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, CxAst since 24 June 2019
Structure
Seats	45
Political groups	Government (22)  FSA–PSOE (19)  CxAst (3)[a] Supported by (1)  Independent (1)[b] Opposition (22)  PP (17)  Vox (4)  Foro (1)
Elections
Voting system	Closed party list in three constituencies with seats allocated using theD'Hondt method
First election	8 May 1983
Last election	28 May 2023
Meeting place
Regional Palace,Oviedo
Website
www.jgpa.es

TheGeneral Junta of the Principality of Asturias (inSpanish:Junta General del Principado de Asturias, inAsturian:Xunta Xeneral del Principáu d'Asturies) is theparliament ofAsturias, anautonomous community ofSpain. ItsStatute of Autonomy, the basicorganic 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 exerciseslegislative power, approves the budgets of the community, and holds to account the Council of Government, theexecutive 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 theConstitution 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 inOviedo.

The election is in three electoral districts. 34 members are returned for theCentral district, which containsAvilés,Gijón andOviedo, the three largest municipalities, and in total represents 888,293 people in 2010. Six members are returned for theWestern district (121,903 people) and five for theEastern district (73,511 people). Athreshold of the 3% is established for having any seats.

ThePresident of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias is thepresiding officer of thatlegislature.

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