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Legislative body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain
Basque Parliament
Eusko Legebiltzarra
Parlamento Vasco
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Vice President
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Second Vice President
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Secretary
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Vice Secretary
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Political groups
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| Closed party lists in three 25-seat constituencies, with seats allocated using the
D'Hondt method
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Last election
| 21 April 2024
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| Vitoria-Gasteiz
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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.
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.
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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
.
Membership
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Results of the elections to the Basque Parliament
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Antiguo Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu
See also
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Notes
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- ^
From 2023.
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Until 2023.
References
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External links
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Spanish regional legislatures
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