# Palencia (Cortes of Castile and León constituency)

Palencia is one of the nine constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Cortes of Castile and León, the regional legislature of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León. The constituency currently elects seven deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Palencia. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent.

## Electoral system

The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy of Castile and León of 1983 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election. The Statute provided for the nine provinces in Castile and León—Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora—to be established as multi-member districts in the Cortes of Castile and León, with this regulation being maintained under the 1987 regional electoral law. Each constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of three seats, with one additional member per each 45,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 22,500.
Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castile and León and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Castilian-Leonese people 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. Seats are elected using the 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. The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.
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.

## Procurators

Procurators 1983–present :
| Key to parties  Podemos  PSOE  CDS  Cs  PP  CP  AP  Vox |||
| Cortes | Election | Distribution |
| 1st | 1983 | 3 4 |
| 2nd | 1987 | 2 1 4 |
| 3rd | 1991 | 3 4 |
| 4th | 1995 | 3 4 |
| 5th | 1999 | 3 4 |
| 6th | 2003 | 3 4 |
| 7th | 2007 | 3 4 |
| 8th | 2011 | 3 4 |
| 9th | 2015 | 1 2 4 |
| 10th | 2019 | 3 1 3 |
| 11th | 2022 | 3 3 1 |

## Elections
### 2022 regional election

Summary of the 13 February 2022 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 28,709 | 33.91 | –1.99 | 3 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 27,887 | 32.94 | –1.55 | 3 | ±0 |
| | Vox (Vox) | 15,260 | 18.03 | +12.34 | 1 | +1 |
| | Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 4,639 | 5.48 | –9.61 | 0 | –1 |
| | United We Can Castile and León (Podemos–IU–AV)$^1$ | 3,669 | 4.33 | –2.35 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Empty Spain (España Vaciada) | 2,363 | 2.79 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 443 | 0.52 | –0.15 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Castilian Party–Commoners' Land–Zero Cuts (PCAS–TC–RC) | 224 | 0.26 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | 200 | 0.24 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | State of Spain Unionist Party (PUEDE) | 114 | 0.14 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Wake Up (Despierta) | 113 | 0.13 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) | 101 | 0.12 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE de las JONS) | 61 | 0.07 | –0.09 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 874 | 1.03 | –0.04 | | |
| Total | Total | 84,657 | | | 7 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 84,657 | 98.79 | –0.17 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,037 | 1.21 | +0.17 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 85,694 | 61.60 | –7.77 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 53,416 | 38.40 | +7.77 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 139,110 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ United We Can Castile and León results are compared to the combined totals of We Can–Equo and United Left–Anticapitalists in the 2019 election. |||||||

### 2019 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 2019 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 34,898 | 35.90 | +6.88 | 3 | +1 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 33,532 | 34.49 | –6.50 | 3 | –1 |
| | Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 14,669 | 15.09 | +5.17 | 1 | +1 |
| | Vox (Vox) | 5,531 | 5.69 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | We Can–Equo (Podemos–Equo) | 4,456 | 4.58 | –6.26 | 0 | –1 |
| | United Left–Anticapitalists (IU–Anticapitalistas–PCAS/TC–ALTER)$^1$ | 2,040 | 2.10 | –2.43 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 648 | 0.67 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Regionalist Union of Castile and León (Unión Regionalista)$^2$ | 246 | 0.25 | –0.04 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 153 | 0.16 | –0.23 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,038 | 1.07 | –1.44 | | |
| Total | Total | 97,211 | | | 7 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 97,211 | 98.96 | +1.13 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,025 | 1.04 | –1.13 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 98,236 | 69.37 | +1.72 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 43,377 | 30.63 | –1.72 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 141,613 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ United Left–Anticapitalists results are compared to the combined totals of United Left–Equo: Convergence for Castile and León and Castilian Party–Commoners' Land: Pact in the 2015 election.$^2$ Regionalist Union of Castile and León results are compared to Regionalist Democracy of Castile and León totals in the 2015 election. |||||||

### 2015 regional election

Summary of the 24 May 2015 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 39,387 | 40.99 | –12.05 | 4 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 27,881 | 29.02 | –3.76 | 2 | –1 |
| | We Can (Podemos) | 10,411 | 10.84 | New | 1 | +1 |
| | Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 9,534 | 9.92 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | United Left–Equo: Convergence for Castile and León (IU–Equo) | 3,703 | 3.85 | –0.56 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 1,107 | 1.15 | –1.25 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Castilian Party–Commoners' Land: Pact (PCAS–TC–Pacto) | 650 | 0.68 | –1.95 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 373 | 0.39 | +0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Blank Seats (EB) | 348 | 0.36 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Regionalist Democracy of Castile and León (DRCyL)$^1$ | 276 | 0.29 | –0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 2,410 | 2.51 | –0.81 | | |
| Total | Total | 96,080 | | | 7 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 96,080 | 97.83 | –0.20 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,127 | 2.17 | +0.20 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 98,207 | 67.65 | –2.48 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 46,962 | 32.35 | +2.48 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 145,169 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Regionalist Democracy of Castile and León results are compared to Regionalist Unity of Castile and León totals in the 2011 election. |||||||

### 2011 regional election

Summary of the 22 May 2011 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 53,939 | 53.04 | +3.80 | 4 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 33,336 | 32.78 | –7.46 | 3 | ±0 |
| | United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL) | 4,490 | 4.41 | +1.91 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Party of Castile and León (PCAL)$^1$ | 2,675 | 2.63 | +1.02 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 2,436 | 2.40 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 422 | 0.41 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL) | 343 | 0.34 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 341 | 0.34 | +0.07 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Castilian People (PCPC) | 206 | 0.20 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn) | 142 | 0.14 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 3,372 | 3.32 | +1.22 | | |
| Total | Total | 101,702 | | | 7 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 101,702 | 98.03 | –1.09 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,047 | 1.97 | +1.09 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 103,749 | 70.13 | –2.85 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 44,191 | 29.87 | +2.85 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 147,940 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Party of Castile and León results are compared to Commoners' Land–Alternative for Castile and León totals in the 2007 election. |||||||

### 2007 regional election

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 53,672 | 49.24 | +0.61 | 4 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 43,864 | 40.24 | –1.32 | 3 | ±0 |
| | Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León (CI–PCL) | 3,065 | 2.81 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | United Left–The Greens–Commitment for Castile and León (IU–LV–CyL) | 2,729 | 2.50 | –0.73 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Commoners' Land–Alternative for Castile and León (TC–ACAL) | 1,755 | 1.61 | –0.54 | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens (LV)$^1$ | 793 | 0.73 | –0.56 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 292 | 0.27 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Castilian People (PCPC) | 225 | 0.21 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Republican Left (IR) | 193 | 0.18 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 134 | 0.12 | –0.11 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 2,288 | 2.10 | –0.41 | | |
| Total | Total | 109,010 | | | 7 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 109,010 | 99.12 | +0.16 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 966 | 0.88 | –0.16 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 109,976 | 72.98 | –2.03 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 40,725 | 27.02 | +2.03 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 150,701 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ The Greens results are compared to The Greens–Cives totals in the 2003 election. |||||||

### 2003 regional election

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 55,214 | 48.63 | –2.39 | 4 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 47,188 | 41.56 | +3.82 | 3 | ±0 |
| | United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL) | 3,672 | 3.23 | –2.59 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) | 2,439 | 2.15 | +1.23 | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens–Cives (LV–Cives) | 1,459 | 1.29 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Castilian Left (IzCa) | 257 | 0.23 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 257 | 0.23 | –0.08 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Republican Left (IR) | 208 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 2,845 | 2.51 | –0.37 | | |
| Total | Total | 113,539 | | | 7 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 113,539 | 98.96 | +0.28 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,192 | 1.04 | –0.28 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 114,731 | 75.01 | +3.81 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 38,233 | 24.99 | –3.81 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 152,964 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### 1999 regional election

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 55,451 | 51.02 | –1.27 | 4 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 41,022 | 37.74 | +5.82 | 3 | ±0 |
| | United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL) | 6,323 | 5.82 | –2.61 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL) | 1,419 | 1.31 | +0.16 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) | 996 | 0.92 | +0.39 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 338 | 0.31 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 3,134 | 2.88 | +1.10 | | |
| Total | Total | 108,683 | | | 7 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 108,683 | 98.68 | –0.39 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,458 | 1.32 | +0.39 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 110,141 | 71.20 | –5.24 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 44,560 | 28.80 | +5.24 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 154,701 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### 1995 regional election

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 60,111 | 52.29 | +7.03 | 4 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 36,688 | 31.92 | –5.24 | 3 | ±0 |
| | United Left of Castile and León (IU) | 9,692 | 8.43 | +3.10 | 0 | ±0 |
| | People's Palentine Group (APP) | 4,071 | 3.54 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)$^1$ | 1,321 | 1.15 | –0.66 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) | 609 | 0.53 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 236 | 0.21 | –0.12 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Party of El Bierzo (PB) | 183 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 2,041 | 1.78 | +0.11 | | |
| Total | Total | 114,952 | | | 7 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 114,952 | 99.07 | +0.14 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,083 | 0.93 | –0.14 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 116,035 | 76.44 | +5.27 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 35,763 | 23.56 | –5.27 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 151,798 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Regionalist Unity of Castile and León results are compared to the combined totals of Palentine Unity and Regionalist Democracy of Castile and León in the 1991 election. |||||||

### 1991 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 1991 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 47,767 | 45.26 | +0.22 | 4 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 39,211 | 37.16 | +3.78 | 3 | +1 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 7,088 | 6.72 | –6.97 | 0 | –1 |
| | United Left (IU) | 5,629 | 5.33 | +1.04 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Palentine Unity (UP) | 1,558 | 1.48 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens (LV) | 1,522 | 1.44 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 353 | 0.33 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Regionalist Democracy of Castile and León (DRCL) | 344 | 0.33 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Castilianist Union (UC) | 298 | 0.28 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,759 | 1.67 | +0.23 | | |
| Total | Total | 105,529 | | | 7 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 105,529 | 98.93 | +0.33 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,142 | 1.07 | –0.33 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 106,671 | 71.17 | –6.81 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 43,215 | 28.83 | +6.81 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 149,886 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election. |||||||

### 1987 regional election

Summary of the 10 June 1987 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 49,144 | 45.04 | –1.84 | 4 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 36,420 | 33.38 | –7.65 | 2 | –1 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 14,940 | 13.69 | +8.81 | 1 | +1 |
| | United Left (IU)$^2$ | 4,679 | 4.29 | –0.24 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Nationalist Party of Castile and León (PNCL–PANCAL) | 1,102 | 1.01 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | 777 | 0.71 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Platform (PH) | 296 | 0.27 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Leonesist Union (UNLE) | 184 | 0.17 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,574 | 1.44 | +0.63 | | |
| Total | Total | 109,116 | | | 7 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 109,116 | 98.60 | –0.17 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,549 | 1.40 | +0.17 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 110,665 | 77.98 | +4.35 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 31,255 | 22.02 | –4.35 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 141,920 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.$^2$ United Left results are compared to Communist Party of Spain totals in the 1983 election. |||||||

### 1983 regional election

Summary of the 8 May 1983 Cortes of Castile and León election results in Palencia :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) | 48,753 | 46.88 | n/a | 4 | n/a |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 42,665 | 41.03 | n/a | 3 | n/a |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 5,072 | 4.88 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| | Communist Party of Castile and León (PCCL–PCE) | 4,707 | 4.53 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| | Castilian Communal Unity (UCC) | 1,958 | 1.88 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 839 | 0.81 | n/a | | |
| Total | Total | 103,994 | | | 7 | n/a |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 103,994 | 98.77 | n/a | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,296 | 1.23 | n/a | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 105,290 | 73.63 | n/a | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 37,702 | 26.37 | n/a | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 142,992 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||