Soria 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 five deputies . Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Soria . The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation , with a minimum threshold of three percent.
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]
2022 regional election [ edit ]
Summary of the 13 February 2022 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Soria
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
Soria Now! (SY)
19,385
42.72
New
3
+3
People's Party (PP)
10,822
23.85
–3.77
1
–1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
8,193
18.06
–22.67
1
–2
Vox (Vox)
5,204
11.47
+7.20
0
±0
United We Can Castile and León (Podemos –IU –AV )1
1,020
2.25
–4.00
0
±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)
351
0.77
–10.50
0
±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)
89
0.20
–0.30
0
±0
Castilian Party –Commoners' Land –Zero Cuts (PCAS–TC–RC)
41
0.09
New
0
±0
Progress Party of Castile and León Cities (PPCCAL)
23
0.05
New
0
±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J)
13
0.03
New
0
±0
Blank ballots
232
0.51
–0.84
Total
45,373
5
±0
Valid votes
45,373
99.48
+0.54
Invalid votes
239
0.52
–0.54
Votes cast / turnout
45,612
59.81
–4.12
Abstentions
30,645
40.19
+4.12
Registered voters
76,257
Sources[ 10]
2019 regional election [ edit ]
Summary of the 26 May 2019 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Soria
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
19,794
40.73
+9.56
3
+1
People's Party (PP)
13,423
27.62
–9.23
2
–1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)
5,476
11.27
–0.87
0
±0
Sorian People's Platform (PPSO)
3,895
8.01
New
0
±0
We Can –Equo (Podemos–Equo)
2,464
5.07
–6.94
0
±0
Vox (Vox)
2,075
4.27
New
0
±0
United Left –Anticapitalists (IU –Anticapitalistas –PCAS /TC –ALTER )1
575
1.18
–2.23
0
±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)
244
0.50
New
0
±0
Blank ballots
657
1.35
–2.12
Total
48,603
5
±0
Valid votes
48,603
98.94
+1.44
Invalid votes
519
1.06
–1.44
Votes cast / turnout
49,122
63.93
+0.19
Abstentions
27,716
36.07
–0.19
Registered voters
76,838
Sources[ 11]
2015 regional election [ edit ]
Summary of the 24 May 2015 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Soria
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
People's Party (PP)
17,712
36.85
–15.16
3
±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
14,978
31.17
–1.76
2
±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)
5,834
12.14
New
0
±0
We Can (Podemos)
5,772
12.01
New
0
±0
United Left –Equo: Convergence for Castile and León (IU–Equo)
1,368
2.85
–0.25
0
±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)
460
0.96
New
0
±0
Castilian Party –Commoners' Land: Pact (PCAS–TC–Pacto)
270
0.56
–0.08
0
±0
Blank ballots
1,666
3.47
–1.66
Total
48,060
5
±0
Valid votes
48,060
97.50
–0.20
Invalid votes
1,234
2.50
+0.20
Votes cast / turnout
49,294
63.74
–3.20
Abstentions
28,042
36.26
+3.20
Registered voters
77,336
Sources[ 12] [ 13]
2011 regional election [ edit ]
Summary of the 22 May 2011 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Soria
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
People's Party (PP)
26,264
52.01
+1.64
3
±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
16,630
32.93
–3.76
2
±0
Initiative for the Development of Soria (IDES)
2,680
5.31
–1.68
0
±0
United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)
1,565
3.10
+1.40
0
±0
Party of Castile and León (PCAL)1
323
0.64
+0.20
0
±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)
256
0.51
New
0
±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)
187
0.37
New
0
±0
Blank ballots
2,590
5.13
+2.36
Total
50,495
5
±0
Valid votes
50,495
97.70
–1.26
Invalid votes
1,189
2.30
+1.26
Votes cast / turnout
51,684
66.94
–3.05
Abstentions
25,523
33.06
+3.05
Registered voters
77,207
Sources[ 12] [ 14]
2007 regional election [ edit ]
2003 regional election [ edit ]
Summary of the 25 May 2003 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Soria
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
People's Party (PP)
29,534
53.37
–3.33
3
±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
20,265
36.62
+4.56
2
±0
Initiative for the Development of Soria (IDES)
1,908
3.45
New
0
±0
United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)
1,155
2.09
–3.74
0
±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)
306
0.55
–0.29
0
±0
Republican Left (IR)
162
0.29
New
0
±0
Castilian Left (IzCa)
142
0.26
New
0
±0
Blank ballots
1,864
3.37
–0.50
Total
55,336
5
±0
Valid votes
55,336
98.77
+0.10
Invalid votes
689
1.23
–0.10
Votes cast / turnout
56,025
71.53
+7.14
Abstentions
22,304
28.47
–7.14
Registered voters
78,329
Sources[ 12] [ 16]
1999 regional election [ edit ]
1995 regional election [ edit ]
1991 regional election [ edit ]
1987 regional election [ edit ]
Summary of the 10 June 1987 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Soria
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
People's Alliance (AP)1
22,668
41.75
–2.48
2
–1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
17,562
32.34
–6.21
2
±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
7,786
14.34
+6.62
1
+1
People's Democratic Party (PDP)
2,981
5.49
New
0
±0
United Left (IU)2
1,454
2.68
+0.70
0
±0
Nationalist Party of Castile and León (PNCL–PANCAL)
391
0.72
New
0
±0
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)
265
0.49
New
0
±0
Leonesist Union (UNLE)
116
0.21
New
0
±0
Blank ballots
1,078
1.99
+0.80
Total
54,301
5
±0
Valid votes
54,301
97.18
–0.72
Invalid votes
1,576
2.82
+0.72
Votes cast / turnout
55,877
70.89
+3.54
Abstentions
22,950
29.11
–3.54
Registered voters
78,827
Sources[ 12] [ 21] [ 22]
1983 regional election [ edit ]
Summary of the 8 May 1983 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Soria
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
People's Coalition (AP –PDP –UL )
23,487
44.23
n/a
3
n/a
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
20,470
38.55
n/a
2
n/a
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
4,098
7.72
n/a
0
n/a
Agrarian Bloc–Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (BAR–PREPAL)
3,359
6.33
n/a
0
n/a
Communist Party of Castile and León (PCCL–PCE)
1,054
1.98
n/a
0
n/a
Blank ballots
632
1.19
n/a
Total
53,100
5
n/a
Valid votes
53,100
97.90
n/a
Invalid votes
1,138
2.10
n/a
Votes cast / turnout
54,238
67.35
n/a
Abstentions
26,290
32.65
n/a
Registered voters
80,528
Sources[ 12] [ 23] [ 24]
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