The Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha () is the unicameral legislature of Castilla–La Mancha, an autonomous community of Spain. The Cortes consists of 33 elected deputies. The Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha represent the popular will through 33 deputies elected by universal adult suffrage through the secret ballot.
Electoral system
Deputies are elected for a term of four years under a proportional system intended to guarantee representation to the various territorial zones of Castile–La Mancha. The electoral constituency is at the level of each province, with provinces being assigned the following number of deputies as of 2015: Albacete, 6; Ciudad Real, 8; Cuenca, 5; Guadalajara, 5; and Toledo, 9.
Article 10 of the Statute of Autonomy states that elections will be convoked by the President of the Junta of Communities, following the General Electoral Regime (Régimen Electoral General), on the fourth Sunday in May every four years. This stands in contrast to the autonomous communities of the Basque Country, Catalonia, Galicia, Andalusia and the Valencian Community where the president has the power to call elections at any time.
Composition
Since the 28 May 2023 election, the Cortes of Castile–La Mancha has consisted of 12 deputies from the conservative People's Party, 17 from the social-democratic PSOE and 4 from the far-right Vox. The Cortes sits in the former Franciscan convent in Toledo, the Convento de San Gil.
Results of the elections to the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha
Deputies in Regional Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha since 1983ElectionDistributionPresident1983 23 21José Bono (PSOE)1987 25 4 181991 1 27 191995 1 24 221999 26 212003 29 18 José Bono (PSOE) José María Barreda (PSOE) 2007 26 21 José María Barreda (PSOE) 2011 24 25 María Dolores de Cospedal (PP)2015 2 15 16Emiliano García-Page (PSOE)2019 19 4 102023 17 12 4
List of presidents of the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha
I Legislatura: Francisco Javier de Irízar Ortega (1983–1987) II Legislatura: José Manuel Martínez Cenzano (1987–1991) III Legislatura: José María Barreda (1991–1995) IV Legislatura: José María Barreda (1995–1997) IV Legislatura: María Carmen Blázquez Martínez (1997–1999) V Legislatura: Antonio Marco Martínez (1999–2003) VI Legislatura: Fernando López Carrasco (2003–2007) VII Legislatura: Francisco Pardo Piqueras (2007–2011) VIII Legislatura: Vicente Tirado Ochoa (2011–2015)Lista de Presidentes IX Legislatura: Jesús Fernández Vaquero (2015-2019) X Legislatura: Pablo Bellido (2019–2023) XI Legislatura: Pablo Bellido (2023–present)
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