Álava (Basque Parliament electoral district)

Álava
Basque Parliament
Electoral Constituency

Location of Álava within the Basque Country.
Province Province of Álava
Autonomous community Basque Country
Population 323,648 (2016)
Electorate 254,579 (2016)
Major settlements Vitoria-Gasteiz
Current constituency
Created 1980
Seats 20 (1980)
25 (1984–)

Álava (Basque: Araba) is one of the 3 electoral districts (Spanish: circunscripciones) used for the Basque Parliament—the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country.

Electoral system

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which includes blank ballots—for none of the above) are entitled to enter the seat distribution.[1]

Seat summary (1980–2016)

1980 1984 1986 1990 1994 1998 2001 2005 2009 2012 2016
Seats 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
PNV 7 9 5 6 6 6 9 8 8 7 8
EA 4 2 2 1 6 5
Aralar 1
HB/EH/EHAK/EH Bildu 3 3 3 3 2 3 1 2
AP/CP/PP 1 4 1 3 4 7 9 7 6 5 5
UA 3 5 2
Elkarrekin Podemos 4
EPK/EB–B/IU 2 1 1 1
PSE 3 7 7 6 4 5 5 7 9 6 3
EE 2 2 3 2
UPyD 1 1
CDS 2
UCD 4

Election results

2016

Summary of the 25 September 2016 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 42,327 28.01 +2.50 8 +1
People's Party of the Basque Country (PP) 27,877 18.45 –0.23 5 ±0
Basque Country Unite (EH Bildu) 26,899 17.80 –3.94 5 –1
United We Can (Podemos–IU–eQuo) (Elkarrekin Podemos)[lower-alpha 1] 24,339 16.11 +10.47 4 +4
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 19,489 12.90 –6.13 3 –3
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 4,784 3.17 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,078 0.71 –0.73
Total 151,091 100.00 25 ±0
Valid votes 151,091 99.27 –0.74
Invalid votes 1,113 0.73 +0.74
Votes cast / turnout 152,204 59.74 –3.85
Abstentions 102,557 40.26 +3.85
Registered voters 254,761
Source: Election results
  1. ↑ Elkarrekin Podemos results are compared to the combined totals of IU–LV and EB–EE in the 2012 election.

2012

Summary of the 21 October 2012 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 40,116 25.51 –4.51 7 –1
Basque Country Unite (EH Bildu)[lower-alpha 1] 34,193 21.74 +13.94 6 +5
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 30,358 19.30 –11.87 6 –3
People's Party of the Basque Country (PP) 29,374 18.68 –2.43 5 –1
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 5,453 3.47 –0.46 1 ±0
United Left–The Greens: Plural Left (IU–LV) 4,579 2.91 New 0 ±0
Equo Greens–Basque Ecologists (EB–EE) 4,287 2.73 New 0 ±0
United Left–Greens (EB–B) 2,488 1.58 –1.73 0 ±0
Blank Seats (EB/AZ) 2,309 1.47 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,270 1.44 +0.26
Total 157,271 100.00 25 ±0
Valid votes 157,271 98.53 +4.14
Invalid votes 2,348 1.47 –4.14
Votes cast / turnout 159,619 63.59 –1.48
Abstentions 91,375 36.41 +1.48
Registered voters 250,994
Source: Argos Information Portal
  1. ↑ EH Bildu results are compared to the combined totals of Aralar and Basque Solidarity in the 2009 election.

1984

Summary of the 26 February 1984 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 44,583 35.49 +5.43 9 +2
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 31,485 25.06 +11.10 7 +4
People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)[lower-alpha 1] 20,380 16.22 +10.49 4 +3
Popular Unity (HB) 13,539 10.78 –3.28 3 ±0
Basque Country Left (EE) 9,633 7.67 –1.51 2 ±0
Left Socialist Candidature (CSI) 2,507 2.00 New 0 ±0
Neighborhood Labor (Auzolan)[lower-alpha 2] 1,368 1.09 –0.09 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 1,127 0.90 –2.11 0 ±0
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) N/A N/A –19.68 0 –4
Blank ballots 1,001 0.80 +0.22
Total 125,623 100.00 25 +5
Valid votes 125,623 99.20 +0.12
Invalid votes 1,011 0.80 –0.12
Votes cast / turnout 126,634 67.19 +8.12
Abstentions 61,832 32.81 –8.12
Registered voters 188,466
Source: Argos Information Portal
  1. ↑ People's Coalition results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1980 election.
  2. ↑ Auzolan results are compared to the combined totals of EMK/MCE and LKI/LCR in the 1980 election.

1980

Summary of the 9 March 1980 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 31,640 30.06 — 7 —
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 20,716 19.68 — 4 —
People's Unity (HB) 14,804 14.06 — 3 —
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 14,694 13.96 — 3 —
Basque Country Left (EE) 9,658 9.18 — 2 —
People's Alliance (AP) 6,029 5.73 — 1 —
Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 3,168 3.01 — 0 —
Basque Socialists' Unity Force (ESEI) 1,366 1.30 — 0 —
Blank ballots 609 0.58 —
Total 105,264 100.00 20 —
Valid votes 105,264 99.08 —
Invalid votes 975 0.92 —
Votes cast / turnout 106,239 59.07 —
Abstentions 73,605 40.93 —
Registered voters 179,844
Source: Argos Information Portal

References

  1. ↑ "Law 5/1990, of 15 June, of elections to the Basque Parliament.".

Coordinates: 42°50′N 2°45′W / 42.833°N 2.750°W / 42.833; -2.750

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