Ávila (Cortes of Castile and León constituency)

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

Ávila is one of the nine constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Cortes of Castile and León, the regional legislature of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León. The constituency currently elects seven deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Ávila. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent.

Ávila
Cortes of Castile and León Electoral constituency
Location of Ávila within Castile and León
Province	Ávila
Autonomous community	Castile and León
Population	157,640 (2019)[1]
Electorate	137,003 (2019)
Major settlements	Ávila
Current constituency
Created	1983
Seats	7
Member(s)	PP (3)   PSOE (2)   Vox (1)   XAV (1)

Electoral system

The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy of Castile and León of 1983 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election. The Statute provided for the nine provinces in Castile and León—Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora—to be established as multi-member districts in the Cortes of Castile and León, with this regulation being maintained under the 1987 regional electoral law. Each constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of three seats, with one additional member per each 45,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 22,500.^[2][3][4]

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castile and León and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Castilian-Leonese people 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.^[5][6] Seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each constituency.^[2][3][4] The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.^[7]

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.^[4][8][9]

Procurators

Procurators 1983–present
Key to parties   PSOE   CDS   Cs   XAV   PP   CP   AP   Vox
Cortes	Election	Distribution
1st	1983	2 2 3
2nd	1987	2 3 2
3rd	1991	2 2 3
4th	1995	2 5
5th	1999	2 5
6th	2003	2 5
7th	2007	2 5
8th	2011	2 5
9th	2015	2 1 4
10th	2019	2 1 1 3
11th	2022	2 1 3 1

Elections

2022 regional election

Summary of the 13 February 2022 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Ávila

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	27,865	34.03	–2.09	3	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	19,826	24.21	–4.04	2	±0
	Vox (Vox)	14,275	17.43	+11.76	1	+1
	For Ávila (XAV)	13,703	16.74	+7.14	1	±0
	United We Can Castile and León (Podemos–IU–AV)1	3,007	3.67	–1.50	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	1,932	2.36	–10.66	0	–1
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	371	0.45	–0.14	0	±0
	Castilian Party–Commoners' Land–Zero Cuts (PCAS–TC–RC)	194	0.24	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE de las JONS)	79	0.10	–0.04	0	±0
Blank ballots		627	0.77	–0.11
Total		81,879			7	±0
Valid votes		81,879	98.85	–0.01
Invalid votes		955	1.15	+0.01
Votes cast / turnout		82,834	60.22	–12.49
Abstentions		54,721	39.78	+12.49
Registered voters		137,555
Sources[10]
Footnotes: 1 United We Can Castile and León results are compared to the combined totals of We Can–Equo and United Left–Anticapitalists in the 2019 election.

2019 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 2019 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Ávila

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	35,566	36.12	–9.17	3	–1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	27,821	28.25	+6.20	2	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	12,818	13.02	+1.07	1	±0
	For Ávila (XAV)	9,455	9.60	New	1	+1
	Vox (Vox)	5,582	5.67	+4.77	0	±0
	We Can–Equo (Podemos–Equo)	3,796	3.85	–6.24	0	±0
	United Left–Anticapitalists (IU–Anticapitalistas–PCAS/TC–ALTER)	1,296	1.32	–2.64	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	584	0.59	–0.25	0	±0
	Ávila Free of Tolls (ÁvilaLP)	552	0.56	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	133	0.14	–0.33	0	±0
Blank ballots		870	0.88	–1.35
Total		98,473			7	±0
Valid votes		98,473	98.86	+1.28
Invalid votes		1,138	1.14	–1.28
Votes cast / turnout		99,611	72.71	+2.91
Abstentions		37,392	27.29	–2.91
Registered voters		137,003
Sources[11]

2015 regional election

Summary of the 24 May 2015 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Ávila

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	43,434	45.29	–13.78	4	–1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	21,149	22.05	–1.70	2	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	11,456	11.95	New	1	+1
	We Can (Podemos)	9,675	10.09	New	0	±0
	United Left–Equo: Convergence for Castile and León (IU–Equo)	3,796	3.96	–1.32	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	2,133	2.22	–3.49	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	864	0.90	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	803	0.84	+0.40	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	449	0.47	+0.01	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,140	2.23	–0.55
Total		95,899			7	±0
Valid votes		95,899	97.58	–0.37
Invalid votes		2,374	2.42	+0.37
Votes cast / turnout		98,273	69.80	–3.51
Abstentions		42,528	30.20	+3.51
Registered voters		140,801
Sources[12][13]

2011 regional election

Summary of the 22 May 2011 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Ávila

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	60,577	59.07	+0.17	5	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	24,354	23.75	–8.54	2	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	5,852	5.71	New	0	±0
	United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)	5,415	5.28	+1.36	0	±0
	The Party of Castile and León–Independent Candidacy (PCL–CI)	2,333	2.28	+0.73	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	468	0.46	New	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	456	0.44	New	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	238	0.23	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,852	2.78	+1.00
Total		102,545			7	±0
Valid votes		102,545	97.95	–1.09
Invalid votes		2,147	2.05	+1.09
Votes cast / turnout		104,692	73.31	–2.05
Abstentions		38,116	26.69	+2.05
Registered voters		142,808
Sources[12][14]

2007 regional election

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Ávila

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	63,328	58.90	–0.51	5	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	34,715	32.29	+0.15	2	±0
	United Left–The Greens–Commitment for Castile and León (IU–LV–CyL)	4,211	3.92	–0.09	0	±0
	Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León (CI–PCL)	1,667	1.55	New	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Alternative for Castile and León (TC–ACAL)	1,141	1.06	–0.16	0	±0
	Authentic Phalanx (FA)	290	0.27	+0.05	0	±0
	The Phalanx (FE)	265	0.25	–0.02	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,909	1.78	–0.15
Total		107,526			7	±0
Valid votes		107,526	99.04	+0.09
Invalid votes		1,040	0.96	–0.09
Votes cast / turnout		108,566	75.36	–2.00
Abstentions		35,506	24.64	+2.00
Registered voters		144,072
Sources[12][15]

2003 regional election

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Ávila

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	65,496	59.41	–2.95	5	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	35,439	32.14	+5.19	2	±0
	United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)	4,422	4.01	–2.40	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	1,343	1.22	+0.79	0	±0
	The Phalanx (FE)	303	0.27	New	0	±0
	Castilian Left (IzCa)	293	0.27	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	293	0.27	New	0	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	285	0.26	New	0	±0
	Authentic Phalanx (FA)	243	0.22	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,132	1.93	–0.47
Total		110,249			7	±0
Valid votes		110,249	98.95	+0.12
Invalid votes		1,171	1.05	–0.12
Votes cast / turnout		111,420	77.36	+4.15
Abstentions		32,610	22.64	–4.15
Registered voters		144,030
Sources[12][16]

1999 regional election

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Ávila

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	66,148	62.36	+4.01	5	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	28,585	26.95	+3.14	2	±0
	United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)	6,801	6.41	–1.81	0	±0
	Party of Self-employed of Spain and Spanish Independent Groups (PAE–I)	565	0.53	New	0	±0
	Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)	495	0.47	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	478	0.45	+0.10	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	453	0.43	–0.01	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,550	2.40	+1.05
Total		106,075			7	±0
Valid votes		106,075	98.83	–0.21
Invalid votes		1,257	1.17	+0.21
Votes cast / turnout		107,332	73.21	–4.64
Abstentions		39,281	26.79	+4.64
Registered voters		146,613
Sources[12][17]

1995 regional election

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Ávila

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	64,624	58.35	+16.03	5	+2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	26,373	23.81	–2.53	2	±0
	United Left of Castile and León (IU)	9,104	8.22	+4.62	0	±0
	Independent Group of Ávila (AIAV)	8,159	7.37	New	0	±0
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	487	0.44	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	393	0.35	+0.10	0	±0
	Party of El Bierzo (PB)	121	0.11	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	n/a	n/a	–24.83	0	–2
Blank ballots		1,490	1.35	+0.28
Total		110,751			7	±0
Valid votes		110,751	99.04	–0.03
Invalid votes		1,071	0.96	+0.03
Votes cast / turnout		111,822	77.85	+4.31
Abstentions		31,820	22.15	–4.31
Registered voters		143,642
Sources[12][18]

1991 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 1991 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Ávila

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)1	44,593	42.32	+10.12	3	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	27,753	26.34	+2.84	2	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	26,164	24.83	–15.75	2	–1
	United Left (IU)	3,792	3.60	+1.15	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	1,681	1.60	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	265	0.25	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,132	1.07	±0.00
Total		105,380			7	±0
Valid votes		105,380	99.07	+0.24
Invalid votes		985	0.93	–0.24
Votes cast / turnout		106,365	73.54	–2.34
Abstentions		38,267	26.46	+2.34
Registered voters		144,632
Sources[12][19][20]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election.

1987 regional election

Summary of the 10 June 1987 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Ávila

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	43,099	40.58	+17.24	3	+1
	People's Alliance (AP)1	32,209	30.33	–11.01	2	–1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	24,960	23.50	–7.86	2	±0
	United Left (IU)2	2,606	2.45	–0.76	0	±0
	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	1,991	1.87	New	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)	387	0.36	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,139	1.07	+0.32
Total		106,391			7	±0
Valid votes		106,391	98.83	+0.14
Invalid votes		1,255	1.17	–0.14
Votes cast / turnout		107,646	75.88	+3.03
Abstentions		34,226	24.12	–3.03
Registered voters		141,872
Sources[12][21][22]
Footnotes: 1 People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. 2 United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 election.

1983 regional election

Summary of the 8 May 1983 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Ávila

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)	43,164	41.34	n/a	3	n/a
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	32,741	31.36	n/a	2	n/a
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	24,366	23.34	n/a	2	n/a
	Communist Party of Castile and León (PCCL–PCE)	3,344	3.21	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots		788	0.75	n/a
Total		104,403			7	n/a
Valid votes		104,403	98.69	n/a
Invalid votes		1,386	1.31	n/a
Votes cast / turnout		105,789	72.85	n/a
Abstentions		39,426	27.15	n/a
Registered voters		145,215
Sources[12][23][24]

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