Zamora (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
Zamora is one of the 52 electoral districts (Spanish: circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is one of the nine electoral districts which correspond to the provinces of Castile and León. Zamora is the largest municipality, accounting for almost a third of the total electorate. Benavente is the only other municipality with more than 10,000 voters. Zamora was one of the relatively few districts where the electorate fell between 2000 and 2004. It is also one of the smallest districts in terms of electorate, ranking 42nd out of the fifty two districts.
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