Teruel (Senate constituency)

For the Congress of Deputies constituency, see Teruel (Congress of Deputies constituency). For the Cortes of Aragon constituency, see Teruel (Cortes of Aragon constituency).

Teruel is one of the 59 constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Senate of Spain, the upper chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency elects four senators. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Teruel. The electoral system uses open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. Electors can vote for up to three candidates.

Teruel
Senate of Spain Electoral constituency
Location of Teruel within Spain
Province	Teruel
Autonomous community	Aragon
Population	135,661 (2024)
Electorate	106,352 (2023)
Major settlements	Teruel
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	4
Members	PP (3)   PSOE (1)

Electoral system

The constituency was created as per the Political Reform Law and was first contested in the 1977 general election. The Law provided for the provinces of Spain to be established as multi-member districts in the Senate, 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 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The only exception was in 1977, when this was limited to nationals over 21 years of age 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. 208 seats are elected using an open list partial block voting system, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. In constituencies electing four seats, electors can vote for up to three candidates; in those with two or three seats, for up to two candidates; and for one candidate in single-member districts. Each of the 47 peninsular provinces is allocated four seats, whereas for insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, districts are the islands themselves, with the larger—Mallorca, Gran Canaria and Tenerife—being allocated three seats each, and the smaller—Menorca, Ibiza–Formentera, Fuerteventura, La Gomera and El Hierro (which comprised a single constituency only for the 1977 election), Lanzarote and La Palma—one each. Ceuta and Melilla elect two seats each. Until 1985, the law also provided for by-elections to fill Senate seats vacated up to two years into the legislature.

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 permille 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.

Senators

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

Elections

2023 general election

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Senate of Spain election results

Candidates	Parties and coalitions		Popular vote
			Votes	%
Y Emma Buj Sánchez		PP	27,021	36.35
Y Carmen Pobo Sánchez		PP	25,687	34.55
Y Manuel Blasco Marqués		PP	25,306	34.04
Y María José Villalba Chavarría		PSOE	21,450	28.85
• Antonio Tomás Vivas		PSOE	20,210	27.18
• Vanesa Pellicena Pellicena		PSOE	19,519	26.25
• Beatriz Martín Larred		Existe	13,904	18.70
• Joaquín Egea Serrano		Existe	12,249	16.47
• Raúl Blasco Aznar		Existe	11,355	15.27
• Juan Vicente Férriz Hernández		Vox	8,339	11.21
• Manuel Lozano Polo		Vox	7,447	10.01
• Bárbara Alastuey Rivas		Vox	7,045	9.47
• Sandra González Albalad		Sumar	4,720	6.34
• Juan Carlos Blasco Nuño		Sumar	3,458	4.65
• Sheyla Luna Marín		Sumar	3,196	4.29
• Ramón José Fuertes Ortiz		PAR	1,014	1.36
• Pilar Romero Villalba		PAR	784	1.05
• Alfonso Palmero Quintanilla		PAR	631	0.84
• Tasio Peña Jiménez		PACMA	406	0.54
• Guillermo Castellá Aguilar		PCTE	193	0.25
• María del Mar Pérez Torralva		PUM+J	106	0.14
• Enrique Altemir Guijarro		Recortes Cero	88	0.11
Blank ballots			1,033	1.38
Total			216,138
Valid votes			74,332	98.04
Invalid votes			1,485	1.95
Votes cast / turnout			75,817	74.87
Abstentions			25,438	25.12
Registered voters			101,255
Sources

November 2019 general election

Summary of the 10 November 2019 Senate of Spain election results in Teruel

Candidates	Parties and coalitions		Popular vote
			Votes	%
Y Manuel Blasco Marqués		PP	20,925	28.69
Y Joaquín Egea Serrano		¡TE!	20,686	28.37
Y María Carmen Pobo Sánchez		PP	19,820	27.18
Y Beatriz Martín Larred		¡TE!	19,060	26.14
• María José Villalba Chavarría		PSOE	18,950	25.99
• Joaquín Noe Serrano		PSOE	18,382	25.21
• Miguel Ángel Estevan Serrano		PP	17,969	24.64
• María Perla Borao Aguirre		PSOE	17,788	24.39
• Alba Polo Artal		¡TE!	17,594	24.13
• Juan Manuel Hernández Simón		Vox	8,357	11.46
• Ana Isabel Gimeno Pérez		Podemos–IU	4,389	6.02
• Alfonso Palmero Quintanilla		Cs	4,227	5.80
• Rafael Vivas Paniagua		Podemos–IU	3,538	4.85
• María José Alonso Pérez		Cs	3,501	4.80
• Félix Rubio Ferrer		Podemos–IU	3,239	4.44
• Luis Octavio Esteban Guijarro		Cs	3,069	4.21
• Lourdes Mariñoso Aguarón		PACMA	713	0.98
• Desamparados Herrera Rubio		PCPE	162	0.22
• Chemari García Rodríguez		PYLN	110	0.15
• Ana Burriel Navarro		Recortes Cero–GV	106	0.15
• Andrés Serrano Paradinas		PUM+J	103	0.14
• María Dolores Ivars Samper		UdT	36	0.05
• José Luis Mallén Herrero		aUna CV	30	0.04
• Kleber Ramiro Esquivel Moscoso		UdT	22	0.03
• Jesús Miguel Ortiz Sánchez		UdT	21	0.03
Blank ballots			1,088	1.49
Total			72,926
Valid votes			72,926	98.05
Invalid votes			1,452	1.95
Votes cast / turnout			74,378	69.21
Abstentions			33,089	30.79
Registered voters			107,467
Sources

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