Álava
Basque Parliament
Electoral constituency
Location of Álava within the Basque Country
ProvinceÁlava
Autonomous communityBasque Country
Population331,549 (2019)[1]
Electorate258,845 (2020)[2]
Major settlementsVitoria-Gasteiz
Current constituency
Created1980
Seats20 (1980–1984)
25 (1984–present)
Member(s)
  •   PNV (9)
  •   EH Bildu (6)
  •   PSE–EE (4)
  •   PP (2)
  •   Cs (1)
  •   Podemos (1)
  •   EzAn–IU (1)
  •   Vox (1)

Álava (Basque: Araba) is one of the three constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Basque Parliament, the regional legislature of the Basque Autonomous Community. The constituency currently elects 25 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Álava. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent.

Electoral system

The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy for the Basque Country of 1979 and was first contested in the 1980 regional election. The Statute provided for the three provinces in the Basque Country—Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa—to be established as multi-member districts in the Basque Parliament, with this regulation being maintained under the 1983 and 1990 regional electoral laws. Each constituency is allocated a fixed number of 25 seats each, to provide for an equal representation of the three provinces in Parliament as required under the regional Statute. The exception was the 1980 election, when this number was 60.[3][4][5]

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Basque Country and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Basques abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).[6] 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, until 1983 and from 1990 includes blank ballots; also and until a 2000 reform, the threshold was set at five percent—being applied in each constituency.[3][4][5] The use of the D'Hondt method may result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.[7]

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 1983; and only the signature of 500 electors from 1983 to 1990—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[4][5][8][9]

Deputies

Deputies 1980–present
Key to parties
  HB
  EH
  EHAK
  EH Bildu
  IU/EB
  EB–B
  Elkarrekin Podemos
  Aralar
  EE
  PSE/PSE–EE
  EA
  PNV/PNV–EA
  UPyD
  CDS
  UCD
  PP+Cs
  PP
  CP
  AP/AP–PL
  UA
  Vox
Parliament Election Distribution
1st 1980
3 2 3 7 4 1
2nd 1984
3 2 7 9 4
3rd 1986
3 3 7 4 5 2 1
4th 1990
3 2 6 2 6 3 3
5th 1994
2 2 4 2 6 4 5
6th 1998
3 1 5 1 6 7 2
7th 2001
1 1 5 9 9
8th 2005
2 1 7 8 7
9th 2009
1 9 8 1 6
10th 2012
6 6 7 1 5
11th 2016
5 4 3 8 5
12th 2020
6 2 4 9 3 1

Elections

2020 regional election

Summary of the 12 July 2020 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 40,06731.92+3.91 9+1
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu) 30,93424.64+6.84 6+1
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 19,45215.50+2.60 4+1
People's Party+Citizens (PP+Cs)1 14,31611.40–10.22 3–2
United We Can–United Left (Podemos/Ahal Dugu, Ezker Anitza–IU) 10,0928.04–8.07 2–2
Vox (Vox) 4,7343.77+3.26 1+1
Equo Greens–Greens of the Basque Country (Equo Berdeak–Verdes) 2,7462.19New 0±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA/ATTKAA) 7410.59–0.40 0±0
Blank Seats (EB/AZ) 4750.38+0.13 0±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 2820.22New 0±0
Zero Cuts–The Greens–Municipalists (Recortes Cero–LV–M) 2660.21–0.23 0±0
Free for the Basque Country (LxE/EaL) 1690.13New 0±0
Welcome (Ongi Etorri) 640.05–0.03 0±0
Foralist League (LFF) 510.04New 0±0
Blank ballots 1,1420.91+0.20
Total 125,531 25±0
Valid votes 125,53198.98–0.29
Invalid votes 1,3001.02+0.29
Votes cast / turnout 126,83149.00–10.74
Abstentions 132,01551.00+10.74
Registered voters 258,846
Sources[10]
Footnotes:

2016 regional election

Summary of the 25 September 2016 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 42,32728.01+2.50 8+1
People's Party (PP) 27,87718.45–0.23 5±0
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu) 26,89917.80–3.94 5–1
United We Can (Podemos, Ezker Anitza–IU, Equo)1 24,33916.11+10.47 4+4
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 19,48912.90–6.13 3–3
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 4,7843.17New 0±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA/ATTKAA) 1,4980.99+0.56 0±0
Let's Win the Basque Country: Yes We Can (Ganemos Irabazi) 8560.57New 0±0
Vox (Vox) 7710.51New 0±0
Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) 6640.44New 0±0
Blank Seats (EB/AZ) 3850.25–1.22 0±0
Welcome (Ongi Etorri) 1240.08+0.02 0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) n/an/a–3.47 0–1
Blank ballots 1,0780.71–0.73
Total 151,091 25±0
Valid votes 151,09199.27–0.74
Invalid votes 1,1130.73+0.74
Votes cast / turnout 152,20459.74–3.85
Abstentions 102,55740.26+3.85
Registered voters 254,761
Sources[10][11]
Footnotes:

2012 regional election

Summary of the 21 October 2012 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 40,11625.51–4.51 7–1
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1 34,19321.74+13.94 6+5
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 30,35819.30–11.87 6–3
People's Party (PP) 29,37418.68–2.43 5–1
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 5,4533.47–0.46 1±0
United Left–The Greens: Plural Left (IU–LV) 4,5792.91New 0±0
Equo Greens–Basque Ecologists (Equo)2 4,2872.73+1.91 0±0
United Left–Greens (EB–B) 2,4881.58–1.73 0±0
Blank Seats (EB/AZ) 2,3091.47New 0±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA/ATTKAA) 6690.43New 0±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 6380.41–0.11 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 2230.14New 0±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 1540.10New 0±0
Welcome (Ongi Etorri) 1010.06New 0±0
Community Integration Party (PYC) 590.04New 0±0
Blank ballots 2,2701.44+0.26
Total 157,271 25±0
Valid votes 157,27198.53+4.14
Invalid votes 2,3481.47–4.14
Votes cast / turnout 159,61963.59–1.48
Abstentions 91,37536.41+1.48
Registered voters 250,994
Sources[10][11]
Footnotes:

2009 regional election

Summary of the 1 March 2009 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 47,52331.17+5.87 9+2
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)1 45,76730.02n/a 8+2
People's Party (PP) 32,18821.11–4.64 6–1
Aralar (Aralar) 6,6134.34+2.85 1+1
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 5,9903.93New 1+1
Basque Solidarity (EA)1 5,2803.46n/a 0–2
United Left–Greens (EB–B) 5,0533.31–1.61 0–1
The Greens (B/LV) 1,2460.82New 0±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 7920.52New 0±0
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) 2090.14±0.00 0±0
Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (PCTV/EHAK) n/an/a–13.16 0–2
Blank ballots 1,7971.18+0.43
Total 152,458 25±0
Valid votes 152,45894.39–5.21
Invalid votes 9,0605.61+5.21
Votes cast / turnout 161,51865.07–4.18
Abstentions 86,71334.93+4.18
Registered voters 248,231
Sources[10][11]
Footnotes:

2005 regional election

Summary of the 17 April 2005 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) 51,98630.44–3.11 8–1
People's Party (PP) 43,98925.75–6.72 7–2
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 43,21625.30+4.87 7+2
Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (PCTV/EHAK)1 14,18713.16+7.03 2+1
United Left–Greens (EB–B)2 8,4094.92–1.00 1±0
Alavese Unity (UA) 3,7652.20New 0±0
Aralar (Aralar) 2,5421.49New 0±0
Greens–Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (B–PACMA) 8510.50New 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 3400.20–0.37 0±0
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) 2340.14New 0±0
Blank ballots 1,2840.75–0.13
Total 170,803 25±0
Valid votes 170,80399.60+0.15
Invalid votes 6890.40–0.15
Votes cast / turnout 171,49269.25–9.79
Abstentions 76,15330.75+9.79
Registered voters 247,645
Sources[10][11]
Footnotes:

2001 regional election

Summary of the 13 May 2001 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)1 64,83233.55+5.62 9+2
People's Party (PP)1 62,73732.47–2.58 9±0
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 39,46920.43+3.62 5±0
Basque Citizens (EH) 11,8366.13–5.93 1–2
United Left (IU/EB) 11,4305.92+0.29 1±0
Humanist Party (PH) 1,0950.57+0.34 0±0
Freedom (Askatasuna) 1370.07New 0±0
Blank ballots 1,6940.88–0.48
Total 193,230 25±0
Valid votes 193,23099.45+0.04
Invalid votes 1,0700.55–0.04
Votes cast / turnout 194,30079.04+8.77
Abstentions 51,50320.96–8.77
Registered voters 245,830
Sources[10][11]
Footnotes:

1998 regional election

Summary of the 25 October 1998 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 45,47026.66+10.74 7+3
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 36,92321.65–0.10 6±0
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 28,67016.81+1.22 5+1
Basque Citizens (EH)1 20,56712.06+1.98 3+1
Alavese Unity (UA) 14,3058.39–10.13 2–3
Basque Solidarity (EA) 10,7186.28–0.96 1–1
United Left (IU/EB) 9,6065.63–3.45 1–1
Basque Country Greens (EHB) 8640.51New 0±0
Natural Law Party (PLN/LNA) 7500.44New 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 3870.23New 0±0
Blank ballots 2,3151.36–0.25
Total 170,575 25±0
Valid votes 170,57599.41+0.06
Invalid votes 1,0050.59–0.06
Votes cast / turnout 171,58070.27+9.58
Abstentions 72,60429.73–9.58
Registered voters 244,184
Sources[10][11]
Footnotes:

1994 regional election

Summary of the 23 October 1994 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 29,91121.75–0.56 6±0
Alavese Unity (UA) 25,46918.52+7.47 5+2
People's Party (PP) 21,88515.92+5.09 4+1
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))1 21,43115.59–12.29 4–4
Popular Unity (HB) 13,86510.08–2.62 2–1
United Left (IU/EB) 12,4849.08+7.94 2+2
Basque Solidarity (EA) 9,9587.24–0.89 2±0
Coalition for a New Socialist Party (NPS)2 2830.21+0.07 0±0
Blank ballots 2,2141.61+0.81
Total 137,500 25±0
Valid votes 137,50099.35+0.03
Invalid votes 8980.65–0.03
Votes cast / turnout 138,39860.69+0.45
Abstentions 89,63339.31–0.45
Registered voters 228,031
Sources[10][11]
Footnotes:

1990 regional election

Summary of the 28 October 1990 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 28,34122.31+2.22 6+1
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 26,89421.17–3.71 6–1
Popular Unity (HB) 16,13912.70–0.10 3±0
Alavese Unity (UA) 14,03411.05New 3+3
People's Party (PP)1 13,75810.83+3.98 3+2
Basque Solidarity (EA) 10,3328.13–6.41 2–2
Basque Country Left (EE) 8,5266.71–4.21 2–1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 2,4361.92–6.08 0–2
United Left (IU/EB) 1,4511.14+0.83 0±0
Ruiz-Mateos Group–European Democratic Alliance (ARM–ADE) 1,2130.95New 0±0
Socialist Democracy (DS) 8030.63New 0±0
The Ecologist Greens (LVE) 6760.53New 0±0
Basque Country Greens (EHB) 5420.43New 0±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 4650.37+0.03 0±0
Alliance for the Republic (AxR)2 1780.14+0.01 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 1300.10–0.07 0±0
Revolutionary Communist League–Communist Movement (LKI–EMK) 1140.09New 0±0
Blank ballots 1,0100.80+0.23
Total 127,042 25±0
Valid votes 127,04299.32–0.05
Invalid votes 8680.68+0.05
Votes cast / turnout 127,91060.24–10.04
Abstentions 84,44139.76+10.04
Registered voters 212,351
Sources[10][11]
Footnotes:

1986 regional election

Summary of the 30 November 1986 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 34,80624.88–0.18 7±0
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 28,10320.09–15.40 5–4
Basque Solidarity (EA) 20,34914.54New 4+4
Popular Unity (HB) 17,91212.80+2.02 3±0
Basque Country Left (EE) 15,27710.92+3.25 3+1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 11,1958.00New 2+2
People's Alliance–Liberal Party (AP–PL)1 9,5846.85–9.37 1–3
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 4740.34New 0±0
United Left (IU/EB) 4290.31New 0±0
Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 3890.28–0.62 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 2370.17New 0±0
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) 1820.13New 0±0
Republican Popular Unity (UPR) 1260.09New 0±0
Blank ballots2 7990.57–0.23
Total 139,905 25±0
Valid votes 139,90599.37+0.17
Invalid votes 8920.63–0.17
Votes cast / turnout 140,79770.28+3.09
Abstentions 59,55129.72–3.09
Registered voters 200,348
Sources[10][11]
Footnotes:
  • 1 People's Alliance–Liberal Party results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1984 election.
  • 2 The 1983 electoral law provided that blank ballots would not count as valid votes for the application of the 5 percent threshold in each district. However, this rule was not determinant in excluding any party from seat distribution during its time of application (the 1984 and 1986 elections). As a result, and for comparison purposes, blank ballots are shown here included within valid votes.

1984 regional election

Summary of the 26 February 1984 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 44,58335.49+5.43 9+2
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 31,48525.06+11.10 7+4
People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)1 20,38016.22+10.49 4+3
Popular Unity (HB) 13,53910.78–3.28 3±0
Basque Country Left (EE) 9,6337.67–1.51 2±0
Left Socialist Candidacy (CSI) 2,5072.00New 0±0
Neighborhood Labor (Auzolan)2 1,3681.09–0.09 0±0
Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 1,1270.90–2.11 0±0
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) n/an/a–19.68 0–4
Blank ballots3 1,0010.80+0.22
Total 125,623 25+5
Valid votes 125,62399.20+0.12
Invalid votes 1,0110.80–0.12
Votes cast / turnout 126,63467.19+8.12
Abstentions 61,83232.81–8.12
Registered voters 188,466
Sources[10][11]
Footnotes:
  • 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 Communist Movement of the Basque Country and Revolutionary Communist League in the 1980 election.
  • 3 The 1983 electoral law provided that blank ballots would not count as valid votes for the application of the 5 percent threshold in each district. However, this rule was not determinant in excluding any party from seat distribution during its time of application (the 1984 and 1986 elections). As a result, and for comparison purposes, blank ballots are shown here included within valid votes.

1980 regional election

Summary of the 9 March 1980 Basque Parliament election results in Álava
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 31,64030.06n/a 7n/a
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 20,71619.68n/a 4n/a
People's Unity (HB) 14,80414.06n/a 3n/a
Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) 14,69413.96n/a 3n/a
Basque Country Left (EE) 9,6589.18n/a 2n/a
People's Alliance (AP) 6,0295.73n/a 1n/a
Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE/EPK) 3,1683.01n/a 0n/a
Basque Socialists' Unity Force (ESEI) 1,3661.30n/a 0n/a
Communist Movement of the Basque Country (EMK/MCE) 7970.76n/a 0n/a
Workers' Party of the Basque Country (ORT–PTE) 7260.69n/a 0n/a
Carlist Party (EKA/PC) 4610.44n/a 0n/a
Revolutionary Communist League (LKI/LCR) 4380.42n/a 0n/a
Communist Unity (UC) 1580.15n/a 0n/a
Blank ballots 6090.58n/a
Total 105,264 20n/a
Valid votes 105,26499.08n/a
Invalid votes 9750.92n/a
Votes cast / turnout 106,23959.07n/a
Abstentions 73,60540.93n/a
Registered voters 179,844
Sources[10][11]

References

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  2. ↑ "Elecciones al Parlamento del País Vasco y al Parlamento de Galicia del 12 de julio de 2020" (PDF). www.ine.es (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Ley Orgánica 3/1979, de 18 de diciembre, de Estatuto de Autonomía para el País Vasco". Organic Law No. 3 of 18 December 1979 (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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  5. 1 2 3 "Ley 5/1990, de 15 de junio, de Elecciones al Parlamento Vasco". Law No. 5 of 15 June 1990 (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ↑ Reig Pellicer, Naiara (16 December 2015). "Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote". cafebabel.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Gallagher, Michael (30 July 2012). "Effective threshold in electoral systems". Trinity College, Dublin. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Real Decreto-ley 20/1977, de 18 de marzo, sobre Normas Electorales". Royal Decree-Law No. 20 of 18 March 1977 (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2019. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  9. ↑ "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985 (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2020. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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