Valencia (Senate constituency)

For the Congress of Deputies constituency, see Valencia (Congress of Deputies constituency). For the Corts Valencianes constituency, see Valencia (Corts Valencianes constituency).
Valencia
Senate of Spain
Electoral constituency
Location of Valencia within Spain
ProvinceValencia
Autonomous communityValencian Community
Population2,565,124 (2019)[1]
Electorate1,970,196 (Nov 2019)
Major settlementsValencia, Torrent, Gandía, Paterna, Sagunto
Current constituency
Created1977
Seats4
Member(s)
  •   PSOE (2)
  •   PP (2)

Valencia 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 Valencia. 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.