# Cuenca (Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha constituency)

Cuenca is one of the five constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha, the regional legislature of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. The constituency currently elects five deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Cuenca. 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 Castilla–La Mancha of 1982 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election. The Statute provided for the five provinces in Castilla–La Mancha—Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo—to be established as multi-member districts in the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha, with this regulation being maintained under the 1986 regional electoral law. Each constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of three seats, with the remaining 18—22 from 1986 to 1998—being distributed in proportion to their populations. In 1983 and from 1998 to 2014, each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 9 for Albacete (10 from 1998 to 2014), 10 for Ciudad Real (11 from 1998 to 2012; 12 until 2014), 8 for Cuenca (8 from 2012 to 2014), 7 for Guadalajara (8 from 2007 to 2012; 9 until 2014) and 10 for Toledo (11 from 1998 to 2007; 12 from 2007 to 2012; 13 until 2014).
Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castilla–La Mancha and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Castilian-Manchegan 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 only exception was in 1983, when a five percent threshold was applied regionally. 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.

## Deputies

Deputies 1983–present :
| Key to parties  PSOE  PP  CP  AP |||
| Cortes | Election | Distribution |
| 1st | 1983 | 4 4 |
| 2nd | 1987 | 4 4 |
| 3rd | 1991 | 5 3 |
| 4th | 1995 | 4 4 |
| 5th | 1999 | 4 4 |
| 6th | 2003 | 5 3 |
| 7th | 2007 | 4 4 |
| 8th | 2011 | 4 4 |
| 9th | 2015 | 2 3 |
| 10th | 2019 | 3 2 |
| 11th | 2023 | 3 2 |

## Elections
### 2023 regional election

Summary of the 28 May 2023 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Cuenca :
| 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) | 53,531 | 47.41 | +0.96 | 3 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 37,884 | 33.55 | +0.77 | 2 | ±0 |
| | Vox (Vox) | 11,816 | 10.47 | +4.88 | 0 | ±0 |
| | United We Can Castilla–La Mancha (Unidas Podemos CLM) | 3,624 | 3.21 | –2.27 | 0 | ±0 |
| | +CUENCA Now–Empty Spain (+CU–EV) | 1,984 | 1.76 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS) | 771 | 0.68 | –7.19 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)$^1$ | 645 | 0.57 | +0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Your Fatherland (TÚpatria) | 585 | 0.52 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Castilian Party–Commoners' Land–Zero Cuts (PCAS–TC–RC) | 155 | 0.14 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Country with Managers (País con Gestores) | 136 | 0.12 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,773 | 1.57 | +0.60 | | |
| Total | Total | 112,904 | | | 5 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 112,904 | 98.43 | –0.45 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,804 | 1.57 | +0.45 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 114,708 | 74.74 | –1.27 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 38,766 | 25.26 | +1.27 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 153,474 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Animalist Party with the Environment results are compared to Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals totals in the 2019 election. |||||||

### 2019 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 2019 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Cuenca :
| 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) | 54,160 | 46.45 | +8.82 | 3 | +1 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 38,226 | 32.78 | –8.74 | 2 | –1 |
| | Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 9,174 | 7.87 | +1.21 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Vox (Vox) | 6,521 | 5.59 | +5.22 | 0 | ±0 |
| | United We Can–United Left–Equo CLM (Podemos–IU–Equo)$^1$ | 6,391 | 5.48 | –4.61 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 607 | 0.52 | +0.06 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Castilian Party–Commoners' Land (PCAS–TC) | 156 | 0.13 | –0.10 | 0 | ±0 |
| | For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | 126 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Traditions and Rural World (ANATUR–UDEC) | 113 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,130 | 0.97 | –0.94 | | |
| Total | Total | 116,604 | | | 5 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 116,604 | 98.88 | +0.97 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,325 | 1.12 | –0.97 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 117,929 | 76.01 | –0.73 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 37,228 | 23.99 | +0.73 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 155,157 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ United We Can–United Left–Equo CLM results are compared to the combined totals of We Can and Let's Win Castilla–La Mancha–The Greens–United Left in the 2015 election. |||||||

### 2015 regional election

Summary of the 24 May 2015 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Cuenca :
| 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) | 49,816 | 41.52 | –5.92 | 3 | –1 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 45,151 | 37.63 | –8.96 | 2 | –2 |
| | We Can (Podemos) | 9,566 | 7.97 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 7,997 | 6.66 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Let's Win Castilla–La Mancha–The Greens–United Left (Ganemos–LV–IU)$^1$ | 2,544 | 2.12 | –0.48 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 647 | 0.54 | –0.82 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 549 | 0.46 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) | 439 | 0.37 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Vox (Vox) | 439 | 0.37 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union of Independent Citizens (UCIN) | 273 | 0.23 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Castilian Party–Castilian Unity (PCAS–UdCa)$^2$ | 273 | 0.23 | –0.18 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 2,293 | 1.91 | +0.31 | | |
| Total | Total | 119,987 | | | 5 | –3 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 119,987 | 97.91 | –0.80 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,559 | 2.09 | +0.80 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 122,546 | 76.74 | –4.55 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 37,138 | 23.26 | +4.55 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 159,684 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Let's Win Castilla–La Mancha–The Greens–United Left results are compared to United Left of Castilla–La Mancha totals in the 2011 election.$^2$ Castilian Party–Castilian Unity results are compared to Castilian Party totals in the 2011 election. |||||||

### 2011 regional election

Summary of the 22 May 2011 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Cuenca :
| 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) | 62,318 | 47.44 | +2.77 | 4 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 61,196 | 46.59 | –4.32 | 4 | ±0 |
| | United Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IUCLM) | 3,409 | 2.60 | –0.14 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 1,784 | 1.36 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Castilian Party (PCAS)$^1$ | 540 | 0.41 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 2,102 | 1.60 | +0.34 | | |
| Total | Total | 131,349 | | | 8 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 131,349 | 98.71 | –0.38 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,714 | 1.29 | +0.38 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 133,063 | 81.29 | +1.81 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 30,635 | 18.71 | –1.81 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 163,698 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Castilian Party results are compared to Commoners' Land totals in the 2007 election. |||||||

### 2007 regional election

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Cuenca :
| 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) | 66,164 | 50.91 | –3.05 | 4 | –1 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 58,059 | 44.67 | +3.98 | 4 | +1 |
| | United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM) | 3,557 | 2.74 | –0.58 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Commoners' Land (TC) | 543 | 0.42 | +0.22 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,638 | 1.26 | –0.17 | | |
| Total | Total | 129,961 | | | 8 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 129,961 | 99.09 | –0.02 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,196 | 0.91 | +0.02 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 131,157 | 79.48 | –1.74 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 33,871 | 20.52 | +1.74 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 165,028 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### 2003 regional election

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Cuenca :
| 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) | 71,909 | 53.96 | +3.89 | 5 | +1 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 54,219 | 40.69 | –3.84 | 3 | –1 |
| | United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM) | 2,872 | 2.16 | –0.41 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independents for Cuenca (ixC) | 1,658 | 1.24 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Republican Left (IR) | 272 | 0.20 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) | 271 | 0.20 | –0.23 | 0 | ±0 |
| | National Democracy (DN) | 149 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,911 | 1.43 | –0.06 | | |
| Total | Total | 133,261 | | | 8 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 133,261 | 99.11 | –0.01 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,199 | 0.89 | +0.01 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 134,460 | 81.22 | +0.18 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 31,083 | 18.78 | –0.18 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 165,543 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### 1999 regional election

Summary of the 13 June 1999 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Cuenca :
| 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–Progressives (PSOE–p) | 67,244 | 50.07 | +4.35 | 4 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 59,809 | 44.53 | –2.94 | 4 | ±0 |
| | United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM) | 3,450 | 2.57 | –2.09 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) | 739 | 0.55 | +0.03 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) | 582 | 0.43 | +0.16 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) | 199 | 0.15 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Regionalist Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PRCM) | 168 | 0.13 | –0.09 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 123 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,995 | 1.49 | +0.43 | | |
| Total | Total | 134,309 | | | 8 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 134,309 | 99.12 | –0.21 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,199 | 0.88 | +0.21 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 135,508 | 81.04 | –1.33 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 31,708 | 18.96 | +1.33 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 167,216 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### 1995 regional election

Summary of the 28 May 1995 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Cuenca :
| 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) | 65,121 | 47.47 | +7.67 | 4 | +1 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 62,718 | 45.72 | –4.61 | 4 | –1 |
| | United Left–Left of Castilla–La Mancha (IU–ICAM) | 6,393 | 4.66 | +1.34 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre–Cuencan People's Union (CDS–UPCo) | 720 | 0.52 | –4.07 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) | 374 | 0.27 | –0.44 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Regionalist Party of Castilla–La Mancha (PRCM) | 303 | 0.22 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Action for Talavera Region (ACTAL) | 87 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,458 | 1.06 | +0.04 | | |
| Total | Total | 137,174 | | | 8 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 137,174 | 99.33 | +0.05 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 922 | 0.67 | –0.05 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 138,096 | 82.37 | +6.54 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 29,560 | 17.63 | –6.54 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 167,656 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### 1991 regional election

Summary of the 26 May 1991 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Cuenca :
| 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) | 64,828 | 50.33 | +6.20 | 5 | +1 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 51,268 | 39.80 | –2.37 | 3 | –1 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 5,909 | 4.59 | –4.12 | 0 | ±0 |
| | United Left (IU) | 4,277 | 3.32 | +0.74 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Commoners' Land (TC) | 918 | 0.71 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Alliance for the Republic (AxR) | 294 | 0.23 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,318 | 1.02 | –0.06 | | |
| Total | Total | 128,812 | | | 8 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 128,812 | 99.28 | +0.47 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 930 | 0.72 | –0.47 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 129,742 | 75.83 | –1.31 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 41,348 | 24.17 | +1.31 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 171,090 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance, People's Democratic Party and Liberal Party in the 1987 election. |||||||

### 1987 regional election

Summary of the 10 June 1987 Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha election results in Cuenca :
| 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) | 56,445 | 44.13 | +2.28 | 4 | ±0 |
| | People's Alliance (AP)$^1$ | 48,731 | 38.10 | –6.00 | 4 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 11,142 | 8.71 | +6.87 | 0 | ±0 |
| | People's Democratic Party (PDP) | 3,750 | 2.93 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | United Left (IU)$^2$ | 3,304 | 2.58 | –2.89 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Party (PL) | 1,459 | 1.14 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC) | 1,329 | 1.04 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Platform (PH) | 360 | 0.28 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,384 | 1.08 | +0.36 | | |
| Total | Total | 127,904 | | | 8 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 127,904 | 98.81 | +0.11 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,546 | 1.19 | –0.11 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 129,450 | 77.14 | +1.88 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 38,353 | 22.86 | –1.88 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 167,803 | | | | |
| 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 Castilla–La Mancha election results in Cuenca :
| 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) | 54,080 | 44.10 | n/a | 4 | n/a |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 51,327 | 41.85 | n/a | 4 | n/a |
| | Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) | 7,391 | 6.03 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| | Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 6,706 | 5.47 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 2,259 | 1.84 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 878 | 0.72 | n/a | | |
| Total | Total | 122,641 | | | 8 | n/a |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 122,641 | 98.70 | n/a | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,610 | 1.30 | n/a | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 124,251 | 75.26 | n/a | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 40,844 | 24.74 | n/a | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 165,095 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||