# Asturias (Senate constituency)

Asturias—Oviedo until 1986—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 four senators. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Asturias. 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.

## Electoral system

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 Senate of Spain, with this regulation being maintained under the 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.
Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The only exception was in 1977, when this was limited to nationals over 21 years of age 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. 208 seats are elected using an open list partial block voting system, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. In constituencies electing four seats, electors can vote for up to three candidates; in those with two or three seats, for up to two candidates; and for one candidate in single-member districts. Each of the 47 peninsular provinces is allocated four seats, whereas for insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, districts are the islands themselves, with the larger—Mallorca, Gran Canaria and Tenerife—being allocated three seats each, and the smaller—Menorca, Ibiza–Formentera, Fuerteventura, La Gomera and El Hierro (which comprised a single constituency only for the 1977 election), Lanzarote and La Palma—one each. Ceuta and Melilla elect two seats each. Until 1985, the law also provided for by-elections to fill Senate seats vacated up to two years into the legislature.
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 permille 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.

## Senators

Senators for Asturias 1977– :
| Key to parties  SD  PSOE  ID  UCD  PP  CP  AP |||
| Legislature | Election | Distribution |
| Constituent | 1977 | 3 1 |
| Constituent | 1978 | 2 1 1 |
| 1st | 1979 | 3 1 |
| 2nd | 1982 | 3 1 |
| 3rd | 1986 | 3 1 |
| 4th | 1989 | 3 1 |
| 5th | 1993 | 3 1 |
| 6th | 1996 | 1 3 |
| 7th | 2000 | 1 3 |
| 8th | 2004 | 1 3 |
| 9th | 2008 | 3 1 |
| 10th | 2011 | 1 3 |
| 11th | 2015 | 1 3 |
| 12th | 2016 | 1 3 |
| 13th | 2019 (Apr) | 3 1 |
| 14th | 2019 (Nov) | 3 1 |
| 15th | 2023 | 1 3 |

## Elections
### 2023 general election

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Senate of Spain election results :
| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % |
| Y Pablo González Menéndez | | PP | 210,598 | 36.59 |
| Y María Fernández Álvarez | | PSOE | 209,566 | 36.41 |
| Y María Teresa Mallada de Castro | | PP | 208,085 | 36.15 |
| Y José Manuel Fernández Díaz (Chami) | | PP | 203,691 | 35.39 |
| • Fernando Lastra Valdés | | PSOE | 201,954 | 35.09 |
| • María Jesús Álvarez González | | PSOE | 196,866 | 34.20 |
| • Faustino Sabio López | | Sumar | 78,071 | 13.56 |
| • María Lluisa Nogueiro Cereigido | | Sumar | 73,631 | 12.79 |
| • Francisco Javier Martínez Andrade | | Sumar | 65,889 | 11.44 |
| • María Aránzazu Martínez Riola | | Vox | 60,819 | 10.56 |
| • Juan José Merino Rodríguez | | Vox | 56,955 | 9.89 |
| • Daniel Martínez Buelga | | Vox | 54,523 | 9.47 |
| • Sandra Antonia Álvarez Martínez | | PACMA | 5,514 | 0.95 |
| • Raúl Martínez Turrero | | PCTE | 3,524 | 0.61 |
| • Joaquín Arce Fernández | | PACMA | 3,516 | 0.61 |
| • María Silvia Alonso Soldado | | PACMA | 3,207 | 0.55 |
| • Lorenzo Rodríguez Rivero | | PUM+J | 1,758 | 0.30 |
| • José Manuel Cancio Martínez | | Recortes Cero | 953 | 0.16 |
| • María Antonia Prado González | | Recortes Cero | 595 | 0.10 |
| • Ángel Fernández Santos | | PUEDE | 477 | 0.08 |
| • Jaime Madroñal Menéndez | | Recortes Cero | 450 | 0.07 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 11,579 | 2.01 |
| Total | Total | Total | 1,663,627 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 575,465 | 98.05 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 11,407 | 1.94 |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 586,872 | 70.98 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 239,825 | 29.01 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 826,697 | |
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### November 2019 general election

Summary of the 10 November 2019 Senate of Spain election results in Asturias :
| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % |
| Y Francisco Antonio Blanco Ángel | | PSOE | 189,325 | 34.36 |
| Y María Fernández Álvarez | | PSOE | 186,063 | 33.77 |
| Y Fernando Lastra Valdés | | PSOE | 180,622 | 32.78 |
| Y María Mercedes Fernández González | | PP–Foro | 156,799 | 28.45 |
| • José Ramón García Cañal | | PP–Foro | 156,440 | 28.39 |
| • María del Camino Gutiérrez Gutiérrez | | PP–Foro | 135,554 | 24.60 |
| • Mar García González | | Podemos–IX | 86,085 | 15.62 |
| • Francisco Benavente Meléndez de Arvas | | Vox | 81,519 | 14.79 |
| • Juan Carlos Hevia Lozano | | Podemos–IX | 77,979 | 14.15 |
| • José Ovidio Álvarez Rozada | | Podemos–IX | 72,255 | 13.11 |
| • Nicanor García Fernández | | Cs | 41,184 | 7.47 |
| • María Victoria Rubio Prieto | | Cs | 33,218 | 6.03 |
| • Joaquín Merediz Vidal | | Cs | 27,425 | 4.98 |
| • Eva del Fresno Díaz | | Más País–Equo | 16,704 | 3.03 |
| • Cristina Eugenia Abella Novo | | PACMA | 8,706 | 1.58 |
| • Alberto Pérez Arroyo | | PACMA | 5,510 | 1.00 |
| • Rosa María Rubio Domínguez | | PACMA | 4,935 | 0.90 |
| • Ana Fernández Marqués | | Andecha | 2,262 | 0.41 |
| • Saúl Fernández Garrote | | PCTE | 1,973 | 0.36 |
| • José Antonio Lobato González | | Recortes Cero–GV | 1,788 | 0.32 |
| • Javier Ortega Serra | | PCPE | 1,451 | 0.26 |
| • Noemí Roca Barrio | | PUM+J | 1,386 | 0.25 |
| • María Dolores Suárez Vallina | | Andecha | 1,239 | 0.22 |
| • Mariano Suárez Rodríguez | | Andecha | 1,017 | 0.18 |
| • Rosa María Navarrete Sehnert | | Recortes Cero–GV | 974 | 0.18 |
| • Eduardo Madroñal Pedraza | | Recortes Cero–GV | 934 | 0.17 |
| • Jesús Fernando Rodríguez Roiz | | PH | 796 | 0.14 |
| • Concepción Martínez Miguel | | PH | 568 | 0.10 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 14,770 | 2.68 |
| Total | Total | Total | 551,049 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 551,049 | 97.90 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 11,832 | 2.10 |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 562,881 | 57.88 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 409,699 | 42.12 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 972,580 | |
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### April 2019 general election

Summary of the 28 April 2019 Senate of Spain election results in Asturias :
| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % |
| Y Francisco Antonio Blanco Ángel | | PSOE | 209,215 | 33.74 |
| Y María Fernández Álvarez | | PSOE | 205,332 | 33.11 |
| Y Fernando Lastra Valdés | | PSOE | 198,863 | 32.07 |
| Y José Ramón García Cañal | | PP–Foro | 140,683 | 22.69 |
| • Nicanor García Fernández | | Cs | 122,675 | 19.78 |
| • José Manuel Rodríguez González | | PP–Foro | 107,871 | 17.40 |
| • María del Camino Gutiérrez Gutiérrez | | PP–Foro | 106,022 | 17.10 |
| • Mar García González | | Podemos–IX–Equo | 104,710 | 16.89 |
| • Juan Carlos Hevia Lozano | | Podemos–IX–Equo | 94,740 | 15.28 |
| • María Victoria Rubio Prieto | | Cs | 91.263 | 14.72 |
| • José Ovidio Álvarez Rozada | | Podemos–IX–Equo | 89,048 | 14.36 |
| • Joaquín Merediz Vidal | | Cs | 85,413 | 13.77 |
| • Juan Fernández Baños | | Vox | 80,322 | 12.95 |
| • Carlota Cueto-Felgueroso Landeira | | Vox | 49,614 | 8.00 |
| • Luis Andrés Cleominio Sánchez Caveda | | Vox | 46,139 | 7,44 |
| • Walter Sánchez Suárez | | PACMA | 10,408 | 1.68 |
| • Sandra María Serrano García | | PACMA | 9,692 | 1.56 |
| • David Cienfuegos Cereijo | | PACMA | 7,034 | 1.13 |
| • Saúl Fernández Garrote | | PCTE | 3,216 | 0.52 |
| • Eduardo Madroñal Pedraza | | Recortes Cero–GV | 2,695 | 0.43 |
| • Arturu Xosé Bermeyu García | | Andecha | 2,550 | 0.41 |
| • Agustín Garrido Acera | | PUM+J | 2,138 | 0.34 |
| • Rosa María Navarrete Sehnert | | Recortes Cero–GV | 1,792 | 0.29 |
| • Ana Fernández Marqués | | Andecha | 1,739 | 0.28 |
| • María Beatriz Rivero Infiesta | | Recortes Cero–GV | 1,389 | 0.22 |
| • Jesús Fernando Rodríguez Roiz | | PH | 1,381 | 0.22 |
| • Mario Arbesú Iglesias | | Andecha | 1,311 | 0.21 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 13,252 | 2.14 |
| Total | Total | Total | 620,103 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 620,103 | 97.95 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 13,005 | 2.05 |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 633,108 | 64.97 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 341,383 | 35.03 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 974,491 | |
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### 1979 general election

Summary of the 1 March 1979 Senate of Spain election results in Oviedo :
| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % |
| Y Honorio Díaz Díaz | | PSOE | 198,437 | 37.56 |
| Y Rafael Luis Fernández Álvarez | | PSOE | 194,768 | 36.86 |
| Y Fernando Morán López | | PSOE | 185,667 | 35.14 |
| Y Enrique López González | | UCD | 170,493 | 32.27 |
| • Luis Riera Posada | | UCD | 161,805 | 30.62 |
| • Celestino de Nicolás Prieto | | UCD | 156,801 | 29.68 |
| • Silvino Lantero Vallina | | PCE | 79,951 | 15.13 |
| • Manuel Nevado Madrid | | PCE | 70,594 | 13.36 |
| • Carlos Suárez Nieto | | PCE | 68,600 | 12.98 |
| • Juan Eladio Llaneza Fernández | | CD | 43,310 | 8.20 |
| • Román Suárez Blanco | | CD | 42,028 | 7.95 |
| • Sergio Marqués Fernández | | CD | 40,947 | 7.75 |
| • Alejandro Felgueroso Ruiz de la Peña | | UN | 13,735 | 2.60 |
| • José Luis López-Sela Díaz-Faes | | UN | 13,177 | 2.49 |
| • José Manuel Bolado García | | MC–OIC | 11,056 | 2.09 |
| • María Luisa de Noriega y Vega | | UN | 10,188 | 1.93 |
| • Manuel Ángel González Zapico | | CNA | 8,309 | 1.57 |
| • Anita Aldeano Brasas | | PCT | 7,666 | 1.45 |
| • Justo José García Menéndez | | PSOEh | 5,134 | 0.97 |
| • Jorge Luis García Palacios | | IR | 4,420 | 0.84 |
| • Juan José de la Roz Concha | | PCT | 3,629 | 0.69 |
| • Julián Francisco Herrojo Rodríguez | | FE–JONS(A) | 3,344 | 0.63 |
| • Pedro Suárez García | | PCT | 3,102 | 0.59 |
| • María Amparo Carreno Díaz | | FE–UF | 3,028 | 0.57 |
| • Concepción Álvarez Lobato | | FE–UF | 2,923 | 0.55 |
| • Luis Molleda Álvarez | | FE–UF | 1,817 | 0.34 |
| • José Antonio Mesa García | | FE–JONS(A) | 1,742 | 0.33 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 7,493 | 1.42 |
| Total | Total | Total | 528,387 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 528,387 | 96.92 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 16,792 | 3.08 |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 545,179 | 62.74 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 323,714 | 37.26 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 868,893 | |
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### 1978 by-election

After the resignation of Wenceslao Roces due to disagreement with the direction of the Communist Party of Spain, a by-election was called to elect a new senator in Asturias. This election was held concurrently with a by-election in Alicante.
Summary of the 17 May 1978 Senate of Spain by-election results in Oviedo :
| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % |
| Y Fernando Morán López | | PSOE | 121,729 | 32.57 |
| • Adolfo Barthe Aza | | UCD | 87,491 | 23.41 |
| • Horacio Fernández Inguanzo | | PCE | 86,671 | 23.19 |
| • Luis Fernández-Vega Diego | | AP | 55,120 | 14.75 |
| • Jesús Evaristo Casariego Fernández-Noriega | | CT | 8,846 | 2.37 |
| • Cristina Mosquera Tenreiro | | MC | 6,076 | 1.63 |
| • Luis Molleda Álvarez | | FEI | 3,576 | 0.96 |
| • Francisco Roza Postigo | | ORT | 3,348 | 0.90 |
| • Bernardo Santaeugenia Bastián | | LCR | 1,033 | 0.28 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 373,740 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 373,740 | 100.00 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 373,740 | 47.72 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 408,326 | 52.28 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 782,066 | |
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### 1977 general election

Summary of the 15 June 1977 Senate of Spain election results in Oviedo :
| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Candidates | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % |
| Y Atanasio Corte Zapico | | SD | 230,968 | 40.09 |
| Y Wenceslao Roces Suárez | | SD | 224,414 | 38.95 |
| Y Rafael Luis Fernández Álvarez | | SD | 224,208 | 38.92 |
| Y José María Alonso-Vega Suárez | | UCD | 177,077 | 30.74 |
| • Adolfo Barthe Aza | | UCD | 174,359 | 30.27 |
| • Agustín José Antuña Alonso | | UCD | 167,414 | 29.06 |
| • José María Casielles Aguadé | | AP | 77,208 | 13.40 |
| • Juan Manuel Junceda Avello | | AP | 73,473 | 12.75 |
| • Román Suárez Blanco | | AP | 70,626 | 12.26 |
| • Jesús Cadavieco Hevia | | PSP–US | 62,846 | 10.91 |
| • Marcelo Palacios Alonso | | PSP–US | 62,689 | 10.88 |
| • Xuan Xosé Sánchez Vicente | | PSP–US | 52,260 | 9.07 |
| • Jesús Evaristo Casariego Fernández-Noriega | | CT | 21,641 | 3.76 |
| • Francisco Fernández Corte | | UR | 16,441 | 2.85 |
| • Ramón Fernández-Rañada Menéndez de Luarca | | UR | 16,057 | 2.79 |
| • José Luis López-Sela Díaz-Faes | | AN18 | 11,426 | 1.98 |
| • Carlos Hidalgo Schumann | | AN18 | 11,009 | 1.91 |
| • Manuel Fernández-Pello García | | UR | 10,256 | 1.78 |
| • Julio Mangas Manjarrés | | UR | 7,974 | 1.38 |
| • Enrique Rubio Sañudo | | FL | 7,446 | 1.29 |
| • Lorenzo Velasco Castaño | | FL | 5,663 | 0.98 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | Blank ballots | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 576,100 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 576,100 | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 783,206 | |
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