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Biscay (Basque Parliament electoral district)

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Province
  
Province of Biscay

Population
  
1,148,775 (2016)

Seats
  
20 (1980) 25 (1984–)

Major settlements
  
Bilbao, Barakaldo, Getxo

Autonomous community
  
Basque Country

Electorate
  
948,080 (2016)

Region
  
Basque Country

Biscay (Basque Parliament electoral district)

Created
  
Basque parliamentary election, 1980

Biscay (Basque: Bizkaia, Spanish: Vizcaya) is one of the 3 electoral districts (Spanish: circunscripciones) used for the Basque Parliament—the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country.

Electoral system

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which includes blank ballots—for none of the above) are entitled to enter the seat distribution.

References

Biscay (Basque Parliament electoral district) Wikipedia