The Junta Electoral Central (JEC) is the
electoral commission for
elections in Spain
There are four types of elections in Spain: general elections, elections to the legislatures of the autonomous communities (regional elections), local elections and elections to the European Parliament. General elections and elections to the leg ...
, monitoring and registering provincial elections, district elections, those of self-governing districts and general elections. It supervises the vote at
polling station
A polling place is where voters cast their ballots in elections. The phrase polling station is also used in American English and British English, although polling place is the building s. Its mission is to "ensure the transparency of the electoral process and monitor the performance of the Electoral Census Office."
It is based in Madrid, and was created by Spanish law on 24 March 1977, when the Royal Decree-Law 20/1977 of 18 March, on Electoral Regulations, came into force.
Composition
It comprises eight judges from the
Supreme Court of Spain
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, five active professors of law and sociology, a secretary, and the Director of the
Oficina del Censo Electoral, who has a
casting vote
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but is otherwise a
sleeping partner
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.
Presidents
* July 1977: Valentín Silva Melero
* September 1977 - October 1980: Ángel Escudero del Corral
* November 1980 - 1985: Federico Carlos Sainz de Robles y Rodríguez
* 1985 - 1987: Paulino Martín Martín
* 1987 - 1991: Francisco Tuero Bertrand
* 1991 - March 1993: José Hermenegildo Moyna Ménguez
* March 1993 - 1994: Ángel Rodríguez García
* 1994 - 1997: Francisco Soto Nieto
* 1997 - April 1999: José Luis Albacar López
* April 1999 - 2000: Juan Antonio Xiol Ríos
* 2000 - 2004: Enrique Cáncer Lalanne
* 2004 - 2008: José María Ruiz-Jarabo Ferrán
* 2008 - 2012: Antonio Martín Valverde
* 2012 - 2017: Carlos Granados Pérez
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* 2017 - 2019: Segundo Menéndez Pérez
* 2017: Antonio Jesús Fonseca-Herrero Raimundo
References
External links
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Elections in Spain
Election commissions
1985 establishments in Spain
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