Guadalajara (Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha constituency)

Guadalajara is one of the five constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha, the regional legislature of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. The constituency currently elects five deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Guadalajara. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent.

Guadalajara
Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha
Electoral constituency
Location of Guadalajara within Castilla–La Mancha
ProvinceGuadalajara
Autonomous communityCastilla–La Mancha
Population265,588 (2021)[1]
Electorate196,733 (2023)
Major settlementsGuadalajara
Current constituency
Created1983
Seats7 (1983–2007)
8 (2007–2012)
9 (2012–2014)
5 (2014–present)
Member(s)
  •   PSOE (2)
  •   PP (2)
  •   Vox (1)

Electoral system

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The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy of Castilla–La Mancha of 1982 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election. The Statute provided for the five provinces in Castilla–La ManchaAlbacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo—to be established as multi-member districts in the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha, with this regulation being maintained under the 1986 regional electoral law. Each constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of three seats, with the remaining 18—22 from 1986 to 1998—being distributed in proportion to their populations. In 1983 and from 1998 to 2014, each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 9 for Albacete (10 from 1998 to 2014), 10 for Ciudad Real (11 from 1998 to 2012; 12 until 2014), 8 for Cuenca (8 from 2012 to 2014), 7 for Guadalajara (8 from 2007 to 2012; 9 until 2014) and 10 for Toledo (11 from 1998 to 2007; 12 from 2007 to 2012; 13 until 2014).[2][3]

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castilla–La Mancha and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Castilian-Manchegan people abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado) which was abolished in 2022.[4][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. The only exception was in 1983, when a five percent threshold was applied regionally.[2][3] The use of the D'Hondt method might 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 one 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.[3][7][8]

Deputies

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

Elections

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2023 regional election

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Summary of the 28 May 2023 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Guadalajara
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 55,105 42.20 +2.64 2 –1
People's Party (PP) 39,528 30.27 +5.94 2 +1
Vox (Vox) 21,007 16.09 +6.56 1 +1
United We Can Castilla–La Mancha (Unidas Podemos CLM) 7,800 5.97 –3.39 0 ±0
Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)1 2,083 1.60 +0.31 0 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS) 1,650 1.26 –13.18 0 –1
Castilian PartyCommoners' LandZero Cuts (PCAS–TC–RC) 681 0.52 –0.04 0 ±0
Country with Managers (País con Gestores) 432 0.33 New 0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 299 0.23 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,985 1.52 +0.81
Total 130,570 5 ±0
Valid votes 130,570 98.47 –0.66
Invalid votes 2,034 1.53 +0.66
Votes cast / turnout 132,604 67.40 –0.84
Abstentions 64,129 32.60 +0.84
Registered voters 196,733
Sources[9]
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2019 regional election

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Summary of the 26 May 2019 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Guadalajara
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 49,932 39.56 +9.55 3 +1
People's Party (PP) 30,704 24.33 –9.40 1 –1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 18,220 14.44 +2.42 1 +1
Vox (Vox) 12,024 9.53 +8.56 0 ±0
United We Can–United Left–Equo CLM (PodemosIUEquo)1 11,808 9.36 –8.62 0 –1
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 1,628 1.29 +0.16 0 ±0
Castilian PartyCommoners' Land (PCAS–TC) 704 0.56 +0.29 0 ±0
Traditions and Rural World (ANATUR–UDEC) 307 0.24 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 892 0.71 –1.12
Total 126,219 5 ±0
Valid votes 126,219 99.13 +0.89
Invalid votes 1,102 0.87 –0.89
Votes cast / turnout 127,321 68.24 –1.01
Abstentions 59,250 31.76 +1.01
Registered voters 186,571
Sources[10]
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2015 regional election

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Summary of the 24 May 2015 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Guadalajara
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 41,889 33.73 –16.10 2 –3
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 37,269 30.01 –8.01 2 –1
We Can (Podemos) 18,171 14.63 New 1 +1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 14,923 12.02 New 0 ±0
Let's Win Castilla–La ManchaThe GreensUnited Left (Ganemos–LV–IU)1 4,163 3.35 –1.36 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 2,056 1.66 –1.34 0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 1,406 1.13 +0.53 0 ±0
Vox (Vox) 1,209 0.97 New 0 ±0
Union of Independent Citizens (UCIN) 478 0.38 New 0 ±0
Castilian PartyCastilian Unity (PCAS–UdCa)2 341 0.27 –0.17 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,277 1.83 –0.28
Total 124,182 5 –3
Valid votes 124,182 98.24 –0.21
Invalid votes 2,224 1.76 +0.21
Votes cast / turnout 126,406 69.25 –4.11
Abstentions 56,136 30.75 +4.11
Registered voters 182,542
Sources[11][12]
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2011 regional election

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Summary of the 22 May 2011 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Guadalajara
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 64,232 49.83 +3.28 5 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 49,011 38.02 –7.80 3 ±0
United Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IUCLM) 6,076 4.71 +0.17 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 3,862 3.00 New 0 ±0
Ecolo–Greens Guadalajara (Ecolo–V) 1,673 1.30 New 0 ±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 777 0.60 New 0 ±0
Castilian Party (PCAS)1 567 0.44 –0.02 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,717 2.11 +0.43
Total 128,915 8 +1
Valid votes 128,915 98.45 –0.80
Invalid votes 2,034 1.55 +0.80
Votes cast / turnout 130,949 73.36 +3.27
Abstentions 47,562 26.64 –3.27
Registered voters 178,511
Sources[13][14]
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2007 regional election

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Summary of the 27 May 2007 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Guadalajara
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 53,935 46.55 +7.19 4 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 53,086 45.82 –6.60 3 –1
United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM) 5,258 4.54 –0.04 0 ±0
Regionalist Party of Guadalajara (PRGU) 619 0.53 +0.06 0 ±0
Commoners' Land (TC) 532 0.46 +0.03 0 ±0
The Phalanx (FE) 483 0.42 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,947 1.68 –0.12
Total 115,860 7 ±0
Valid votes 115,860 99.25 –0.09
Invalid votes 880 0.75 +0.09
Votes cast / turnout 116,740 70.09 –5.48
Abstentions 49,818 29.91 +5.48
Registered voters 166,558
Sources[15][16]

2003 regional election

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Summary of the 25 May 2003 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Guadalajara
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 58,158 52.42 +5.01 4 ±0
People's Party (PP) 43,673 39.36 –5.26 3 ±0
United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM) 5,086 4.58 +0.28 0 ±0
Regionalist Party of Guadalajara (PRGU) 517 0.47 –0.05 0 ±0
Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) 498 0.45 New 0 ±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 474 0.43 +0.16 0 ±0
Authentic Phalanx (FA) 250 0.23 New 0 ±0
Republican Left (IR) 195 0.18 New 0 ±0
Castilian Left (IzCa) 99 0.09 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 2,001 1.80 –0.15
Total 110,951 7 ±0
Valid votes 110,951 99.34 +0.05
Invalid votes 736 0.66 –0.05
Votes cast / turnout 111,687 75.57 +2.92
Abstentions 36,112 24.43 –2.92
Registered voters 147,799
Sources[17][18]

1999 regional election

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Summary of the 13 June 1999 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Guadalajara
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' PartyProgressives (PSOE–p) 46,461 47.41 +9.55 4 +1
People's Party (PP) 43,729 44.62 –4.23 3 –1
United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM) 4,217 4.30 –5.25 0 ±0
Regionalist Party of Guadalajara (PRGU) 512 0.52 –0.04 0 ±0
Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) 335 0.34 –0.19 0 ±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 266 0.27 +0.09 0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 199 0.20 +0.02 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 152 0.16 New 0 ±0
Regionalist Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PRCM) 130 0.13 +0.02 0 ±0
Party of Self-employed of Spain and Spanish Independent Groups (PAE–I) 88 0.09 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,908 1.95 +0.37
Total 97,997 7 ±0
Valid votes 97,997 99.29 –0.04
Invalid votes 696 0.71 +0.04
Votes cast / turnout 98,693 72.65 –5.03
Abstentions 37,145 27.35 +5.03
Registered voters 135,838
Sources[19][20]

1995 regional election

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Summary of the 28 May 1995 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Guadalajara
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 47,169 48.85 +4.37 4 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 36,561 37.86 –3.06 3 ±0
United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM) 9,226 9.55 +1.59 0 ±0
Regionalist Party of Guadalajara (PRGU) 543 0.56 –0.36 0 ±0
Guadalajara Independent Union (UIG) 513 0.53 New 0 ±0
Centrist Union (UC) 513 0.53 –2.26 0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 171 0.18 New 0 ±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 170 0.18 New 0 ±0
Regionalist Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PRCM) 109 0.11 New 0 ±0
Action for Talavera Region (ACTAL) 62 0.06 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,521 1.58 +0.15
Total 96,558 7 ±0
Valid votes 96,558 99.33 +0.29
Invalid votes 655 0.67 –0.29
Votes cast / turnout 97,213 77.68 +5.46
Abstentions 27,938 22.32 –5.46
Registered voters 125,151
Sources[21][22]

1991 regional election

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Summary of the 26 May 1991 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Guadalajara
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP)1 37,253 44.48 –0.20 4 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 34,273 40.92 +3.12 3 ±0
United Left (IU) 6,670 7.96 +2.87 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 2,336 2.79 –7.69 0 –1
The Greens EcologistHumanist List (LVLE–H)2 1,113 1.33 +0.72 0 ±0
Regionalist Party of Guadalajara (PRGU) 769 0.92 New 0 ±0
Social Democratic Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PSDCLM) 143 0.17 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,198 1.43 +0.09
Total 83,755 7 ±0
Valid votes 83,755 99.04 +0.51
Invalid votes 812 0.96 –0.51
Votes cast / turnout 84,567 72.22 –4.85
Abstentions 32,527 27.78 +4.85
Registered voters 117,094
Sources[23][24][25]
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1987 regional election

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Summary of the 10 June 1987 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Guadalajara
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Alliance (AP)1 35,900 41.69 –4.47 3 –1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 32,549 37.80 –1.88 3 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 9,021 10.48 +6.21 1 +1
United Left (IU)2 4,382 5.09 –2.05 0 ±0
People's Democratic Party (PDP) 2,571 2.99 New 0 ±0
Humanist Platform (PH) 526 0.61 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 1,154 1.34 +0.48
Total 86,103 7 ±0
Valid votes 86,103 98.53 +0.08
Invalid votes 1,281 1.47 –0.08
Votes cast / turnout 87,384 77.07 +2.59
Abstentions 25,997 22.93 –2.59
Registered voters 113,381
Sources[26][27][28]
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1983 regional election

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Summary of the 8 May 1983 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Guadalajara
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Coalition (APPDPUL) 37,342 46.16 n/a 4 n/a
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 32,099 39.68 n/a 3 n/a
Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 5,775 7.14 n/a 0 n/a
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 3,454 4.27 n/a 0 n/a
Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) 1,541 1.90 n/a 0 n/a
Blank ballots 692 0.86 n/a
Total 80,903 7 n/a
Valid votes 80,903 98.45 n/a
Invalid votes 1,271 1.55 n/a
Votes cast / turnout 82,174 74.48 n/a
Abstentions 28,151 25.52 n/a
Registered voters 110,325
Sources[29][30][31]

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