# 9th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

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.
| Alliance | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 161,159 | 32.10% | 17 | 2 |
| | Forum of Citizens (FAC) | 124,518 | 24.80% | 12 | 4 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 108,091 | 21.53% | 10 | |
| | United Left of Asturias (IU/IX) | 69,118 | 13.77% | 5 | 1 |
| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 18,801 | 3.74% | 1 | 1 |
| | Others/blanks | 20,386 | 4.06% | 0 | |
| Total | Total | 502,073 | 100.00% | 45 | |

## 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.
President :
| Candidate | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | Votes |
| Candidate | Candidate | Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 |
| Pedro Sanjurjo | | PSOE | 22 | 22 |
| Blank | Blank | Blank | 22 | 22 |
| Total | Total | Total | 44 | 44 |

## Deaths, resignations and suspensions

The 9th General Junta has seen the following deaths, resignations and suspensions:
* 6 December 2012 - Carmen Sela (Foro) resigned for personal reasons. However, the media speculated that political disagreements within her party could have taken an important role in her decision. María del Mar García Poo (Foro) replaced her on 21 December 2012.
* 30 May 2012 - Isidro Martínez Oblanca (Foro) and Jesús Iglesias (IU/IX) resigned after being appointed senators by the General Junta. Carmen Fernández (Foro) and Marta Pulgar (IU/IX) replaced them on 12 July and 16 July 2012, respectively.
* 9 May 2013 - Francisco González (PSOE) resigned after the opening of oral proceedings for alleged irregularities committed during his time as mayor of Cudillero. In July 2014 he left the Asturian Socialist Federation after he was found guilty of those irregularities. Elsa Peréz (PSOE) replaced him on 16 May 2013.
* 29 May 2014 - Ángel González (IU/IX) was expelled by the General Junta after his refusal to resign following a ruling that disqualified him from holding public office. His expulsion was supported by PSOE, IU/IX and UPyD, while PP and Foro abstained. Earlier that month United Left of Asturias had expelled him from the party. Luis Álvarez replaced him on 16 June 2014.

## Members

| Name | Constituency | No. | Party | Alliance | Group | Took office | Left office | Notes |
| María Pilar Alonso | Central | 5 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| María Teresa Alonso | Central | 8 | FAC | FAC | Asturias Forum | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Luis Manuel Álvarez | Central | 7 | IU/IX | IU/IX | United Left | 19 June 2014 | 16 June 2015 | Replaces Ángel González |
| María Jesús Álvarez | Western | 1 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Francisco Álvarez-Cascos | Central | 1 | FAC | FAC | Asturias Forum | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Juan Ramón Campo | Western | 1 | FAC | FAC | Asturias Forum | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| María Dolores Carcedo | Central | 3 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Cristina Coto | Central | 1 | FAC | FAC | Asturias Forum | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| José Agustín Cuervas-Mons | Central | 4 | PPA | PP | People's | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | Second Vice-president |
| Victoria Delgado | Central | 6 | PPA | PP | People's | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Nuria Devesa | Central | 7 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| José Manuel Felgueres | Eastern | 1 | PPA | PP | People's | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Carmen Fernández | Central | 10 | FAC | FAC | Asturias Forum | 12 July 2012 | 16 June 2015 | Replaces Isidro Martínez Oblanca |
| Javier Fernández | Central | 1 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Mercedes Fernández | Central | 1 | PPA | PP | People's | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Judit Flórez | Central | 12 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| María del Mar García Poo | Eastern | 3 | FAC | FAC | Asturias Forum | 20 December 2012 | 16 June 2015 | Replaces Carmen Sela |
| Ángel González | Central | 5 | IU/IX | IU/IX | United Left | 27 April 2012 | 19 June 2014 | Replaced by Luis Manuel Álvarez |
| Francisco González | Western | 3 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 May 2013 | Replaced by Elsa Pérez |
| Fernando Goñi | Central | 2 | PPA | PP | People's | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Jesús Gutiérrez | Central | 6 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Vicente Herranz | Central | 10 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Marina Huerta | Eastern | 1 | FAC | FAC | Asturias Forum | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Jesús Iglesias | Central | 1 | IU/IX | IU/IX | United Left | 27 April 2012 | 5 July 2012 | Replaced by Marta Pulgar |
| Esther Landa | Central | 2 | FAC | FAC | Asturias Forum | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Adriana Lastra | Eastern | 1 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Fernando Lastra | Central | 2 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Albano Longo | Central | 5 | FAC | FAC | Asturias Forum | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Alfonso López | Western | 1 | PPA | PP | People's | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Susana López Ares | Central | 8 | PPA | PP | People's | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Marcelino Marcos | Western | 2 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Aurelio Martín | Central | 3 | IU/IX | IU/IX | United Left | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | Second secretary until 26 June 2014 |
| Noemí Martín | Central | 2 | IU/IX | IU/IX | United Left | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| José Antonio Martínez | Central | 7 | FAC | FAC | Asturias Forum | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Isidro Martínez Oblanca | Central | 4 | FAC | FAC | Asturias Forum | 27 April 2012 | 12 July 2012 | Replaced by Carmen Fernández |
| Manuel Peña | Central | 9 | FAC | FAC | Asturias Forum | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Elsa Pérez | Western | 4 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 16 May 2013 | 16 June 2015 | Replaces Francisco González |
| José María Pérez | Central | 4 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Marina Pineda | Central | 9 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Ignacio Prendes | Central | 1 | UPyD | UPyD | Mixed | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | First Secretary |
| Marta Pulgar | Central | 6 | IU/IX | IU/IX | United Left | 16 July 2012 | 16 June 2015 | Replaces Jesús Iglesias |
| Emma Ramos | Central | 3 | PPA | PP | People's | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Pelayo Roces | Central | 3 | FAC | FAC | Asturias Forum | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Matías Rodríguez | Western | 2 | PPA | PP | People's | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Pedro Sanjurjo | Central | 11 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | President |
| Carmen Sela | Central | 8 | FAC | FAC | Asturias Forum | 27 April 2012 | 20 December 2012 | Replaced by María del Mar García Poo |
| Marcelino Torre | Central | 8 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Emilia Vázquez | Central | 4 | IU/IX | IU/IX | United Left | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | Second secretary since 26 June 2014 |
| Alejandro Vega | Eastern | 2 | FSA | PSOE | Socialists | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |
| Luis Venta | Central | 7 | PPA | PP | People's | 27 April 2012 | 16 June 2015 | |