Parliament of Galicia

This article is about the parliament of Galicia, Spain. For the historical parliament of Austro-Hungarian Galicia in Eastern Europe, see Sejm of the Land.

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
XII Legislature
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Miguel Ángel Santalices Vieira, PPdeG since 26 January 2016
Vice President	María Elena Candia López, PPdeG since 24 May 2022
Second Vice President	María Montserrat Prado Cores, BNG since 24 May 2022
Secretary	María Corina Porro Martínez, PPdeG since 24 May 2022
Vice Secretary	Marina Ortega Otero, PSdeG since 7 August 2020
Structure
Seats	75
Political groups	Government (40)   PP (40) Opposition (35)   BNG (25)   PSdeG-PSOE (9)   DO (1)
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	18 February 2024
Meeting place
Salón de Plenos Pazo do Hórreo Santiago de Compostela Galicia, Spain
Website
https://www.parlamentodegalicia.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 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

Deputies in the Parliament of Galicia since 1981
Key to parties   BNPG–PSG   PCE–PCG   BNG   EG   PSG–EG   AGE   In Tide   PSdeG–PSOE   UCD   CG   DO   PP   AP–PDP–PL–CdG   AP
Election	Distribution	President
1981	3 1 1 16 24 26	Gerardo Fernández Albor (AP)
1985	1 3 22 11 34	Gerardo Fernández Albor (CP)
1987 no-confidence motion	1 3 22 5 11 29	Fernando González Laxe (PSdeG-PSOE)
1989	5 2 28 2 38	Manuel Fraga (PP)
1993	13 19 43
1997	18 15 42
2001	17 17 41
2005	13 25 37	Emilio Pérez Touriño (PSdeG–PSOE)
2009	12 25 38	Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PP)
2012	7 9 18 41
2016	6 14 14 41
2020	19 14 42	Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PP) (2020-2022) Alfonso Rueda (PP) (2022-2024)
2024	25 9 1 40	Alfonso Rueda (PP)

Presidents

Further information: List of Presidents of the Parliament of Galicia

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