In the first half of January, the Spanish Ministry of Justice, led by Juan Fernando López Aguilar, released partial data on the number of same-sex marriages celebrated in Spain in just six months, that is, from the date the law came into force until December 31, 2005.
The number takes into account only the data from the civil registers which are computerized, that is, only 200 out of a total of 432 registers.
The number of same-sex marriages celebrated, which according to the Minister is significantly underestimated, is 425, but the number could be much more than double.
With these premises, the greatest number of marriages were celebrated in the registry of Madrid (135), followed by Valencia (67) and Barcelona (54).
Next in the list are the register of Seville, with 18 marriages; Gijón (12); Palma de Mallorca (10); Zaragoza (9); La Coruña (8); Móstoles, in Madrid (6); Ibiza, León, Coslada, Oviedo, Segovia and Valladolid, with 5 marriages each; Badajoz, Logroño and Cartagena (Murcia), with 4 marriages; and the registers of Cáceres, Collado Villalba (Madrid), Mieres and Toledo, with 3 marriages.
In the registries of Mérida (Badajoz), Mahón (Menorca), Guadalajara, Alcobendas (Madrid), Fuenlabrada (Madrid), San Javier (Murcia), Tudela (Navarra), Salamanca, Santander and Santoña (Cantabria) 2 marriages were celebrated.
Only one marriage per register took place, however, in Albacete and Almansa (Albacete); Avila; Llerena (Badajoz); Inca and Manacor (Mallorca); Esplugues de Llobregat, Manresa and Cerdanyola del Vallés (Barcelona); Almagro, Manzanares and Puertollano (Ciudad Real); Huesca; Ponferrada (León); Alcalá de Henares, Majadahonda and Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid); Yecla (Murcia); Aoiz and Estella (Navarre); Avilés, Castropol, Langreo, Piloña and Villaviciosa; Palencia; Castro Urdiales, San Vicente de la Barquera and Torrelavega (Cantabria); Tarragona; Toro (Zamora), and in Ceuta.