Spain (European Parliament constituency)

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Spain
European Parliament constituency
Map of the European Parliament constituencies with Spain highlighted in red
Location among the current constituencies
Member stateSpain
Created1987
MEPs60 (1986–1993)
64 (1993–2004)
54 (2004–2009)
50 (2009–2011)
54 (2011–2020)
59 (2020–present)
Sources
[1][2]

Spain is a

Members of the European Parliament and is the second largest European Parliament constituency in terms of geographic area after France, as well as the third most populated after Germany
and France.

Electoral system

The constituency was created as per the 1985 Treaty of Accession and was first contested in the 1987 European election in Spain. The Treaty provided for Spain to be allocated 60 representatives within the European Parliament, but successive amendments to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaties establishing the European Communities have seen this number change: 64 under Council Decision 93/81/Euratom, ECSC, EEC and Amsterdam; 50 under Nice and 54 under Lisbon.[1][2][3][4][5] The European Parliament Committee on Constitutional Affairs proposed on 23 January 2018 an increase of the number of seats allocated to Spain from 54 to 59 after Brexit has taken place, a proposal that first needs to be adopted by the Parliament, then approved by the European Council, to be made effective.[6][7]

Voting is on the basis of

district magnitude.[11]

The electoral law provides that parties, federations, coalitions and

deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils—. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.[9][10]

Members of the European Parliament

Members of the European Parliament
for Spain 1987–present
Key to parties
  HB
  EH
  LPD
  AR
  BNG
  IU/IP
  UP
  Podemos
  PE
  IdP
  EPDD
  EP
  PA
  PSOE
  CN–EP
  CN
  CE
  Galeusca
  CEUS
  CEU
  Junts
  Cs
  CDS
  CiU
  PP
  AP
  Ruiz-Mateos
  Vox
Parliament Election Distribution
2nd 1987
1 3 1 28 7 3 17
3rd 1989
1 4 1 1 1 27 1 5 2 15 2
4th 1994
9 22 2 3 28
5th 1999
1 1 4 24 2 2 3 27
6th 2004
2 1 25 2 24
7th 2009
2 1 21 1 2 23
2011[a]
2 1 23 1 3 24
8th 2014
1 6 5 1 2 14 4 2 3 16
9th 2019
3 6 20 1 2 7 12 3
2020[b]
3 6 21 1 3 8 13 4

Elections

1987

Main articles: 1987 European Parliament election in Spain and List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 1987–1989

The 1987 election was the first European election for Spain.

1989

Main articles: 1989 European Parliament election in Spain and List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 1989–1994

The 1989 European election was the third election to the European Parliament and the second for Spain.

1994

Main articles: 1994 European Parliament election in Spain and List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 1994–1999

The 1994 European election was the fourth election to the European Parliament and the third for Spain.

1999

Main articles: 1999 European Parliament election in Spain and List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 1999–2004

The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament and the fourth for Spain.

2004

Main articles: 2004 European Parliament election in Spain and List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 2004–2009

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament and the fifth for Spain.

2009

Main articles: 2009 European Parliament election in Spain and List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 2009–2014

The 2009 European election was the seventh election to the European Parliament and the sixth for Spain.

2014

Main articles: 2014 European Parliament election in Spain and List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 2014–2019

The 2014 European election was the eighth election to the European Parliament and the seventh for Spain.

2019

Main articles: 2019 European Parliament election in Spain and List of members of the European Parliament for Spain, 2019–2024

The 2019 European election was the ninth election to the European Parliament and the eighth for Spain.

2024

Main article: 2024 European Parliament election in Spain

The 2024 European election will be the tenth election to the European Parliament and the ninth for Spain.


Notes

  1. ^ Once the Treaty of Lisbon came into force on 1 December 2011, Spain's MEP delegation was increased from 50 to 54 and applied retroactively.
  2. ^ As a result of Brexit, Spain's MEP delegation grew to 59, with the additional 5 seats being allocated to PSOE (1), PP (1), Cs (1), Vox (1) and Junts (1).

References

  1. ^ "Treaty concerning the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community". Act of 15 November 1985. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Decision amending the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, annexed to Council Decision 76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom of 20 September 1976". Council Decision No. 93/81/Euratom, ECSC, EEC of 9 February 1993. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts". Act of 10 November 1997. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts". Act of 10 March 2001. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community". Act of 17 December 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  6. ^ "EUOBSERVER : France, Spain set to gain seats in post-Brexit EU parliament". FOCUS Information Agency (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  7. ^ "MEPs to vote on shrinking Parliament post Brexit". POLITICO. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  8. ^ Reig Pellicer, Naiara (16 December 2015). "Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote". cafebabel.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  9. ^ a b "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985 (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Representation of the people Institutional Act". www.juntaelectoralcentral.es. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  11. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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