Elections in Spain - Elections To Legislatures of The Autonomous Communities

Elections To Legislatures of The Autonomous Communities

Elections to the unicameral parliaments of the autonomous communities of Spain are held every four years. Thirteen of the seventeen autonomous parliaments (Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castile–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and Valencia) take place the same day, the fourth Sunday of May of the year before a leap year; the last election was held in May 22, 2011.

The other four communities can place their elections in separate dates: last elections in Andalusia were in 2012; Euskadi and Galicia had elections in 2009, and Catalonia in 2010.

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