Menorca (Senate constituency)

Menorca
Senate of Spain
Electoral constituency
Location of Menorca within Spain
IslandMenorca
Autonomous communityBalearic Islands
PopulationIncrease 100,323 (2024)[1]
ElectorateIncrease 74,582 (2023)
Major settlementsCiutadella de Menorca, Mahón
Current constituency
Created1977
Seats1
Member
  •   PP (1)

Menorca is one of the 59 constituencies represented in the Senate of Spain, the upper chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency (whose boundaries correspond to those of the homonymous island) elects one senator. The electoral system uses open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties.

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,[2] with this regulation being maintained under the Spanish Constitution of 1978.[3] 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.[4]

Voting is based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age with full political rights, provided that they have not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence.[5] 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.[6][7] Amendments in 2011 required non-resident citizens to apply for voting, a system known as "begged" voting (Spanish: Voto rogado).[8][9] which was abolished in 2022.[10] Further, amendments in 2018 granted the right to vote to those legally incapacitated.[11] 209 Senate seats (207 in 1977, 208 from 1978 to 2026) are elected using open-list partial block voting: voters in constituencies electing four seats can choose up to three candidates; in those with two or three seats, up to two; and in single-member districts, one. Each of the 47 peninsular provinces is allocated four seats, while in insular provinces—such as the Balearic and Canary Islands—the districts are the islands themselves, with the larger ones (Mallorca, Gran Canaria and Tenerife) being allocated three seats each, and the smaller ones (Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma) one each.[a] Ceuta and Melilla elect two seats each.[14][15] Until 1985, the law also provided for by-elections to fill Senate seats vacated up to two years into the legislature; subsequently, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term are filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.[16]

The electoral law allows for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance are required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call—15 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. Also since 2011, parties, federations or alliances 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.[17] Amendments in 2007 required a balanced composition of men and women in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition; further amendments in 2024 required the use of a zipper system.[18]

Senators

Senators for Menorca 1977–
Key to parties
  CPM
  PSOE
  UCD
  PP
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

General elections

2023

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 16,22236.11 1±0
Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) 15,15633.74 0±0
More for Menorca–Unite (MxMe–Sumar)1 8,87019.75 0±0
Vox (Vox) 3,5777.96 0±0
Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero) 2490.55 0±0
Blank ballots[b] 8481.89
Total 44,922 1±0
Valid votes 44,92297.47
Invalid votes 1,1682.53
Votes cast / turnout 46,09061.80
Abstentions 28,49238.20
Registered voters 74,582
Sources[19]
Footnotes:

November 2019

Summary of the 10 November 2019 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
check Jordi López Ravanals PP 10,40626.97
• Maria del Carme Garcia Querol PSOE 10,37626.89
• Antonia Florit Salord Podemos–EUIB 7,26618.83
• Eduard Riudavets Florit MxMe 3,3108.58
• Guillermo Juan Jusué de Olives Vox 3,1558.18
• Jorge de Diego Capellán Cs 2,5156.52
• Salvador Moll Herrero PACMA 6451.67
• Adrià González Minaya Recortes Cero–GV 1750.45
Blank ballots 7341.90
Total 38,582
Valid votes 38,58297.64
Invalid votes 9322.36
Votes cast / turnout 39,51455.52
Abstentions 31,65644.48
Registered voters 71,170
Sources[20]

April 2019

Summary of the 28 April 2019 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
check Maria del Carme Garcia Querol PSOE 11,85626.58
• Aurora Herráiz Águila PP 8,91919.99
• Mae de la Concha Garcia-Mauriño Podemos–EUIB 7,61117.06
• José Manuel Morales Bosch Cs 6,89715.46
• Eduard Riudavets Florit MxMe 4,52410.14
• Guillermo Juan Jusué de Olives Vox 2,4685.53
• María Elena Pérez de Gracia Jabardo PACMA 9192.06
• Joaquin Ferrer Lorenzo El Pi 4400.99
• Antonio Triay Castro Recortes Cero–GV 1640.37
Blank ballots 8151.83
Total 44,613
Valid votes 44,61396.62
Invalid votes 1,5613.38
Votes cast / turnout 46,17465.52
Abstentions 24,29534.48
Registered voters 70,469
Sources[21]

2016

Summary of the 26 June 2016 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
check Juana Francisca Pons Vila PP 13,25533.40
• Margarita Juana Benejam Coll Podemos–EUIB–Més 12,07530.43
• Miquel Company Pons PSOE 7,71719.45
• Manuel Bonmatí Pérez C's 4,71911.89
• Catalina Sastre Florit PACMA 9482.39
Blank ballots 9692.44
Total 39,683
Valid votes 39,68396.87
Invalid votes 1,2833.13
Votes cast / turnout 40,96660.81
Abstentions 26,40639.19
Registered voters 67,372
Sources[22]

2015

Summary of the 20 December 2015 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
check Juana Francisca Pons Vila PP 11,76128.62
• Brigida Mora Canet Podemos 9,65723.50
• Grácia Mercadal Marqués PSOE 7,33917.86
• Manuel Bonmatí Pérez C's 5,16012.56
• Pilar Arguimbau Sintes Som Menorca 4,12910.05
• Catalina Sastre Florit PACMA 7251.76
• Nicolás Bordoy Riera El Pi 6961.69
• María Ángeles Fernández Orts UPyD 2420.59
Blank ballots 1,3813.36
Total 41,056
Valid votes 41,05696.31
Invalid votes 1,5753.69
Votes cast / turnout 42,63163.12
Abstentions 24,90436.88
Registered voters 67,535
Sources[23]

2011

Summary of the 20 November 2011 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
check Juana Francisca Pons Vila PP 17,22446.97
• Elena Baquero González PSOE 10,60728.93
• Antonio Jesús Carrillos Cantó EUIB 2,0995.72
• Joan Carles Villalonga Sintes PSM–EN 1,7334.73
• Rafael Muñoz Campos eQuo 8832.41
• Pablo Sebastián Sánchez Arnoletto UPyD 7422.02
• Guillermo Alonso de Armiño Erce Hartos.org 6331.73
Blank ballots 2,7467.49
Total 36,667
Valid votes 36,66793.47
Invalid votes 2,5616.53
Votes cast / turnout 39,22859.57
Abstentions 26,62340.43
Registered voters 65,851
Sources[24]

2008

Summary of the 9 March 2008 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
check Arturo Bagur Mercadal PSOE–EU–PSM–Verds 21,02352.04
• José Seguí Díaz PP 16,12339.91
• Buenaventura Quevedo Roca "Tim" CMe–C's 5771.43
• Antonia Ordinas Coll LV–GV 4691.16
• Juan Moragues Riutort PFyV 2870.71
• Ambrosio Duque Carretero PCPE 2320.57
• María Consuelo de la Vega Sestelo PACMA 2200.54
• Carlos Granado Rincón UPyD 1940.48
• Eduardo Romero Maté PUM+J 770.19
• Rubén Antonio Barranco Medina DN 440.11
• Antonio Morell Pons FE–JONS 270.07
• Paula Estades Castell TD 130.03
• José Antonio de Imaña Barron AES 60.01
• Jesús José Blasco Lagunilla CTC 30.01
Blank ballots 1,1042.73
Total 40,399
Valid votes 40,39996.48
Invalid votes 1,4743.52
Votes cast / turnout 41,87365.61
Abstentions 21,95034.39
Registered voters 63,823
Sources[25]

2004

Summary of the 14 March 2004 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
check José Seguí Díaz PP 17,05341.85
• Antoni Orell Calafat PSOE 15,10037.06
• Joan Manel Martí Llufriu PSM–EN 4,24210.41
• Miguel Pons Velasco EM–IU 2,0214.96
• Pablo Lluch Mesquida UCM 8021.97
• Margarita Pons Martí FE–JONS 1810.44
• Joaquín González Barrero FA 1220.30
• Vicente Garau Juan UPB 980.24
• Miguel Vallinas García CTC 270.07
Blank ballots 1,0992.70
Total 40,745
Valid votes 40,74597.32
Invalid votes 1,1202.68
Votes cast / turnout 41,86567.96
Abstentions 19,73432.04
Registered voters 61,599
Sources[26]

2000

Summary of the 12 March 2000 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
check José Seguí Díaz PP–INME 16,89250.00
• Sergi Marí Pons PPM 14,56943.12
• Vicente Garau Juan UPB 5801.72
• Juana Teresa Soria Bravo FE 980.29
Blank ballots 1,6464.87
Total 33,785
Valid votes 33,78597.66
Invalid votes 8102.34
Votes cast / turnout 34,59561.13
Abstentions 21,99438.87
Registered voters 56,589
Sources[27]

1996

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
check Bernardo Llompart Díaz PP 15,67543.51
• Tirso Pons Pons PSOE 12,67335.17
• Josep María Foguet Coll IU 3,4709.63
• Joan Manel Martí Llufriu PSM–ENE 2,3956.65
• Pedro Román Bordera INME 5581.55
• Joel Bagur Mellinas ERC 2640.73
Blank ballots 9942.76
Total 36,029
Valid votes 36,02997.12
Invalid votes 1,0702.88
Votes cast / turnout 37,09969.81
Abstentions 16,04630.19
Registered voters 53,145
Sources[28]

1993

Summary of the 6 June 1993 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
check Martín José Escudero Sirerol PP 15,75945.60
• Juana María Barceló Martí PSOE 11,71133.88
• Antonio Venancio Casero Rodríguez IU 2,8038.11
• Gabriel Martí Barber CDS 1,4884.31
• María Juan Benejam PSM–ENE 1,4104.08
• Llorenç Lluís Carreras i Murillo ERC 2700.78
• José Francisco Xabuch Fortuny UMMP 2050.59
• Antonio Colom Covas CNPS 290.08
• Cosme García Torres PRB 290.08
Blank ballots 8582.48
Total 34,562
Valid votes 34,56297.01
Invalid votes 1,0672.99
Votes cast / turnout 35,62970.19
Abstentions 15,13029.81
Registered voters 50,759
Sources[29]

1989

Summary of the 29 October 1989 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
check Martín José Escudero Sirerol PP 11,62538.67
• Tirso Pons Pons PSOE 10,35534.45
• Antonio Anglada Anglada CDS 2,6358.77
• Antonio Casero Rodríguez IU 2,5588.51
• María Juan Benejam PSM–ENE 1,6295.42
• Carlos Morillo Casals Ruiz-Mateos 3741.24
• Manuel Muñoz Díaz-Maroto PTE–UC 880.29
• Ramón Enric Carreras Torrent CEES 750.25
• Eusebio Capel Rotger MCE 340.11
• Julián Candel Mataix PRB 300.10
Blank ballots 6562.18
Total 30,059
Valid votes 30,05995.55
Invalid votes 1,4004.45
Votes cast / turnout 31,45964.40
Abstentions 17,39135.60
Registered voters 48,850
Sources[30]

1986

Summary of the 22 June 1986 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
check Antonio Villalonga Riudavets PSOE 11,26839.67
• Juan Huguet Rotger AP–PDP–PL 9,64733.96
• Joan López Casasnovas EEM 3,68712.98
• Cristóbal Triay Humbert PRD 1,5435.43
• Carlos Ricci Fabre CDS 1,4255.02
• Mauricio Sante Patón MUC 1560.55
Blank ballots 6772.38
Total 28,403
Valid votes 28,40394.75
Invalid votes 1,5755.25
Votes cast / turnout 29,97866.04
Abstentions 15,41633.96
Registered voters 45,394
Sources[31]

1982

Summary of the 28 October 1982 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
check Antonio Villalonga Riudavets PSOE 12,080
• Victoria Florit Escrivá AP–PDP 8,194
• Josep María Quintana Petrus CIM 4,259
• Antonio Casasnovas Franco UCD 3,655
• Juli Mascaró Pons PSM 1,977
• Sofía Sintes Rosa PCE 498
• Octavio Juan Benejam CDS 0
• Sebastián Barceló Barceló FE–JONS 0
Blank ballots
Total
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters 40,213
Sources[32][33]

1979

Summary of the 1 March 1979 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
check Tirso Pons Pons CPM 11,74543.90
• Francisco Tutzo Bennasar UCD 11,55343.19
• José Allés y Serra CD 3,21712.03
Blank ballots 2370.89
Total 26,752
Valid votes 26,75293.73
Invalid votes 1,7916.27
Votes cast / turnout 28,54374.17
Abstentions 9,93925.83
Registered voters 38,482
Sources[34]

1977

Summary of the 15 June 1977 Senate of Spain election results in Menorca
Candidates Parties and coalitions Popular vote
Votes %
check Guillermo de Olives Pons UCD 9,248
• Antonio Anglada Anglada CDI 9,104
• Antonio Cardona Sans AP 4,355
• José Moll Marqués PSOE 3,201
• Antonio Triay Llopis MPIA 1,354
• Fernando Rubio Tuduri UDIB 666
• José Caules Juan PSOEh 594
Blank ballots
Total
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters 34,971
Sources[35]

Notes

  1. ↑ La Gomera and El Hierro comprised a single constituency for the 1977 election. A constitutional reform in 2026 awarded Formentera an independent senator separate from Ibiza.[12][13]
  2. ↑ The percentage of blank ballots is calculated over the official number of valid votes cast, irrespective of the total number of votes shown as a result of adding up the individual results for each party.

References

  1. ↑ "Real Decreto 1210/2024, de 28 de noviembre, por el que se declaran oficiales las cifras de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal referidas al 1 de enero de 2024". Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  2. ↑ Law 1/1977 (1977), trans. prov. 1.
  3. ↑ Constitution (1978), art. 69.
  4. ↑ Constitution (1978), art. 141.
  5. ↑ LOREG (1985), arts. 2–3.
  6. ↑ Law 1/1977 (1977), art. 2 & trans. prov. 1; Royal Decree-Law 20/1977 (1977), art. 2.
  7. ↑ Carreras de Odriozola & Tafunell Sambola 2005, p. 1077.
  8. ↑ LOREG (1985), art. 75.
  9. ↑ Reig Pellicer, Naiara (16 December 2015). "Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote". cafebabel.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  10. ↑ Araque Conde, Pilar (8 June 2022). "El Congreso acaba con el voto rogado: diez años de trabas burocráticas para los residentes en el extranjero". Público (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  11. ↑ Marcos, José (18 October 2018). "El Congreso reconoce el derecho a votar de 100.000 discapacitados intelectuales". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "The Congress gives the green light to the constitutional reform that grants Formentera its own senator". Demócrata. Agencias. 26 March 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  13. ↑ Constitution (1978), art. 69.
  14. ↑ Constitution (1978), art. 69; Law 1/1977 (1977), art. 2 & trans. prov. 1; Royal Decree-Law 20/1977 (1977), arts. 19 & 21 LOREG (1985), arts. 162 & 165–166.
  15. ↑ Carreras de Odriozola & Tafunell Sambola 2005, p. 1083.
  16. ↑ Royal Decree-Law 20/1977 (1977), arts. 20 & 29–30; LOREG (1985), arts. 46, 48, 166 & 170–171.
  17. ↑ Royal Decree-Law 20/1977 (1977), arts. 30–31 & 34; LOREG (1985), arts. 44 & 169.
  18. ↑ LOREG (1985), art. 44 bis.
  19. ↑ "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  20. ↑ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. November 2019. Menorca". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  21. ↑ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. April 2019. Menorca". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  22. ↑ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. June 2016. Menorca". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  23. ↑ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. December 2015. Menorca". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  24. ↑ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. November 2011. Menorca". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  25. ↑ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. March 2008. Menorca". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  26. ↑ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. March 2004. Menorca". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  27. ↑ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. March 2000. Menorca". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  28. ↑ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. March 1996. Menorca". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  29. ↑ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. June 1993. Menorca". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  30. ↑ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. October 1989. Menorca". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  31. ↑ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. June 1986. Menorca". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  32. ↑ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. October 1982. Menorca". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  33. ↑ "Proclaimed candidacies for the Congress of Deputies and Senate elections called by Royal-decree 2057/1982, of 27 August" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Central Electoral Commission. 2 October 1982. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  34. ↑ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. March 1979. Menorca". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  35. ↑ "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. June 1977. Menorca". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.

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