Canarian Independent Groups
Canarian Independent Groups Agrupaciones Independientes de Canarias | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Dissolved | 1993 |
| Succeeded by | Canarian Coalition |
| Headquarters | C/ Galcerán, 7-9 Edif. El Drago, Santa Cruz de Tenerife[1] |
| Ideology | Regionalism Canarian nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
The Canarian Independent Groups (Template:Lang-es, AIC) were a Spanish political party based in the Canary Islands that existed from 1985 until its integration in Canarian Coalition.[2]
History
The party was founded in 1985 with the name of Federation of Canarian Independent Groups (Template:Lang-es), consisting of the union of different parties and groupings of insular scope, coming mostly from the former Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD). On 23 April 1986 they changed their name to Canarian Independent Groups. In 1987 it was joined by the Canarian Union of the Centre. The members of AIC were mainly centre-right and insularist political groups.[3]
In 1993, together with the Nationalist Canarian Initiative (ICAN), Majorera Assembly (AM), Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) and Independent Canarian Centre (CCI) it formed Canarian Coalition (CC). However, in 1994, Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) and Lanzarote Independents Group (transformed into the Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)) abandon both Canarian Independent Groups and Canarian Coalition.
It obtained parliamentary representation in the general elections of 1986 and in the ones of 1989. It was dissolved definitively during the Canarian Coalition Congress celebrated in 18–19 May 2005, in which all the integral parties disappeared and CC became unique party.[4]
Members
The groups that were members of the party are:[5]
- Tenerife Group of Independents (Template:Lang-es, ATI)
- La Palma Group of Independents (Template:Lang-es, API)
- Gomera Group of Independents (Template:Lang-es, AGI)
- Independents of Fuerteventura (Template:Lang-es, IF)
- Lanzarote Independents Group (Template:Lang-es, AIL), although this group ended up leaving the organization..
Election results
Parliament of the Canary Islands
| Parliament of the Canary Islands | |||||||
| Election | Vote | % | Score | Seats | +/– | Leader | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 134,667 | 20.1 | 2nd | 11 / 60
|
 11
|
Manuel Hermoso | Opposition |
| 1991 | 157,859 | 22.7 | 2nd | 16 / 60
|
5
|
Manuel Hermoso | Opposition |
Cortes Generales
| Cortes Generales | ||||||||
| Election | Congress | Senate | Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote | % | Score | Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||
| 1986 | 65,664 | 0.3 | 16th | 1 / 350
|
1
|
1 / 208
|
1
|
Opposition |
| 1989 | 64,767 | 0.3 | 19th | 1 / 350
|
 0
|
2 / 208
|
1
|
Opposition |
| Election | Canary Islands | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congress | Senate | ||||||
| Vote | % | Score | Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| 1986 | 65,664 | 9.8 | 4th | 1 / 13
|
1
|
1 / 11
|
1
|
| 1989 | 64,767 | 9.7 | 4th | 1 / 14
|
0
|
2 / 11
|
1
|
European Parliament
| European Parliament | ||||||||
| Election | Total | Canary Islands | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote | % | Score | Seats | +/– | Vote | % | Score | |
| 1987 | 96,895 | 0.5 | 18th | 0 / 60
|
— | 89,083 | 14.5 | 4th |
| 1989 | w. Nationalist Coalition | 0 / 60
|
0
|
57,932 | 11.1 | 4th | ||
References
- ^ Ministerio del Interior de España. "Registro de Partidos Políticos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ José Adrián García Rojas. "¿Un viaje de ida y vuelta? la difícil articulación entre isla y nación de Coalición Canaria (1993-2009)" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "Sumamos, luego existimos (¿AIC bis?)". Canarias Ahora (in Spanish). 19 April 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ Pardellas, Juan Manuel (30 May 2005). "Coalición Canaria reelige a Rivero con el 99% de los votos". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ "Agrupaciones Independientes de Canarias". Fundación Juan March (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2016.