Barcelona (Senate constituency)

For the Congress of Deputies constituency, see Barcelona (Congress of Deputies constituency). For the Parliament of Catalonia constituency, see Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency).

Barcelona
Senate of Spain Electoral constituency
Location of Barcelona within Spain
Province	Barcelona
Autonomous community	Catalonia
Population	5,899,063 (2024)[1]
Electorate	4,243,500 (2023)
Major settlements	Barcelona, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Badalona, Terrassa, Sabadell, Mataró, Santa Coloma de Gramanet
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	4
Member(s)	PSC (3)   ERC (1)

Barcelona is one of the 59 constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Senate, 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 Barcelona. The electoral system uses an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. Electors can vote for up to three candidates.

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 Senate of Spain,^[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 on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights.^[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 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),^[8][9] which was abolished in 2022.^[10] 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.^{[2][3][11][12]} Until 1985, the law also provided for by-elections to fill Senate seats vacated up to two years into the legislature.^[13]

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.^[14][15]

Senators

Senators for Barcelona 1977–
Key to parties   Pl'E   ECP   ERC   EdC   NE   ECdP   PSC   AEX   CatSen   CiU
Legislature	Election	Distribution
Constituent	1977	3 1
1st	1979	1 3
2nd	1982	3 1
	1983	3 1
3rd	1986	3 1
4th	1989	3 1
5th	1993	3 1
6th	1996	3 1
7th	2000	3 1
8th	2004	3 1
9th	2008	3 1
10th	2011	3 1
11th	2015	3 1
12th	2016	3 1
13th	2019 (Apr)	2 2
14th	2019 (Nov)	3 1
15th	2023	1 3

Elections

2023 general election

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Senate of Spain election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)	2,457,508	33.20	+10.70	3	+2
	Republican Left of Catalonia–Left for Independence (ERC)	1,333,841	18.02	–9.03	1	–2
	People's Party (PP)	1,057,440	14.29	+4.89	0	±0
	Unite–In Common We Can (Sumar–ECP)^1	1,018,990	13.77	–1.61	0	±0
	Together for Catalonia (Junts)^2	814,955	11.01	n/a	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	464,410	6.27	+4.40	0	±0
	Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)^3	139,964	1.89	–0.33	0	±0
	Catalan European Democratic Party–CiU Space (PDeCAT–E–CiU)^2	36,733	0.50	n/a	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Workers of Catalonia (PCTC)	18,737	0.25	+0.16	0	±0
	Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero)	17,651	0.24	–0.08	0	±0
Blank ballots[a]		40,954	1.57	+0.06
Total		7,401,183			4	±0
Valid votes		2,609,300	98.15	–0.42
Invalid votes		49,163	1.85	+0.42
Votes cast / turnout		2,658,463	62.65	–6.77
Abstentions		1,585,037	37.35	+6.77
Registered voters		4,243,500
Sources[16]
Footnotes: ^1 Unite–In Common We Can results are compared to the combined totals of In Common We Can–Let's Win the Change and More Country in the November 2019 election. ^2 Within the Together for Catalonia–Together alliance in the November 2019 election. ^3 Animalist Party with the Environment results are compared to Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals totals in the November 2019 election.

November 2019 general election

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

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists (ERC–Sobiranistes)	2,174,773	27.05	+1.55	3	+1
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)	1,808,532	22.50	–1.70	1	–1
	In Common We Can–Let's Win the Change (ECP–Guanyem el Canvi)	1,196,038	14.88	+0.36	0	±0
	Together for Catalonia–Together (JxCat–Junts)	1,096,413	13.64	+2.51	0	±0
	People's Party (PP)	755,871	9.40	+3.11	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	527,051	6.56	–3.75	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	178,239	2.22	–0.16	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	150,245	1.87	–0.97	0	±0
	More Country (Más País)	40,442	0.50	New	0	±0
	Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)	25,348	0.32	+0.04	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Catalan People (PCPC)	14,545	0.18	+0.04	0	±0
	Feminist Initiative (IFem)	14,139	0.18	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Workers of Catalonia (PCTC)	7,074	0.09	–0.02	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	3,955	0.05	New	0	±0
	Left in Positive (IZQP)	2,488	0.03	–0.03	0	±0
Blank ballots[a]		43,483	1.51	+0.25
Total		8,038,636			4	±0
Valid votes		2,874,901	98.57	+0.20
Invalid votes		41,618	1.43	–0.20
Votes cast / turnout		2,916,519	69.42	–4.72
Abstentions		1,284,632	30.58	+4.72
Registered voters		4,201,151
Sources[16]

April 2019 general election

Summary of the 28 April 2019 Senate of Spain election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists (ERC–Sobiranistes)	2,217,454	25.50	+6.49	2	+1
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)	2,104,286	24.20	+6.86	2	+2
	In Common We Can–Let's Win the Change (ECP–Guanyem el Canvi)	1,262,538	14.52	–8.11	0	–3
	Together for Catalonia–Together (JxCat–Junts)^1	967,380	11.13	–2.29	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	896,205	10.31	+1.19	0	±0
	People's Party (PP)	546,522	6.29	–7.82	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	247,016	2.84	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	207,023	2.38	–0.54	0	±0
	Free People–We Are Alternative–Pirates: Republican Front (Front Republicà)	154,235	1.77	New	0	±0
	Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)	24,667	0.28	–0.23	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Catalan People (PCPC)	11,786	0.14	+0.01	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Workers of Catalonia (PCTC)	9,336	0.11	New	0	±0
	Left in Positive (IZQP)	4,955	0.06	New	0	±0
	Convergents (CNV)	3,696	0.04	New	0	±0
Blank ballots[a]		38,444	1.26	–0.98
Total		8,695,543			4	±0
Valid votes		3,047,514	98.37	+0.30
Invalid votes		50,542	1.63	–0.30
Votes cast / turnout		3,098,056	74.14	+11.48
Abstentions		1,080,871	25.86	–11.48
Registered voters		4,178,927
Sources[16]
Footnotes: ^1 Together for Catalonia–Together results are compared to Democratic Convergence of Catalonia totals in the 2016 election.

2016 general election

Summary of the 26 June 2016 Senate of Spain election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	In Common We Can–Let's Win the Change (ECP)	1,617,623	22.63	+0.06	3	±0
	Republican Left–Catalonia Yes (ERC–CatSí)	1,359,224	19.01	+0.82	1	±0
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)	1,239,753	17.34	+0.49	0	±0
	People's Party (PP)	1,008,745	14.11	+2.25	0	±0
	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC)^1	959,196	13.42	+0.03	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	652,123	9.12	–1.51	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	208,697	2.92	+0.68	0	±0
	Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)	36,516	0.51	–0.05	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Catalan People (PCPC)	9,625	0.13	–0.33	0	±0
Blank ballots[a]		56,778	2.24	–1.53
Total		7,148,280			4	±0
Valid votes		2,538,769	98.07	+0.65
Invalid votes		49,930	1.93	–0.65
Votes cast / turnout		2,588,699	62.66	–3.71
Abstentions		1,542,620	37.34	+3.71
Registered voters		4,131,319
Sources[16]
Footnotes: ^1 Democratic Convergence of Catalonia results are compared to Democracy and Freedom totals in the 2015 election.

2015 general election

Summary of the 20 December 2015 Senate of Spain election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	In Common We Can (En Comú)^1	1,681,065	22.57	n/a	3	+2
	Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (ERC–CatSí)	1,354,940	18.19	+11.35	1	+1
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)^1	1,254,934	16.85	n/a	0	–2
	Democracy and Freedom (DiL)^2	997,317	13.39	–13.48	0	–1
	People's Party (PP)	883,075	11.86	–9.07	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	791,471	10.63	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	167,029	2.24	+0.90	0	±0
	Democratic Union of Catalonia (unio.cat)	115,597	1.55	New	0	±0
	Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)	42,045	0.56	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Catalan People (PCPC)	34,165	0.46	New	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	24,624	0.33	–0.17	0	±0
Blank ballots[a]		100,574	3.77	–4.03
Total		7,446,836			4	±0
Valid votes		2,669,274	97.42	+1.51
Invalid votes		70,667	2.58	–1.51
Votes cast / turnout		2,739,941	66.37	+2.07
Abstentions		1,388,240	33.63	–2.07
Registered voters		4,128,181
Sources[16]
Footnotes: ^1 Within the Agreement for Catalonia Progress alliance in the 2011 election. ^2 Democracy and Freedom results are compared to Convergence and Union totals in the 2011 election.

2011 general election

Summary of the 20 November 2011 Senate of Spain election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Agreement for Catalonia Progress (PSC–ICV–EUiA)	2,269,148	33.90	–20.85	3	±0
	Convergence and Union (CiU)	1,799,088	26.87	+3.55	1	±0
	People's Party (PP)	1,401,092	20.93	+6.29	0	±0
	Republican Left of Catalonia–Rally–Catalonia Yes (ERC–RI.cat)	458,177	6.84	New	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB)	237,005	3.54	+3.42	0	±0
	Platform for Catalonia (PxC)	122,350	1.83	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	89,426	1.34	+0.94	0	±0
	Pirates of Catalonia (Pirata.cat)	71,830	1.07	New	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	33,655	0.50	+0.31	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	18,940	0.28	New	0	±0
Blank ballots[a]		193,715	7.80	+4.88
Total		6,694,426			4	±0
Valid votes		2,484,025	95.91	–2.31
Invalid votes		106,024	4.09	+2.31
Votes cast / turnout		2,590,049	64.30	–6.55
Abstentions		1,438,068	35.70	+6.55
Registered voters		4,028,117
Sources[16]

2008 general election

Summary of the 9 March 2008 Senate of Spain election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Catalan Agreement of Progress (PSC–ERC–ICV–EUiA)	4,034,756	54.75		3	±0
	Convergence and Union (CiU)	1,718,457	23.32		1	±0
	People's Party (PP)	1,079,000	14.64		0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	86,848	1.18	New	0	±0
	The Greens–The Ecologist Alternative (EV–AE)	58,725	0.80		0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	49,092	0.67	New	0	±0
	The Greens (EV–LV)	32,600	0.44	New	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	29,135	0.40	New	0	±0
	Catalan Republican Party (RC)	28,325	0.38	New	0	±0
	The Greens–Green Alternative (EV–AV)	25,527	0.35	New	0	±0
	Carlist Traditionalist Communion (CTC)	24,850	0.34		0	±0
	Pensioners in Action Party (PDLPEA)	22,141	0.30	New	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	14,167	0.19	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Catalan People (PCPC)	11,888	0.16		0	±0
	Republican Left–Left Republican Party (IR–PRE)	11,601	0.16		0	±0
	Unsubmissive Seats–Alternative of Discontented Democrats (Ei–ADD)	8,562	0.12		0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFiV)	7,507	0.10		0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	7,099	0.10		0	±0
	Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	6,555	0.09	New	0	±0
	Nation and Revolution (NyR)	5,245	0.07	New	0	±0
	Internationalist Struggle (LI (LIT–CI))	4,946	0.07		0	±0
	Party for Catalonia (PxCat)	4,473	0.06	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	4,407	0.06		0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	3,891	0.05		0	±0
	Spanish Alternative (AES)	3,148	0.04	New	0	±0
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	3,068	0.04	New	0	±0
	Carlist Party of Catalonia (PCdeC)	1,632	0.02	New	0	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	1,129	0.02	New	0	±0
	Spanish Democratic Front (FDE)	459	0.01	New	0	±0
Blank ballots[a]		80,739	2.92
Total		7,369,972			4	±0
Valid votes		2,769,772	98.22
Invalid votes		50,138	1.78
Votes cast / turnout		2,819,910	70.85
Abstentions		1,160,271	29.15
Registered voters		3,980,181
Sources[16]

2004 general election

Summary of the 14 March 2004 Senate of Spain election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Blank ballots[a]
Total					4	±0
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters
Sources[16]

2000 general election

Summary of the 12 March 2000 Senate of Spain election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Blank ballots[a]
Total					4	±0
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters
Sources[16]

1996 general election

Summary of the 3 March 1996 Senate of Spain election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Blank ballots[a]
Total					4	±0
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters
Sources[16]

1993 general election

Summary of the 6 June 1993 Senate of Spain election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Blank ballots[a]
Total					4	±0
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters
Sources[16]

1989 general election

Summary of the 29 October 1989 Senate of Spain election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Blank ballots[a]
Total					4	±0
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters
Sources[16]

1986 general election

Summary of the 22 June 1986 Senate of Spain election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Blank ballots[a]
Total					4	±0
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters
Sources[16]

1983 by-election

Summary of the 8 May 1983 Senate of Spain by-election election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)	979,121	45.06	–1.21	1	±0
	Catalonia in the Senate (CiU–ERC)	515,776	23.74	–0.60	0	±0
	Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC–PCE)	239,599	11.03	+5.30	0	±0
	People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)^1	217,424	10.01	–2.84	0	±0
	Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC)	67,140	3.09	+0.83	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	38,168	1.76	–0.18	0	±0
	Conservatives of Catalonia (CiC)	25,217	1.16	New	0	±0
	Ecologist Movement of Catalonia (MEC)	17,196	0.79	New	0	±0
	Spanish Vertex Ecological Development Revindication (VERDE)	11,634	0.54	New	0	±0
	Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)^2	10,724	0.49	+0.13	0	±0
Blank ballots		51,005	2.35	+0.42
Total		2,173,004			1	±0
Valid votes		2,173,004	96.67	–0.31
Invalid votes		74,884	3.33	+0.31
Votes cast / turnout		2,247,888	65.89	–11.39
Abstentions		1,163,571	34.11	+11.39
Registered voters		3,411,459
Sources[16][17][18]
Footnotes: ^1 People's Coalition results are compared to People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party totals in the 1982 election. ^2 Revolutionary Communist League results are compared to Communist Front of Catalonia totals in the 1982 election.

1982 general election

Summary of the 28 October 1982 Senate of Spain election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)^1	3,421,528	46.27	n/a	3	+1
	Catalonia in the Senate (CiU–ERC)^2	1,799,873	24.34	+8.47	1	±0
	People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party (AP–PDP)^3	950,258	12.85	+9.73	0	±0
	Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC–PCE)^4	423,750	5.73	n/a	0	–1
	Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC)	166,844	2.26	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	143,111	1.94	New	0	±0
	Centrists of Catalonia (CC–UCD)	135,150	1.83	–13.38	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	70,109	0.95	New	0	±0
	Natural Culture (CN)	69,741	0.94	New	0	±0
	Left Nationalists (NE)	69,602	0.94	New	0	±0
	New Force (FN)^5	31,353	0.42	–0.48	0	±0
	Communist Front of Catalonia (FCC)^6	26,750	0.36	–0.35	0	±0
	Spanish Solidarity (SE)	23,054	0.31	New	0	±0
	Democratic Party of the People (PDEP)	14,939	0.20	New	0	±0
	Socialist Party (PS)	0	0.00	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	0	0.00	New	0	±0
Blank ballots[a]		48,191	1.93	–0.35
Total		7,394,253			4	±0
Valid votes		2,496,877	96.98	+0.33
Invalid votes		77,672	3.02	–0.33
Votes cast / turnout		2,574,549	77.28	+10.12
Abstentions		757,062	22.72	–10.12
Registered voters		3,331,611
Sources[16][18]
Footnotes: ^1 Within the New Agreement alliance in the 1979 election. ^2 Catalonia in the Senate results are compared to Convergence and Union totals in the 1979 election, including Republican Left of Catalonia seat totals within the New Agreement alliance. ^3 People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party results are compared to Democratic Coalition totals in the 1979 election. ^4 Within the For the Agreement alliance in the 1979 election. ^5 New Force results are compared to National Union totals in the 1979 election. ^6 Communist Front of Catalonia results are compared to Revolutionary Communist League totals in the 1979 election.

1979 general election

Summary of the 1 March 1979 Senate of Spain election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	New Agreement (PSC–ERC)^1	2,121,239	32.76	n/a	3	+2
	For the Agreement (PSUC–PTC)^1	1,597,315	24.67	n/a	1	–1
	Convergence and Union (CiU)^2	1,027,900	15.87	+3.16	0	±0
	Centrists of Catalonia (CC–UCD)^3	984,687	15.21	+2.66	0	±0
	Democratic Coalition (CD)^4	201,783	3.12	–1.19	0	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	94,413	1.46	New	0	±0
	Communist Movement–Organization of Communist Left (MC–OIC)	72,480	1.12	New	0	±0
	National Union (UN)^5	58,027	0.90	+0.21	0	±0
	Left Bloc for National Liberation (BEAN)	48,208	0.74	New	0	±0
	Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)	46,029	0.71	New	0	±0
	Pro-Austerity Policy Political Party (PIPPA)	36,280	0.56	New	0	±0
	Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT)	29,738	0.46	New	0	±0
	Social Christian Democracy of Catalonia (DSCC)	29,367	0.45	New	0	±0
	Communist Organization of Spain (Red Flag) (OCE–BR)	26,793	0.41	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (Authentic) (FE–JONS(A))	25,463	0.39	New	0	±0
	Liberal Party of Catalonia (PLC)	19,082	0.29	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx–Falangist Unity (FE–UF)	5,072	0.08	New	0	±0
	Xirinacs Electoral Group (AE Xirinacs)	n/a	n/a	–8.04	0	–1
Blank ballots[a]		51,215	2.28
Total		6,475,091			4	±0
Valid votes		2,249,883	96.65
Invalid votes		78,096	3.35
Votes cast / turnout		2,327,979	67.16
Abstentions		1,138,554	32.84
Registered voters		3,466,533
Sources[16]
Footnotes: ^1 Within the Agreement of the Catalans alliance in the 1977 election. ^2 Convergence and Union results are compared to Democracy and Catalonia totals in the 1977 election. ^3 Centrists of Catalonia results are compared to Union of the Democratic Centre totals in the 1977 election. ^4 Democratic Coalition results are compared to Catalan Coexistence–People's Alliance totals in the 1977 election. ^5 National Union results are compared to National Alliance July 18 totals in the 1977 election.

1977 general election

Summary of the 15 June 1977 Senate of Spain election results in Barcelona

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Agreement of the Catalans (Entesa)	3,790,532	55.34	n/a	3	n/a
	Democracy and Catalonia (DiC)	870,882	12.71	n/a	0	n/a
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	859,993	12.55	n/a	0	n/a
	Xirinacs Electoral Group (AE Xirinacs)	550,678	8.04	n/a	1	n/a
	Independent (INDEP)	355,479	5.19	n/a	0	n/a
	Catalan Coexistence–People's Alliance (CC–AP)	295,236	4.31	n/a	0	n/a
	League of Catalonia–Catalan Liberal Party (LC–PLC)	79,931	1.17	n/a	0	n/a
	National Alliance July 18 (AN18)	47,306	0.69	n/a	0	n/a
Blank ballots[a]				n/a
Total		6,850,037			4	n/a
Valid votes				n/a
Invalid votes				n/a
Votes cast / turnout				n/a
Abstentions				n/a
Registered voters		3,004,988
Sources[16]

Notes

1. 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. Const. Esp. (1978), tit. III, ch. I, art. 69.
4. Const. Esp. (1978), tit. VIII, ch. II, art. 141.
5. LOREG (1985), tit. I, ch. I, art. 2.
6. RDL 20/1977 (1977), tit. I, art. 2.
7. Carreras de Odriozola & Tafunell Sambola 2005, p. 1077.
8. LOREG (1985), tit. I, ch. VI, art. 75.
9. Reig Pellicer, Naiara (16 December 2015). "Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote". cafebabel.co.uk. 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. RDL 20/1977 (1977), tit. II, ch. II, art. 19 & 21.
12. LOREG (1985), tit. II, ch. III, art. 162 & 165–166.
13. RDL 20/1977 (1977), tit. III, art. 29.
14. RDL 20/1977 (1977), tit. IV, art. 30–31 & 34.
15. LOREG (1985), tit. I, ch. VI, art. 44 & tit. II, ch. V, art. 169.
16. "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 December 2024.
17. "Acta de la Junta Electoral Provincial de Barcelona" (PDF) (in Spanish). Central Electoral Commission. 13 May 1983. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
18. "Elecciones al Senado 1982". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2024.

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