The General Junta of the Principality of Asturias (, ) 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" () 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 Agustín José Antuña Alonso 6 March 1982 14 January 1983 Provisional Union of the Democratic Centre Eugenio Carbajal Martínez 14 January 1983 31 May 1983 Asturian Socialist Federation Juan Ramón Zapico García 31 May 1983 8 July 1987 I Antonio Landeta y Álvarez-Valdés 8 July 1987 21 June 1991 II People's Alliance People's Party Laura González Álvarez 21 June 1991 8 January 1993 III United Left of Asturias Eugenio Carbajal Martínez 4 March 1993 23 June 1995 Asturian Socialist Federation Ovidio Sánchez Díaz 23 June 1995 5 March 1999 IV People's Party Faustino González Alcalde 18 March 1999 7 July 1999 Asturian Socialist Federation María Jesús Álvarez González 7 July 1999 17 June 2003 V 17 June 2003 21 July 2007 VI 21 July 2007 15 June 2011 VII Fernando Goñi Merino 15 June 2011 27 April 2012 VIII People's Party Pedro Sanjurjo González 27 April 2012 16 June 2015 IX Asturian Socialist Federation 16 June 2015 24 June 2019 X Marcelino Marcos Líndez 24 June 2019 Incumbent XI
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 Election DistributionPresident1983 5 26 14Pedro de Silva (PSOE)1987 4 20 8 131991 6 1 21 2 15Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil (PSOE) (1991-1993) Antonio Trevín (PSOE) (1993-1995)1995 6 1 17 21Sergio Marqués (PP 1995-1998; URAS 1998-1999)1999 3 24 3 15Vicente Álvarez Areces (PSOE)2003 4 22 192007 4 21 202011 4 15 16 10Francisco Álvarez-Cascos (FAC)2012 5 17 1 12 10Javier Fernández (PSOE)2015 5 9 14 3 3 112019 2 4 20 5 2 10 2 Adrián Barbón (PSOE)2023 3 1 19 1 17 4
Sources Official website All members of the General Junta
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