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 Congress of Deputies ,[ 2] Spanish Constitution of 1978 . 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 .[ 3]
Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage , which comprises all nationals over eighteen and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The only exception was in 1977, when this was limited to nationals over twenty-one and in full enjoyment of their political and civil rights. 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 ) which was abolished in 2022.[ 4] [ 5] D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation , with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Each provincial constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of two seats, with the remaining 248 being distributed in proportion to their populations. Ceuta and Melilla are allocated the two remaining seats, which are elected using plurality voting .[ 3] [ 6] [ 7] district magnitude .[ 8]
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-thousandth 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.[ 6] [ 7]
2023 general election
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Summary of the 23 July 2023 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
People's Party (PP)
12,918
38.77
+16.49
1 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
11,332
34.01
+2.70
0
±0
Vox (Vox)
7,752
23.26
–11.93
0
–1
Unite (Sumar)1
821
2.46
–1.43
0
±0
Workers' Front (FO)
53
0.16
New
0
±0
Free (LB)
53
0.16
New
0
±0
Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero)
33
0.10
–0.27
0
±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J)
31
0.09
–0.04
0
±0
Blank ballots
328
0.98
+0.01
Total
33,321
1
±0
Valid votes
33,321
98.95
–0.01
Invalid votes
353
1.05
+0.01
Votes cast / turnout
33,674
53.19
–0.79
Abstentions
29,636
46.81
+0.79
Registered voters
63,310
Sources[ 9]
November 2019 general election
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Summary of the 10 November 2019 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
Vox (Vox)
11,752
35.19
+11.26
1 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
10,455
31.31
–5.01
0
–1
People's Party (PP)
7,439
22.28
+0.84
0
±0
United We Can (Podemos –IU )
1,300
3.89
–0.95
0
±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)
1,138
3.41
–8.56
0
±0
Movement for Dignity and Citizenship (MDyC)
819
2.45
New
0
±0
Zero Cuts –Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)
125
0.37
–0.04
0
±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J)
43
0.13
–0.10
0
±0
Blank ballots
324
0.97
+0.12
Total
33,395
1
±0
Valid votes
33,395
98.96
+0.15
Invalid votes
351
1.04
–0.15
Votes cast / turnout
33,746
53.98
–7.46
Abstentions
28,767
46.02
+7.46
Registered voters
62,513
Sources[ 10]
April 2019 general election
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Summary of the 28 April 2019 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
13,800
36.32
+13.70
1 +1
Vox (Vox)
9,092
23.93
+23.48
0
±0
People's Party (PP)
8,147
21.44
–30.42
0
–1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)
4,546
11.97
+0.46
0
±0
United We Can (Podemos –IU –Equo )
1,838
4.84
–6.01
0
±0
Zero Cuts –Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)
157
0.41
+0.03
0
±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J)
87
0.23
New
0
±0
Blank ballots
324
0.85
–0.17
Total
37,991
1
±0
Valid votes
37,991
98.81
–0.05
Invalid votes
459
1.19
+0.05
Votes cast / turnout
38,450
61.44
+10.79
Abstentions
24,130
38.56
–10.79
Registered voters
62,580
Sources[ 10]
2016 general election
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Summary of the 26 June 2016 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
People's Party (PP)
15,991
51.86
+7.00
1 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
6,974
22.62
–0.48
0
±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)
3,549
11.51
–1.79
0
±0
United We Can (Podemos –IU –Equo )1
3,345
10.85
–4.53
0
±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)
333
1.08
±0.00
0
±0
Vox (Vox)
139
0.45
New
0
±0
Zero Cuts –Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)
118
0.38
–0.06
0
±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)
72
0.23
–0.37
0
±0
Blank ballots
316
1.02
–0.23
Total
30,837
1
±0
Valid votes
30,837
98.86
+0.33
Invalid votes
357
1.14
–0.33
Votes cast / turnout
31,194
50.65
–3.19
Abstentions
30,393
49.35
+3.19
Registered voters
61,587
Sources[ 10]
2015 general election
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Summary of the 20 December 2015 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
People's Party (PP)
14,813
44.86
–21.07
1 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
7,627
23.10
+2.84
0
±0
We Can (Podemos)
4,646
14.07
New
0
±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)
4,392
13.30
New
0
±0
United Left –Popular Unity in Common (IU–UPeC)
431
1.31
–0.50
0
±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)
358
1.08
+0.50
0
±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)
197
0.60
–2.74
0
±0
Zero Cuts –Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV)
146
0.44
New
0
±0
Blank ballots
413
1.25
–0.32
Total
33,023
1
±0
Valid votes
33,023
98.53
+0.01
Invalid votes
493
1.47
–0.01
Votes cast / turnout
33,516
54.36
+1.20
Abstentions
28,144
45.64
–1.20
Registered voters
61,660
Sources[ 10]
2011 general election
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Summary of the 20 November 2011 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
People's Party (PP)
20,968
65.93
+10.82
1 ±0
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
6,445
20.26
–20.21
0
±0
Caballas Coalition (Caballas)
1,712
5.38
New
0
±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)
1,061
3.34
+2.02
0
±0
United Left –Democratic and Social Party of Ceuta : Plural Left (IU–PDSC)
576
1.81
+1.14
0
±0
The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV)
293
0.92
+0.32
0
±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)
186
0.58
+0.31
0
±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J)
65
0.20
+0.08
0
±0
Blank ballots
498
1.57
+0.63
Total
31,804
1
±0
Valid votes
31,804
98.52
–0.82
Invalid votes
478
1.48
+0.82
Votes cast / turnout
32,282
53.16
–10.16
Abstentions
28,441
46.84
+10.16
Registered voters
60,723
Sources[ 10]
2008 general election
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1989 general election
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1986 general election
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1982 general election
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Summary of the 28 October 1982 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
11,698
45.54
+10.23
1 +1
People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party (AP –PDP )1
7,674
29.87
+22.01
0
±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
2,010
7.82
New
0
±0
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)
1,870
7.28
–44.59
0
–1
Nationalist Party of Ceuta (PNCe)
1,785
6.95
New
0
±0
Communist Party of Spain (PCE)
188
0.73
New
0
±0
New Force (FN)2
173
0.67
–2.79
0
±0
Workers' Socialist Party (PST)
137
0.53
New
0
±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)
19
0.07
New
0
±0
Communist Movement (MC)
17
0.07
–0.36
0
±0
Blank ballots
119
0.46
–0.07
Total
25,690
1
±0
Valid votes
25,690
98.37
–0.51
Invalid votes
427
1.63
+0.51
Votes cast / turnout
26,117
72.29
+6.85
Abstentions
10,011
27.71
–6.85
Registered voters
36,128
Sources[ 10]
1979 general election
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1977 general election
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Summary of the 15 June 1977 Congress of Deputies election results in Ceuta
Parties and alliances
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/−
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)
8,808
36.26
n/a 1 n/a
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
7,886
32.47
n/a
0
n/a
Action for Ceuta (APC)
2,915
12.00
n/a
0
n/a
People's Socialist Party –Socialist Unity (PSP–US)
2,763
11.38
n/a
0
n/a
Association of Ceuta Electors (ADEC)
1,099
4.52
n/a
0
n/a
Spanish Social Reform (RSE)
752
3.10
n/a
0
n/a
Blank ballots
67
0.28
n/a
Total
24,290
1
n/a
Valid votes
24,290
98.83
n/a
Invalid votes
288
1.17
n/a
Votes cast / turnout
24,578
77.60
n/a
Abstentions
7,094
22.40
n/a
Registered voters
31,672
Sources[ 10]
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