Navarrese People's Union
Navarrese People's Union Unión del Pueblo Navarro | ||
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Spanish Senate 1 / 5 Navarrese seats | ||
Parliament of Navarre | 15 / 50 | |
Town councillors | 281 / 1,889 | |
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www.upn.org | ||
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The Navarrese People's Union (Spanish: Unión del Pueblo Navarro), abbreviated to UPN, is a regional conservative[2] political party in Navarre, Spain. Until 2008, it was a fraternal party of the People's Party (PP), acting as the latter's Navarrese branch.
UPN is a strong opponent of
During the 1991–2008 period, UPN acted as the Navarrese branch of the PP, which, in return, did not run at Navarrese elections as a part of their agreement. Since 1991, UPN is the largest party in elections for the regional Parliament of Navarre
History
The UPN was a Navarrese splinter group of the Union of the Democratic Centre. Its president, Miguel Sanz, had been the head of the Navarrese government from 1996 to 2015.
Pacts with the PP
As part of an agreement held over the 1991–2008 period, the PP did not run in any elections in the
The pact was terminated in October 2008 as a result of UPN refusal to vote alongside the PP in the
The two parties ran separate lists in the
Electoral performance
Parliament of Navarre | ||||||||
Election | Leading candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government | ||
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1979 | Jesús Aizpún | 40,764 | 15.99 (#3) | 13 / 70
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— | Opposition | ||
1983 | Balbino Bados | 62,072 | 23.34 (#2) | 13 / 50
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0 | Opposition | ||
1987 | Juan Cruz Alli | 69,419 | 24.50 (#2) | 14 / 50
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1 | Opposition | ||
1991 | 96,005 | 34.95 (#1) | 20 / 50
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6 | Minority | |||
1995 | Miguel Sanz | 93,163 | 31.35 (#1) | 17 / 50
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3 | Opposition (1995–1996) | ||
Minority (1996–1999) | ||||||||
1999 | 125,497 | 41.37 (#1) | 22 / 50
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5 | Minority | |||
2003 | 127,460 | 41.48 (#1) | 23 / 50
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1 | Coalition | |||
2007 | 139,122 | 42.19 (#1) | 22 / 50
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1 | Coalition (2007–2009) | |||
Minority (2009–2011) | ||||||||
2011 | Yolanda Barcina | 111,474 | 34.48 (#1) | 19 / 50
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3 | Coalition (2011–2012) | ||
Minority (2012–2015) | ||||||||
2015 | Javier Esparza | 92,705 | 27.44 (#1) | 15 / 50
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4 | Opposition | ||
2019 | Within NA+ | 15 / 50
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0 | Opposition | ||||
2023 | 92,392 | 28.00 (#1) | 15 / 50
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0 | Opposition |
Cortes Generales
Cortes Generales | |||||||
Election | Navarre | ||||||
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Congress | Senate | ||||||
Vote | % | Score | Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
1979 | 28,248 | 11.17% | 3rd | 1 / 5
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— | 0 / 4
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— |
1982[a] | 76,255 | 25.59% | 2nd | 2 / 5
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1 | 1 / 4
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1 |
1986[b] | 80,922 | 29.63% | 2nd | 2 / 5
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0 | 1 / 4
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0 |
1989[c] | 92,216 | 33.18% | 1st | 3 / 5
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1 | 3 / 4
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2 |
1993[c] | 112,228 | 36.13% | 1st | 3 / 5
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0 | 3 / 4
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0 |
1996[c] | 120,335 | 37.12% | 1st | 2 / 5
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1 | 3 / 4
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0 |
2000[c] | 150,995 | 49.89% | 1st | 3 / 5
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1 | 3 / 4
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0 |
2004[c] | 127,653 | 37.60% | 1st | 2 / 5
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1 | 3 / 4
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0 |
2008[c] | 133,059 | 39.22% | 1st | 2 / 5
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0 | 3 / 4
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0 |
2011 [d] | 126,516 | 38.21% | 1st | 1 / 5
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1 | 2 / 4
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1 |
2015[e] | 102,244 | 28.94% | 1st | 2 / 5
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1 | 1 / 4
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1 |
2016[e] | 106,976 | 31.90% | 1st | 2 / 5
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0 | 1 / 4
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0 |
2019 (Apr) | Within NA+ | 2 / 5
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0 | 1 / 4
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0 | ||
2019 (Nov) | Within NA+ | 2 / 5
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0 | 1 / 4
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0 | ||
2023 | 51,764 | 15.27% | 4th | 1 / 5
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1 | 1 / 4
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0 |
Notes
- ^ Electoral alliance with the People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party.
- ^ Electoral alliance with the People's Coalition.
- ^ a b c d e f Electoral alliance with the People's Party.
- ^ Electoral alliance with the People's Party, which won 1 deputy and 1 senator.
- ^ a b Electoral alliance with the People's Party, which won 2 senators.
References
- ^ "Afiliados - UPN". Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
- ^ a b Contemporary Spain. p.302. Authors - Christopher J Ross, Bill Richardson and Begona Sangrador-Vegas. Third edition. Published in 2008 by Hodder Education. Published in 2013 by Routledge, in Oxon, UK.
- ^ a b c d Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Navarre/Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Navarre in a pickle". El País. 20 February 2014.
- ^ Murua, Imanol (6 May 2014). "Basque separatists inch along, watching Catalonia closely". The Conversation.
- ^ Oscar Barberà Aresté: Los orígenes de la Unión del Pueblo Navarro (1979-1991). Papers: revista de sociología, ISSN 0210-2862, ISSN-e 2013-9004, Nº 92, 2009. Pages 143-169.
- ^ UPN-PP pide el voto para "frenar al nacionalismo vasco y hacer que Navarra avance". El Español, 12/12/2015.
- ISBN 978-0-7146-5027-2.
- ^ [1] Archived October 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ RTVE.ES / EUROPA PRESS - MADRID (2008-10-22). "El PP rompe su pacto con UPN por no apoyar su enmienda a los Presupuestos del Gobierno". RTVE.es. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
- ^ a b UPN encabezará la coalición con el PP, El Mundo, 8 September 2011