The constituency was created as per the
Statute of Autonomy for Asturias of 1981 and was first contested in the
1983 regional election. The Statute provided for sub-provincial divisions of the Principality's territory to be established as multi-member districts in the
General Junta of the Principality of Asturias, with this regulation being maintained under the 1986 regional electoral law. Each constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of two seats, with the remaining 39 being distributed in proportion to their populations. The exception was the 1983 election, when each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 32 for the Central District, 5 for the Eastern District and 8 for the Western District.[2][3]
Voting is on the basis of
universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in Asturias and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for
Asturians abroad to
apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (
Spanish: Voto rogado) which was abolished in 2022.[4][5] Seats are elected using the
D'Hondt method and a
closed listproportional representation, with a
threshold of three percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. The only exception was in 1983, when a five percent threshold was applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold are not taken into consideration for seat distribution.[2][3] The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the
district magnitude.[6]
The electoral law allows for
parties and
federations registered in the
interior ministry,
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 one 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.[3][7][8]
2Asturian Renewal Union–
Asturianist Party results are compared to the combined totals of Asturian Renewal Union and Asturianist Party in the 2003 election.
The constituency was created as per the
Statute of Autonomy for Asturias of 1981 and was first contested in the
1983 regional election. The Statute provided for sub-provincial divisions of the Principality's territory to be established as multi-member districts in the
General Junta of the Principality of Asturias, with this regulation being maintained under the 1986 regional electoral law. Each constituency is entitled to an initial minimum of two seats, with the remaining 39 being distributed in proportion to their populations. The exception was the 1983 election, when each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 32 for the Central District, 5 for the Eastern District and 8 for the Western District.[2][3]
Voting is on the basis of
universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered in Asturias and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for
Asturians abroad to
apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (
Spanish: Voto rogado) which was abolished in 2022.[4][5] Seats are elected using the
D'Hondt method and a
closed listproportional representation, with a
threshold of three percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. The only exception was in 1983, when a five percent threshold was applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold are not taken into consideration for seat distribution.[2][3] The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the
district magnitude.[6]
The electoral law allows for
parties and
federations registered in the
interior ministry,
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 one 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.[3][7][8]
2Asturian Renewal Union–
Asturianist Party results are compared to the combined totals of Asturian Renewal Union and Asturianist Party in the 2003 election.