Article 140 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 reads:

"The Constitution guarantees the autonomy of the municipalities, which shall enjoy full legal personality. Their government and administration shall be incumbent on their respective Town Councils, consisting of Mayors and Councillors. The Councillors shall be elected by the residents of the municipalities by universal, equal, free and secret suffrage, in the manner laid down by the law. The Mayors shall be elected by the Councillors or by the residents. The law shall regulate the terms under which an open Council system shall be applicable".

Since 1978, the municipal elections have taken place in:

April 3rd, 1979 May 8th, 1983 June 10th, 1987 May 26th, 1991

Next municipal elections will take place in:

May 28, 1995 (REAL DECRETO 489/1995, de 3 de abril, de convocatoria de elecciones locales y a las Asambleas de Ceuta y Melilla).

Please, for information about the results of the municipal elections on 28 May, 1995, please "click" on:

http://www.eritel.es/elecciones95/index.html.