General Assembly of Álava

The General Assembly of Álava (in Basque: Arabako Batzar Nagusiak, in Spanish: Juntas Generales de Álava) is the parliament of Álava, a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country.

General Assembly of Álava

Arabako Batzar Nagusiak (Basque)
Juntas Generales de Álava (Spanish)
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
HousesUnicameral
Leadership
President
Irma Basterra, EAJ-PNV
since 19 June 2023
Structure
Seats51
Political groups
Government (24)
  •   EAJ-PNV (15)
  •   PSE–EE (9)

Supported by (9)

Opposition (18)

Elections
Party-list proportional representation,
D'Hondt method
Last election
28 May 2023
Meeting place
Province Palace, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Website
www.jjggalava.eus

The General Assembly is integrated by 51 members for a period of four years. The General Assembly meets at the Province Palace in Vitoria-Gasteiz.[1]

Functions

Among the powers of the General Assembly are:

  • Approval of chartered rules, through which matters in which the province has competences are regulated. When it comes to exclusive powers of the province, these regional regulations have rank equivalent to law. Among the matters in which Álava has exclusive powers are the operation of chartered bodies such as the Provincial Council or the General Asssembly themselves; the budgets and accounts of Álava, the sector plans, the tax regime, the tax and financing regime of the town councils, provincial and local assets and local demarcations.
  • Election of the General Deputy of Álava, who is the head of the government of the province.
  • Approval of the budgets of the province.
  • Monitor and develop the activity of the Provincial Council.

Election

The General Assembly have 51 members, elected by proportional representation for each constituency, which in this case corresponds to the comarcas of the province. 39 members are returned for Vitoria-Gasteiz, which contains the largest municipality of the province. Five members are returned for Ayala, and seven for Tierras Esparsas, which contains the five remanining comarcas: Gorbeialdea, Llanada Alavesa, Añana, Montaña Alavesa and Rioja Alavesa. A threshold of the 3% is established for having any seats.[1]

Elections to General Assembly are called by the General Deputy (in Spanish: Diputado General). The election date and period from calling elections to polling day always coincide with local election periods.[1]

Candidates to General Assembly are subject to the same requirements as those presenting their candidatures to other elections: i.e., to the stipulations of the Spanish law governing elections. Candidates are announced 27 days after the call to elections, provided of course they comply with the regulations. The campaign begins 38 days after elections are announced, by which time the political parties have to provide their lists of candidates. The campaign lasts 15 days and ends at midnight on the penultimate day before polling.[1]

Presidents of the General Assembly

The President of the General Assembly of Álava is the presiding officer of that legislature.[2][3]

Name Term of office Legislature
(election)		 Political Party
Took office Left office Days
Emilio Guevara Saleta 7 May 1979 16 February 1980 285 I (1979) Basque Nationalist Party
Francisco José Ormazábal Zamakona 16 February 1980 23 May 1983 2418
24 May 1983 30 September 1986 II (1983)
Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu 30 September 1986 3 July 1987 1730
3 July 1987 26 June 1991 III (1987)
Juan Pastor Álvarez 17 June 1991 22 June 1995 1466 IV (1991) Socialist Party of the Basque Country
José Manuel López de Juan Abad 22 June 1995 3 April 1999 1381 V (1995) Independent
Mikel Martínez Martínez de Lizarduy 12 April 1999 6 July 1999 85 Basque Nationalist Party
Xesqui Castañer López 6 July 1999 13 June 2003 1438 VI (1999) Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left
María Teresa Rodríguez Barahona 13 June 2003 22 June 2007 1470 VII (2003)
Juan Antonio Zárate Pérez de Arrilucea 20 June 2007 15 June 2011 2920 VIII (2007) People's Party of the Basque Country
15 June 2011 18 June 2015 IX (2011)
Pedro Ignacio Elósegui González de Gamarra 18 June 2015 14 June 2019 2923 X (2015) Basque Nationalist Party
14 June 2019 19 June 2023 XI (2019)
Irma María Basterra Ugarriza 19 June 2023 Incumbent 129 XII (2023)

Results of the elections to the General Assembly of Álava
Members in the General Assembly of Álava
Key to parties
  HB
  EH
  EAE/ANV
  Bildu
  EH Bildu
  IU/EB
  EB–B
  Irabazi
  Podemos
  Elkarrekin Podemos
  EE
  PSE
  PSE–EE
  EA
  EAJ-PNV
  PNV–EA
  UCD
  CDS
  Cs
  CP
  AP
  PP
  UA
  Vox
  Independent
Election Distribution General Deputy
1979
7 10 26 14
 Emilio Guevara (EAJ-PNV)
1983
4 1 14 23 9
 Juan María Ollora (EAJ-PNV)
1987
8 3 11 12 10 3 4
 Fernando Buesa (PSE)
1991
7 2 11 3 14 3 11
 Alberto Ansola (EAJ-PNV)
1995
4 3 7 4 15 9 9
 Félix Ormazabal (EAJ-PNV)
1999
6 2 9 16 16 2
 Ramón Rabanera (PP)
2003
3 12 19 16 1
2007
4 2 14 2 14 15
 Xabier Agirre (EAJ-PNV)
2011
11 2 9 13 16
 Javier de Andrés (PP)
2015
11 1 8 5 13 1 12
 Ramiro González (EAJ-PNV)
2019
12 4 10 17 8
2023
14 3 9 15 9 1

References
  1. "The General Assembly". www.basquecountry.eus. 16 July 2004. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. "La presidenta". www.jjggalava.eus (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  3. "Histórico de presidentes/as". www.jjggalava.eus (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.

Sources

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