Almería (Andalusian Parliament electoral district)

Almería
Parliament of Andalusia Electoral Constituency
Location of Almería within Andalusia.
Province	Province of Almería
Autonomous community	Andalusia
Population	701,211 (2016)
Electorate	491,496 (2016)
Major settlements	Almería, Roquetas de Mar, El Ejido
Current constituency
Created	1982
Seats	11 (1982–2004) 12 (2008–)

Almería is one of the 8 electoral districts (Spanish: circunscripciones) used for the Parliament of Andalusia—the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia.

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][2]

Seat summary (1982–2015)

	1982	1986	1990	1994	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2015
Seats	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
AP/CP/PP–A	2	3	3	5	5	6	5	7	7	5
PSOE–A	6	7	7	5	5	5	6	5	4	5
Podemos										1
C's										1
PCA/IULV–CA		1	1	1	1				1
UCD	3

Election results

2015

Summary of the 22 March 2015 Andalusian Parliament election results in Almería

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP–A)	100,258	36.90	–14.33	5	–2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A)	89,369	32.89	–2.48	5	+1
	We Can (Podemos)	29,789	10.96	New	1	+1
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	25,432	9.36	New	1	+1
	United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA)	11,376	4.19	–2.89	0	–1
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	4,843	1.78	–1.15	0	±0

Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote		7,115	2.62	—	0	±0
	Andalusian Party (PA)	1,922	0.71	–0.25	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	1,689	0.62	+0.43	0	±0
	United Free Citizens (CILUS)	1,518	0.56	New	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	944	0.35	New	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE–JONS)	431	0.16	+0.08	0	±0
	Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero)	348	0.13	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	263	0.10	+0.02	0	±0

	Blank ballots	3,507	1.29	+0.46
Total		271,689	100.00		12	±0
Valid votes		271,689	99.19	–0.35
Invalid votes		2,207	0.81	+0.35
Votes cast / turnout		273,896	60.52	+3.55
Abstentions		178,683	39.48	–3.55
Registered voters		452,579
Source(s): Electoral Board of Andalusia 1st correction 2nd correction

2012

Summary of the 25 March 2012 Andalusian Parliament election results in Almería

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP–A)	136,935	51.23	+1.98	7	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A)	94,529	35.37	–3.74	4	–1
	United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA)	18,922	7.08	+2.52	1	+1
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	7,830	2.93	+2.54	0	±0

Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote		6,836	2.56	—	0	±0
	Andalusian Party (PA)[lower-alpha 1]	2,553	0.96	–0.07	0	±0
	Equo (eQuo)	1,252	0.47	New	0	±0
	Andalusian Horticulture Party (PHAN)	832	0.31	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	512	0.19	New	0	±0
	Jaded.org (Hartos.org)	276	0.10	New	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE–JONS)	224	0.08	New	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB)	219	0.08	New	0	±0
	Group and Union for the Progress of Almeria (AUPAL)	216	0.08	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	212	0.08	New	0	±0
	Regionalist Party for Eastern Andalusia (PRAO)	194	0.07	New	0	±0
	Republican Social Movement (MSR)	169	0.06	New	0	±0
	Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL)	104	0.04	New	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	73	0.03	New	0	±0

	Blank ballots	2,231	0.83	–0.03
Total		267,283	100.00		12	±0
Valid votes		267,283	99.54	+0.18
Invalid votes		1,238	0.46	–0.18
Votes cast / turnout		268,521	56.97	–15.69
Abstentions		202,784	43.03	+15.69
Registered voters		471,305
Source: Argos Information Portal
Andalusian Party results are compared to Andalusian Coalition totals in the 2008 election.

2008

Summary of the 9 March 2008 Andalusian Parliament election results in Almería

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP–A)	160,011	49.25	+7.29	7	+2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A)	127,049	39.11	–7.02	5	–1
	Party of Almeria (PdeAL)	14,806	4.56	New	0	±0
	United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA)	12,476	3.84	–0.01	0	±0
	Andalusian Coalition (CA)[lower-alpha 1]	3,355	1.03	–4.92	0	±0

Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote		4,395	1.35	—	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	1,774	0.55	New	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	1,252	0.39	New	0	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	390	0.12	New	0	±0
	Andalusian Convergence (CAnda)	334	0.10	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	324	0.10	±0.00	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	321	0.10	New	0	±0

	Blank ballots	2,783	0.86	–0.31
Total		324,875	100.00		12	+1
Valid votes		324,875	99.36	–0.03
Invalid votes		2,092	0.64	+0.03
Votes cast / turnout		326,967	72.66	+0.83
Abstentions		123,056	27.34	–0.83
Registered voters		450,023
Source: Argos Information Portal
Andalusian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of the PA, FA and PSA in the 2004 election.

References

1. "Law 1/1986, of 2 January, electoral of Andalusia".
2. "Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia (1981); Title II. Chapter I. The Parliament of Andalusia". noticias.juridicas.com. Retrieved 2015-03-28.

Coordinates: 37°10′N 2°20′W / 37.167°N 2.333°W