Lugo (Parliament of Galicia constituency)

For the Congress of Deputies constituency, see Lugo (Congress of Deputies constituency). For the Senate constituency, see Lugo (Senate constituency).

Lugo is one of the four constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Parliament of Galicia, the regional legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia. The constituency currently elects 14 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Lugo. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of five percent.

Lugo
Parliament of Galicia Electoral constituency
Location of Lugo within Galicia
Province	Lugo
Autonomous community	Galicia
Population	324,842 (2024)[1]
Electorate	337,745 (2024)
Major settlements	Lugo
Current constituency
Created	1981
Seats	15 (1981–2016) 14 (2016–present)
Member(s)	PP (8)   BNG (4)   PSdeG (2)

Electoral system

The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy for Galicia of 1981 and was first contested in the 1981 regional election. The Statute provided for the four provinces in Galicia—A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra—to be established as multi-member districts in the Parliament of Galicia, with this regulation being maintained under the 1985 regional electoral law. Each constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of 10 seats, with the remaining 35 being distributed in proportion to their populations. In the 1981 and 1985 elections, each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 22 for A Coruña, 15 for Lugo, 15 for Ourense and 19 for Pontevedra.^[2][3]

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in Galicia and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Galicians abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado) which was abolished in 2022.^[4][5] Seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots; until a 1993 reform, the threshold was set at three percent—being applied in each constituency.^[2][3] The use of the D'Hondt method may 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.^[3][7][8]

Deputies

Deputies 1981–present
Key to parties   BNPG/BNG   AGE   En Marea   PSdeG   CG   UCD   PP   CP   AP
Parliament	Election	Distribution
1st	1981	1 3 6 5
2nd	1985	4 3 8
3rd	1989	1 5 1 8
4th	1993	2 4 9
5th	1997	3 3 9
6th	2001	3 3 9
7th	2005	2 5 8
8th	2009	2 5 8
9th	2012	1 1 4 9
10th	2016	1 2 3 8
11th	2020	3 2 9
12th	2024	4 2 8

Elections

2024 regional election

Summary of the 18 February 2024 Parliament of Galicia election results in Lugo

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	100,123	53.33	–1.31	8	–1
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	46,940	25.00	+3.47	4	+1
	Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE)	32,403	17.26	–0.16	2	±0
	Vox (Vox)	3,517	1.87	–0.20	0	±0
	Unite Galicia (Sumar Galicia)1	1,198	0.64	n/a	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB)	577	0.31	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)2	499	0.27	–0.05	0	±0
	We Can Galicia (Podemos–AV)1	381	0.20	n/a	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	256	0.14	+0.10	0	±0
	Galicianist Common Space (ECG)	176	0.09	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,663	0.89	–0.04
Total		187,733			14	±0
Valid votes		187,733	98.84	+0.16
Invalid votes		2,206	1.16	–0.16
Votes cast / turnout		189,939	56.24	+7.97
Abstentions		147,806	43.76	–7.97
Registered voters		337,745
Sources[9]
Footnotes: 1 Within the Galicia in Common–Renewal–Tides alliance in the 2020 election. 2 Animalist Party with the Environment results are compared to Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals totals in the 2020 election.

2020 regional election

Summary of the 12 July 2020 Parliament of Galicia election results in Lugo

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	89,266	54.64	+1.83	9	+1
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	35,178	21.53	+14.16	3	+2
	Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE)	28,465	17.42	–1.63	2	–1
	Galicia in Common–Renewal–Tides (Podemos–EU–Anova)1	3,715	2.27	–13.08	0	–2
	Vox (Vox)	3,381	2.07	New	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	592	0.36	–2.42	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	529	0.32	–0.49	0	±0
	Galicianist Tide (En Marea–CxG–PG)2	367	0.22	–0.02	0	±0
	Zero Cuts–Common Space–The Greens–Municipalists (RC–EsCo–OV–M)	94	0.06	–0.12	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Workers of Galicia (PCTG)	83	0.05	New	0	±0
	Equo Galicia (Equo)	83	0.05	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	64	0.04	New	0	±0
	XXI Convergence (C21)	40	0.02	–0.02	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,520	0.93	–0.03
Total		163,377			14	±0
Valid votes		163,377	98.68	–0.14
Invalid votes		2,189	1.32	+0.14
Votes cast / turnout		165,566	48.27	–5.28
Abstentions		177,417	51.73	+5.28
Registered voters		342,983
Sources[10]
Footnotes: 1 Galicia in Common–Renewal–Tides results are compared to In Tide totals in the 2016 election. 2 Galicianist Tide results are compared to Commitment to Galicia totals in the 2016 election.

2016 regional election

Summary of the 25 September 2016 Parliament of Galicia election results in Lugo

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	97,323	52.81	+1.33	8	–1
	Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE)	35,099	19.05	–3.62	3	–1
	In Tide (En Marea)1	28,285	15.35	+5.06	2	+1
	Galician Nationalist Bloc–We–Galician Candidacy (BNG–Nós)	13,579	7.37	–1.34	1	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	5,117	2.78	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	1,491	0.81	+0.39	0	±0
	Anti-Corruption and Justice Party (PAyJ)	466	0.25	New	0	±0
	Commitment to Galicia (CxG)	439	0.24	–0.37	0	±0
	Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)	338	0.18	New	0	±0
	Let's Win Galicia: Yes We Can (Gañemos)	311	0.17	New	0	±0
	XXI Convergence (C21)	72	0.04	–0.01	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,770	0.96	–1.68
Total		184,290			14	–1
Valid votes		184,290	98.82	+1.67
Invalid votes		2,198	1.18	–1.67
Votes cast / turnout		186,488	53.55	–2.45
Abstentions		161,756	46.45	+2.45
Registered voters		348,244
Sources[11]
Footnotes: 1 In Tide results are compared to Galician Left Alternative totals in the 2012 election.

2012 regional election

Summary of the 21 October 2012 Parliament of Galicia election results in Lugo

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	98,284	51.48	+3.67	9	+1
	Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE)	43,370	22.72	–9.98	4	–1
	Galician Left Alternative (United Left–Anova) (AGE)1	19,639	10.29	+9.65	1	+1
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	16,622	8.71	–5.87	1	–1
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	1,730	0.91	–0.22	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB)	1,440	0.75	New	0	±0
	Commitment to Galicia (CxG)2	1,173	0.61	–0.13	0	±0
	Hartos.org (Hartos.org)	868	0.45	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	805	0.42	New	0	±0
	Civil Society and Democracy (SCD)	623	0.33	New	0	±0
	Land Party (PT)	352	0.18	New	0	±0
	Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL)	234	0.12	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	233	0.12	–0.12	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	184	0.10	+0.04	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	138	0.07	New	0	±0
	Community Integration Party (PYC)	106	0.06	New	0	±0
	XXI Convergence (C.XXI)	87	0.05	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		5,036	2.64	+0.97
Total		190,924			15	±0
Valid votes		190,924	97.15	–1.78
Invalid votes		5,609	2.85	+1.78
Votes cast / turnout		196,533	56.00	–10.92
Abstentions		154,413	44.00	+10.92
Registered voters		350,946
Sources[12]
Footnotes: 1 Galician Left Alternative results are compared to United Left totals in the 2009 election. 2 Commitment to Galicia results are compared to Terra Galega totals in the 2009 election.

2009 regional election

Summary of the 1 March 2009 Parliament of Galicia election results in Lugo

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	109,574	47.81	–1.09	8	±0
	Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE)	74,949	32.70	–1.85	5	±0
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	33,415	14.58	+0.06	2	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	2,579	1.13	New	0	±0
	Galician Land (TeGa)	1,689	0.74	New	0	±0
	United Left (EU–IU)	1,464	0.64	+0.29	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	540	0.24	New	0	±0
	Galician People's Front (FPG)	268	0.12	±0.00	0	±0
	United Galicia (GU)	247	0.11	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	168	0.07	–0.04	0	±0
	We–People's Unity (Nós–UP)	164	0.07	–0.01	0	±0
	More Galicia (+G)	163	0.07	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	146	0.06	±0.00	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,831	1.67	+0.65
Total		229,197			15	±0
Valid votes		229,197	98.93	–0.57
Invalid votes		2,481	1.07	+0.57
Votes cast / turnout		231,678	66.92	–1.65
Abstentions		114,515	33.08	+1.65
Registered voters		346,193
Sources[13]

2005 regional election

Summary of the 19 June 2005 Parliament of Galicia election results in Lugo

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	115,650	48.90	–7.11	8	–1
	Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE)	81,709	34.55	+12.95	5	+2
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	34,350	14.52	–5.01	2	–1
	United Left (EU–IU)	836	0.35	–0.19	0	±0
	Party of Self-employed and Professionals (AUTONOMO)	379	0.16	–0.03	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	285	0.12	New	0	±0
	Galician People's Front (FPG)	278	0.12	–0.05	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	270	0.11	–0.09	0	±0
	We–People's Unity (Nós–UP)	193	0.08	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	142	0.06	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,421	1.02	–0.22
Total		236,513			15	±0
Valid votes		236,513	99.50	+0.22
Invalid votes		1,196	0.50	–0.22
Votes cast / turnout		237,709	68.57	+4.03
Abstentions		108,974	31.43	–4.03
Registered voters		346,683
Sources[14]

2001 regional election

Summary of the 21 October 2001 Parliament of Galicia election results in Lugo

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	124,042	56.01	–1.70	9	±0
	Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE)	47,838	21.60	+2.66	3	±0
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	43,252	19.53	–0.25	3	±0
	United Left (EU–IU)	1,195	0.54	–0.32	0	±0
	Galician Progressive Democracy (DPG)	650	0.29	–0.96	0	±0
	Left of Galicia (EdeG)	492	0.22	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	445	0.20	+0.05	0	±0
	Party of Self-employed and Professionals (AUTONOMO)	419	0.19	New	0	±0
	Galician People's Front (FPG)	367	0.17	–0.02	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,752	1.24	+0.13
Total		221,452			15	±0
Valid votes		221,452	99.28	–0.15
Invalid votes		1,598	0.72	+0.15
Votes cast / turnout		223,050	64.54	–0.45
Abstentions		122,548	35.46	+0.45
Registered voters		345,598
Sources[15][16]

1997 regional election

Summary of the 19 October 1997 Parliament of Galicia election results in Lugo

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	131,270	57.71	+1.19	9	±0
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	44,992	19.78	+3.36	3	+1
	Socialists' Party–Galician Left–The Greens (PSdeG–PSOE/EU–EG/Os Verdes)1	43,082	18.94	–6.07	3	–1
	Galician Democracy (DG)	2,843	1.25	New	0	±0
	United Left (IU)	1,959	0.86	New	0	±0
	Galician People's Front (FPG)	441	0.19	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	345	0.15	+0.05	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,531	1.11	+0.68
Total		227,463			15	±0
Valid votes		227,463	99.43	–0.04
Invalid votes		1,294	0.57	+0.04
Votes cast / turnout		228,757	64.99	–1.86
Abstentions		123,254	35.01	+1.86
Registered voters		352,011
Sources[17]
Footnotes: 1 Socialists' Party–Galician Left–The Greens results are compared to the combined totals of the Socialists' Party of Galicia, United Left–Galician Unity and The Greens of Galicia in the 1993 election.

1993 regional election

Summary of the 17 October 1993 Parliament of Galicia election results in Lugo

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	123,020	56.52	+8.44	9	+1
	Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE)	50,270	23.09	–7.84	4	–1
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)1	35,838	16.46	+9.26	2	+1
	United Left–Galician Unity (EU–UG)2	3,329	1.53	–0.94	0	±0
	Galician Coalition (CG)	936	0.43	–6.82	0	–1
	Ruiz-Mateos Group–European Democratic Alliance (ARM–ADE)	920	0.42	+0.09	0	±0
	The Greens of Galicia (Os Verdes)	854	0.39	+0.12	0	±0
	The Ecologists (LE)	299	0.14	+0.02	0	±0
	Galician Alternative (AG)	223	0.10	New	0	±0
	Humanist Citizen Platform (PCH)	216	0.10	+0.08	0	±0
	United People's Assembly (APU)	186	0.09	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,584	0.43	+0.40
Total		217,675			15	±0
Valid votes		217,675	99.47	+0.05
Invalid votes		1,167	0.53	–0.05
Votes cast / turnout		218,842	66.85	+3.74
Abstentions		108,509	33.15	–3.74
Registered voters		327,351
Sources[18]
Footnotes: 1 Galician Nationalist Bloc results are compared to the combined totals of Galician Nationalist Bloc and Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party totals in the 1989 election. 2 United Left–Galician Unity results are compared to the combined totals of Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left and United Left totals in the 1989 election.

1989 regional election

Summary of the 17 December 1989 Parliament of Galicia election results in Lugo

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)1	101,146	48.08	+3.20	8	±0
	Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE)	65,058	30.93	+6.57	5	+1
	Galician Coalition (CG)	15,250	7.25	–13.17	1	–2
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	13,902	6.61	+3.34	1	+1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	5,499	2.61	+0.13	0	±0
	Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left (PSG–EG)	3,587	1.71	–0.29	0	±0
	United Left (EU)2	1,605	0.76	+0.14	0	±0
	Galician Nationalist Party–Galicianist Party (PNG–PG)	1,241	0.59	New	0	±0
	Ruiz-Mateos Group (ARM)	685	0.33	New	0	±0
	The Greens of Galicia (OVG)	571	0.27	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	274	0.13	New	0	±0
	The Ecologist Greens (OVE)	251	0.12	New	0	±0
	United Galicia Party (PGU)	170	0.08	New	0	±0
	Galician People's Front (FPG)	164	0.08	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m–l))	77	0.04	–0.06	0	±0
	Alliance for the Republic (AxR)	72	0.03	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	63	0.03	–0.09	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	44	0.02	–0.36	0	±0
Blank ballots		701	0.33	–0.31
Total		210,360			15	±0
Valid votes		210,360	99.42	+0.42
Invalid votes		1,235	0.58	–0.42
Votes cast / turnout		211,595	63.11	+6.15
Abstentions		123,661	36.89	–6.15
Registered voters		335,256
Sources[19]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1985 election. 2 United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Galicia totals in the 1985 election.

1985 regional election

Summary of the 24 November 1985 Parliament of Galicia election results in Lugo

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–PL)1	85,904	44.88	+13.53	8	+3
	Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE)	46,627	24.36	+8.28	4	+1
	Galician Coalition (CG)	39,080	20.42	New	3	+3
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)2	6,260	3.27	–4.76	0	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	4,742	2.48	New	0	±0
	Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left (PSG–EG)3	3,826	2.00	+1.09	0	±0
	Communist Party of Galicia (PCE–PCG)	1,182	0.62	–0.85	0	±0
	Communist Party of Galicia (Revolutionary Marxist) (PCG (m–r))	760	0.40	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	720	0.38	New	0	±0
	Galician Party of the Country (PGC)	644	0.34	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	226	0.12	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m–l))	199	0.10	New	0	±0
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	n/a	n/a	–35.03	0	–6
Blank ballots		1,231	0.64	+0.64
Total		191,401			15	±0
Valid votes		191,401	99.00	+0.71
Invalid votes		1,943	1.00	–0.71
Votes cast / turnout		193,344	56.96	+14.44
Abstentions		146,065	43.04	–14.44
Registered voters		339,409
Sources[20]
Footnotes: 1 People's Coalition results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1981 election. 2 Galician Nationalist Bloc results are compared to Galician National-Popular Bloc–Galician Socialist Party totals in the 1981 election. 3 Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left results are compared to Galician Left totals in the 1981 election.

1981 regional election

Summary of the 20 October 1981 Parliament of Galicia election results in Lugo

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	48,733	35.03	n/a	6	n/a
	People's Alliance (AP)	43,617	31.35	n/a	5	n/a
	Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdG–PSOE)	22,376	16.08	n/a	3	n/a
	Galician National-Popular Bloc–Galician Socialist Party (BNPG–PSG)	11,175	8.03	n/a	1	n/a
	Galicianist Party (PG)	5,779	4.15	n/a	0	n/a
	Communist Party of Galicia (PCG–PCE)	2,039	1.47	n/a	0	n/a
	Galician Socialist Unity–PSOE (USG–PSOE)	1,546	1.11	n/a	0	n/a
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	1,498	1.08	n/a	0	n/a
	Galician Left (EG)	1,272	0.91	n/a	0	n/a
	Spanish Ruralist Party (PRE)	654	0.47	n/a	0	n/a
	Revolutionary Communist League–Communist Movement (LCR–MCG)	437	0.31	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		0	0.00	n/a
Total		139,126			15	n/a
Valid votes		139,126	98.29	n/a
Invalid votes		2,415	1.71	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		141,541	42.52	n/a
Abstentions		191,361	57.48	n/a
Registered voters		332,902
Sources[21]