11th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
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| Legislative body | General Junta of the Principality of Asturias | ||||
| Term | 24 June 2019 – | ||||
| Election | 26 May 2019 | ||||
| Government | Barbón | ||||
| Website | jgpa | ||||
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| Members | 45 | ||||
| President | Marcelino Marcos (PSOE) | ||||
| First Vice-President | Alfonso Rodríguez (PSOE) | ||||
| Second Vice-President | Javier Brea (PP) | ||||
| First Secretary | Ovidio Zapico (IU/IX) | ||||
| Second Secretary | Luis Armando Fernández (Cs) | ||||
The 11th General Junta is the current meeting of the General Junta, the parliament of the Principality of Asturias, with the membership determined by the results of the regional election held on 26 May 2019. The congress met for the first time on 24 June 2019. According to the Statute of Autonomy the maximum legislative term of the congress is 4 years from the preceding election.
Election
The 11th Asturian regional election was held on 26 May 2019. At the election the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) remained the largest party in the General Junta but fell short of a majority again.[1]
| Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| width="1" bgcolor="Template:Asturian Socialist Federation/meta/color"| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 187,462 | 35.26% | 20 |  6
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| bgcolor="Template:People's Party of Asturias/meta/color"| | People's Party (PP) | 93,147 | 17.52% | 10 |  1
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| bgcolor="Template:Citizens (Spanish political party)/meta/color"| | Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 74,271 | 13.97% | 5 | 2
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| bgcolor="Template:Podemos Asturias/meta/color"| | We Can (Podemos) | 58,674 | 11.04% | 4 | 5
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| bgcolor="Template:United Left of Asturias/meta/color"| | United Left–Asturian Left: Asturias by the Left (IU–IAS) | 35,174 | 6.62% | 2 | 3
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| bgcolor="Template:Asturias Forum/meta/color"| | Forum of Citizens (FAC) | 34,687 | 6.52% | 2 | 1
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| bgcolor="Template:Vox (political party)/meta/color"| | Vox (Vox) | 34,210 | 6.43% | 2 | 2
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| Others/blanks | 14,059 | 2.64% | 0 | ||
| Total | 531,704 | 100.00% | 45 | 
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History
The new parliament met for the first time on 24 June 2019 and Marcelino Marcos (PSOE) was elected as President of the General Junta with the support of Podemos and United Left.[2]
| President[2] | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | ||
| Marcelino Marcos | style="background:Template:Asturian Socialist Federation/meta/color;"| | PSOE | 26 |
| Blank | 19 | ||
| Total | 45 | ||
On 29 July 2019, with the aim of avoiding a very big mixed group, a new proposal for creating groups with only two members was allowed.[3] This reform allowed United Left, Asturias Forum and Vox to have their own parliamentary group.
Members
References
- ^ "General Junta of the Principality of Asturias election results, 26 May 2019" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Asturias. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Marcelino Marcos, nuevo presidente de la Junta" (in Spanish). La Voz de Asturias. 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Aprobada la reforma del reglamento que otorgará más visibilidad y recursos a IU, Foro y Vox" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Juan Vázquez (Cs) renuncia a ser diputado autonómico: "Han cambiado las orientaciones de la formación a la que me incorporé"" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Carmen Moriyón renuncia a su escaño pero mantendrá la presidencia de Foro" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 29 May 2015.