In the current municipal legislature, the 8,131 Spanish municipalities have 58,734 local representatives, of which 34,756 are councillors (59.18%) and 23,978 councillors (40.82%), that is, on average, out of every ten ediles, there are just over four councillors and almost six councillors.
Spanish local corporations, in general, have taken important steps towards equality during democracy, although it is not yet full. The difference is greater in the mayors, with practically one municipal councillor registered for every four governors: 1,768 mayors (21.74%) and 6,363 mayors (78.26%).
Evolution leaves behind worse records. It should be remembered that in the first municipal democratic legislature (1979), women had practically no municipal presence: councilwomen represented 3% and mayors 1%.
All legislatures have registered, slowly, a positive evolution: in the second, 2% alkaline and 5% alkaline; in the third, 3% alkaline and 8% alkaline; in the fourth, 5% alkaline and 12% alkaline; in the fifth, 7% alkaline and 17% alkaline concessions; in the sixth, 10% alkaline and 23% alkaline councils; in the seventh