Parliament of Galicia

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.

Parliament of Galicia Parlamento de Galicia
XI Legislature
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Miguel Ángel Santalices Vieira, PPdeG since 26 January 2016
Vice President	Diego Calvo, PPdeG since 7 August 2020
Second Vice President	Montse Prado, BNG since 7 August 2020
Secretary	Corina Porro, PPdeG since 7 August 2020
Vice Secretary	Marina Ortega, PSdeG-PSOE since 7 August 2020
Structure
Seats	75
Political groups	Government (42)      PP (42) Opposition (33)      BNG (19)      PSdeG-PSOE (14)
Committees	List Institutional: General Administration, Justice & Interior Territorial Planning, Public Works, Environment & Services Economy, Tax office Education & Culture Health, Social Policy & Employment Industry, Energy, Commerce & Tourism Agriculture, Food Production, Livestock & Forestry Fishing & Shellfish
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation
Last election	12 July 2020
Meeting place
Salón de Plenos Pazo do Hórreo Santiago de Compostela Galicia, Spain
Website
http://www.parlamento.gal/

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 25 September 2016 with the People's Party of Galicia (PPdeG) remaining the largest party with 41 seats and In Tide (En Marea) and the Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) won 14 seats each and are the joint second largest party.[3] The next election is expected to take place in 2020.

Presidents

Further information: List of Presidents of the Parliament of Galicia

The meetinhg 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. "Galicia - Resultados definitivos - Eleccións ao Parlamento de Galicia 2016" [Results of the election to the Parliament of Galicia 2016]. resultados2016.xunta.gal. Retrieved 14 January 2017.

External links

• Parlamento de Galicia (in Galician and Spanish)