General Junta of the Principality of Asturias explained
General Junta of the
Principality of Asturias |
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| Coa Pic: | File:Escudo de Asturias (oficial).svg |
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| Legislature: | 12th General Junta |
| House Type: | Spanish regional legislature |
| Houses: | Unicameral |
| Members: | 45 |
| Structure1: | XII Legislature of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias.svg |
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| Leader1 Type: | President |
| Leader1: | Juan Cofiño |
| Party1: | FSA–PSOE |
| Election1: | 26 June 2023 |
| Leader2 Type: | Vice President |
| Leader2: | María Celia Fernández Fernández |
| Party2: | FSA–PSOE |
| Election2: | 24 June 2019 |
| Leader3 Type: | Second Vice President |
| Leader3: | Pablo Álvarez-Pire Santiago |
| Party3: | PP |
| Election3: | 24 June 2019 |
| Leader4 Type: | Secretary |
| Leader4: | Ovidio Zapico |
| Party4: | IU/IX–MP–IAS |
| Election4: | 24 June 2019 |
| Leader5 Type: | Second Secretary |
| Voting System1: | Closed party list in three constituencies with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method |
| First Election1: | 8 May 1983 |
| Political Groups1: | Government (22)
Supported by (1)
Opposition (22)
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| Last Election1: | 28 May 2023 |
| Session Room: | File:Oviedo03.jpg |
| Meeting Place: | Regional Palace, Oviedo |
| Website: | www.jgpa.es |
The General Junta of the Principality of Asturias (in Spanish: Junta General del Principado de Asturias, in Asturian: Xunta Xeneral del Principáu d'Asturies) is the parliament of Asturias, an autonomous community of Spain. Its Statute of Autonomy, the basic organic law of the community, defines it as the supreme institution of representation of the Asturian people.
Established in its current form in 1982, the General Junta is named after an Asturian political institution that existed from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. The General Junta exercises legislative power, approves the budgets of the community, and holds to account the Council of Government, the executive branch, whose leader it elects as the "President of the Principality of Asturias". It also exercises all competences conferred or devolved to the autonomous communities in the Constitution of Spain and assumed by the community itself in its Statute of Autonomy and any other relevant law.
The General Junta is made up of 45 members called "deputies" (in Spanish: diputados) elected every four years, though the President of the Principality may dissolve the parliament and trigger early elections. The General Junta meets at the Regional Palace in Oviedo.
Election
The election is in three electoral districts. 34 members are returned for the Central district, which contains Avilés, Gijón and Oviedo, the three largest municipalities, and in total represents 888,293 people in 2010. Six members are returned for the Western district (121,903 people) and five for the Eastern district (73,511 people). A threshold of the 3% is established for having any seats.
Presidents of the General Junta
The President of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias is the presiding officer of that legislature.
Results of the elections to the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
Sources
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