Province Álava Population 323,648 (2016) Major settlements Vitoria-Gasteiz Major settlement Vitoria-Gasteiz | Autonomous community Basque Country Electorate 254,579 (2016) Region Basque Country | |
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Seats 20 (1980–1984)
25 (1984–) Created Basque parliamentary election, 1980 | ||
Álava (Basque: Araba) is one of the three constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Basque Parliament—the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country—. The largest municipality is Vitoria-Gasteiz, which accounts for approximately 75% of registered voters in the district.
Electoral system
Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes (which includes blank ballots—for none of the above) are entitled to enter the seat distribution. From the 1984 to 1998 elections the threshold was 5%.
References
Álava (Basque Parliament constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA