Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spanish Congress electoral district)

Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Congress of Deputies
Electoral Constituency

Location of Santa Cruz de Tenerife within Spain.
Province Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Autonomous community Canary Islands
Population 1,001,900 (2016)
Electorate 833,373 (2016)
Major settlements Santa Cruz de Tenerife, San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Current constituency
Created 1977
Seats 7 (1977–1982; 1989–)
6 (1986)

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is one of the 52 electoral districts (Spanish: circunscripciones) used for the Congress of Deputies—the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It was first contested in modern times in the 1977 general election and covers the western part of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz de Tenerife and San Cristóbal de La Laguna are the largest municipalities, both having over 100,000 voters.[1]

Overview

Boundaries and electoral system

Under Article 68 of the Spanish constitution [2] the boundaries must be the same as the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and under Article 140 this can only be altered with the approval of congress. Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The electoral system used is closed list proportional representation with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method. 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.

Electoral procedures

The laws regulating the conduct and administration of elections are laid out in detail in the 1985 electoral law. (Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General.[3]) Under this law, the elections in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, as in other districts, are supervised by the Electoral Commission (Junta Electoral), a permanent body composed of eight Supreme Court judges and five political scientists or sociologists appointed by the Congress of Deputies. The Electoral commission is supported in its work by the Interior Ministry. On election day, polling stations are run by electoral boards which consist of groups of citizens selected by lottery.[4]

The format of the ballot paper is designed by the Spanish state, however, the law allows political parties to produce and distribute their own ballot papers, either by mailing them to voters or by other means such as street distribution, provided that they comply with the official model. The government then covers the cost of all printed ballot papers. These must then be marked by voters, either in the polling station or outside the polling station and placed inside sealed envelopes which are then placed inside ballot boxes in the polling station. Following the close of polls, the ballots are then counted in each individual polling station in the presence of representatives of the political parties and candidates. The ballots are then immediately destroyed, with the exception of those considered invalid or challenged by the candidates' representatives, which are retained for further scrutiny. The result is that full recounts are impossible.[5]

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.[2]

Number of members

Santa Cruz de Tenerife has usually returned seven members at every election from 1977 onwards, the exception being the 1986 election when it was reduced to six members.

Under Spanish electoral law, all provinces are entitled to a minimum of 2 seats with a remaining 248 seats apportioned according to population.[6] 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.

Seat summary (1977–2016)

1977 1979 1982 1986 1989 1993 1996 2000 2004 2008 2011 2015 2016
Seats 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
AP/CD/CP/PP 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 4 2 3
PSOE 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 1
Podemos/UP 1 1
C's 1 1
AIC/CC 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
CDS 1 1
UCD 5 5 1

General elections

2016

Summary of the 26 June 2016 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 163,129 34.22 +5.30 3 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–New Canaries (PSOE–NC) 101,120 21.21 –0.32 1 –1
United We Can (Podemos–IU–eQuo)[lower-alpha 1] 85,178 17.87 –5.28 1 ±0
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) 60,271 12.64 +0.06 1 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 52,576 11.03 +0.51 1 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 8,243 1.73 +0.36 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,783 0.58 –0.08
Total 476,666 100.00 7 ±0
Valid votes 476,666 98.91 +0.02
Invalid votes 5,259 1.09 –0.02
Votes cast / turnout 481,925 57.83 –0.37
Abstentions 351,448 42.17 +0.37
Registered voters 833,373
Source: Ministry of the Interior
  1. ↑ Unidos Podemos results are compared to the combined totals of Podemos and IUC–UPeC in the 2015 election.

2015

Summary of the 20 December 2015 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 138,203 28.92 –15.91 2 –2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–New Canaries (PSOE–NC) 102,892 21.53 –1.97 2 ±0
We Can (Podemos) 94,936 19.86 New 1 +1
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) 60,129 12.58 –7.20 1 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 50,257 10.52 New 1 +1
Canarian United Left–Popular Unity in Common (IUC–UPeC) 15,716 3.29 –1.11 0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 6,537 1.37 +0.74 0 ±0
Blank ballots 3,151 0.66 –0.44
Total 477,929 100.00 7 ±0
Valid votes 477,929 98.89 +0.52
Invalid votes 5,365 1.11 –0.52
Votes cast / turnout 483,294 58.20 –0.51
Abstentions 347,074 41.80 +0.51
Registered voters 830,368
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2011

Summary of the 20 November 2011 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 205,221 44.83 +14.66 4 +2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 107,600 23.50 –12.99 2 –1
Canarian Coalition–New Canaries–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–NC–PNC) 90,552 19.78 –9.38 1 –1
Canarian United Left–El Hierro Initiative–The Greens: Plural Left (IUC–IpH–LV) 20,152 4.40 +2.99 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 11,316 2.47 +2.11 0 ±0
Yes We Can–Socialists for Tenerife–Equo (SSP–SxTf–eQuo) 10,173 2.22 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 5,054 1.10 +0.44
Total 457,822 100.00 7 ±0
Valid votes 457,822 98.37 –1.09
Invalid votes 7,583 1.63 +1.09
Votes cast / turnout 465,405 58.71 –6.22
Abstentions 327,368 41.29 +6.22
Registered voters 792,773
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2008

Summary of the 9 March 2008 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 179,622 36.49 +1.48 3 ±0
People's Party (PP) 148,501 30.17 +1.83 2 ±0
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)[lower-alpha 1] 143,526 29.16 –2.62 2 ±0
Canarian United Left–Alternative (IUC) 6,940 1.41 –0.44 0 ±0
Blank ballots 3,258 0.66 –0.26
Total 492,231 100.00 7 ±0
Valid votes 492,231 99.46 –0.06
Invalid votes 2,673 0.54 +0.06
Votes cast / turnout 494,904 64.93 –0.74
Abstentions 267,317 35.07 +0.74
Registered voters 762,221
Source: Ministry of the Interior
  1. ↑ CC–PNC results are compared to the combined totals of CC and PNC in the 2004 election.

2004

Summary of the 14 March 2004 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 165,158 35.01 +8.67 3 +1
Canarian Coalition (CC) 145,801 30.91 –2.79 2 ±0
People's Party (PP) 133,677 28.34 –6.64 2 –1
The Greens–Canarian United Left–Citizen Alternative 25 May (LV–IUC–AC25M) 8,736 1.85 –0.46 0 ±0
The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) 4,732 1.00 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 4,333 0.92 +0.11
Total 471,709 100.00 7 ±0
Valid votes 471,709 98.52 +0.05
Invalid votes 2,275 0.48 –0.05
Votes cast / turnout 473,984 65.67 +5.97
Abstentions 247,797 34.33 –5.97
Registered voters 721,781
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2000

Summary of the 12 March 2000 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 140,336 34.98 +2.60 3 +1
Canarian Coalition (CC) 135,186 33.70 +7.43 2 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE) 105,668 26.34 –8.14 2 –1
Canarian United Left (IUC) 9,273 2.31 –2.91 0 ±0
The Greens of Canaries (LV) 5,320 1.33 +1.21 0 ±0
Blank ballots 3,264 0.81 +0.31
Total 401,158 100.00 7 ±0
Valid votes 401,158 99.47 –0.17
Invalid votes 2,144 0.53 +0.17
Votes cast / turnout 403,302 59.70 –7.28
Abstentions 272,228 40.30 +7.28
Registered voters 675,530
Source: Ministry of the Interior

1996

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 144,480 34.48 –0.78 3 ±0
People's Party (PP) 135,701 32.38 +2.96 2 ±0
Canarian Coalition (CC) 110,080 26.27 –0.48 2 ±0
Canarian United Left (IUC) 21,867 5.22 +0.61 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,098 0.50 –0.03
Total 419,071 100.00 7 ±0
Valid votes 419,071 99.64 +0.32
Invalid votes 1,494 0.36 –0.32
Votes cast / turnout 420,565 66.98 +0.15
Abstentions 207,302 33.02 –0.15
Registered voters 627,867
Source: Ministry of the Interior

1993

Summary of the 6 June 1993 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 137,281 35.26 –5.39 3 –1
People's Party (PP) 114,535 29.42 +11.50 2 +1
Canarian Coalition (CC)[lower-alpha 1] 104,164 26.75 +5.62 2 +1
Canarian United Left (IUC) 17,932 4.61 –0.95 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 5,846 1.50 –8.56 0 –1
Blank ballots 2,076 0.53 +0.03
Total 389,329 100.00 7 ±0
Valid votes 389,329 99.32 +0.36
Invalid votes 2,667 0.68 –0.36
Votes cast / turnout 391,996 66.83 +6.17
Abstentions 194,520 33.17 –6.17
Registered voters 586,516
Source: Ministry of the Interior
  1. ↑ Canarian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of the AIC and ACN in the 1989 election.

1989

Summary of the 29 October 1989 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 128,360 40.65 +0.81 4 +1
Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) 58,434 18.50 +0.12 1 ±0
People's Party (PP)[lower-alpha 1] 56,600 17.92 –0.12 1 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 31,776 10.06 –2.21 1 ±0
United Left–United Canarian Left (IU–ICU) 17,546 5.56 +2.65 0 ±0
Canarian Nationalist Assembly (ACN) 8,295 2.63 –2.22 0 ±0
Ruiz-Mateos Group (Ruiz-Mateos) 3,906 1.24 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,566 0.50 +0.18
Total 315,806 100.00 7 +1
Valid votes 315,806 98.96 +0.60
Invalid votes 3,323 1.04 –0.60
Votes cast / turnout 319,129 60.66 –4.91
Abstentions 206,999 39.34 +4.91
Registered voters 526,128
Source: Ministry of the Interior
  1. ↑ People's Party results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1986 election.

1986

Summary of the 22 June 1986 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 127,292 39.84 –1.06 3 –1
Canarian Independent Groups (AIC) 58,737 18.38 New 1 +1
People's Coalition (AP–PDP–PL)[lower-alpha 1] 57,646 18.04 –6.51 1 –1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 39,210 12.27 +8.32 1 +1
Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC) 15,499 4.85 +2.92 0 ±0
United Canarian Left (ICU) 9,312 2.91 New 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 3,313 1.04 –0.05 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,029 0.32 –0.13
Total 319,487 100.00 6 –1
Valid votes 319,487 98.36 +0.78
Invalid votes 5,322 1.64 –0.78
Votes cast / turnout 324,809 65.57 –9.58
Abstentions 170,569 34.43 +9.58
Registered voters 495,378
Source: Ministry of the Interior
  1. ↑ People's Coalition results are compared to AP–PDP totals in the 1982 election.

1982

Summary of the 28 October 1982 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 130,249 40.90 +19.15 4 +2
People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party (AP–PDP)[lower-alpha 1] 78,174 24.55 +20.00 2 +2
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 61,436 19.29 –37.49 1 –4
Canarian People's Union (UPC) 18,772 5.90 –2.48 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 12,587 3.95 New 0 ±0
Canarian Assembly–Canarian Coordinator (AC–CC) 6,132 1.93 New 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 3,469 1.09 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,446 0.45 +0.18
Total 318,433 100.00 7 ±0
Valid votes 318,433 97.58 –0.61
Invalid votes 7,901 2.42 +0.61
Votes cast / turnout 326,334 75.15 +22.30
Abstentions 107,936 24.85 –22.30
Registered voters 434,270
Source: Ministry of the Interior
  1. ↑ AP–PDP results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election.
  2. ↑ New Force results are compared to National Union totals in the 1979 election.

1979

Summary of the 1 March 1979 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 139,908 56.78 +3.55 5 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)[lower-alpha 1] 53,604 21.75 –2.99 2 ±0
Canarian People's Union (UPC) 20,649 8.38 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) 11,560 4.69 +0.65 0 ±0
Democratic Coalition (CD)[lower-alpha 2] 11,204 4.55 –6.01 0 ±0
National Union (UN) 3,482 1.41 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 669 0.27 –0.06
Total 246,409 100.00 7 ±0
Valid votes 246,409 98.19 –0.04
Invalid votes 4,531 1.81 +0.04
Votes cast / turnout 250,940 52.85 –14.58
Abstentions 223,901 47.15 +14.58
Registered voters 474,841
Source: Ministry of the Interior
  1. ↑ Spanish Socialist Workers' Party results are compared to the combined totals of the PSOE and PSP–US in the 1977 election.
  2. ↑ Democratic Coalition results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1977 election.

1977

Summary of the 15 June 1977 Congress of Deputies election results in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 140,237 53.23 — 5 —
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 50,951 19.34 — 2 —
People's Alliance (AP) 27,828 10.56 — 0 —
People's Socialist Party–Socialist Unity (PSP–US) 14,215 5.40 — 0 —
Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC–PCE) 10,643 4.04 — 0 —
Canarian People's Party (PPCAN) 7,768 2.95 — 0 —
United Canarian Left (ICU) 4,118 1.56 — 0 —
Authentic Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE–JONS(A)) 4,099 1.56 — 0 —
Socialist Party of Canaries (PSCAN) 2,726 1.03 — 0 —
Blank ballots 860 0.33 —
Total 263,445 100.00 7 —
Valid votes 263,445 98.23 —
Invalid votes 4,739 1.77 —
Votes cast / turnout 268,184 67.43 —
Abstentions 129,548 32.57 —
Registered voters 397,732
Source: Ministry of the Interior

References

  1. ↑ "Number of voters by municipality 2008". Spanish census office. Archived from the original on December 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  2. 1 2 Spanish Constitution
  3. ↑ "Law governing electoral procedures". Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  4. ↑ "OSCE observers task force report on 2008 Spanish election" (PDF). Organisation for security and cooperation in Europe OSCE. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  5. ↑ "OSCE observers task force report on 2004 Spanish election" (PDF). Organisation for security and cooperation in Europe, OSCE. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  6. ↑ General features of Spanish electoral system

Coordinates: 28°10′N 17°20′W / 28.167°N 17.333°W / 28.167; -17.333

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