La Palma (Senate constituency)

For the Parliament of the Canary Islands constituency, see La Palma (Parliament of the Canary Islands constituency).

La Palma
Senate of Spain Electoral constituency
Location of La Palma within Spain
Island	La Palma
Autonomous community	Canary Islands
Population	82,671 (2019)
Electorate	85,348 (Nov 2019)
Major settlements	Los Llanos de Aridane
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	1
Member(s)	PSOE (1)

La Palma 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 one senator. Its boundaries correspond to those of the island of La Palma. The electoral system uses an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties.

Senators

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

Elections

2023 general election

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Senate of Spain election results

Candidates	Parties and coalitions		Popular vote
			Votes	%
Y Kilian Sánchez San Juan		PSOE	12,652	30.69
• Borja Pérez Sicilia		PP	12,420	30.12
• Marcos José Lorenzo Martín		CC	10,740	26.05
• Clara Medina Fernández		Sumar	2,241	5.43
• Jesús Allende León Rodríguez		Vox	2,200	5.33
• Fernando Jesús Martín Acosta		PACMA	277	0.67
• Miguel Ángel Pulido Rodríguez		NC	263	0.63
• María Jesús Cuesta Bolao		PCPC	50	0.12
• Rayco Pérez Rodríguez		Recortes Cero	30	0.07
Blank ballots			349	0.84
Total			41222
Valid votes			41,222	97.72
Invalid votes			961	2.27
Votes cast / turnout			42,183	66.19
Abstentions			21,538	33.80
Registered voters			63721
Sources

November 2019 general election

Summary of the 10 November 2019 Senate of Spain election results in La Palma

Candidates	Parties and coalitions		Popular vote
			Votes	%
Y Borja Pérez Sicilia		PP	12,735	33.55
• Sergio Matos Castro		PSOE	11,621	30.62
• Gregorio Clemente Alonso Méndez		CCa–PNC–NC	6,277	16.54
• José Luis Cabrera Sánchez		Podemos–IU	2,796	7.37
• Arturo Perez-Seoane Garau		Vox	2,046	5.39
• Juan Arturo San Gil Ayut		Cs	1,279	3.37
• Tamara Hernández Pimienta		PACMA	497	1.31
• Pedro Adrián Pérez Lopez "El Gasio"		ANC–UP	125	0.33
• Rayco Pérez Rodríguez		Recortes Cero–GV	99	0.26
Blank ballots			478	1.26
Total			37,953
Valid votes			37,953	97.01
Invalid votes			1,169	2.99
Votes cast / turnout			39,122	45.84
Abstentions			46,226	54.16
Registered voters			85,348
Sources