Head of the State (Philip VI)

Section 681. The Congress shall consist of a minimumof three hundred and a maximum of fourhundred Members, elected by universal, free,equal, direct and secret suffrage, under theterms to be laid down by the law.2. The electoral constituency is the province.The cities of Ceuta and Melilla shall be representedby one Member each. The totalnumber of Members shall be distributed in accordancewith the law, each constituencybeing allotted a minimum initial representationand the remainder being distributed in proportionto the population.3. The election in each constituency shallbe conducted on the basis of proportional representation.4. The Congress is elected for four years.The term of office of Members thereof endsfour years after their election or on the day onwhich the Congress is dissolved.5. All Spaniards entitled to the full exerciseof their political rights shall be electors andmay be elected.The law shall recognise and the Stateshall facilitate the exercise of the right ofvote by Spaniards who are outside Spanishterritory.6. Elections shall take place between thirtyand sixty days after the end of the previousterm of office. The Congress so elected mustbe convened within twenty-five days followingthe holding of elections.

Section 691. The Senate is the House of territorial representation.2. In each province, four Senators shall beelected by the voters thereof by universal,free, equal, direct and secret suffrage, underthe terms to be laid down by an organic act.3. In the insular provinces, each island orgroup of islands with a Cabildo or insularCouncil shall be a constituency for the purposeof electing Senators; there shall be threeSenators for each of the major islands —GranCanaria, Mallorca and Tenerife— and one foreach of the following islands or groups of islands:Ibiza-Formentera, Menorca, Fuerteventura,Gomera, Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma.4. The cities of Ceuta and Melilla shallelect two Senators each.5. The Self-governing Communities shall,in addition, appoint one Senator and a furtherSenator for every million inhabitants in theirrespective territories. The appointment shallbe incumbent upon the Legislative Assemblyor, in default thereof, upon the Self-governingCommunity’s highest corporate body as providedfor by its Statute which shall, in any case,guarantee adequate proportional representation.6. The Senate is elected for four years.The Senators’ term of office shall end four yearsafter their election or on the day on whichthe House is dissolved.

Section 41. The flag of Spain consists of three horizontalstripes: red, yellow and red, the yellowstripe being twice as wide as each red stripe.2. The Statutes may recognize flags andensigns of the Self-governing Communities.These shall be used together with the flag ofSpain on their public buildings and in their officialceremonies.

Section 113The Congress may require political responsibility from the Government by adopting a motion of censure by overall majority of its Members.The motion of censure must be proposed by at least one tenth of the Members of Congress and shall include a candidate for the office of the Presidency of the Government.Section 114If the Congress withholds its confidence from the Government, the latter shall submit its resignation to the King, whereafter the President of the Government shall be nominated in accordance with the provisions of section 99.If the Congress adopts a motion of censure, the Government shall submit its resignation to the King, and the candidate proposed in the motion of censure shall be deemed to have the confidence of the House for the purposes provided in section 99. The King shall appoint him or her President of the Government.