La Gomera (Senate constituency)
La Gomera 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 one senator. Its boundaries correspond to those of the island of La Gomera. From 1977 to 1979 it also included the island of El Hierro. The electoral system uses an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties.
| La Gomera | |
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| Senate of Spain Electoral Constituency | |
.png.webp) Location of La Gomera within Spain | |
| Island | La Gomera El Hierro (1977–1979) |
| Autonomous community | Canary Islands |
| Population |  21,503 (2019)[1] |
| Electorate | 25,725 (Nov 2019) |
| Major settlements | San Sebastián de La Gomera |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1977 |
| Seats | 1 |
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Senators
| Senators for La Gomera 1977– | |||
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| Legislature | Election | Distribution | |
| Constituent | 1977 |
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| 1st | 1979 |
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| 2nd | 1982 |
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| 3rd | 1986 |
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| 4th | 1989 |
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| 5th | 1993 |
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| 6th | 1996 |
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| 7th | 2000 |
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| 8th | 2004 |
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| 9th | 2008 |
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| 10th | 2011 |
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| 11th | 2015 |
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| 12th | 2016 |
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| 13th | 2019 (Apr) |
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| 14th | 2019 (Nov) |
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Elections
November 2019 general election
| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | ||
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| Votes | % | |||
 Fabián Chinea Correa |
ASG | 3,628 | 40.14 | |
| • Fernando Manuel Méndez Borges | PSOE | 2,112 | 23.37 | |
| • Carmen Delia García Medina | PP | 1,197 | 13.24 | |
| • Lázaro Rafael Arteaga Hernández | CCa–PNC–NC | 757 | 8.38 | |
| • Jesús Eder Arteaga Jerez | Podemos–IU | 689 | 7.62 | |
| • Laura Serafina Vega Casanova | Cs | 270 | 2.99 | |
| • Sylvana Ferreira Pérez | PACMA | 111 | 1.23 | |
| • Ivan Medina Verheyen | ANC–UP | 46 | 0.51 | |
| • Nicole Pérez González | EB | 31 | 0.34 | |
| • Salvador Morales Coello | Recortes Cero–GV | 23 | 0.25 | |
| Blank ballots | 174 | 1.93 | ||
| Total | 9,038 | |||
| Valid votes | 9,038 | 96.01 | ||
| Invalid votes | 376 | 3.99 | ||
| Votes cast / turnout | 9,414 | 36.59 | ||
| Abstentions | 16,311 | 63.41 | ||
| Registered voters | 25,725 | |||
| Sources[2] | ||||
References
- "Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero. Población por islas y por sexo". ine.es (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- "Electoral Results Consultation. Senate. November 2019. La Gomera". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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