8th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

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The 8th 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 election held on 22 May 2011. The congress met for the first time on 15 June 2011. It is the shortest meeting of the democratic General Junta as it ended after then President of Asturias, Francisco Álvarez-Cascos, called a snap election, being the first non-historic autonomous community (different from Andalusia, Catalonia, the Basque Country or Galicia) to do so.{{Cite web|date=30 January 2012|title=Asturias, la primera comunidad no histórica que adelanta elecciones|url=https://www.elcomercio.es/20120130/mas-actualidad/politica/asturias-asturias-primera-comunidad-201201302024.html|url-status=live|access-date=21 March 2021|website=El Comercio|language=es|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210313210618/https://www.elcomercio.es/20120130/mas-actualidad/politica/asturias-asturias-primera-comunidad-201201302024.html |archive-date = 2021-03-13 }}

Election

The 8th Asturian regional election was held on 22 May 2011. At the election, Asturias Forum (FAC), a split from the People's Party (PP), won the most seats despite PSOE obtaining more votes.

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! colspan="2" |Alliance

!Votes

!Seats

!+/–

width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}" |

| align="left" |Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

|179,619

|29.92%

|15

|{{decrease}}6

bgcolor="{{party color|Asturias Forum}}" |

| align="left" |Forum of Citizens (FAC)

|178,031

|29.66%

|16

|{{increase}}16

bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}" |

| align="left" |People's Party (PP)

|119,767

|19.95%

|10

|{{decrease}}10

bgcolor="{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}" |

| align="left" |United Left of Asturias-The Greens (IU-LV)

|61,703

|10.28%

|{{Steady}}

| align="left" |Others/blanks

|62,588

|10.18%

style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="2" align="left" |Total

|600,274

|100.00%

|45

|{{Steady}}

History

The new parliament met for the first time on 15 June 2011. Fernando Goñi (PP) was elected as the president of the General Junta, with the support of PP and PSOE.{{Cite web|date=2011-06-15|title=El PP pacta con el PSOE y consigue la Presidencia de la Junta para Fernando Goñi|url=https://www.lne.es/asturias/2011/06/15/pp-pacta-psoe-presidencia-junta-21083543.html|access-date=2021-03-21|website=La Nueva España|language=es}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:right;" ! colspan="4" \|President
colspan="3" valign="bottom" \|Candidate !Votes
align="left" \|Fernando Goñi \| style="background:{{party color\|People's Party of Asturias}};" \| \| align="left" \|PP \|25
align="left" \|Enrique Álvarez Sostres \| style="background:{{party color\|Asturias Forum}};" \| \| align="left" \|FAC \|16
align="left" \|Jesús Iglesias \| style="background:{{party color\|United Left of Asturias}};" \| \| align="left" \|IU-IX \|4
colspan="3" align="left" \|Blank \|0
style="font-weight:bold" \| colspan="3" align="left" \|Total \|45

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! colspan="4" |President

colspan="3" valign="bottom" |Candidate

!Votes

align="left" |Fernando Goñi

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}};" |

| align="left" |PP

|25

align="left" |Enrique Álvarez Sostres

| style="background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}};" |

| align="left" |FAC

|16

align="left" |Jesús Iglesias

| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}};" |

| align="left" |IU-IX

colspan="3" align="left" |Blank

style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="3" align="left" |Total

|45

Deaths, resignations and suspensions

The 8th General Junta has seen the following deaths, resignations and suspensions:

20 July 2011 - María Isabel Marqués (Foro) resigned after being appointed Minister of Infrastructures, Territorial Planning and Environment in the Asturian government. Isidro Martínez Oblanca (Foro) resigned after being appointed senator by the General Junta. José Manuel Rivero (Foro) resigned after being appointed Minister of Economy and Employment in the Asturian government. Marcial González (Foro), Lilián María Fernández (Foro) and Josefina María Asunción Collado (Foro) replaced them, respectively, on 29 July 2011.
7 December 2011 - Enrique Álvarez Sostres (Foro) resigned after being elected member of the Congress of Deputies. Manuel Fano (Foro) replaced him on 15 December 2011.{{Cite web|date=13 December 2011|title=Manuel Fano entra este jueves en el grupo parlamentario de Foro|url=https://www.elcomercio.es/v/20111213/politica/manuel-fano-entra-este-20111213.html|access-date=22 March 2021|website=El Comercio|language=es-ES}}

Members

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! scope="col" |Name

! scope="col" |Constituency

! scope="col" |No.

! colspan="2" scope="col" |Party

! colspan="2" scope="col" |Alliance

! scope="col" |Group

! scope="col" |Took office

! scope="col" |Left office

! scope="col" width="200" |Notes

|Western

| align="right" |2

| style="width:0.5px;background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}};" |

8th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

Election

History

Deaths, resignations and suspensions

Members

References

External links