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General Elections 2011

General Electoral Information. This contains information on the process for elections to the Spanish Congress and Senate in 2011, such as:

  • Results: The final results of the General elections in 2011 are published (sources: Ministry of the Interior). There is the possibility of downloading reports.


  • Introduction & right to vote: Introduction to the 2011 elections to the Spanish Congress and Senate in the Basque Country, how they are to take place and and who is entitled to vote in them.


  • Nº of MPs and Senators & population: This gives the number of MPs and Senators to be elected from each Historical Territory in Novembre 2011, and the official population figures for the Basque Country.


  • Allocation of municipalities to JEZ (Zone Election Commissions): The municipalities of Euskadi allocated to each JEZ are shown.


  • Opinion polls: An archive of polls published in the lead-up to the elections to the Spanish Congress and Senate in the Basque Country in 2011.


  • Election calendar & landmark dates: Timeline of the main landmark dates in the election process with regard to the electorate, candidates, political parties, election commissions, postal voting, etc. Two election calendars can also be downloaded: a general calendar for this election and the calendar for voting by residents abroad.


  • Ineligibility & Incompatibility: A guide listing a number of circumstances of ineligibility and incompatibility affecting members of the lower and upper houses under current legislation and Central Election Commission (JEC) doctrine .


  • Candidatures and candidates: Information on the candidatures for elections to the upper and lower houses of the Spanish parliament in 2001 in representation of the historical territories of Euskadi, including the name and acronym of the candidature, a list of the actual persons standing and a link to the website of the candidature if any.


  • Addresses & useful data: This section gives the addresses of the main institutions involved in this election, of the organisations that make up the election administration (Election Commissions), of the electoral roll delegations, of government subdelegations, etc. It also gives a number of figures for election data concerned with the election of November 20, such as the electoral roll, the number of electoral commissions, polling places, polling stations, etc. These data can be compared to the equivalent figures for the 2008 and 2004 general elections.


  • Electoral legislation & regulations applicable: This contains a link to the website of the Central Election Commission where users can find the full text of Spain 's Basic General Electoral Framework Act [Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General] which, among other things, regulates general elections. Information is also provided on the requirements in law for the setting up of a political party and an electoral grouping, the main changes introduced by the latest reformulation of Spain's Basic General Electoral Framework Act that affect elections in 2011, and on advertising and institutional communications by the public authorities of Euskadi. There is also an outline of the main instructions affecting the Central Electoral Commission as regards general elections, and links to the legislation and regulations published in official journals for this election.


  • Links to public institutions: This section contains links to the on-line services of the public institutions involved in the elections of November 20, 2011 (e.g. the websites of the Ministry of the Interior, the Office of the Electoral Roll and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation, etc.).

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