9th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
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| Legislative body | General Junta of the Principality of Asturias | ||||
| Term | 27 April 2012 – 16 June 2015 | ||||
| Election | 25 March 2012 | ||||
| Government | Fernández I | ||||
| Website | jgpa | ||||
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| Members | 45 | ||||
| President | Pedro Sanjurjo (PSOE) | ||||
| First Vice-President | Pelayo Roces (FAC) | ||||
| Second Vice-President | José Agustín Cuervas-Mons (PP) | ||||
| First Secretary | Aurelio Martín (IU/IX, until 26 June 2014) Emilia Vázquez (IU/IX, since 26 June 2014) | ||||
| Second Secretary | Ignacio Prendes (UPyD) | ||||
The 9th General Junta was the meeting of the General Junta, the parliament of the Principality of Asturias, with the membership determined by the results of the regional snap election held on 25 March 2012. The congress met for the first time on 27 April 2012.
Election
The 9th Asturian regional election was held on 25 March 2012, as a snap election. At the election, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) passed Asturias Forum (FAC) as the most voted party. Finally, a draw between left and right was broken by the only member of Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) that gave back the government to the left.[1]
| Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| width="1" bgcolor="Template:Asturian Socialist Federation/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 161,159 | 32.10% | 17 |  2
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| bgcolor="Template:Asturias Forum/meta/color"| | Forum of Citizens (FAC) | 124,518 | 24.80% | 12 |  4
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| bgcolor="Template:People's Party of Asturias/meta/color"| | People's Party (PP) | 108,091 | 21.53% | 10 | 
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| bgcolor="Template:United Left of Asturias/meta/color"| | United Left of Asturias (IU/IX) | 69,118 | 13.77% | 5 | 1
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| bgcolor="Template:Union, Progress and Democracy/meta/color"| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 18,801 | 3.74% | 1 | 1
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| Others/blanks | 20,386 | 4.06% | 0 | ||
| Total | 502,073 | 100.00% | 45 |
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History
The new parliament met for the first time on 27 April 2012. After two rounds, Pedro Sanjurjo (PSOE) was elected as the president of the General Junta, in a parliament composed provisionally by 44 members out of the 45 possibles, as Foro Asturias (FAC) challenged the result of the western district to the justice court of Asturias.[2]
| President[2] | ||||
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| Candidate | Votes | |||
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| Pedro Sanjurjo | style="background:Template:Asturian Socialist Federation/meta/color;"| | PSOE | 22 | 22 |
| Blank | 22 | 22 | ||
| Total | 44 | 44 | ||
Members
References
- ^ "General Junta of the Principality of Asturias election results, 25 March 2012" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Asturias. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Pedro Sanjurjo, Presidente de una Junta General del Principado compuesta por 44 diputados tras el fallo del TSJA" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 27 April 2012.