Navarra (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Navarra 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...

. The largest city is Pamplona

Pamplona

Pamplona is the historial capital city of Navarre, in Spain, and of the former kingdom of Navarre.The city is famous worldwide for the San Fermín festival, from July 6 to 14, in which the running of the bulls is one of the main attractions...

where a third of the electorate live.

Boundaries and electoral system

Under Article 68 of the Spanish constitution
the boundaries must be the same as the autonomous community of Navarra 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

Navarra has returned five members at each general election since the restoration of democracy in 1977.

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 law has been to overrepresent smaller provinces at the expense of larger provinces.

Navarra had a ratio of 94,812 voters per deputy in 2008 a figure slightly below the Spanish average of 100,209 voters per deputy 2008 Spanish election.

Summary of seats won 1977–2008

	1977	1979	1982	1986	1989	1993	1996	2000	2004	2008
Democratic Centre Union (UCD)	3	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)	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
People's Party (Partido Popular) - Navarrese People's Union (UPN)		1	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2
Herri Batasuna				1
United Left-Nafarroa Ezker Batua							1
Navarre Yes (Nafarroa Bai)									1	1

Vote share summary 1977–2008

	1977	1979	1982	1986	1989	1993	1996	2000	2004	2008
Democratic Centre Union (UCD)	29.1	33.0	10.6
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)			4.1	9.6	7.0	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.2	39.2^p
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) - Navarrese People's Union (UPN)	8.5^c	11.2^h	25.8ⁱ	29.6^j	33.2	36.1	37.1	49.9	37.6	39.2^p
Democrats Convergence of Navarre (Convergencia de Demócratas de Navarra) (CDN)							5.3ⁿ	2.9	1.6
Worker’s electoral grouping (Agrupacion electoral de trabajadores) (AET)	5.1
Navarra independent front (Frente Navarro independiente) (FNI)	4.1
Popular Socialist Party Popular Socialist Party (Spain) The People's Socialist Party was a Spanish political party.The origins of the party dated back to 1954 when the University professor, Enrique Tierno Galván published various academic studies of a Marxist character. In 1965, working together with Raúl Morodo, he formed the Castillian Socialist... (PSP)	2.6	22.0^d	37.9	35.5	31.2	34.9^e	30.3	27.3	33.6	34.8
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)	21.2	22.0^d	37.9	35.5	31.2
Euskadiko Ezkerra Euskadiko Ezkerra Euskadiko Ezkerra or EE was a Basque socialist political organisation. It was founded as a coalition of Euskal Iraultzarako Alderdia and other Basque Marxist forces in 1977 to present lists for the Spanish general elections in the constituencies of Vizcaya,... (EE)	9.5^b	4.3^b	2.8	2.8	2.9
Eusko Alkartasuna Eusko Alkartasuna Eusko Alkartasuna is a Basque nationalist political party operating in Spain and France. The Basque language name means Basque Solidarity and abbreviated as EA. The party describes itself as a Basque nationalist, democratic, popular, progressive and non-denominational party... (EA)					4.8	3.7^k	3.8	4.7	18.0^m	18.4^m
Basque Nationalist Party Basque Nationalist Party The Basque National Party is the largest and oldest Basque nationalist party. It is currently the largest political party in the Basque Autonomous Community also with a minor presence in Navarre and a marginal one in the French Basque Country... (PNV)	7.0^a	8.4	5.5	1.8	0.9	1.1	1.0	2.2	18.0^m	18.4^m
Herri Batasuna Batasuna Batasuna was a Basque nationalist political party based mainly in Spain, where it was outlawed in 2003, after a court ruling declared proven that the party was financing ETA with public money. Batasuna is included in the "European Union list of terrorist persons and organizations" as a component...	7.0^a	8.9	11.7	13.9	11.0	10.4	8.2
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)	2.5^f	2.2^f	0.7^f	1.6^g	5.8	8.7	12.5	7.6	5.9	3.3
Carlist Party (PC)		7.7		1.6^g				0.2	0.2	0.1
Union, Progress and Democracy 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... (UPyD)										0.8

^a The results correspond to those for the Autonomous Union of Navarra (Union autonomista de Navarra) an electoral coalition which comprised the PNV and Basque National Action

Eusko Abertzale Ekintza

Basque Nationalist Action is a Basque nationalist party based in Spain. Founded in 1930, it was the first Basque nationalist political party to exist running on a socialist program. On 16 September 2008, the party was outlawed by the Spanish Supreme Court based on ties with ETA...

, a political party which subsequently became a major party in the Batasuna electoral coalition.

^b The results correspond to those for the Left union of Navarra (Union Navarra de izquierda), a coalition allied to EE.

^c The results correspond to those for the Navarrese foral Alliance (Alianza foral Navarra)

^dPSP merged with the PSOE in 1978.

^eEE merged with the PSOE in 1991.

^fThe results correspond to those for the Communist Party of Spain (Partido Comunista de España or PCE)

^gThe results from 1986 onwards are for the United Left coalition. The Carlist party was a founding member but left the coalition in 1987.

^hThe results are those for the Navarrese People's Union (UPN).

ⁱThe results are for the electoral coalition between the Popular Alliance (AP), the UPN and the Democratic popular party (PDP).

^jThe results are for the Popular coalition (coalicion popular) an electoral coalition between the Popular Alliance (AP), the Liberal Party (Partido Liberal - PL) and the UPN

^kEA fought the 1993 in coalition with Euzkal Ezkerra which had been formed by members of Euzkadika Ezkerra who had disagreed with the merger with the PSOE.

^mThe results correspond to those for Nafarroa Bai, an electoral coalition between the PNV, EA and Aralar.

ⁿThis party was formed following a split in the UPN.

^pThe CDS merged with the PP in 2006.

Results

The PP has usually stood here as part of an electoral coalition with a sister party, the Navarrese People's Union (UPN). This pact, created in 1991, came to an end in October 2008 when, following a dispute between the two parties over a parliamentary vote, the PP announced that it would contest future elections in its own right.

In the 2004 election the PP-UPN vote dropped by 12.3% here, their biggest drop in any district in that election. As a result they lost a seat to Nafarroa Bai, a new coalition which is made up of Eusko Alkartasuna (Basque Solidarity), Aralar, Batzarre and the Partido Nacionalista Vasco (Basque Nationalist Party) in order to advance a Basque nationalist agenda. The 2008 election produced no change in representation. At municipal level, the PP polls better than average in Pamplona where they received 40.8% of the vote against 29.6% for PSOE and 21.6% for Nafarroa Bai in the 2008 election.

2008 General Election
Spanish general election, 2008
Legislative elections for the Spanish Cortes Generales were held on March 9, 2008. The elections were for 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies, and the 208 directly elected seats in the upper house, the Senate, determining the Prime Minister of Spain...

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...

(Partido Popular) - Navarrese People's Union

Navarrese People's Union

The Navarrese People's Union , abbreviated to UPN, is a regional conservative political party in Navarre, Spain. Until 2008, it was a fraternal party of the People's Party , acting as the latter's Navarrese branch....

(UPN)
|align="right" |133,059
|align="right" |39.2
|align="right" |2
|align="left" | Santiago Cervera Soto

Santiago Cervera Soto

Santiago Cervera Soto is a Spanish politician who belongs to the main opposition People's Party .Divorced, Cervera began his political career in 1988 when he was elected to Pamplona council for the Navarrese People's Union...

, Carlos Casimiro Salvador Armendáriz
|-
|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...

Nafarroa Bai

Nafarroa Bai is a Navarrese coalition of both left and right wing Basque nationalist parties which was created for the 2004 Spanish General election....

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...

-Nafarroa Ezker Batua
|align="right" |11,098
|align="right" |3.3
|align="right" |0
|align="left" |
|-
|align=left|Union, progress and democracy
|align="right" |2,608
|align="right" |0.8
|align="right" |0
|align="left" |
|-
|align=left|Others
|align="right" |7,146
|align="right" |2.1
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |
|-
|}

With the end of the UPN and PP alliance, Santiago Cervera announced in November 2008 that he would join the PP group in parliament

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...

People's Party (Spain)

(Partido Popular) - Navarrese People's Union

Navarrese People's Union

(UPN)
|align="right" |127,653
|align="right" |37.60
|align="right" |2
|align="left" | Jaime del Burgo

Jaime del Burgo

Jaime Ignacio del Burgo is a Navarrese lawyer and deputy, a historian and opponent of the inclusion of Navarra in the autonomous Basque Country...

|-
|align=left|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Nafarroa Bai

Nafarroa Bai is a Navarrese coalition of both left and right wing Basque nationalist parties which was created for the 2004 Spanish General election....

United Left (Spain)

-Nafarroa Ezker Batua
|align="right" |19,899
|align="right" |5.86
|align="right" |0
|align="left" |
|-
|align=left|Others
|align="right" |10,266
|align="right" |3.00
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |
|-
|}

2000 General Election
Spanish general election, 2000
Legislative elections were held in Spain on 12 March 2000. The incumbent People's Party of Prime Minister José María Aznar was elected to a second term in office, converting its plurality of seats in the Congress of Deputies into a majority, and increasing its lead over the opposition Spanish...

People's Party (Spain)

(Partido Popular) - Navarrese People's Union

Navarrese People's Union

(UPN)
|align="right" |150,995
|align="right" |49.89
|align="right" |3
|align="left" | Jaime del Burgo

Jaime del Burgo

Jaime Ignacio del Burgo is a Navarrese lawyer and deputy, a historian and opponent of the inclusion of Navarra in the autonomous Basque Country...

|-
|align=left|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

United Left (Spain)

Eusko Alkartasuna

Eusko Alkartasuna is a Basque nationalist political party operating in Spain and France. The Basque language name means Basque Solidarity and abbreviated as EA. The party describes itself as a Basque nationalist, democratic, popular, progressive and non-denominational party...

Basque Nationalist Party

The Basque National Party is the largest and oldest Basque nationalist party. It is currently the largest political party in the Basque Autonomous Community also with a minor presence in Navarre and a marginal one in the French Basque Country...

|align="right" |6,536
|align="right" |2.16
|align="right" |0
|align="left" |
|-
|align=left|Others
|align="right" |4,653
|align="right" |1.50
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |
|-
|}

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