Murcia (Senate constituency)

Murcia
Senate of Spain
Electoral constituency
Location of Murcia within Spain
ProvinceMurcia
Autonomous communityRegion of Murcia
Population1,493,898 (2019)[1]
Electorate1,061,841 (Nov 2019)
Major settlementsMurcia, Cartagena, Lorca, Molina de Segura
Current constituency
Created1977
Seats4
Member(s)
  •   PP (3)
  •   Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (1)

Murcia 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 Murcia. 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.

  1. ^ "Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero. Población por provincias y por sexo". ine.es (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 8 February 2020.