Melilla (Senate constituency)

For the Congress of Deputies constituency, see Melilla (Congress of Deputies constituency).

Melilla is one of the 59 constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Senate of Spain, the upper chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency elects two senators. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla. The electoral system uses an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. Electors can vote for up to two candidates.

Melilla
Senate of Spain Electoral constituency
Location of Melilla within Spain
Province	Málaga (1977–1995) None (1995–present)
Autonomous community	Andalusia (1977–1995) None (1995–present)
Population	86,487 (2019)
Electorate	59,497 (Nov 2019)
Major settlements	Melilla
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	2
Member(s)	PP (2)

Senators

Senators for Melilla 1977–
Key to parties   PSOE   UCD   PP   CP   AP
Legislature	Election	Distribution
Constituent	1977	2
1st	1979	2
2nd	1982	2
3rd	1986	2
4th	1989	1 1
	1990	2
5th	1993	1 1
6th	1996	2
7th	2000	2
8th	2004	2
9th	2008	2
10th	2011	2
11th	2015	2
12th	2016	2
13th	2019 (Apr)	2
14th	2019 (Nov)	2
15th	2023	2

Elections

2023 general election

Summary of the 23 July 2023 Senate of Spain election results

Candidates	Parties and coalitions		Popular vote
			Votes	%
Y Fernando Adolfo Gutiérrez Díaz de Otazu		PP	13,417	49.90
Y Isabel María Moreno Mohamed		PP	12,817	47.66
• Riduan Moh Abdelkader		PSOE	5,967	22.19
• Concepción López Carrillo		PSOE	5,953	22.14
• Rafael Ginel Pascual		Vox	3,973	14.77
• Sendy Nanwani Ramchand Ghanshandas		Vox	3,926	14.60
• Rachid Bussian Mohamed		CpM	1,386	5.15
• María Cecilia González Casas		CpM	1,229	4.57
• Juan Manuel Quiñoy Salvador		Sumar	805	2.99
• María Josefa Ruiz Hodar		Sumar	775	2.88
• Natalia Sáez Aguilar		PACMA	285	1.05
• Amador María Villar Riu		PUM+J	64	0.23
• Sixto Miguel Casino		Recortes Cero	38	0.14
Blank ballots			406	1.51
Total			51041
Valid votes			26,887	97.30
Invalid votes			745	2.69
Votes cast / turnout			27,632	50.09
Abstentions			27,523	49.90
Registered voters			55155
Sources

November 2019 general election

Summary of the 10 November 2019 Senate of Spain election results in Melilla

Candidates	Parties and coalitions		Popular vote
			Votes	%
Y Juan José Imbroda Ortiz		PP	10,163	33.44
Y Sofía Acedo Reyes		PP	9,080	29.87
• Dunia Al-Mansouri Umpierrez		CpM	8,953	29.46
• Emilio Guerra Muñoz		CpM	8,474	27.88
• Cristina Irurre Contreras		Vox	5,345	17.59
• Cristina Morales del Pino		PSOE	4,862	16.00
• Miguel Luis Aparicio Montilla		PSOE	4,464	14.69
• Justo Sancho-Miñano Belmonte		Cs	1,494	4.92
• Julia Teresa Juan Montoya		Cs	956	3.15
• José Antonio Castillo Romero		Podemos–IU	724	2.38
• María Teresa Thomasoro Vázquez		Podemos–IU	696	2.29
• Nourdine Ahmed Hassan		Verdes	98	0.32
• Karima Abdelkader Abdelah		Verdes	71	0.23
• María Lucía Caso de los Cobos Martín		PUM+J	55	0.18
• Mohamed Amine El Ouariachi El Ouariachi		Recortes Cero–GV	32	0.11
Blank ballots			334	1.10
Total			30,395
Valid votes			30,395	97.54
Invalid votes			768	2.46
Votes cast / turnout			31,163	52.38
Abstentions			28,334	47.62
Registered voters			59,497
Sources