Biscay (Senate Constituency)
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Biscay is one of the 59 constituencies ( es, link=no, circunscripciones) represented in the
Senate of Spain The Senate ( es, Senado) is the upper house of the Cortes Generales, which along with the Congress of Deputies – the lower chamber – comprises the Parliament of the Kingdom of Spain. The Senate meets in the Palace of the Senate in Madrid. Th ...
, the upper chamber of the Spanish parliament, the
Cortes Generales The Cortes Generales (; en, Spanish Parliament, lit=General Courts) are the bicameral legislative chambers of Spain, consisting of the Congress of Deputies (the lower house), and the Senate (the upper house). The Congress of Deputies meets ...
. The constituency elects four
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s. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish
province of Biscay Biscay (; eu, Bizkaia ; es, Vizcaya ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilbao. B ...
. The
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uses an
open list Open list describes any variant of party-list proportional representation where voters have at least some influence on the order in which a party's candidates are elected. This is as opposed to closed list, which allows only active members, par ...
partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. Electors can vote for up to three candidates.


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Elections


November 2019 general election


April 2019 general election


2016 general election


2015 general election


2011 general election


2008 general election


2004 general election


2000 general election


1996 general election


1993 general election


1989 general election


1986 general election


1982 general election


1979 general election


1977 general election


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Biscay (Congress of Deputies constituency) Biscay ( eu, Bizkaia, es, Vizcaya) is one of the 52 constituencies ( es, link=no, circunscripciones) represented in the Congress of Deputies, the lower chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency currently elects eigh ...
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Biscay (Basque Parliament constituency) Biscay ( eu, Bizkaia, es, Vizcaya) is one of the three constituencies ( es, link=no, circunscripciones) represented in the Basque Parliament, the regional legislature of the Basque Autonomous Community. The constituency currently elects 25 deputie ...


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