The Junta Electoral Central (JEC) (English: Central Electoral Commission) is the electoral commission for elections in Spain, monitoring and registering provincial elections, district elections, those of self-governing districts and general elections.
Its mission is to "ensure the transparency of the electoral process and monitor the performance of the Electoral Census Office.
"[1] It is based in Madrid, and was created by Spanish law on 26 June 1890 as Central Commission of the Electoral Census (Spanish: Junta Central del Censo Electoral).
During the transition to democracy, the Royal Decree-Law 20/1977 of 18 March, on Electoral Regulations, renamed it as Junta Electoral Central.
It comprises eight judges from the Supreme Court, five active professors of law and sociology, a secretary, and the director of the Electoral Census Office (part of the National Statistics Institute), who has a casting vote but is otherwise a sleeping partner.