General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

General Junta of the Principality of Asturias Junta General del Principado de Asturias Xunta Xeneral del Principáu d'Asturies
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Pedro Sanjurjo, FSA–PSOE
Majority Leader and President of the Principality of Asturias (In-Office)	Javier Fernández, PSOE Since 24 May 2015
Leader of the Opposition	Mercedes Fernández, PP
Structure
Seats	45
Political groups	PSOE (14)      PP (11)      Podemos (9)      IU-IX (5)      FAC (3)      C's (3)
Elections
Voting system	Closed party lists in three constituencies (center 34, East 6, West 5) with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method
Last election	24 May 2015
Next election	2019
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 1982 with its name as a remembrance to a former Asturian political institution that existed from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, the General Junta exercises the legislative power, approves the budgets of the community, and guides and controls the action of the Council of Government—the executive power—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 integrated by forty-five members called "deputies" (in Spanish: diputados) for a period of four years, unless it is dissolved by the President of the Principality calling for new 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.

Legislature	Name	Start	End	Party
Provisional	Agustín José Antuña Alonso	6 March 1982	14 January 1983	UCD
Provisional	Eugenio Carbajal Martínez	14 January 1983	31 May 1983	FSA/PSOE
I	Juan Ramón Zapico García	31 May 1983	8 July 1987	FSA/PSOE
II	Antonio Landeta y Álvarez-Valdés	8 July 1987	21 June 1991	PP
III	Laura González Álvarez	21 June 1991	8 January 1993	IU-IX
III	Eugenio Carbajal Martínez	4 March 1993	23 June 1995	FSA/PSOE
IV	Ovidio Sánchez Díaz	23 June 1995	5 March 1999	PP
IV	Faustino González Alcalde	18 March 1999	7 July 1999	FSA/PSOE
V	María Jesús Álvarez González	7 July 1999	17 June 2003	FSA/PSOE
VI	María Jesús Álvarez González	17 June 2003	21 July 2007	FSA/PSOE
VII	María Jesús Álvarez González	21 July 2007	15 June 2011	FSA/PSOE
VIII	Fernando Goñi Merino	15 June 2011	27 April 2012	PP
IX	Pedro Sanjurjo González	27 April 2012	16 June 2015	FSA/PSOE
X	Pedro Sanjurjo González	16 June 2015	Present	FSA/PSOE

Sources

• Official website