Parliament of Galicia

Unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain

The Parliament of Galicia (Galician: Parlamento de Galicia) is the unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is formed by 75 deputies (deputados). Deputies are elected every four years in ordinary period, or extraordinarily upon dissolution and call of elections by the President of the Xunta of Galicia, by universal suffrage in proportional lists with the four Galician provinces serving as constituencies.

Functions

The Parliament:

• Exercises legislative power.
• Controls the executive branch or Xunta de Galicia.
• Has power over the budget of Galicia.
• Approves Acts and Statutes.
• Appoints the senators for Galicia in the Spanish Senate
• Appoints the President of the Xunta from among its members.
• Demands accountability from the President and Government of Galicia.
• Has the ability to propose State laws to the Spanish Parliament and request further enhancements of the autonomy and self-government via organic laws.
• Sponsors constitutional lawsuits to protect its devolved powers before the Constitutional Court of Spain.

Seat

The Galician Parliament meets at the Pazo do Hórreo in the Galician capital of Santiago de Compostela.

Elections

The 75 members of the Parliament of Galicia are elected in 4 multi-member districts using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation for four-year terms. Each district is entitled to an initial minimum of 10 seats, with the remaining 35 seats being allocated among the four provinces in proportion to their populations. Only lists polling above 5% of the total vote in each district (which includes blank ballots—for none of the above) are entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1] However, in some districts there is a higher effective threshold at the constituency level, depending on the district magnitude.^[2]

The most recent elections were held on 18 February 2024 with the People's Party of Galicia (PP) remaining the largest party with 40 seats. The Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) won 25 seats, the Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) won 9 and DO won 1.^[3] The next election is expected to take place in 2028.

Results of the elections to the Parliament of Galicia

Presidents

The meeting chamber of the Parliament of Galicia

See also

• Xunta de Galicia
• Galicia
• President of Galicia
• History of Galicia
• Galician Statute of Autonomy of 1981
• High Court of Galicia

Notes

1. "Ley 8/1985, de 13 de agosto, de elecciones al Parlamento de Galicia" [Law 8/1985, of 13 August, of elections to the Parliament of Galicia.]. Noticias Juridicas. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
2. "Electoral systems: effective threshold - Political Science - Trinity College Dublin". www.tcd.ie. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
3. "ACORDO do 4 de marzo de 2024 polo que se fan públicos os resultados xerais e por circunscricións e a relación de deputadas e deputados proclamados electos nas eleccións ao Parlamento de Galicia do día 18 de febreiro de 2024" (PDF). Diario Oficial de Galicia (in Galician) (47). Xunta de Galicia: 17322–17329. 6 March 2024. ISSN 1130-9229.

External links

• Parlamento de Galicia (in Galician and Spanish)

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