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Segovia
Segovia
Senate of Spain; Electoral constituency
	Location of Segovia within Spain
Province	Segovia
Autonomous community	Castile and León
Population	156,788 (2024)
Electorate	119,454 (2023)
Major settlements	Segovia
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	4
Member(s)	PP (3); PSOE (1);

Segovia 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 Segovia. 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 Segovia 1977–

Key to parties

PSOE

UCD

PP

CP

AP

Legislature

Election

Distribution

Constituent

1977

1

3

1st

1979

1

3

2nd

1982

3

1

3rd

1986

1

3

4th

1989

1

3

5th

1993

1

3

6th

1996

1

3

7th

2000

1

3

8th

2004

1

3

9th

2008

1

3

10th

2011

1

3

11th

2015

1

3

12th

2016

1

3

13th

2019 (Apr)

2

14th

2019 (Nov)

1

3

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
Candidates	Parties and coalitions		Votes	%
Y Paloma Inés Sanz Jerónimo		PP	40,025	46.43
Y Juan José Sanz Vitorio		PP	39,036	45.29
Y María Angeles García Herrero		PP	38,421	44.57
Y María del Lirio Martín García		PSOE	27,693	32.13
• Juan José Maroto Sáez		PSOE	26,118	30.30
• Lourdes Alvarez Callejo		PSOE	24,746	28.71
• Fuencisla Arévalo Galván		Vox	10,809	12.54
• Enrique Jiménez Vaquerizo		Vox	9,908	11.49
• Daniel Luis Labrador Cruz		Vox	9,476	10.99
• César Martín de Bernardo Paniagua		Sumar	7,594	8.81
• Carlos Serrano Hermo		Sumar	5,957	6.91
• María Dolores Casado San Inocencio		Sumar	5,538	6.42
• Nuria Serrenes Cachorro		PACMA	808	0.93
• Joaquín Luis Mastache De La Peña		3e en acción	627	0.72
• Pilar Barral Heredero		PUM+J	429	0.49
• Marc Izquierdo Lucas		PCTE	328	0.38
• Borja Barroco Cámara		Recortes Cero	289	0.33
• María Jesús Martín Arribas		CJ	220	0.25
• Juan Luis Figueredo Alonso		CJ	148	0.17
• Myriam Del Pozo Ramos		CJ	108	0.12
Blank ballots			1,664	1.93

Total			249,942

Valid votes			86,190	97.33
Invalid votes			2,364	2.66
Votes cast / turnout			88,554	76.83
Abstentions			26,693	23.16
Registered voters			115,247

Sources^[16]