Melilla is one of the 59 constituencies ( es, link=no, circunscripciones) represented in the
Senate of Spain, 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 meet ...
. The constituency elects two
senators. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish autonomous city of
Melilla. The
electoral system
An electoral system or voting system is a set of rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections ma ...
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 two candidates.
Senators
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
1990 by-election
1989 general election
1986 general election
1982 general election
1979 general election
1977 general election
References
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Senate constituencies in Spain
1977 establishments in Spain
Constituencies established in 1977
Politics of Melilla