Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha

The Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha (Spanish: Cortes de 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.

Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha Cortes de Castilla-La Mancha
Castile–La Mancha unicameral legislature
Type
Type	Spanish regional legislature
Houses	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Pablo Bellido [es]
Structure
Seats	33
Political groups	Government (17)   PSOE (17) Opposition (16)   PP (12)   Vox (4)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Last election	28 May 2023
Meeting place
The chamber of the Cortes of Castile–La Mancha Toledo, Castile–La Mancha
Website
Cortes de Castilla–La Mancha

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 1983
Key to parties   Podemos   IU   PSOE   Cs   CDS   PP   CP   AP   Vox
Election	Distribution	President
1983	23 21	José Bono (PSOE)
1987	25 4 18
1991	1 27 19
1995	1 24 22
1999	26 21
2003	29 18	José Bono (PSOE) (2003-2004)
		José María Barreda (PSOE) (2004-2007)
2007	26 21	José María Barreda (PSOE)
2011	24 25	María Dolores de Cospedal (PP)
2015	2 15 16	Emiliano García-Page (PSOE)
2019	19 4 10
2023	17 12 4

List of presidents of the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha

The meeting place 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)^[1]
• IX Legislatura: Jesús Fernández Vaquero (2015-2019)
• X Legislatura: Pablo Bellido [es] (2019–2023)
• XI Legislatura: Pablo Bellido (2023–present)