Political posters in an exhibition celebrating 20 years of the Spanish Constitution of 1978. The Constitution of Spain is regarded as the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy.

Constituent Cortes (Cortes constituyentes) is the description of the Cortes (Spanish parliament) when convened as a constituent assembly. The Cortes Generales ( Spanish for General Courts or Cortes Españolas, Spanish Courts) is the Legislature of Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. TalkParliament#Screen-size. -->A  parliament is a Legislature, especially in those A constituent assembly is a body elected with the purpose of drafting and in some cases adopting a Constitution.

In the 20th century only one Constituent Cortes was officially opened ("Cortes" are "opened" in accordance with a mediaeval royal proclamation), and that was the Republican Cortes in 1931. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

The Cortes in 1977 passed the new Spanish constitution; however, that was never officially considered "constituent", as the 1977 general elections were not mandated to consider a new constitution, but to rule under the constitution of the former dictatorship - the so called "Leyes Fundamentales" (fundamental laws). Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity A general election is an Election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election A dictatorship is usually defined as an autocratic Form of government in which the Government is ruled by a Dictator.

See also

• Convention Parliament
• Constitutional convention (political meeting)
• Spanish transition to democracy