Sevilla (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Seville
Congress of Deputies Electoral Constituency
Location of Seville within Spain.
Province	Province of Seville
Autonomous community	Andalusia
Population	1,941,480 (2016)
Electorate	1,531,806 (2016)
Major settlements	Seville, Dos Hermanas, Alcalá de Guadaíra, Utrera, Écija
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	12 (1977–1993; 2004–) 13 (1996–2000)

Seville (Spanish: Sevilla) is one of the 52 electoral districts (Spanish: circunscripciones) used for the Congress of Deputies—the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of 3%.

It was first contested in modern times in the 1977 general election. It is the fourth largest district in terms of electorate. The largest municipality by far is Seville with 547,000 voters out of the total electorate of 1,469,000 The next largest municipalities were Dos Hermanas (91,000), Alcalá de Guadaíra (52,000), Utrera (38,000) and Écija (30,000).

Under Article 68 of the Spanish constitution, the boundaries of the electoral district must be the same as the province of Seville and, under Article 140, this can only be altered with the approval of congress.

Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The electoral system used is closed list proportional representation with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method. Only lists which poll 3% of the total vote (which includes votes "en blanco" i.e. for none of the above) can be considered. Under article 12 of the constitution, the minimum voting age is 18.

Article 67.3 of the Spanish Constitution prohibits dual membership of the Cortes and regional assemblies, meaning that candidates must resign from Regional Assemblies if elected. Article 70 also makes active judges, magistrates, public defenders, serving military personnel, active police officers and members of constitutional and electoral tribunals ineligible.