Málaga (Andalusian Parliament electoral district)

Málaga
Parliament of Andalusia Electoral Constituency
Location of Málaga within Andalusia.
Province	Province of Málaga
Autonomous community	Andalusia
Population	1,621,968 (2015)
Electorate	1,163,657 (2016)
Major settlements	Málaga, Marbella, Vélez-Málaga, Mijas, Fuengirola, Torremolinos, Benalmádena, Estepona
Current constituency
Created	1982
Seats	15 (1982–1986) 16 (1990–1994) 15 (1996) 16 (2000–2008) 17 (2012–)

Málaga 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	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	17	17
PSOE–A	9	8	9	6	6	7	8	7	7	6
AP/CP/PP–A	3	4	4	6	6	7	6	8	8	5
Podemos										3
C's										2
PCA/IULV–CA	1	3	2	4	2	1	1	1	2	1
PA	1		1		1	1	1
UCD	1

Election results

2015

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

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A)	202,785	30.11	–5.16	6	–1
	People's Party (PP–A)	190,749	28.32	–15.38	5	–3
	We Can (Podemos)	101,754	15.11	New	3	+3
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	79,297	11.77	New	2	+2
	United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA)	49,625	7.37	–4.81	1	–1
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	17,700	2.63	–1.67	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	7,111	1.06	+0.73	0	±0

Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote		16,009	2.38	—	0	±0
	Andalusian Party (PA)	6,679	0.99	–1.00	0	±0
	United Free Citizens (CILUS)	4,274	0.63	New	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	2,373	0.35	New	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE–JONS)	873	0.13	+0.04	0	±0
	Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero)	872	0.13	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	660	0.10	–0.01	0	±0
	Neo-Democrats (Neodemócratas)	278	0.04	New	0	±0

	Blank ballots	8,424	1.25	+0.34
Total		673,454	100.00		17	±0
Valid votes		673,454	99.13	–0.35
Invalid votes		5,906	0.87	+0.35
Votes cast / turnout		679,360	58.92	+2.59
Abstentions		473,686	41.08	–2.59
Registered voters		1,153,046
Source(s): Electoral Board of Andalusia 1st correction 2nd correction

2012

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

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP–A)	274,374	43.70	+0.11	8	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A)	221,443	35.27	–7.91	7	±0
	United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA)	76,458	12.18	+5.06	2	+1
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	27,016	4.30	+3.61	0	±0
	Andalusian Party (PA)[lower-alpha 1]	12,494	1.99	–0.81	0	±0

Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote		10,380	1.65	—	0	±0
	Equo (eQuo)	2,843	0.45	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	2,052	0.33	New	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB)	1,020	0.16	New	0	±0
	We Won't Pay this Crisis (ECNP)	809	0.13	New	0	±0
	Jaded.org (Hartos.org)	778	0.12	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	716	0.11	–0.02	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE–JONS)	565	0.09	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	427	0.07	–0.04	0	±0
	Republican Social Movement (MSR)	281	0.04	New	0	±0
	Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL)	201	0.03	New	0	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	195	0.03	New	0	±0
	Citizens of Democratic Centre (CCD)	186	0.03	New	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	156	0.02	New	0	±0
	Spanish Alternative (AES)	151	0.02	New	0	±0

	Blank ballots	5,733	0.91	–0.17
Total		627,898	100.00		17	+1
Valid votes		627,898	99.48	+0.12
Invalid votes		3,274	0.52	–0.12
Votes cast / turnout		631,172	56.33	–14.86
Abstentions		489,271	43.67	+14.86
Registered voters		1,120,443
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 Málaga

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP–A)	332,265	43.59	+9.01	8	+2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A)	329,102	43.18	–4.28	7	–1
	United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA)	54,254	7.12	–0.43	1	±0
	Andalusian Coalition (CA)[lower-alpha 1]	21,334	2.80	–5.29	0	–1

Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote		17,087	2.24	—	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	6,025	0.79	New	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	5,268	0.69	New	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	1,882	0.25	New	0	±0
	Andalusian Convergence (CAnda)	1,192	0.16	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Andalusian People (PCPA)	1,002	0.13	New	0	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	867	0.11	–0.03	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	851	0.11	–0.04	0	±0

	Blank ballots	8,195	1.08	–0.46
Total		762,237	100.00		16	±0
Valid votes		762,237	99.36	±0.00
Invalid votes		4,947	0.64	±0.00
Votes cast / turnout		767,184	71.19	–0.51
Abstentions		310,476	28.81	+0.51
Registered voters		1,077,660
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: 36°43′N 4°25′W / 36.717°N 4.417°W