Biscay (Basque Parliament electoral district)

Biscay
Basque Parliament
Electoral Constituency

Location of Biscay within the Basque Country.
Province Province of Biscay
Autonomous community Basque Country
Population 1,148,775 (2016)
Electorate 948,080 (2016)
Major settlements Bilbao, Barakaldo, Getxo
Current constituency
Created 1980
Seats 20 (1980)
25 (1984–)

Biscay (Basque: Bizkaia, Spanish: Vizcaya) is one of the 3 electoral districts (Spanish: circunscripciones) used for the Basque Parliament—the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country.

Electoral system

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which includes blank ballots—for none of the above) are entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]

Seat summary (1980–2016)

1980 1984 1986 1990 1994 1998 2001 2005 2009 2012 2016
Seats 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
PNV 9 12 8 10 10 9 12 11 12 11 11
EA 3 2 2 1 6 5
Aralar 1
HB/EH/EHAK/EH Bildu 4 3 4 4 3 4 2 2
Elkarrekin Podemos 4
EPK/EB–B/IU 1 2 1 1 1
PSE 3 6 6 5 4 5 4 6 8 5 3
EE 1 2 3 2
AP/CP/PP 1 2 1 2 4 5 6 5 4 3 2
UCD 1

Election results

2016

Summary of the 25 September 2016 Basque Parliament election results in Biscay
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 238,581 41.81 +3.87 11 ±0
Basque Country Unite (EH Bildu) 99,610 17.46 –3.74 5 –1
United We Can (Podemos–IU–eQuo) (Elkarrekin Podemos)[lower-alpha 1] 84,195 14.75 +11.33 4 +4
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 66,506 11.65 –7.06 3 –2
People's Party of the Basque Country (PP) 55,128 9.66 –2.00 2 –1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 10,963 1.92 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 3,484 0.61 –0.65
Total 570,638 100.00 25 ±0
Valid votes 570,638 99.56 +0.33
Invalid votes 2,495 0.44 –0.33
Votes cast / turnout 573,133 60.48 –3.99
Abstentions 374,503 39.52 +3.99
Registered voters 947,636
Source: Election results
  1. ↑ Elkarrekin Podemos results are compared to the combined totals of IU–LV and EB–EE in the 2012 election.

2012

Summary of the 21 October 2012 Basque Parliament election results in Biscay
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/-
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 230,204 37.94 –3.16 11 –1
Basque Country Unite (EH Bildu)[lower-alpha 1] 128,644 21.20 +14.11 6 +5
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 113,536 18.71 –11.54 5 –3
People's Party of the Basque Country (PP) 70,749 11.66 –2.26 3 –1
United Left–The Greens: Plural Left (IU–LV) 16,109 2.65 New 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 10,855 1.79 –0.07 0 ±0
United Left–Greens (EB–B) 9,817 1.62 –1.79 0 ±0
Blank ballots 7,649 1.26 +0.24
Total 606,762 100.00 25 ±0
Valid votes 606,762 99.23 +6.19
Invalid votes 4,721 0.77 –6.19
Votes cast / turnout 611,483 64.47 –1.87
Abstentions 336,939 35.53 +1.87
Registered voters 948,422
Source: Argos Information Portal
  1. ↑ EH Bildu results are compared to the combined totals of Aralar and Basque Solidarity in the 2009 election.

1984

Summary of the 26 February 1984 Basque Parliament election results in Biscay
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 261,911 43.75 +3.78 12 +3
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 138,093 23.07 +8.64 6 +3
Popular Unity (HB) 77,407 12.93 –3.42 3 –1
People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)[lower-alpha 1] 56,207 9.39 +3.62 2 +1
Basque Country Left (EE) 44,500 7.43 –0.35 2 +1
Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 10,611 1.77 –3.01 0 –1
Blank ballots 2,641 0.44 +0.02
Total 598,692 100.00 25 +5
Valid votes 598,692 99.46 +0.54
Invalid votes 3,235 0.54 –0.54
Votes cast / turnout 601,927 68.26 +7.26
Abstentions 279,916 31.74 –7.26
Registered voters 881,843
Source: Argos Information Portal
  1. ↑ People's Coalition results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1980 election.
  2. ↑ Auzolan results are compared to the combined totals of EMK/MCE and LKI/LCR in the 1980 election.

1980

Summary of the 9 March 1980 Basque Parliament election results in Biscay
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 206,051 39.97 — 9 —
People's Unity (HB) 84,273 16.35 — 4 —
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 74,379 14.43 — 3 —
Basque Country Left (EE) 40,085 7.78 — 1 —
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 34,781 6.75 — 1 —
People's Alliance (AP) 29,747 5.77 — 1 —
Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 24,660 4.78 — 1 —
Communist Movement of the Basque Country (EMK/MCE) 5,654 1.10 — 0 —
Blank ballots 2,164 0.42 —
Total 515,542 100.00 20 —
Valid votes 515,542 98.92 —
Invalid votes 5,652 1.08 —
Votes cast / turnout 521,194 61.00 —
Abstentions 333,173 39.00 —
Registered voters 854,367
Source: Argos Information Portal

References

  1. ↑ "Law 5/1990, of 15 June, of elections to the Basque Parliament.".

Coordinates: 43°15′N 2°59′W / 43.250°N 2.983°W / 43.250; -2.983

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/2/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.