Election system in local entities below municipal level

1. The election system for bodies of local districts with a jurisdiction area below that of a local council shall be laid down by the law of the Self-governing Community responsible for their creation or recognition. Said law must comply in any case with the Basic Principles of Local Government Act, failing which the following provisions of this Section shall apply.

2. District Mayors (Alcaldes pedáneos) shall be directly elected by district residents, through a majority system, among candidates nominated by the different parties, federations, coalitions or electors’ groupings.

3. The Residents’ Boards (Juntas Vecinales) of minor local districts shall consist of the local mayor, who is to act as chairman, and two further members in communities below 250 residents and four members in those with more residents, unless the number of said members exceeds one third of the respective local council membership, in which case they shall only be two. 

4. The appointment of said members shall be made in accordance with the results of the local council election in the ward or wards corresponding to the minor district. 

5. The number of members for each party, federation, coalition or electors’ groupings is to be allotted by the District Electoral Commission according to the procedure laid down in Section 163 of this Act.

6. On completion of the foregoing operation the representative of each list of candidates shall appoint among district electors those who are to be members of the aforesaid Residents’ Board. 

7. If no Residents’ Board is to be set up under local government law because the open council system has been adopted for said minor district, a District Mayor shall be elected in any case in the manner provided for in subsection 2 above.