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ELECTORAL SYSTEM |
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| Chamber: | ||||||
| Congreso de los Diputados | ||||||
| Electoral Law: | ||||||
| 16 June 1985 | ||||||
| Last amendment: 23/03/1995 | ||||||
| Constituencies: | ||||||
| - 50 multi-member (2 seats minimum per province, the rest allotted according to population) constituencies corresponding to the country's provinces - 2 single-member constituencies (North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla) |
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| Voting System: | ||||||
| - multi-member constituencies: blocked party lists and the d'Hondt system of proportional representation; each voter chooses one list of those made available in the constituency (province) - single-member constituencies: simple majority vote Vacancies are filled by the "next-in-line" candidate on the list of the same party which held the seat in question (or by substitutes in Ceuta and Melilla). Voting is not compulsory. |
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| Voter requirements: | ||||||
| - age: 18 years - Spanish citizenship - full possession of political rights |
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| Eligibility: | ||||||
| Qualified electors - age: 18 years - Spanish citizenship |
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| Incompatibilities: | ||||||
| - certain high-ranking government, political and public posts - members of the armed forces - members of the assembly of an Autonomous Community - members of an electoral committee (junta) |
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| Candidacy requirements: | ||||||
| - by duly registered political associations and federations, coalitions of the same, or by at least 0.1% (and no fewer than 500) of the constituency's registered electorate | ||||||
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Presidency of the Parliament | Parliamentary Mandate | Specialized Bodies | Full text | Parliamentary Oversight PARLINE database: new search |
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