People's Party of the Basque Country
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People's Party of the Basque Country Partido Popular del País Vasco Euskadiko Alderdi Popularra | |
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President | Vacant |
Secretary-General | Amaya Fernández Angulo |
Founded | 1989 |
Headquarters | C/ San Antonio 1, 1º Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country |
Youth wing | New Generations of the Basque Country |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
National affiliation | People's Party |
Congress of Deputies (Basque seats) | 1 / 18 (Basque seats) |
Spanish Senate (Basque seats) | 0 / 15 (Basque seats) |
Basque Parliament | 4 / 75 |
Juntas Generales/Batzar Nagusiak | 17 / 153 |
Local seats | 79 / 2,627 |
Mayors | 3 / 251 [2] |
Website | |
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The People's Party of the Basque Country (Spanish: Partido Popular del País Vasco or Partido Popular de Euskadi, PP; Basque: Euskadiko Alderdi Popularra, EAP) is the regional section of the People's Party of Spain (PP) in the Basque Country. It was formed in 1989 from the re-foundation of the People's Alliance.
History
It was founded in January 1989 with the birth of the Spanish People's Party, heir of People's Alliance. Its headquarters are located in the Gran Via de Bilbao and is chaired since 2015 by Alfonso Alonso Aranegui.
Electoral performance
Basque Parliament
Basque Parliament | ||||||||
Election | Votes | % | # | Seats | +/– | Leading candidate | Status in legislature | |
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1990 | 83,719 | 8.17% | 5th | 6 / 75
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4[a] | Jaime Mayor Oreja | Opposition | |
1994 | 146,960 | 14.16% | 4th | 11 / 75
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5 | Jaime Mayor Oreja | Opposition | |
1998 | 251,743 | 19.85% | 2nd | 16 / 75
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5 | Carlos Iturgaiz | Opposition | |
2001 | 326,933 | 22.93% | 2nd | 19 / 75
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1[b] | Jaime Mayor Oreja | Opposition | |
2005 | 210,614 | 17.27% | 3rd | 15 / 75
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4 | María San Gil | Opposition | |
2009 | 146,148 | 13.95% | 3rd | 13 / 75
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2 | Antonio Basagoiti | Confidence and supply | |
Opposition (from May 2012) | ||||||||
2012 | 130,584 | 11.59% | 4th | 10 / 75
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3 | Antonio Basagoiti | Opposition | |
2016 | 107,771 | 10.11% | 5th | 9 / 75
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1 | Alfonso Alonso | Opposition | |
2020 | Within PP+Cs | 5th | 4 / 75
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5 | Carlos Iturgaiz | TBD |
Cortes Generales
Cortes Generales | |||||||
Election | Basque Country | ||||||
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Congress | Senate | ||||||
Votes | % | # | Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
1989 | 103,697 | 9.37% | 5th | 2 / 21
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0[c] | 0 / 12
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0[c] |
1993 | 175,758 | 14.68% | 3rd | 4 / 19
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2 | 1 / 12
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1 |
1996 | 231,286 | 18.34% | 3rd | 5 / 19
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1 | 3 / 12
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2 |
2000 | 323,235 | 28.26% | 2nd | 7 / 19
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2 | 5 / 12
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2 |
2004 | 235,785 | 18.89% | 3rd | 4 / 19
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3 | 1 / 12
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4 |
2008 | 209,244 | 18.53% | 3rd | 3 / 18
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1 | 1 / 12
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0 |
2011 | 210,797 | 17.81% | 4th | 3 / 18
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0 | 3 / 12
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2 |
2015 | 142,127 | 11.62% | 5th | 2 / 18
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1 | 1 / 12
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2 |
2016 | 148,553 | 12.87% | 5th | 2 / 18
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0 | 1 / 12
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0 |
2019 (Apr) | 95,041 | 7.45% | 5th | 0 / 18
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2 | 0 / 12
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1 |
2019 (Nov) | 104,746 | 8.85% | 5th | 1 / 18
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1 | 0 / 12
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0 |
European Parliament
European Parliament | |||
Election | Basque Country | ||
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Votes | % | # | |
1989 | 73,254 | 7.61% | 6th |
1994 | 158,010 | 17.48% | 3rd |
1999 | 228,688 | 19.76% | 2nd |
2004 | 148,617 | 21.05% | 3rd |
2009 | 117,057 | 16.03% | 3rd |
2014 | 77,583 | 10.20% | 4th |
2019 | 72,274 | 6.44% | 5th |
Notes
- ^ Compared to People's Alliance–Liberal Party totals in the 1986 regional election.
- ^ Compared to the combined totals of People's Party and Alavese Unity in the 1998 regional election.
- ^ a b Compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1986 general election.
References
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Basque Country/Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe.
- ^ El nuevo escenario municipal en Euskadi. El País. San Sebastián 13 JUN 2015.