General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

General Junta of the
Principality of Asturias

*Junta General del Principado de Asturias* (Spanish)
*Xunta Xeneral del Principáu d'Asturies* (Asturian)
General Junta of the; Principality of Asturias ; Junta General del Principado de Asturias (Spanish); Xunta Xeneral del Principáu d'Asturies (Asturian)
12th General Junta
Type
Type	Spanish regional legislature
Houses	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Juan Cofiño, FSA–PSOE ; since 26 June 2023
Vice President	María Celia Fernández Fernández, FSA–PSOE ; since 24 June 2019
Second Vice President	Pablo Álvarez-Pire Santiago, PP ; since 24 June 2019
Secretary	Ovidio Zapico, IU/IX–MP–IAS ; since 24 June 2019
Structure
Seats	45
Political groups	Government (22) FSA–PSOE (19); IU/IX–MP–IAS (3); Supported by (1) Independent (1); Opposition (22) PP (17); Vox (4); Foro (1);
Elections
Voting system	Closed party list in three constituencies with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method
First election	8 May 1983
Last election	28 May 2023
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.

Name		Term of office			Legislature (election)	Political Party
Name		Took office	Left office	Days	Legislature (election)	Political Party
	Agustín José Antuña Alonso	6 March 1982	14 January 1983	314	Provisional	Union of the Democratic Centre
	Eugenio Carbajal Martínez	14 January 1983	31 May 1983	137	Provisional	Asturian Socialist Federation
	Juan Ramón Zapico García	31 May 1983	8 July 1987	1499	I (1983)	Asturian Socialist Federation
	Antonio Landeta y Álvarez-Valdés	8 July 1987	21 June 1991	1444	II (1987)	People's Alliance
	Antonio Landeta y Álvarez-Valdés	8 July 1987	21 June 1991	1444	II (1987)	People's Party
	Laura González Álvarez	21 June 1991	8 January 1993	567	III (1991)	United Left of Asturias
	Eugenio Carbajal Martínez	4 March 1993	23 June 1995	841	III (1991)	Asturian Socialist Federation
	Ovidio Sánchez Díaz	23 June 1995	5 March 1999	1351	IV (1995)	People's Party
	Faustino González Alcalde	18 March 1999	7 July 1999	111	IV (1995)	Asturian Socialist Federation
	María Jesús Álvarez González	7 July 1999	17 June 2003	4361	V (1999)
		17 June 2003	21 July 2007		VI (2003)
		21 July 2007	15 June 2011		VII (2007)
	Fernando Goñi Merino	15 June 2011	27 April 2012	317	VIII (2011)	People's Party
	Pedro Sanjurjo González	27 April 2012	16 June 2015	1145	IX (2012)	Asturian Socialist Federation
	Pedro Sanjurjo González	16 June 2015	24 June 2019	1145	X (2015)
	Marcelino Marcos Líndez	24 June 2019	Incumbent	1977	XI (2019)