Badajoz (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Badajoz
Congress of Deputies Electoral Constituency
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Province	Province of Badajoz
Autonomous community	Extremadura
Population	686,557 (2015)
Electorate	559,240 (2015)
Major settlements	Badajoz, Mérida, Don Benito, Almendralejo
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	7 (1977–1982) 6 (1986–)

Badajoz is one of the 52 electoral districts (Spanish: circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies – the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. The method of election is the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of 3%.

Located in Extremadura in south west Spain, it is the largest electoral district in Congress in terms of geographical area. Badajoz is the largest town with a population of 150,000. Mérida, with over 50,000, and Don Benito and Almendralejo with over 30,000, are the next largest municipalities.

Results

General elections

2011

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Vote share

  PP-EU (50.6%)

  PSOE (37.6%)

  IU-V-SIEX (6.0%)

  UPyD (3.5%)

  Other (2.3%)

Summary of the 20 November 2011 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in Badajoz

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party-United Extremadura (PP-EU)	207,068	50.65	8.87	4	1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	153,692	37.59	14.75	2	1
	United Left-Greens-Independent Socialists: Plural Left (IU-V-SIEX)	24,344	5.95	2.86	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	14,174	3.47	2.70	0	±0
	Equo (EQUO)	1,801	0.44	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	1,371	0.34	0.23	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	986	0.24	0.07	0	±0
	Convergence for Extremadura (CEx)	574	0.14	New	0	±0
	Blank ballots	4,832	1.18	0.34
Total		408,842	100.00		6	±0
Valid votes		408,842	98.73	0.63
Invalid votes		5,260	1.27	0.63
Votes cast / turnout		414,102	74.28	4.32
Abstentions		143,366	25.72	4.32
Registered voters		557,468
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2008

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Vote share

  PSOE (52.3%)

  PP (41.8%)

  IU (3.1%)

  Other (2.8%)

Summary of the 9 March 2008 Spanish Congress of Deputies election results in Badajoz

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	223,749	52.34	0.68	3	±0
	People's Party (PP)	178,634	41.78	0.13	3	±0
	United Left-Alternative (IU)	13,197	3.09	0.82	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	3,293	0.77	New	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	1,240	0.29	New	0	±0
	United Extremadura (EU)	1,029	0.24	0.12	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	732	0.17	New	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	473	0.11	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	420	0.10	0.05	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		1,153	0.27	–	0	±0
	Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's)	226	0.05	New	0	±0
	Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB)	197	0.05	0.07	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	184	0.04	±0.00	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	157	0.04	0.01	0	±0
	Authentic Falange (FA)	106	0.02	0.01	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	104	0.02	0.02	0	±0
	Spanish Alternative (AES)	91	0.02	New	0	±0
	Spain 2000 (E-2000)	88	0.02	New	0	±0

	Blank ballots	3,595	0.84	0.47
Total		427,515	100.00		6	±0
Valid votes		427,515	99.36	0.07
Invalid votes		2,743	0.64	0.07
Votes cast / turnout		430,258	78.60	0.72
Abstentions		117,178	21.40	0.72
Registered voters		547,436
Source: Ministry of the Interior