The Parliament meets in the Basque capital, Vitoria-Gasteiz, although the first session of the modern assembly, as constituted by the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country, was held in Guernica – the symbolic centre of Basque freedoms – on 31 March 1980.[1] Later in 1980 it started meeting at the premises of the Council of Álava. In 1982, it got its own site in a former high school. The symbol of the Parliament is an oaken sculpture by Nestor Basterretxea representing a stylized tree, an allusion to the tradition of Basque political assemblies meeting under a tree, as in Guernica.
It is composed of seventy-five deputies representing citizens from the three provinces of the Basque autonomous community. Each province (Álava, Gipuzkoa and Biscay) elects the same number of deputies, despite their having very different levels of population. This was chosen to earn support from Álava and Navarre, less populated territories. Still, Navarre did not join the autonomous community.
The elections are held using closed listproportional representation with seats allocated on a Provincial basis using the D'Hondt method of allocation. To qualify for seats in a particular province, electoral lists must receive at least 3% of the votes cast in that province, including votes "en blanco" for "none of the above." From 1984 to 2001, the election threshold was 5% in each province. Sessions of the Basque Parliament are conducted in both Basque and Spanish, with translation services.
basque, parliament, basque, eusko, legebiltzarra, spanish, parlamento, vasco, legislative, body, basque, autonomous, community, spain, elected, assembly, which, basque, government, responsible, eusko, legebiltzarraparlamento, vasco12th, typetypeunicameralleade. The Basque Parliament Basque Eusko Legebiltzarra Spanish Parlamento Vasco is the legislative body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain and the elected assembly to which the Basque Government is responsible Basque Parliament Eusko LegebiltzarraParlamento Vasco12th Basque ParliamentTypeTypeUnicameralLeadershipPresidentBakartxo Tejeria EAJ PNV since 20 November 2012Vice PresidentTxarli Prieto PSE EE since 3 August 2020Second Vice PresidentEva Blanco EH Bildu since 21 October 2016SecretaryInigo Iturrate EAJ PNV since 21 October 2016Vice SecretaryGustavo Angulo EP EA since 3 August 2020StructureSeats75Political groups EAJ PNV 27 EH Bildu 27 Sortu 4 EA 4 Alternative 2 PSE EE 12 PP 7 Sumar 1 EzAn IU 1 Vox 1 ElectionsVoting systemClosed party lists in three 25 seat constituencies with seats allocated using the D Hondt methodLast election21 April 2024Meeting placeVitoria Gasteiz AlavaWebsiteWebsite The Parliament meets in the Basque capital Vitoria Gasteiz although the first session of the modern assembly as constituted by the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country was held in Guernica the symbolic centre of Basque freedoms on 31 March 1980 1 Later in 1980 it started meeting at the premises of the Council of Alava In 1982 it got its own site in a former high school The symbol of the Parliament is an oaken sculpture by Nestor Basterretxea representing a stylized tree an allusion to the tradition of Basque political assemblies meeting under a tree as in Guernica It is composed of seventy five deputies representing citizens from the three provinces of the Basque autonomous community Each province Alava Gipuzkoa and Biscay elects the same number of deputies despite their having very different levels of population This was chosen to earn support from Alava and Navarre less populated territories Still Navarre did not join the autonomous community The elections are held using closed list proportional representation with seats allocated on a Provincial basis using the D Hondt method of allocation To qualify for seats in a particular province electoral lists must receive at least 3 of the votes cast in that province including votes en blanco for none of the above From 1984 to 2001 the election threshold was 5 in each province Sessions of the Basque Parliament are conducted in both Basque and Spanish with translation services The Parliament consists of 75 deputies elected by universal adult suffrage under a system of proportional representation Contents 1 Membership 1 1 Results of the elections to the Basque Parliament 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksMembership editResults of the elections to the Basque Parliament edit Deputies in the Basque Parliament since 1980 Key to parties HB PCTV EHAK PCE EPK EH Aralar EB B EA EE EH Bildu a EH Bildu b Elkarrekin Podemos Sumar EzAn IU PSE EE UPyD PNV EA EAJ PNV PP Cs PP UCD AP PDP UL CDS Alavese Unity AP PL Vox Election Distribution Lehendakari 1980 11 1 6 9 25 6 2 Carlos Garaikoetxea EAJ PNV Jose Antonio Ardanza EAJ PNV 1984 11 6 19 32 7 1986 13 9 19 13 17 2 2 1990 13 6 16 9 22 6 3 1994 11 6 12 8 22 11 5 1998 14 2 14 6 21 16 2 Juan Jose Ibarretxe EAJ PNV 2001 7 3 13 33 19 2005 9 1 3 18 29 15 2009 4 1 25 1 1 30 13 Patxi Lopez PSE EE 2012 21 16 1 27 10 Inigo Urkullu EAJ PNV 2016 18 11 9 28 9 2020 21 6 10 31 6 1 2024 27 1 12 27 7 1 TBD nbsp Antiguo Instituto Ramiro de MaeztuSee also editList of Basque presidents known as Lehendakari heads of the Basque government List of presidents of the Basque ParliamentNotes edit From 2023 Until 2023 References edit Parlamento Vasco Servicios gt Conocenos gt La sede Archived 2012 09 06 at archive today in Spanish External links editOfficial website of the Basque Parliament in Basque and Spanish 42 50 43 N 2 40 31 W 42 8452 N 2 6753 W 42 8452 2 6753 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Basque Parliament amp oldid 1220196426, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
