10th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias explained

10th General Junta
Body:	General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
Election:	24 May 2015
Government:	Fernández II
Before:	9th
After:	11th
Chamber1:	Deputies
Chamber1 Image:	Composición de la X Legislatura de la Junta General del Principado de Asturias.svg
Membership1:	45
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:	President
Chamber1 Leader1:	Pedro Sanjurjo (PSOE)
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:	First Vice-President
Chamber1 Leader2:	María Josefa Miranda (IU/IX)
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:	Second Vice-President
Chamber1 Leader3:	José Agustín Cuervas-Mons (PP)
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:	First Secretary
Chamber1 Leader4:	Ignacio Prendes (C's, until 5 February 2016) Pedro Leal (FAC, since 5 February 2016)
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:	Second Secretary
Chamber1 Leader5:	Rosa María Espiño (Podemos)

The 10th General Junta was the meeting of the General Junta, the parliament of the Principality of Asturias, with the membership determined by the results of the regional election held on 24 May 2015. The congress met for the first time on 15 June 2019.

Election

The 10th Asturian regional election was held on 24 May 2015. At the election the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) remained the largest party in the General Junta but fell short of a majority again.^[1]

Alliance		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	143,851	26.48%	14	3
	People's Party (PP)	117,319	21.59%	11	1
	We Can (Podemos)	103,571	19.06%	9	9
	United Left of Asturias (IU/IX)	64,868	11.94%	5
	Forum of Citizens (FAC)	44,480	8.19%	3	9
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	38,687	7.12%	3	3
	Others/blanks	30,569	5.62%	0
Total		543,345	100.00%	45

History

The new parliament met for the first time on 26 June 2015 and after two rounds, Pedro Sanjurjo (PSOE) was re-elected as President of the General Junta.^[2]

President
Candidate			Votes
			Round 1	Round 2
			22	22
			14	14
align=left colspan="3"	Blank	9	9
align=left colspan="3"	Total	45	45

Deaths, resignations and suspensions

The 10th General Junta has seen the following deaths, resignations and suspensions:

• 25 September 2015 - Fernando Goñi (PP) resigned after being appointed senator.^{[3] [4]} David González Medina replaced him on 8 October 2015.^[5]
• 29 September 2015 - Argimiro Rodríguez (Foro) and Esther Landa (Foro) resigned.^[6] Pedro Leal (Foro) and Isidro Martínez Oblanca (Foro) replaced them on 15 October 2015 and on 29 October 2015, respectively.^{[7] [8]}
• 20 December 2015 - Susana López Ares (PP), Isidro Martínez Oblanca (Foro) and Ignacio Prendes (Independent, Cs) resigned after being elected members of the Congress of Deputies. Rafael Alonso (PP), Carmen Fernández (Foro) and Armando Bartolomé (Cs) replaced them, respectively, on 4 February 2016.^[9]
• 5 September 2017 - Emma Ramos (PP) resigned.^[10] Gloria García (PP) replaced her on 15 September 2017.^[11]
• 19 June 2018 - Cristina Coto (Foro) resigned after dissagrements with her party.^[12] Early that year, she also resigned as president and spokesperson of Foro.^[13] Patricia García (Foro) replaced her on 18 July 2018.^[14]
• 21 January 2019 - Gaspar Llamzares (IU), leader of United Left in Asturias, resigned after political dissagrements with his party.^[15] Jaime Gareth Flórez replaced him on 8 February 2019.^[16]

Members

scope=col	Name	scope=col	Constituency	scope=col	No.	scope=col colspan="2"	Party	scope=col colspan="2"	Alliance	scope=col	Group	scope=col	Took office	scope=col	Left office	scope=col width="200"	Notes
		9					People's			Replaces Susana López Ares
		1					Socialists
		2					Socialists
		1					Asturias Forum			Replaced by Patricia García
		6					People's			Second Vice-President
		6					Socialists
		6					Podemos Asturias			Second Secretary
		1					Podemos Asturias
		6					Asturias Forum			Replaces Isidro Martínez Oblanca
		1					Socialists
		4					Citizens			Replaces Ignacio Prendes
		1					People's
		10					People's			Replaces Emma Ramos
		2					Citizens
		8					Asturias Forum			Replaces Cristina Coto
		6					United Left			Replaces Gaspar Llamazares
		4					Podemos Asturias
		2					People's
		8					People's			Replaces Fernando Goñi
		5					People's			Replaces María Fe Gómez
		2					Socialists
		5					Socialists
		2					Asturias Forum			Replaced by Isidro Martínez Oblanca
		3					Socialists
		1					Podemos Asturias
		1					United Left			Replaces Jaime Gareth
		5					Asturias Forum			Replaces Argimiro Rodríguez. First Secretary
		5					Podemos Asturias
		7					People's			Replaced by Rafael Alonso
		2					Socialists
		4					Asturias Forum			Replaces Esther Landa and replaced by Carmen Fernández
		2					United Left
		3					United Left			First Vice-President
		2					Podemos Asturias
		4					Socialists
		2					People's
		1					Socialists
		7					Podemos Asturias
		2					Citizens			First Secretary. Replaced by Luis Armando Fernández
		5					United Left
		3					People's			Replaced by Gloria García
		3					Podemos Asturias
		3					Asturias Forum			Replaced by Pedro Leal
		1					People's
		4					People's
		2					Citizens
		7					Socialists			President
		2					People's
		9					Socialists
		1					Podemos Asturias
		8					Socialists
		1					People's
		3					Socialists
		4					United Left

External links

• Official website of the General Junta
• All members of the General Junta

Notes and References

1. Web site: General Junta of the Principality of Asturias election results, 24 May 2015 . 2 June 2015 . Spanish . www.juntaelectoralcentral.es . Electoral Commission of Asturias . 8 December 2019.
2. Web site: Pedro Sanjurjo, reelegido presidente de la Junta General del Principado. RTPA. es. 16 June 2015.
3. News: Fernando Goñi, propuesto por el PP asturiano para el Senado. 14 September 2015. 2 March 2021. La Nueva España. es. Lagar. Eduardo.
4. News: Carcedo (PSOE) y Goñi (PP), nuevos senadores por Asturias. 25 September 2015. 2 March 2021. 20 minutos. Europa Press.
5. News: David González Medina toma posesión de su escaño. 8 October 2015. 2 March 2021. RTPA. EFE. es.
6. News: Argimiro Rodríguez y Esther Landa renuncian a sus escaños en la Junta. Ardura. Juan. 29 September 2015. 2 March 2021. La Nueva España. Spanish.
7. News: Isidro Martínez Oblanca toma posesión de su cargo como diputado de Foro en la Junta General. 15 October 2015. 2 March 2021. 20 minutos. Europa Press. es.
8. News: Pedro Leal toma posesión de su cargo como diputado de Foro en la Junta General. 29 October 2015. 3 March 2021. 20 minutos. Europa Press. es.
9. News: Rafael Alonso, Carmen Fernández y Armando Bartolomé se incorporan a la Junta. 4 February 2016. 2 March 2021. RTPA. EFE. es.
10. News: Emma Ramos renuncia a su acta de diputada del PP por motivos personales. Ardura. Juan. 6 September 2017. 2 March 2021. La Nueva España. es.
11. News: Gloria García toma posesión de su escaño. 15 September 2017. 2 March 2021. La Voz de Asturias. EFE. es.
12. News: Cristina Coto renunciará a su acta de diputada. 19 June 2018. 2 March 2021. La Voz de Asturias. EFE. es.
13. News: Cristina Coto dimite como presidenta y portavoz de Foro: "Es hora de decir basta". Ardura. Juan. 16 June 2018. 2 March 2021. La Nueva España. es.
14. News: Patricia García sustituye a la dimitida Cristina Coto como diputada de Foro. 18 July 2018. 2 March 2021. La Voz de Asturias. Europa Press. es.
15. News: Llamazares renuncia a las primarias y al acta de diputado. Ordóñez. Luis. 21 January 2019. 2 March 2021. La Voz de Asturias. es.
16. News: Jaime Gareth Flórez, nuevo diputado de Izquierda Unida en la Junta. Ardura. Juan. 8 February 2019. La Nueva España. es.