Gipuzkoa (Basque Parliament electoral district)

Gipuzkoa
Basque Parliament
Electoral Constituency

Location of Gipuzkoa within the Basque Country.
Province Province of Gipuzkoa
Autonomous community Basque Country
Population 716,834 (2016)
Electorate 580,706 (2016)
Major settlements Donostia-San Sebastián, Irún
Current constituency
Created 1980
Seats 20 (1980)
25 (1984–)

Gipuzkoa 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 11 4 6 6 6 12 10 10 9 9
EA 6 6 4 4 1 9 8
Aralar 1 2
HB/EH/EHAK/EH Bildu 4 5 6 6 6 7 4 5
Elkarrekin Podemos 3
EPK/EB–B/IU 2 1 1 1
PSE 3 6 6 5 4 4 4 5 8 5 3
EE 3 2 3 2
AP/CP/PP 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 2 2
UCD 1

Election results

2016

Summary of the 25 September 2016 Basque Parliament election results in Gipuzkoa
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 117,260 34.09 +2.51 9 ±0
Basque Country Unite (EH Bildu) 98,663 28.68 –3.08 8 –1
United We Can (Podemos–IU–eQuo) (Elkarrekin Podemos)[lower-alpha 1] 48,800 14.19 +10.79 3 +3
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 40,425 11.75 –7.27 3 –2
People's Party of the Basque Country (PP) 24,766 7.20 –1.21 2 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 5,730 1.67 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,119 0.62 –0.68
Total 343,956 100.00 25 ±0
Valid votes 343,956 99.69 +0.27
Invalid votes 1,064 0.31 –0.27
Votes cast / turnout 345,020 59.38 –3.90
Abstentions 236,002 40.62 +3.90
Registered voters 581,022
Source:
  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 Gipuzkoa
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Country Unite (EH Bildu)[lower-alpha 1] 115,086 31.76 +16.41 9 +6
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 114,446 31.58 –4.91 9 –1
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 68,915 19.02 –11.16 5 –3
People's Party of the Basque Country (PP) 30,461 8.41 –2.05 2 –1
United Left–The Greens: Plural Left (IU–LV) 9,630 2.66 New 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 5,231 1.44 –0.29 0 ±0
United Left–Greens (EB–B) 5,040 1.39 –2.27 0 –1
Blank ballots 4,721 1.30 +0.07
Total 362,367 100.00 25 ±0
Valid votes 362,367 99.42 +12.91
Invalid votes 2,099 0.58 –12.91
Votes cast / turnout 364,466 63.28 +1.52
Abstentions 211,469 36.72 –1.52
Registered voters 575,935
Source: Argos Information Portal
  1. ↑ EH Bildu results are compared to the combined totals of Aralar and Basque Solidarity in the 2009 election.

2009

Summary of the 1 March 2009 Basque Parliament election results in Gipuzkoa
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)[lower-alpha 1] 112,101 36.49 +13.68 10 +4
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 92,714 30.18 +10.04 8 +3
People's Party of the Basque Country (PP) 32,123 10.46 –2.76 3 ±0
Aralar (Aralar) 31,262 10.18 +6.25 2 +1
Basque Solidarity (EA)[lower-alpha 1] 15,885 5.17 –10.04 1 –3
United Left–Greens (EB–B) 11,240 3.66 –1.55 1 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 5,327 1.73 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 3,793 1.23 +0.50
Total 307,201 100.00 25 ±0
Valid votes 307,201 86.51 –13.19
Invalid votes 47,908 13.49 +13.19
Votes cast / turnout 355,109 61.76 –5.86
Abstentions 219,875 36.72 +5.86
Registered voters 574,984
Source: Argos Information Portal
  1. 1 2 Due to impossibility of direct comparison due to the dissolution of the PNV–EA alliance, an unofficial comparison is calculated using the strength
    ratio (6:4) of both parties in Gipuzkoa after the 2005 election.

2005

Summary of the 17 April 2005 Basque Parliament election results in Gipuzkoa
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) 148,884 38.02 –6.31 10 –2
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 78,871 20.14 +4.01 5 +1
Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (PCTV/EHAK)[lower-alpha 1] 70,834 18.09 +2.97 5 +1
People's Party of the Basque Country (PP) 51,780 13.22 –4.82 3 –1
United Left–Greens (EB–B) 20,388 5.21 +0.04 1 ±0
Aralar (Aralar) 15,396 3.93 New 1 +1
Blank ballots 2,851 0.73 –0.07
Total 391,594 100.00 25 ±0
Valid votes 391,594 99.70 +0.13
Invalid votes 1,182 0.30 –0.13
Votes cast / turnout 392,776 67.62 –11.06
Abstentions 188,124 32.38 +11.06
Registered voters 580,900
Source: Argos Information Portal
  1. ↑ PCTV/EHAK results are compared to Basque Citizens totals in the 2001 election.

2001

Summary of the 13 May 2001 Basque Parliament election results in Gipuzkoa
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)[lower-alpha 1] 203,445 44.33 +8.69 12 +2
People's Party of the Basque Country (PP)[lower-alpha 2] 82,792 18.04 +1.49 4 ±0
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 74,042 16.13 +0.09 4 ±0
Basque Citizens (EH) 69,409 15.12 –10.09 4 –3
United Left (EB–IU) 23,731 5.17 +0.58 1 +1
Blank ballots 3,669 0.80 –0.61
Total 458,919 100.00 25 ±0
Valid votes 458,919 99.57 +0.03
Invalid votes 1,969 0.43 –0.03
Votes cast / turnout 460,888 78.68 +8.63
Abstentions 124,862 21.32 –8.63
Registered voters 585,750
Source: Argos Information Portal
  1. ↑ PNV–EA results are compared to the combined totals of the Basque Nationalist Party and Basque Solidarity in the 1998 election.
  2. ↑ PP results are compared to the combined totals of the People's Party of the Basque Country and Alavese Unity in the 1998 election.

1984

Summary of the 26 February 1984 Basque Parliament election results in Gipuzkoa
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 144,684 40.79 +3.53 11 +2
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 78,208 22.05 +8.29 6 +3
Popular Unity (HB) 66,443 18.73 +1.15 5 +1
Basque Country Left (EE) 31,538 8.89 –4.56 2 –1
People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)[lower-alpha 1] 23,994 6.76 +4.09 1 +1
Neighborhood Labor (Auzolan)[lower-alpha 2] 4,989 1.41 –0.80 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,387 0.39 +0.12
Total 354,742 100.00 20 +5
Valid votes 354,742 99.44 +0.30
Invalid votes 2,001 0.56 –0.30
Votes cast / turnout 356,743 69.37 +11.40
Abstentions 157,488 30.63 –11.40
Registered voters 514,231
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 Gipuzkoa
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 111,411 37.26 — 9 —
People's Unity (HB) 52,559 17.58 — 4 —
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 41,148 13.76 — 3 —
Basque Country Left (EE) 40,210 13.45 — 3 —
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 22,598 7.56 — 1 —
Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 9,017 3.02 — 0 —
People's Alliance (AP) 7,975 2.67 — 0 —
Communist Movement of the Basque Country (EMK/MCE) 4,508 1.51 — 0 —
Basque Socialists' Unity Force (ESEI) 3,571 1.19 — 0 —
Blank ballots 797 0.27 —
Total 299,039 100.00 20 —
Valid votes 299,039 99.14 —
Invalid votes 2,579 0.86 —
Votes cast / turnout 301,618 57.97 —
Abstentions 218,698 42.03 —
Registered voters 520,316
Source: Argos Information Portal

References

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

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