0.05	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	651	0.22	+0.14	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Castilian People (PCPC)	588	0.20	+0.01	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	529	0.18	+0.07	0	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	469	0.16	New	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	305	0.10	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		8,772	2.97	+1.05
Total		295,656			15	±0
Valid votes		295,656	98.29	–1.05
Invalid votes		5,156	1.71	+1.05
Votes cast / turnout		300,812	69.16	–2.69
Abstentions		134,136	30.84	+2.69
Registered voters		434,948
Sources[10][12]

2007 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	150,690	48.77	+2.46	8	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	120,306	38.94	–0.98	7	+1
	United Left–The Greens–Commitment for Castile and León (IU–LV–CyL)	14,640	4.74	+0.04	0	±0
	Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León (CI–PCL)	9,015	2.92	–0.64	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Alternative for Castile and León (TC–ACAL)	2,291	0.74	–0.24	0	±0
	The Greens of Europe (LVE)	1,958	0.63	New	0	±0
	Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)	914	0.30	–0.11	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	713	0.23	–0.16	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Castilian People (PCPC)	586	0.19	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)^4	584	0.19	+0.01	0	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	423	0.14	+0.02	0	±0
	Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL)	330	0.11	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	328	0.11	–0.14	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	254	0.08	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		5,936	1.92	–0.70
Total		308,968			15	+1
Valid votes		308,968	99.34	+0.07
Invalid votes		2,043	0.66	–0.07
Votes cast / turnout		311,011	71.85	–1.64
Abstentions		121,821	28.15	+1.64
Registered voters		432,832
Sources[10][13]

2003 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	145,460	46.31	–2.35	8	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	125,372	39.92	+3.82	6	+1
	United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)	14,777	4.70	–2.81	0	–1
	Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León (CI–PCL)	11,180	3.56	+1.18	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	3,087	0.98	+0.21	0	±0
	Castilian Left (IzCa)	1,744	0.56	New	0	±0
	Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)	1,284	0.41	–0.45	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,218	0.39	–0.17	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	798	0.25	–0.03	0	±0
	Independent Spanish Phalanx–Phalanx 2000 (FEI–FE 2000)	556	0.18	New	0	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	377	0.12	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		8,232	2.62	–0.25
Total		314,085			14	±0
Valid votes		314,085	99.27	+0.06
Invalid votes		2,305	0.73	–0.06
Votes cast / turnout		316,390	73.49	+5.80
Abstentions		114,140	26.51	–5.80
Registered voters		430,530
Sources[10][14]

1999 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	138,468	48.66	–2.47	8	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	102,737	36.10	+5.45	5	+1
	United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)	21,371	7.51	–6.06	1	–1
	Independent Candidacy of Valladolid (CIV)	6,784	2.38	+1.67	0	±0
	Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)	2,459	0.86	+0.19	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	2,190	0.77	+0.29	0	±0
	Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)	1,584	0.56	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	807	0.28	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		8,154	2.87	+1.07
Total		284,554			14	±0
Valid votes		284,554	99.21	–0.01
Invalid votes		2,263	0.79	+0.01
Votes cast / turnout		286,817	67.69	–6.18
Abstentions		136,881	32.31	+6.18
Registered voters		423,698
Sources[10][15]

1995 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	153,968	51.13	+8.56	8	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	92,308	30.65	–7.72	4	–2
	United Left of Castile and León (IU)	40,867	13.57	+5.41	2	+1
	Independent Candidacy of Valladolid (CIV)	2,148	0.71	New	0	±0
	Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)^1	2,015	0.67	–0.72	0	±0
	Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE)	1,671	0.55	New	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	1,434	0.48	+0.31	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	510	0.17	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	479	0.16	–0.09	0	±0
	Party of El Bierzo (PB)	308	0.10	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		5,432	1.80	+0.07
Total		301,140			14	±0
Valid votes		301,140	99.22	+0.05
Invalid votes		2,365	0.78	–0.05
Votes cast / turnout		303,505	73.87	+8.67
Abstentions		107,362	26.13	–8.67
Registered voters		410,867
Sources[10][16]

1991 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)^1	106,948	42.57	+8.97	7	+2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	96,394	38.37	+1.96	6	±0
	United Left (IU)	20,506	8.16	+3.72	1	+1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	13,012	5.18	–15.16	0	–3
	Regionalist Democracy of Castile and León (DRCL)	3,481	1.39	New	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	3,008	1.20	New	0	±0
	The Greens Ecologist–Humanist List (LVLE–H)^2	1,622	0.65	+0.30	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	630	0.25	–0.06	0	±0
	Left Unitary Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE)	435	0.17	New	0	±0
	Commoners' Land (TC)	429	0.17	New	0	±0
	Castilianist Union (UC)	384	0.15	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		4,356	1.73	+0.21
Total		251,205			14	±0
Valid votes		251,205	99.17	+0.50
Invalid votes		2,109	0.83	–0.50
Votes cast / turnout		253,314	65.20	–8.31
Abstentions		135,200	34.80	+8.31
Registered voters		388,514
Sources[10][17][18]

1987 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	97,169	36.41	–16.89	6	–3
	People's Alliance (AP)^1	87,315	32.72	–1.79	5	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	54,276	20.34	+15.64	3	+3
	United Left (IU)^2	11,853	4.44	–0.34	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)	5,834	2.19	New	0	±0
	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	2,335	0.88	New	0	±0
	Nationalist Party of Castile and León (PNCL–PANCAL)	1,511	0.57	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	933	0.35	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	823	0.31	New	0	±0
	Spanish Ruralist Party (PRE)	749	0.28	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		4,044	1.52	+0.81
Total		266,842			14	±0
Valid votes		266,842	98.67	+0.27
Invalid votes		3,587	1.33	–0.27
Votes cast / turnout		270,429	73.51	+2.91
Abstentions		97,438	26.49	–2.91
Registered voters		367,867
Sources[10][19][20]

1983 regional election

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	133,801	53.30	n/a	9	n/a
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)	86,633	34.51	n/a	5	n/a
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)	11,986	4.78	n/a	0	n/a
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	11,800	4.70	n/a	0	n/a
	Agrarian Bloc–Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (BAR–PREPAL)	5,006	1.99	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		1,789	0.71	n/a
Total		251,015			14	n/a
Valid votes		251,015	98.40	n/a
Invalid votes		4,087	1.60	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		255,102	70.60	n/a
Abstentions		106,210	29.40	n/a
Registered voters		361,312
Sources[10][21][22]

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