Valencia (Congress of Deputies constituency)
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For the Corts Valencianes constituency, see Valencia (Corts Valencianes constituency). For the Senate constituency, see Valencia (Senate constituency).
Valencia (Valencian: València) is one of the 52 constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Congress of Deputies, the lower chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency currently elects 16 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Valencia. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent.
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Congress of Deputies Electoral constituency | |
Province | Valencia |
Autonomous community | Valencian Community |
Population | 2,605,757 (2022)[1] |
Electorate | 1,999,340 (2023) |
Major settlements | Valencia, Torrent, Gandía, Paterna, Sagunto |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1977 |
Seats | 15 (1977–1986) 16 (1986–2015) 15 (2015–2016) 16 (2016–Apr 2019) 15 (Apr 2019–2023) 16 (2023–present) |
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