Teruel (Cortes of Aragon constituency)

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Teruel
Cortes of Aragon
Electoral constituency
Location of Teruel within Aragon
ProvinceTeruel
Autonomous communityAragon
Population134,545 (2021)[1]
Electorate106,318 (2023)
Major settlementsTeruel
Current constituency
Created1983
Seats16 (1983–1999)
15 (1999–2003)
14 (2003–present)
Member(s)
  •   PP (5)
  •   PSOE (4)
  •   Existe (3)
  •   Vox (1)
  •   PAR (1)

Teruel is one of the three constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Cortes of Aragon, the regional legislature of the Autonomous Community of Aragon. The constituency currently elects 14 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Teruel. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent.

Electoral system[edit]

The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy of Aragon of 1982 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election. The Statute provided for the three provinces in AragonHuesca, Teruel and Zaragoza—to be established as multi-member districts in the Cortes of Aragon, with this regulation being maintained under the 1987 regional electoral law. Each constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of 13 seats, with the remaining 28 being distributed in proportion to their populations (provided that the seat-to-population ratio in the most populated province did not exceed 2.75 times that of the least populated one). The exception was the 1983 election, when each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 18 for Huesca, 16 for Teruel and 32 for Zaragoza.[2][3][4]

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in Aragon and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Aragonese people abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).[5] Seats are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each constituency.[2][3][4] The use of the D'Hondt method may result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.[6]

The electoral law allows for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call—fifteen before 1985—whereas groupings of electors need to secure the signature of at least two percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they seek election—one-thousandth of the electorate, with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures, until 1985—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[4][7][8]

Deputies[edit]

Deputies 1983–present
Key to parties
  IU
  CHA
  PSOE
  CDS
  Existe
  PAR
  Cs
  PP
  CP
  AP
  Vox
Cortes Election Distribution
1st 1983
7 4 5
2nd 1987
7 1 3 5
3rd 1991
7 3 6
4th 1995
1 5 3 7
5th 1999
5 3 7
6th 2003
1 5 3 5
7th 2007
6 3 5
8th 2011
1 4 3 6
9th 2015
2 4 2 1 5
10th 2019
1 6 1 2 4
11th 2023
4 3 1 5 1

Elections[edit]

2023 regional election[edit]

Summary of the 28 May 2023 Cortes of Aragon election results in Teruel
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 23,059 31.15 +7.07 5 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 16,860 22.77 –8.69 4 –2
Teruel ExistsExists Coalition (Existe) 15,338 20.72 New 3 +3
Vox (Vox) 7,778 10.51 +5.76 1 +1
Aragonese Party (PAR) 4,846 6.55 –3.81 1 ±0
United Left of Aragon (IU) 1,634 2.21 –0.87 0 ±0
Aragonese Union (CHA) 1,464 1.98 –2.60 0 ±0
We CanGreen Alliance (Podemos–AV) 1,409 1.90 –4.02 0 –1
Citizens–You Aragon (CS–Tú Aragón) 389 0.53 –13.16 0 –2
Blank Seats to Leave Empty Seats (EB) 161 0.22 +0.06 0 ±0
Federation of Independents of Aragon (FIA) 54 0.07 ±0.00 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,038 1.40 +0.15
Total 74,030 14 ±0
Valid votes 74,030 98.47 –0.35
Invalid votes 1,147 1.53 +0.35
Votes cast / turnout 75,177 70.71 +1.04
Abstentions 31,141 29.29 –1.04
Registered voters 106,318
Sources[9]

2019 regional election[edit]

Summary of the 26 May 2019 Cortes of Aragon election results in Teruel
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 23,327 31.46 +9.48 6 +2
People's Party (PP) 17,852 24.08 –3.44 4 –1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 10,152 13.69 +6.49 2 +1
Aragonese Party (PAR) 7,685 10.36 –3.38 1 –1
We CanEquo (Podemos–Equo) 4,392 5.92 –10.16 1 –1
Vox (Vox) 3,525 4.75 New 0 ±0
Aragonese Union (CHA) 3,396 4.58 +1.15 0 ±0
United Left of Aragon (IU) 2,282 3.08 –1.56 0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 337 0.45 –0.02 0 ±0
Blank Seats (EB) 116 0.16 –0.21 0 ±0
Ñ Platform (PAÑ) 64 0.09 New 0 ±0
Federation of Independents of Aragon (FIA) 53 0.07 –0.04 0 ±0
Social Aragonese Movement (MAS) 40 0.05 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 925 1.25 –1.17
Total 74,146 14 ±0
Valid votes 74,146 98.82 +1.00
Invalid votes 883 1.18 –1.00
Votes cast / turnout 75,029 69.67 +0.33
Abstentions 32,665 30.33 –0.33
Registered voters 107,694
Sources[10][11]

2015 regional election[edit]

Summary of the 24 May 2015 Cortes of Aragon election results in Teruel
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 20,653 27.52 –9.46 5 –1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 16,493 21.98 –5.39 4 ±0
We Can (Podemos) 12,065 16.08 New 2 +2
Aragonese Party (PAR) 10,311 13.74 –2.78 2 –1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 5,402 7.20 New 1 +1
United Left of Aragon (IU) 3,479 4.64 –1.88 0 –1
Aragonese Union (CHA) 2,575 3.43 –1.63 0 ±0
Commitment with Aragon (CCA) 1,418 1.89 –1.09 0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 353 0.47 +0.22 0 ±0
Blank Seats (EB) 281 0.37 New 0 ±0
Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero) 120 0.16 +0.06 0 ±0
Federation of Independents of Aragon (FIA) 80 0.11 +0.02 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,819 2.42 –1.04
Total 75,049 14 ±0
Valid votes 75,049 97.82 –0.53
Invalid votes 1,676 2.18 +0.53
Votes cast / turnout 76,725 69.34 –3.14
Abstentions 33,927 30.66 +3.14
Registered voters 110,652
Sources[12][13]

2011 regional election[edit]

Summary of the 22 May 2011 Cortes of Aragon election results in Teruel
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 29,685 36.98 +5.92 6 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 21,967 27.37 –8.77 4 –2
Aragonese Party (PAR) 13,264 16.52 –2.63 3 ±0
United Left of Aragon (IU) 5,236 6.52 +1.54 1 +1
Aragonese Union (CHA) 4,059 5.06 –0.85 0 ±0
Commitment with Aragon (CCA) 2,389 2.98 New 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 792 0.99 New 0 ±0
Greens–Ecolo (V–Ecolo)1 341 0.42 +0.11 0 ±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 204 0.25 New 0 ±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 78 0.10 New 0 ±0
Federation of Independents of Aragon (FIA) 75 0.09 New 0 ±0
Aragonese Land (TA) 54 0.07 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,130 2.65 +0.96
Total 80,274 14 ±0
Valid votes 80,274 98.35 –0.82
Invalid votes 1,344 1.65 +0.82
Votes cast / turnout 81,618 72.48 –1.25
Abstentions 30,986 27.52 +1.25
Registered voters 112,604
Sources[14][15]
Footnotes:
  • 1 Greens–Ecolo results are compared to The Greens–Federation of Independents of Aragon totals in the 2007 election.

2007 regional election[edit]

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Cortes of Aragon election results in Teruel
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 30,325 36.14 +1.38 6 +1
People's Party (PP) 26,066 31.06 –2.51 5 ±0
Aragonese Party (PAR) 16,067 19.15 +0.94 3 ±0
Aragonese Union (CHA) 4,959 5.91 –1.66 0 –1
United Left of Aragon (IU) 4,178 4.98 +1.30 0 ±0
Aragon United Citizens Party (pCUA) 591 0.70 New 0 ±0
The Greens–Federation of Independents of Aragon (LV–FIA)1 229 0.31 –0.06 0 ±0
Family and Life Party (PFyV) 83 0.10 –0.01 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,419 1.69 +0.09
Total 83,917 14 ±0
Valid votes 83,917 99.17 +0.10
Invalid votes 706 0.83 –0.10
Votes cast / turnout 84,623 73.73 –0.78
Abstentions 30,148 26.27 +0.78
Registered voters 114,771
Sources[16][17]
Footnotes:
  • 1 The Greens–Federation of Independents of Aragon results are compared to The Greens–SOS Nature totals in the 2003 election.

2003 regional election[edit]

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Cortes of Aragon election results in Teruel
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 29,895 34.76 +3.11 5 ±0
People's Party (PP) 28,871 33.57 –6.60 5 –2
Aragonese Party (PAR) 15,662 18.21 +0.51 3 ±0
Aragonese Union (CHA) 6,515 7.57 +3.24 1 +1
United Left of Aragon (IU) 3,163 3.68 –0.43 0 ±0
The Greens–SOS Nature (LV–SOS) 315 0.37 New 0 ±0
Family and Life Party (PFyV) 98 0.11 New 0 ±0
Aragonese Initiative (INAR) 62 0.07 New 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 50 0.06 –0.10 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,379 1.60 –0.22
Total 86,010 14 –1
Valid votes 86,010 99.07 +0.02
Invalid votes 809 0.93 –0.02
Votes cast / turnout 86,819 74.51 +3.72
Abstentions 29,707 25.49 –3.72
Registered voters 116,526
Sources[18][19]

1999 regional election[edit]

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Cortes of Aragon election results in Teruel
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 33,373 40.17 –0.58 7 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 26,295 31.65 +0.03 5 ±0
Aragonese Party (PAR) 14,707 17.70 –0.56 3 ±0
Aragonese Union (CHA) 3,599 4.33 +2.22 0 ±0
United Left of Aragon (IU) 3,417 4.11 –1.47 0 –1
Humanist Party (PH) 132 0.16 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,564 1.88 +0.47
Total 83,087 15 –1
Valid votes 83,087 99.05 –0.25
Invalid votes 795 0.95 +0.25
Votes cast / turnout 83,882 70.79 –3.23
Abstentions 34,617 29.21 +3.23
Registered voters 118,499
Sources[20]

1995 regional election[edit]

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Cortes of Aragon election results in Teruel
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 35,406 40.75 +9.49 7 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 27,477 31.62 –6.29 5 –2
Aragonese Party (PAR) 15,863 18.26 –1.41 3 ±0
United Left of Aragon (IU) 4,847 5.58 +2.56 1 +1
Aragonese Union (CHA) 1,830 2.11 +0.46 0 ±0
Aragonese Unity (UA) 133 0.15 New 0 ±0
Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE) 105 0.12 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,223 1.41 +0.35
Total 86,884 16 ±0
Valid votes 86,884 99.30 –0.01
Invalid votes 616 0.70 +0.01
Votes cast / turnout 87,500 74.02 +3.87
Abstentions 30,705 25.98 –3.87
Registered voters 118,205
Sources[21]

1991 regional election[edit]

Summary of the 26 May 1991 Cortes of Aragon election results in Teruel
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 31,570 37.91 +2.09 7 ±0
People's Party (PP)1 26,037 31.26 +1.11 6 +1
Aragonese Party (PAR) 16,386 19.67 +1.94 3 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 4,175 5.01 –5.17 0 –1
Aragon Alternative Convergence–United Left (CAA–IU) 2,517 3.02 +0.14 0 ±0
Aragonese Union (CHA) 1,372 1.65 +1.17 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 344 0.41 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 885 1.06 –0.42
Total 83,286 16 ±0
Valid votes 83,286 99.31 +0.33
Invalid votes 579 0.69 –0.33
Votes cast / turnout 83,865 70.15 –1.19
Abstentions 35,680 29.85 +1.19
Registered voters 119,545
Sources[22][23]
Footnotes:

1987 regional election[edit]

Summary of the 10 June 1987 Cortes of Aragon election results in Teruel
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 30,507 35.82 –2.70 7 ±0
People's Alliance (AP)1 23,246 27.29 –3.41 5 ±0
Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) 15,101 17.73 –5.65 3 –1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 8,668 10.18 +6.02 1 +1
Aragon Alternative Convergence–United Left (CAA–IU)2 2,454 2.88 +1.12 0 ±0
People's Democratic Party–Centrists of Aragon (PDP) 2,433 2.86 New 0 ±0
Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) 860 1.01 New 0 ±0
Aragonese Union (UA/CHA) 412 0.48 New 0 ±0
Humanist Platform (PH) 232 0.27 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,263 1.48 +0.67
Total 85,176 16 ±0
Valid votes 85,176 98.98 +0.52
Invalid votes 876 1.02 –0.52
Votes cast / turnout 86,052 71.34 +5.35
Abstentions 34,562 28.66 –5.35
Registered voters 120,614
Sources[24][25]
Footnotes:

1983 regional election[edit]

Summary of the 8 May 1983 Cortes of Aragon election results in Teruel
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 30,978 38.52 n/a 7 n/a
People's Coalition (APPDPUL) 24,689 30.70 n/a 5 n/a
Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) 18,806 23.38 n/a 4 n/a
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 3,343 4.16 n/a 0 n/a
Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 1,412 1.76 n/a 0 n/a
United Left of Aragon (MCALCR) 545 0.68 n/a 0 n/a
Blank ballots 650 0.81 n/a
Total 80,423 16 n/a
Valid votes 80,423 98.46 n/a
Invalid votes 1,254 1.54 n/a
Votes cast / turnout 81,677 65.99 n/a
Abstentions 42,100 34.01 n/a
Registered voters 123,777
Sources[26]

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