Biscay (Basque Parliament electoral district)

Biscay
Basque Parliament Electoral Constituency
Location of Biscay within the Basque Country.
Province	Province of Biscay
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Population	1,148,775 (2016)
Electorate	948,080 (2016)
Major settlements	Bilbao, Barakaldo, Getxo
Current constituency
Created	1980
Seats	20 (1980) 25 (1984–)

Biscay (Basque: Bizkaia, Spanish: Vizcaya) 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	9	12	8	10	10	9	12	11	12	11	11
EA			3	2	2	1	12	11		6	5
Aralar									1
HB/EH/EHAK/EH Bildu	4	3	4	4	3	4	2	2
Elkarrekin Podemos											4
EPK/EB–B/IU	1				2	1	1	1			4
PSE	3	6	6	5	4	5	4	6	8	5	3
EE	1	2	3	2	4	5	4	6	8	5	3
AP/CP/PP	1	2	1	2	4	5	6	5	4	3	2
UCD	1

Election results

2016

Summary of the 25 September 2016 Basque Parliament election results in Biscay
Party		Popular vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	238,581	41.81	+3.87	11	±0
	Basque Country Unite (EH Bildu)	99,610	17.46	–3.74	5	–1
	United We Can (Podemos–IU–eQuo) (Elkarrekin Podemos)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	84,195	14.75	+11.33	4	+4
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	66,506	11.65	–7.06	3	–2
	People's Party of the Basque Country (PP)	55,128	9.66	–2.00	2	–1

	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	10,963	1.92	New	0	±0

Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote		12,171	2.13	—	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA/ATTKAA)	4,556	0.80	+0.46	±0
	Let's Win the Basque Country: Yes We Can (Ganemos Irabazi)	3,337	0.58	New	±0
	Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)	1,277	0.22	New	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	1,031	0.18	+0.04	±0
	Blank Seats (EB/AZ)	903	0.16	–0.76	±0
	Basque Communists–Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (EK–PCPE)	466	0.08	+0.01	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	351	0.06	–0.03	±0
	Welcome (Ongi Etorri)	250	0.04	New	±0

	Blank ballots	3,484	0.61	–0.65

Total		570,638	100.00		25	±0

Valid votes		570,638	99.56	+0.33
Invalid votes		2,495	0.44	–0.33
Votes cast / turnout		573,133	60.48	–3.99
Abstentions		374,503	39.52	+3.99
Registered voters		947,636

Source: Election results
↑ 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 Biscay
Party		Popular vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/-
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	230,204	37.94	–3.16	11	–1
	Basque Country Unite (EH Bildu)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	128,644	21.20	+14.11	6	+5
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	113,536	18.71	–11.54	5	–3
	People's Party of the Basque Country (PP)	70,749	11.66	–2.26	3	–1

	United Left–The Greens: Plural Left (IU–LV)	16,109	2.65	New	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	10,855	1.79	–0.07	0	±0
	United Left–Greens (EB–B)	9,817	1.62	–1.79	0	±0

Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote		19,199	3.16	—	±0
	Blank Seats (EB/AZ)	5,598	0.92	New	±0
	Equo Greens–Basque Ecologists (EB–EE)	4,656	0.77	New	±0
	Jaded.org (Hartos.org)	2,831	0.47	New	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA/ATTKAA)	2,052	0.34	+0.08	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	1,159	0.19	–0.02	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	821	0.14	–0.04	±0
	Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	778	0.13	–0.03	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	555	0.09	+0.02	±0
	Basque Communists–Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (EK–PCPE)	442	0.07	New	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	307	0.05	New	±0

	Blank ballots	7,649	1.26	+0.24

Total		606,762	100.00		25	±0

Valid votes		606,762	99.23	+6.19
Invalid votes		4,721	0.77	–6.19
Votes cast / turnout		611,483	64.47	–1.87
Abstentions		336,939	35.53	+1.87
Registered voters		948,422

Source: Argos Information Portal
↑ 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 Biscay
Party		Popular vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	261,911	43.75	+3.78	12	+3
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE)	138,093	23.07	+8.64	6	+3
	Popular Unity (HB)	77,407	12.93	–3.42	3	–1
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	56,207	9.39	+3.62	2	+1
	Basque Country Left (EE)	44,500	7.43	–0.35	2	+1

	Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK)	10,611	1.77	–3.01	0	–1

Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote		7,322	1.22	—	–1
	Neighborhood Labor (Auzolan)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4,357	0.73	–0.88	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	2,173	0.36	–0.05	±0
	Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (m–l))	792	0.13	New	±0
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	N/A	N/A	–6.75	–1

	Blank ballots	2,641	0.44	+0.02

Total		598,692	100.00		25	+5

Valid votes		598,692	99.46	+0.54
Invalid votes		3,235	0.54	–0.54
Votes cast / turnout		601,927	68.26	+7.26
Abstentions		279,916	31.74	–7.26
Registered voters		881,843

Source: Argos Information Portal
↑ People's Coalition results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1980 election. ↑ 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 Biscay
Party		Popular vote			Seats
Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	206,051	39.97	—	9	—
	People's Unity (HB)	84,273	16.35	—	4	—
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE)	74,379	14.43	—	3	—
	Basque Country Left (EE)	40,085	7.78	—	1	—
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	34,781	6.75	—	1	—
	People's Alliance (AP)	29,747	5.77	—	1	—
	Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK)	24,660	4.78	—	1	—

	Communist Movement of the Basque Country (EMK/MCE)	5,654	1.10	—	0	—

Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote		13,748	2.67	—	—
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (historical) (PSOE–H)	2,760	0.54	—	—
	Revolutionary Communist League (LKI/LCR)	2,652	0.51	—	—
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	2,099	0.41	—	—
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE–JONS)	1,466	0.28	—	—
	Workers' Party of the Basque Country (ORT–PTE)	1,404	0.27	—	—
	Basque Socialists' Unity Force (ESEI)	1,343	0.26	—	—
	Communist Unity (UC)	1,340	0.26	—	—
	Carlist Party (EKA/PC)	684	0.13	—	—

	Blank ballots	2,164	0.42	—

Total		515,542	100.00		20	—

Valid votes		515,542	98.92	—
Invalid votes		5,652	1.08	—
Votes cast / turnout		521,194	61.00	—
Abstentions		333,173	39.00	—
Registered voters		854,367

Source: Argos Information Portal

References

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

Electoral districts of the Basque Parliament

Álava Biscay Gipuzkoa

Coordinates: 43°15′N 2°59′W / 43.250°N 2.983°W / 43.250; -2.983

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