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Article 161
 

Constituencies for election of members of Congress of Deputies and Senators


1. The constituency for election of members of Congress of Deputies and Senators shall be each of the Spanish provinces, each of the cities of Ceuta and Melilla having also the constituency status. 


2. The preceding subsection does not apply in elections for the Senate to the insular provinces, where the constituencies for this purpose shall be each of the following islands or groups of islands: Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza-Formentera, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Hierro, Gomera and La Palma.