Results breakdown of the 2009 European Parliament election in Spain
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This is the results breakdown of the European Parliament election held in Spain on 7 June 2009. The following tables show detailed results in each of the country's 17 autonomous communities and in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and
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Electoral system

The 50 members of the European Parliament allocated to Spain as per the
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were elected using the D'Hondt method and a
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proportional representation, with no electoral threshold being applied in order to be entitled to enter seat distribution. Seats were allocated to a single multi-member constituency comprising the entire
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. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals and resident non-national
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over eighteen and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold depending on the district magnitude. The electoral law allowed for parties and
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registered in the
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, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials— deputies, senators,
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or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates.


Nationwide


Autonomous communities


Andalusia


Aragon


Asturias


Balearic Islands


Basque Country


Canary Islands


Cantabria


Castile and León


Castilla–La Mancha


Catalonia


Extremadura


Galicia


La Rioja


Madrid


Murcia


Navarre


Valencian Community


Autonomous cities


Ceuta


Melilla


Congress of Deputies projection

A projection of European Parliament election results using electoral rules for the Congress of Deputies would have given the following seat allocation, as distributed per constituencies and regions (note that results are compared with party totals in the preceding general election—held in March 2008—for consistency):


Constituencies


Regions


Notes


References

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