Cáceres is one of the two constituencies () represented in the
Assembly of Extremadura, the regional legislature of the
Autonomous Community of Extremadura. The constituency currently elects 29
deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish
province of Cáceres
The province of Cáceres (; ; ; ) is a province of western Spain, and makes up the northern half of the autonomous community of Extremadura. Its capital is the city of Cáceres. Other cities in the province include Plasencia, Coria, Navalm ...
. The
electoral system
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uses the
D'Hondt method
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and
closed-list proportional representation
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, with a minimum threshold of five percent.
Electoral system
The constituency was created as per the
Statute of Autonomy of Extremadura of 1983 and was first contested in the
1983 regional election. The Statute provided for the two
provinces
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in
Extremadura
Extremadura ( ; ; ; ; Fala language, Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is a landlocked autonomous communities in Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, Spain, Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central- ...
—
Badajoz
Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portugal, Portuguese Portugal–Spain border, border, on the left bank of the river ...
and
Cáceres—to be established as multi-member districts in the
Assembly of Extremadura, with this regulation being maintained under the 1987 regional electoral law. Each constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of 20 seats, with the remaining 25 being distributed in proportion to their populations. The exception was the 1983 election, when each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 35 for Badajoz and 30 for Cáceres.
Voting is on the basis of
universal suffrage
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, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in Extremadura and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for
Extremadurans abroad to
apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote () which was abolished in 2022.
Seats are elected using the
D'Hondt method
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and a
closed list
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proportional representation
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, with an
electoral threshold
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This limit can operate in various ...
of five percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Alternatively, parties failing to reach the threshold in one of the constituencies are also entitled to enter the seat distribution as long as they run candidates in both districts and reach five percent regionally.
The electoral law allows for
parties
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and
federations registered in the
interior ministry
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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 are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call—fifteen before 1985—whereas groupings of electors need to secure the signature of at least two percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they seek election—one-thousandth of the electorate, with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures, until 1985—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.
Deputies
Elections
2023 regional election
2019 regional election
2015 regional election
2011 regional election
2007 regional election
2003 regional election
1999 regional election
1995 regional election
1991 regional election
1987 regional election
1983 regional election
References
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Assembly of Extremadura constituencies
Province of Cáceres
Constituencies established in 1983
1983 establishments in Spain