General Junta of the Principality of Asturias explained

General Junta of the
Principality of Asturias
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Legislature:12th General Junta
House Type:Spanish regional legislature
Houses:Unicameral
Members:45
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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/IXMPIAS
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)

Last Election1:28 May 2023
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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.

NameTerm of officeLegislature
Political Party
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Agustín José Antuña Alonso6 March 198214 January 1983ProvisionalUnion of the Democratic Centre
Eugenio Carbajal Martínez14 January 198331 May 1983Asturian Socialist Federation
Juan Ramón Zapico García31 May 19838 July 1987I
Antonio Landeta y Álvarez-Valdés8 July 198721 June 1991II People's Alliance
People's Party
Laura González Álvarez21 June 19918 January 1993III United Left of Asturias
Eugenio Carbajal Martínez4 March 199323 June 1995Asturian Socialist Federation
Ovidio Sánchez Díaz23 June 19955 March 1999IV People's Party
Faustino González Alcalde18 March 19997 July 1999Asturian Socialist Federation
María Jesús Álvarez González7 July 199917 June 2003V
17 June 200321 July 2007VI
21 July 200715 June 2011VII
Fernando Goñi Merino15 June 201127 April 2012VIII People's Party
Pedro Sanjurjo González27 April 201216 June 2015Asturian Socialist Federation
16 June 201524 June 2019X
Marcelino Marcos Líndez24 June 2019Incumbent

Results of the elections to the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

Deputies in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias since 1983
ElectionDistributionPresident
1983
52614
Pedro de Silva (PSOE)
1987
420813
1991
6121215
Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil (PSOE) (1991-1993)Antonio Trevín (PSOE) (1993-1995)
1995
611721
Sergio Marqués (PP 1995-1998; URAS 1998-1999)
1999
324315
Vicente Álvarez Areces (PSOE)
2003
42219
2007
42120
2011
4151610
Francisco Álvarez-Cascos (FAC)
2012
51711210
Javier Fernández (PSOE)
2015
59143311
2019
242052102
Adrián Barbón (PSOE)
2023
31191174

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