</s> ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁results ▁break down ▁of ▁the ▁Congress ▁of ▁Deput ies ▁election ▁held ▁in ▁Spain ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁The ▁following ▁tables ▁show ▁detailed ▁results ▁in ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁country ' s ▁ 1 7 ▁autonom ous ▁communities ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁autonom ous ▁cities ▁of ▁Ce uta ▁and ▁Mel illa , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁summary ▁of ▁constitu ency ▁results . ▁ ▁Elect oral ▁system ▁ 3 4 8 ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Congress ▁of ▁Deput ies ▁were ▁elected ▁using ▁the ▁D ' H ond t ▁method ▁and ▁a ▁closed ▁list ▁proportional ▁representation , ▁with ▁a ▁threshold ▁of ▁three ▁percent ▁of ▁valid ▁votes — which ▁included ▁blank ▁ball ots — be ing ▁applied ▁in ▁each ▁constitu ency . ▁Part ies ▁not ▁reaching ▁the ▁threshold ▁were ▁not ▁taken ▁into ▁consideration ▁for ▁seat ▁distribution . ▁The ▁D ' H ond t ▁method ▁might ▁result ▁in ▁a ▁higher ▁effective ▁threshold , ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁district ▁magnitude . ▁Se ats ▁were ▁allocated ▁to ▁constitu encies , ▁corresponding ▁to ▁the ▁provinces ▁of ▁Spain , ▁with ▁each ▁being ▁allocated ▁an ▁initial ▁minimum ▁of ▁two ▁seats ▁and ▁the ▁remaining ▁ 2 4 8 ▁being ▁distributed ▁in ▁proportion ▁to ▁their ▁populations . ▁Ce uta ▁and ▁Mel illa ▁were ▁allocated ▁the ▁two ▁remaining ▁seats , ▁which ▁were ▁elected ▁using ▁pl ur ality ▁voting . ▁V oting ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁universal ▁suff rage , ▁which ▁compr ised ▁all ▁national s ▁over ▁eigh teen ▁and ▁in ▁full ▁enjoy ment ▁of ▁their ▁political ▁rights .