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Ceuta (Congress Of Deputies Constituency)
Ceuta is one of the 52 constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Congress of Deputies, the lower chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency currently elects one deputy using plurality voting. Its boundaries correspond to those of the autonomous city of Ceuta.

Electoral system

The constituency was created as per the Political Reform Act 1977 and was first contested in the 1977 general election. The Act provided for the provinces of Spain to be established as multi-member districts in the Congress of Deputies, with this regulation being maintained under the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Additionally, the Constitution requires for any modification of the provincial limits to be approved under an organic law, needing an absolute majority in the Cortes Generales.

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The only exception was in 1977, when this was limited to nationals over twenty-one and in full enjoyment of their political and civil rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Spaniards 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. 348 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. Each provincial constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of two seats, with the remaining 248 being distributed in proportion to their populations. Ceuta and Melilla are allocated the two remaining seats, which are elected using plurality voting. The use of the D'Hondt method may result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.

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. Also since 2011, parties, federations or coalitions that have not obtained a mandate in either chamber of the Cortes at the preceding election are required to secure the signature of at least 0.1 percent of electors in the aforementioned constituencies.

Deputies

Deputies 1977–present
Key to parties
  PSOE
  UCD
  PP
  Vox
Legislature Election Distribution
Constituent 1977
1
1st 1979
1
2nd 1982
1
3rd 1986
1
4th 1989
1
5th 1993
1
6th 1996
1
7th 2000
1
8th 2004
1
9th 2008
1
10th 2011
1
11th 2015
1
12th 2016
1
13th 2019 (Apr)
1
14th 2019 (Nov)
1
15th 2023
1

Elections

2023 general election

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 12,918 38.77 +16.49 1 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 11,332 34.01 +2.70 0 ±0
Vox (Vox) 7,752 23.26 –11.93 0 –1
Unite (Sumar) 821 2.46 –1.43 0 ±0
Workers' Front (FO) 53 0.16 New 0 ±0
Free (LB) 53 0.16 New 0 ±0
Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero) 33 0.10 –0.27 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 31 0.09 –0.04 0 ±0
Blank ballots 328 0.98 +0.01
Total 33,321 1 ±0
Valid votes 33,321 98.95 –0.01
Invalid votes 353 1.05 +0.01
Votes cast / turnout 33,674 53.19 –0.79
Abstentions 29,636 46.81 +0.79
Registered voters 63,310
Sources
Footnotes:

November 2019 general election

Summary of the 10 November 2019 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Vox (Vox) 11,752 35.19 +11.26 1 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 10,455 31.31 –5.01 0 –1
People's Party (PP) 7,439 22.28 +0.84 0 ±0
United We Can (Podemos–IU) 1,300 3.89 –0.95 0 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 1,138 3.41 –8.56 0 ±0
Movement for Dignity and Citizenship (MDyC) 819 2.45 New 0 ±0
Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) 125 0.37 –0.04 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 43 0.13 –0.10 0 ±0
Blank ballots 324 0.97 +0.12
Total 33,395 1 ±0
Valid votes 33,395 98.96 +0.15
Invalid votes 351 1.04 –0.15
Votes cast / turnout 33,746 53.98 –7.46
Abstentions 28,767 46.02 +7.46
Registered voters 62,513
Sources

April 2019 general election

Summary of the 28 April 2019 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 13,800 36.32 +13.70 1 +1
Vox (Vox) 9,092 23.93 +23.48 0 ±0
People's Party (PP) 8,147 21.44 –30.42 0 –1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 4,546 11.97 +0.46 0 ±0
United We Can (Podemos–IU–Equo) 1,838 4.84 –6.01 0 ±0
Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) 157 0.41 +0.03 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 87 0.23 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 324 0.85 –0.17
Total 37,991 1 ±0
Valid votes 37,991 98.81 –0.05
Invalid votes 459 1.19 +0.05
Votes cast / turnout 38,450 61.44 +10.79
Abstentions 24,130 38.56 –10.79
Registered voters 62,580
Sources

2016 general election

Summary of the 26 June 2016 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 15,991 51.86 +7.00 1 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 6,974 22.62 –0.48 0 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 3,549 11.51 –1.79 0 ±0
United We Can (Podemos–IU–Equo) 3,345 10.85 –4.53 0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 333 1.08 ±0.00 0 ±0
Vox (Vox) 139 0.45 New 0 ±0
Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) 118 0.38 –0.06 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 72 0.23 –0.37 0 ±0
Blank ballots 316 1.02 –0.23
Total 30,837 1 ±0
Valid votes 30,837 98.86 +0.33
Invalid votes 357 1.14 –0.33
Votes cast / turnout 31,194 50.65 –3.19
Abstentions 30,393 49.35 +3.19
Registered voters 61,587
Sources
Footnotes:

2015 general election

Summary of the 20 December 2015 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 14,813 44.86 –21.07 1 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 7,627 23.10 +2.84 0 ±0
We Can (Podemos) 4,646 14.07 New 0 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 4,392 13.30 New 0 ±0
United Left–Popular Unity in Common (IU–UPeC) 431 1.31 –0.50 0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 358 1.08 +0.50 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 197 0.60 –2.74 0 ±0
Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) 146 0.44 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 413 1.25 –0.32
Total 33,023 1 ±0
Valid votes 33,023 98.53 +0.01
Invalid votes 493 1.47 –0.01
Votes cast / turnout 33,516 54.36 +1.20
Abstentions 28,144 45.64 –1.20
Registered voters 61,660
Sources

2011 general election

Summary of the 20 November 2011 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 20,968 65.93 +10.82 1 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 6,445 20.26 –20.21 0 ±0
Caballas Coalition (Caballas) 1,712 5.38 New 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 1,061 3.34 +2.02 0 ±0
United Left–Democratic and Social Party of Ceuta: Plural Left (IU–PDSC) 576 1.81 +1.14 0 ±0
The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) 293 0.92 +0.32 0 ±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 186 0.58 +0.31 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 65 0.20 +0.08 0 ±0
Blank ballots 498 1.57 +0.63
Total 31,804 1 ±0
Valid votes 31,804 98.52 –0.82
Invalid votes 478 1.48 +0.82
Votes cast / turnout 32,282 53.16 –10.16
Abstentions 28,441 46.84 +10.16
Registered voters 60,723
Sources

2008 general election

Summary of the 9 March 2008 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 20,040 55.11 –4.13 1 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 14,716 40.47 +4.69 0 ±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 481 1.32 New 0 ±0
United Left of Ceuta (IU) 244 0.67 +0.06 0 ±0
The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) 220 0.60 New 0 ±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 104 0.29 New 0 ±0
Social Democratic Party (PSD) 67 0.18 New 0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 58 0.16 New 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 42 0.12 New 0 ±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 32 0.09 New 0 ±0
Spanish Alternative (AES) 18 0.05 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 342 0.94 –0.50
Total 36,364 1 ±0
Valid votes 36,364 99.34 +0.23
Invalid votes 241 0.66 –0.23
Votes cast / turnout 36,605 63.32 –0.13
Abstentions 21,200 36.68 +0.13
Registered voters 57,805
Sources

2004 general election

Summary of the 14 March 2004 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 21,142 59.24 +11.65 1 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 12,769 35.78 +17.78 0 ±0
Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC) 807 2.26 –0.32 0 ±0
United Left (IU) 218 0.61 –0.14 0 ±0
The Phalanx (FE) 116 0.33 +0.03 0 ±0
National Democracy (DN) 62 0.17 New 0 ±0
Republican Left (IR) 37 0.10 New 0 ±0
Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) 25 0.07 –0.01 0 ±0
Blank ballots 515 1.44 –0.19
Total 35,691 1 ±0
Valid votes 35,691 99.11 +0.08
Invalid votes 319 0.89 –0.08
Votes cast / turnout 36,010 63.45 +8.30
Abstentions 20,741 36.55 –8.30
Registered voters 56,751
Sources

2000 general election

Summary of the 12 March 2000 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 14,514 47.59 –5.62 1 ±0
Liberal Independent Group (GIL) 8,758 28.71 New 0 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE–p) 5,491 18.00 –17.79 0 ±0
Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC) 788 2.58 –4.70 0 ±0
United Left (IU) 229 0.75 –1.46 0 ±0
The Phalanx (FE) 93 0.30 New 0 ±0
Natural Law Party (PLN) 76 0.25 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre–Centrist Union (CDS–UC) 31 0.10 New 0 ±0
Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) 24 0.08 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 497 1.63 +0.41
Total 30,501 1 ±0
Valid votes 30,501 99.03 +0.23
Invalid votes 300 0.97 –0.23
Votes cast / turnout 30,801 55.15 –8.66
Abstentions 25,047 44.85 +8.66
Registered voters 55,848
Sources

1996 general election

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 17,288 53.21 +2.28 1 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 11,627 35.79 –4.79 0 ±0
Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC) 2,365 7.28 +3.43 0 ±0
United Left (IU) 718 2.21 New 0 ±0
Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT) 56 0.17 –0.16 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 41 0.13 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 395 1.22 +0.45
Total 32,490 1 ±0
Valid votes 32,490 99.26 –0.24
Invalid votes 242 0.74 +0.24
Votes cast / turnout 32,732 63.81 +1.68
Abstentions 18,566 36.19 –1.68
Registered voters 51,298
Sources
Footnotes:

1993 general election

Summary of the 6 June 1993 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 15,276 50.93 +17.31 1 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 12,170 40.58 +2.87 0 –1
Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC) 1,155 3.85 New 0 ±0
The Greens (LV) 491 1.64 –1.66 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 485 1.62 –6.58 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 100 0.33 –0.32 0 ±0
Natural Law Party (PLN) 43 0.14 New 0 ±0
Initiative for Ceuta (INCE) 42 0.14 New 0 ±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 231 0.77 –0.41
Total 29,993 1 ±0
Valid votes 29,993 99.50 +0.42
Invalid votes 152 0.50 –0.42
Votes cast / turnout 30,145 62.13 +6.19
Abstentions 18,372 37.87 –6.19
Registered voters 48,517
Sources

1989 general election

Summary of the 29 October 1989 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 8,643 37.71 –7.52 1 ±0
People's Party (PP) 7,855 34.27 –2.07 0 ±0
United Ceuta (CEU) 2,760 12.04 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 1,880 8.20 +0.23 0 ±0
The Greens–Green List (LV–LV) 756 3.30 New 0 ±0
Ruiz-Mateos Group (Ruiz-Mateos) 605 2.64 New 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 150 0.65 +0.17 0 ±0
Blank ballots 270 1.18 +0.62
Total 22,919 1 ±0
Valid votes 22,919 99.08 +0.42
Invalid votes 212 0.92 –0.42
Votes cast / turnout 23,131 55.94 –0.76
Abstentions 18,222 44.06 +0.76
Registered voters 41,353
Sources
Footnotes:

1986 general election

Summary of the 22 June 1986 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 10,937 45.23 –0.31 1 ±0
People's Coalition (AP–PDP–PL) 8,788 36.34 +6.47 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 1,928 7.97 +0.15 0 ±0
Candidacy for Autonomy (CA) 758 3.13 New 0 ±0
Electoral Group–Independent Group of Ceuta (AE–AIC) 601 2.49 New 0 ±0
Democratic Reformist Party (PRD) 499 2.06 New 0 ±0
United Left (IU) 351 1.45 +0.72 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 117 0.48 –0.05 0 ±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 66 0.27 +0.20 0 ±0
Blank ballots 136 0.56 +0.10
Total 24,181 1 ±0
Valid votes 24,181 98.66 –0.09
Invalid votes 329 1.34 +0.09
Votes cast / turnout 24,510 56.70 –15.59
Abstentions 18,720 43.30 +15.59
Registered voters 43,230
Sources
Footnotes:

1982 general election

Summary of the 28 October 1982 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 11,698 45.54 +10.23 1 +1
People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party (AP–PDP) 7,674 29.87 +22.01 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 2,010 7.82 New 0 ±0
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 1,870 7.28 –44.59 0 –1
Nationalist Party of Ceuta (PNCe) 1,785 6.95 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 188 0.73 New 0 ±0
New Force (FN) 173 0.67 –2.79 0 ±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST) 137 0.53 New 0 ±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 19 0.07 New 0 ±0
Communist Movement (MC) 17 0.07 –0.36 0 ±0
Blank ballots 119 0.46 –0.07
Total 25,690 1 ±0
Valid votes 25,690 98.37 –0.51
Invalid votes 427 1.63 +0.51
Votes cast / turnout 26,117 72.29 +6.85
Abstentions 10,011 27.71 –6.85
Registered voters 36,128
Sources
Footnotes:

1979 general election

Summary of the 1 March 1979 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 11,020 51.87 +15.61 1 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 7,502 35.31 –8.54 0 ±0
Democratic Coalition (CD) 1,669 7.86 –4.14 0 ±0
National Union (UN) 735 3.46 New 0 ±0
Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) 115 0.54 New 0 ±0
Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC) 91 0.43 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 112 0.53 +0.25
Total 21,244 1 ±0
Valid votes 21,244 98.88 +0.05
Invalid votes 240 1.12 –0.05
Votes cast / turnout 21,484 65.44 –12.16
Abstentions 11,347 34.56 +12.16
Registered voters 32,831
Sources
Footnotes:

1977 general election

Summary of the 15 June 1977 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 8,808 36.26 n/a 1 n/a
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 7,886 32.47 n/a 0 n/a
Action for Ceuta (APC) 2,915 12.00 n/a 0 n/a
People's Socialist Party–Socialist Unity (PSP–US) 2,763 11.38 n/a 0 n/a
Association of Ceuta Electors (ADEC) 1,099 4.52 n/a 0 n/a
Spanish Social Reform (RSE) 752 3.10 n/a 0 n/a
Blank ballots 67 0.28 n/a
Total 24,290 1 n/a
Valid votes 24,290 98.83 n/a
Invalid votes 288 1.17 n/a
Votes cast / turnout 24,578 77.60 n/a
Abstentions 7,094 22.40 n/a
Registered voters 31,672
Sources

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