Cáceres (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Cáceres is one of the 52 electoral districts (circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish

Spain

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Parliament, the Cortes Generales

Cortes Generales

The Cortes Generales is the legislature of Spain. It is a bicameral parliament, composed of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate . The Cortes has power to enact any law and to amend the constitution...

. It is one of two electoral districts which correspond to the provinces of Extremadura

Extremadura

Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west...

. Cáceres

Cáceres, Spain

Cáceres is the capital of the same name province, in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. , its population was 91,131 inhabitants. The municipio has a land area of 1,750.33 km², and is the largest in geographical extension in Spain....

and Plasencia

Plasencia

Plasencia is a walled market city in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Western Spain. , it had a population of 41,447.Situated on the bank of the Jerte River, Plasencia has a historic quarter that is a consequence of the city's strategic location along the Silver Route, or Ruta de la Plata...

are the largest municipalities.

Boundaries and electoral system

Under Article 68 of the Spanish constitution
the boundaries must be the same as the province of Cáceres

Cáceres (province)

The province of Cáceres is a province of western Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Extremadura. It is bordered by the provinces of Salamanca, Ávila, Toledo, and Badajoz, and by Portugal....

and under Article 140 this can only be altered with the approval of congress. Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage

Universal suffrage

Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens as a whole, though it may also mean extending said right to minors and non-citizens...

in a secret ballot

Secret ballot

The secret ballot is a voting method in which a voter's choices in an election or a referendum are anonymous. The key aim is to ensure the voter records a sincere choice by forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation or bribery. The system is one means of achieving the goal of...

. The electoral system used is closed list

Closed list

Closed list describes the variant of party-list proportional representation where voters can only vote for political parties as a whole and thus have no influence on the party-supplied order in which party candidates are elected...

proportional representation

Proportional representation

Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...

with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method

D'Hondt method

The d'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method described is named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt who described it in 1878...

. Only lists which poll 3% or more of all valid votes cast, including votes "en blanco" i.e. for "none of the above" can be considered for seats. Under article 12 of the constitution, the minimum voting age is 18.

Eligibility

Article 67.3 of the Spanish Constitution prohibits dual membership of the Cortes and regional assemblies, meaning that candidates must resign from Regional Assemblies if elected. Article 70 also makes active judges, magistrates, public defenders, serving military personnel, active police officers and members of constitutional and electoral tribunals ineligible.

Number of members

From the 1977 General Election

Spanish general election, 1977

The Spanish general election of 1977 took place on 15 June 1977. It was the first election since the death of Francisco Franco.Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The elections were held using closed list proportional representation in 52 electoral districts...

onwards Cáceres returned five members. It was reduced to its current allocation of four members for the 2004 General Election.

Under Spanish electoral law, all provinces are entitled to a minimum of 2 seats with a remaining 248 seats apportioned according to population. These laws are laid out in detail in the 1985 electoral law. (Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General) The practical effect of this has been to overrepreseent smaller provinces at the expense of larger provinces. Cáceres had a ratio of 87,312 voters per deputy in 2008, a figure below the Spanish average of 100,210 voters per deputy.

Summary of seats won 1977–2008

	1977	1979	1982	1986	1989	1993	1996	2000	2004	2008
Democratic Centre Union (UCD)	4	3
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... (PSOE)	1	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
People's Party People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship... (PP)			1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2

Note: Seats shown for the PP include seats won by their predecessors, the Popular Alliance and Popular Coalition before 1989.

Vote share summary 1977–2008

	1977	1979	1982	1986	1989	1993	1996	2000	2004	2008
Democratic Centre Union (UCD)	55.3	47.1	12.7
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... (PSOE)	26.2	38.0	52.5	53.8	52.6	50.8	47.9	44.6	50.5	52.2
People's Party People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship... (PP)	9.3	4.1	24.5	27.7	27.2	36.9	42.0	47.8	43.5	41.9
United Left United Left (Spain) The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain... (IU)	3.3	5.2	1.6	2.0	5.1	6.0	7.3	3.7	2.8	2.7
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)			1.9	7.3	8.8	2.3	0.2	0.1	0.1

2008 General Election

While Plasenica produced a result close to the average (50.7% for PSOE and 42.2% for PP), The PP outpolled the PSOE in Cáceres

Cáceres, Spain

taking 49.3% against 42.9% for the latter.

Summary of the 11 March 2008 Congress of Deputies election results in Cáceres.
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|align=left|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...

People's Party (Spain)

The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...

Amador Álvarez

Amador Álvarez is a Spanish politician.Married with five children, he gained a doctorate in law and worked as a notary. He is a spokesman of the Partido Popular. He has served as mayor of Carrascalejo since 1979...

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|align=left|United Left

United Left (Spain)

The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain...

Union, Progress and Democracy

Union, Progress and Democracy is a Spanish political party founded in September 2007.It is a progressivist party, between social democracy and social liberalism. One of its goals is to build a federal system for Spain and European Union, with clear responsibilities distributed among local...

|align="right" |2,073
|align="right" |0.76
|align="right" |0
|align="left" |
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|align=left|Others
|align="right" |4,416
|align="right" |1.6
|align="right" |0
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2004 General Election

Summary of the 14 March 2004 Congress of Deputies election results

Spanish legislative election, 2004

Legislative elections were held in Spain on 14 March 2004. At stake were all 350 seats in the lower house of the Cortes Generales, the Congress of Deputies, and 208 seats in upper house, the Senate. The governing People's Party was led into the campaign by Mariano Rajoy, successor to outgoing...

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

People's Party (Spain)

Amador Álvarez

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|align=left|United Left

United Left (Spain)

|align="right" |7,569
|align="right" |2.78
|align="right" |0
|align="left" |
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|align=left|Others
|align="right" |5,265
|align="right" |1.9
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |
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Source:

2000 General Election

Summary of the 12 March 2000 Congress of Deputies election results

Spanish legislative election, 2004

People's Party (Spain)

Amador Álvarez

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|align=left|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

United Left (Spain)

|align="right" |9,463
|align="right" |3.66
|align="right" |0
|align="left" |
|-
|align=left|Others
|align="right" |7,449
|align="right" |2.9
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |
|-
|}

1996 General Election

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

People's Party (Spain)

Amador Álvarez

|-
|align=left|United Left

United Left (Spain)

|align="right" |20,068
|align="right" |7.3
|align="right" |0
|align="left" |
|-
|align=left|Others
|align="right" |5,664
|align="right" |2.1
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |
|-
|}

1993 General Election

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

People's Party (Spain)

Amador Álvarez

|-
|align=left|United Left

United Left (Spain)

|align="right" |15,662
|align="right" |6.04
|align="right" |0
|align="left" |
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|align=left|Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
|align="right" |5,941
|align="right" |2.29
|align="right" |0
|align="left" |
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|align=left|Others
|align="right" |8,992
|align="right" |3.5
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |
|-
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