Alicante () is one of the 52 constituencies represented in the Congress of Deputies, the lower chamber of the Spanish parliament, the . The constituency (whose boundaries correspond to those of the homonymous province) currently elects 12 deputies. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a minimum threshold of three percent.

Electoral system The constituency was created as per the Political Reform Law and was first contested in the 1977 general election. The Law provided for the provinces of Spain to be established as multi-member districts in the Congress of Deputies,. 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 based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age with full political rights, provided that they have not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence.. 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 in 2011 required non-resident citizens to apply for voting, a system known as "begged" voting ().. which was abolished in 2022. Further, amendments in 2018 granted the right to vote to those legally incapacitated. The Congress of Deputies has a minimum of 300 and a maximum of 400 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at 350. Of these, 348 are elected in 50 multi-member constituencies corresponding to the provinces of Spain—each of which is assigned an initial minimum of two seats and the remaining 248 distributed in proportion to population—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a three percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency. The remaining two seats are allocated to Ceuta and Melilla as single-member districts elected by plurality voting.; ; ; . The use of this electoral method may result in a higher effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution. The law does not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term are filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.; .

The electoral law allows for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance are required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call—15 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. Also since 2011, parties, federations or alliances that have not obtained a mandate in either chamber of the at the preceding election are required to secure the signature of at least 0.1 percent of electors in the aforementioned constituencies.; . Amendments in 2007 required a balanced composition of men and women in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition; further amendments in 2024 required the use of a zipper system..

Deputies Deputies 1977–present Legislature Election Distribution Constituent 1977 1 4 4 1st 1979 1 4 4 2nd 1982 6 3 3rd 1986 6 1 3 4th 1989 1 5 1 3 5th 1993 1 4 5 6th 1996 1 5 5 7th 2000 4 7 8th 2004 5 6 9th 2008 5 7 10th 2011 4 8 11th 2015 3 3 2 4 12th 2016 3 2 2 5 13th 2019 (Apr) 2 4 2 3 1 14th 2019 (Nov) 1 4 1 3 3 15th 2023 1 4 5 2

General elections 2023 + Summary of the 23 July 2023 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP) 330,293 36.73 +12.39 5 +2 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 287,737 32.00 +3.80 4 ±0 Vox (Vox) 146,133 16.25 –3.40 2 –1 Commitment–Unite: We Unite to Win (Sumar–Compromís)1 115,787 12.88 –4.04 1 ±0 Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)2 7,335 0.82 –0.29 0 ±0 Workers' Front (FO) 1,724 0.19 New 0 ±0 Self-employed Party (Partido Autónomos) 1,446 0.16 New 0 ±0 Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero) 1,135 0.13 +0.03 0 ±0 Walking Together (CJ) 1,027 0.11 New 0 ±0 Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) n/a n/a –8.12 0 –1 Blank ballots 6,575 0.73 –0.07 Total 899,192 12 ±0 Valid votes 899,192 98.94 –0.09 Invalid votes 9,650 1.06 +0.09 Votes cast / turnout 908,842 69.57 +2.20 Abstentions 397,469 30.43 –2.20 Registered voters 1,306,311 Sources

November 2019 + Summary of the 10 November 2019 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 240,202 28.20 –0.07 4 ±0 People's Party (PP) 207,310 24.34 +4.82 3 ±0 Vox (Vox) 167,395 19.65 +7.09 3 +2 United We Can (Podemos–EUPV) 108,533 12.74 –1.17 1 –1 Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 69,143 8.12 –11.25 1 –1 More Commitment (Més Compromís)1 35,612 4.18 +0.80 0 ±0 Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 9,417 1.11 –0.30 0 ±0 The Eco-pacifist Greens–Forward (Avant/Adelante–LVEP) 2,337 0.27 –0.08 0 ±0 Republican Left of the Valencian Country (ERPV) 1,683 0.20 +0.07 0 ±0 For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 948 0.11 New 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 911 0.11 –0.04 0 ±0 Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) 891 0.10 –0.07 0 ±0 Libertarian Party (P–LIB) 556 0.07 –0.04 0 ±0 Blank ballots 6,778 0.80 +0.12 Total 851,716 12 ±0 Valid votes 851,716 99.03 +0.12 Invalid votes 8,334 0.97 –0.12 Votes cast / turnout 860,050 67.37 –5.51 Abstentions 416,641 32.63 +5.51 Registered voters 1,276,691 Sources

April 2019 + Summary of the 28 April 2019 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 259,404 28.27 +6.85 4 +2 People's Party (PP) 179,056 19.52 –18.14 3 –2 Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 177,691 19.37 +3.54 2 ±0 United We Can (Podemos–EUPV)1 127,615 13.91 –8.17 2 –1 Vox (Vox) 115,249 12.56 +12.33 1 +1 Commitment: Bloc–Initiative–Greens Equo (Compromís 2019) 31,030 3.38 New 0 ±0 Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 12,982 1.41 +0.20 0 ±0 The Eco-pacifist Greens–Forward (Avant/Adelante–LVEP)2 3,183 0.35 +0.01 0 ±0 Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) 1,527 0.17 +0.02 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 1,345 0.15 –0.03 0 ±0 Republican Left of the Valencian Country (ERPV) 1,221 0.13 New 0 ±0 Libertarian Party (P–LIB) 973 0.11 +0.06 0 ±0 Blank ballots 6,222 0.68 +0.13 Total 917,498 12 ±0 Valid votes 917,498 98.91 –0.25 Invalid votes 10,154 1.09 +0.25 Votes cast / turnout 927,652 72.88 +2.46 Abstentions 345,276 27.12 –2.46 Registered voters 1,272,928 Sources

2016 + Summary of the 26 June 2016 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP) 329,628 37.66 +4.84 5 +1 The Valencian Way (Podemos–Compromís–EUPV)1 193,263 22.08 –3.88 3 ±0 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 187,484 21.42 +0.57 2 –1 Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 138,517 15.83 –1.23 2 ±0 Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 10,632 1.21 +0.30 0 ±0 The Eco-pacifist Greens (Centro Moderado) 3,011 0.34 –0.02 0 ±0 Vox (Vox) 2,003 0.23 –0.02 0 ±0 Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 1,961 0.22 –0.40 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 1,582 0.18 –0.01 0 ±0 Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) 1,293 0.15 –0.04 0 ±0 We Are Valencian (SOMVAL) 554 0.06 +0.02 0 ±0 Libertarian Party (P–LIB) 403 0.05 ±0.00 0 ±0 Blank ballots 4,838 0.55 –0.03 Total 875,169 12 ±0 Valid votes 875,169 99.16 +0.03 Invalid votes 7,432 0.84 –0.03 Votes cast / turnout 882,601 70.42 –2.52 Abstentions 370,695 29.58 +2.52 Registered voters 1,253,296 Sources

2015 + Summary of the 20 December 2015 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP) 297,083 32.82 –22.39 4 –4 It is Time (Podemos–Compromís)1 201,610 22.27 +19.16 3 +3 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 188,711 20.85 –6.12 3 –1 Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 154,397 17.06 New 2 +2 United Left of the Valencian Country–Popular Unity in Common (EUPV–UPeC) 33,397 3.69 –2.81 0 ±0 Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 8,262 0.91 +0.36 0 ±0 Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 5,570 0.62 –4.98 0 ±0 The Eco-pacifist Greens (Centro Moderado) 3,278 0.36 New 0 ±0 Vox (Vox) 2,227 0.25 New 0 ±0 Zero Cuts–Green Group (Recortes Cero–GV) 1,761 0.19 New 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 1,741 0.19 –0.05 0 ±0 Valencian Country Now (Ara PV)2 608 0.07 –0.19 0 ±0 Democratic Forum (FDEE) 456 0.05 New 0 ±0 Libertarian Party (P–LIB) 415 0.05 New 0 ±0 We Are Valencian (SOMVAL) 404 0.04 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 5,293 0.58 –0.56 Total 905,213 12 ±0 Valid votes 905,213 99.13 +0.35 Invalid votes 7,952 0.87 –0.35 Votes cast / turnout 913,165 72.94 –0.57 Abstentions 338,776 27.06 +0.57 Registered voters 1,251,941 Sources

2011 + Summary of the 20 November 2011 Congress of Deputies election results in Alicante Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP) 489,946 55.21 +2.78 8 +1 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 239,318 26.97 –14.15 4 –1 United Left of the Valencian Country–The Greens: Plural Left (EUPV–EV) 57,677 6.50 +4.24 0 ±0 Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 49,662 5.60 +4.89 0 ±0 Bloc–Initiative–Greens–Equo: Commitment Coalition (Compromís–Q)1 27,619 3.11 +2.39 0 ±0 Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 4,904 0.55 +0.40 0 ±0 Republican Left of the Valencian Country (ERPV) 2,301 0.26 +0.05 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 2,122 0.24 +0.16 0 ±0 Humanist Party (PH) 1,782 0.20 +0.17 0 ±0 Republicans (RPS) 1,078 0.12 New 0 ±0 Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 894 0.10 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 10,124 1.14 +0.33 Total 887,427 12 ±0 Valid votes 887,427 98.78 –0.59 Invalid votes 10,975 1.22 +0.59 Votes cast / turnout 898,402 73.51 –5.23 Abstentions 323,707 26.49 +5.23 Registered voters 1,222,109 Sources

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