# General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

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 | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Legislature (election) | Political Party |
| Name | 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) | Asturian Socialist Federation |
| | María Jesús Álvarez González | 17 June 2003 | 21 July 2007 | 4361 | VI (2003) | Asturian Socialist Federation |
| | María Jesús Álvarez González | 21 July 2007 | 15 June 2011 | 4361 | VII (2007) | Asturian Socialist Federation |
| | 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) | Asturian Socialist Federation |
| | Marcelino Marcos Líndez | 24 June 2019 | Incumbent | 2013 | XI (2019) | Asturian Socialist Federation |

### 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 :
| Key to parties  Podemos  PCE  IU  FAC  PSOE  UPyD  UCD  Cs  CDS  CD  PP  CP  AP  Vox ||||
| Election | Distribution | President | President |
| 1983 | 5 26 14 | Pedro de Silva (PSOE) | |
| 1987 | 4 20 8 13 | Pedro de Silva (PSOE) | |
| 1991 | 6 1 21 2 15 | Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil (PSOE) (1991-1993) Antonio Trevín (PSOE) (1993-1995) | |
| 1995 | 6 1 17 21 | Sergio Marqués (PP 1995-1998; URAS 1998-1999) | |
| 1999 | 3 24 3 15 | Vicente Álvarez Areces (PSOE) | |
| 2003 | 4 22 19 | Vicente Álvarez Areces (PSOE) | |
| 2007 | 4 21 20 | Vicente Álvarez Areces (PSOE) | |
| 2011 | 4 15 16 10 | Francisco Álvarez-Cascos (FAC) | |
| 2012 | 5 17 1 12 10 | Javier Fernández (PSOE) | |
| 2015 | 5 9 14 3 3 11 | Javier Fernández (PSOE) | |
| 2019 | 2 4 20 5 2 10 2 | Adrián Barbón (PSOE) | |
| 2023 | 3 1 19 1 17 4 | Adrián Barbón (PSOE) | |

## Sources

* Official website
* All members of the General Junta