Summary of Seats Won 1977-2011
| 1977 | 1979 | 1982 | 1986 | 1989 | 1993 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| United Left (IU) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Popular Socialist Party (PSP) | 1 | ||||||||||
| People's Party (PP) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | |
| Valencian Union (UV) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Coalició Compromís (Compromís-Q) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total number of seats | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Seats shown for the People's Party include seats won by their predecessors, the Popular Alliance and the Popular Coalition before 1989 - including those won as part of an electoral alliance with the Valencian Union (UV) in 1982. Seats shown for United Left include seats won by the Communist Party of Spain before 1986.
PP formed an unofficial electoral pact with UV for the 2004 election, under which the UV leader and former Valencia deputy José María Chiquillo was elected to the Spanish Senate as part of the PP ticket. This proved controversial with the membership and led to a split in the party.
Read more about this topic: Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
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