Coalición Canaria

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The Coalición Canaria ( CC ) is a regional party founded in 1993 from a group of nationalists, conservatives and ex-communists in the Canary Islands , which form an autonomous region of Spain .

Foundation and composition

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The Coalición Canaria was formed in 1993 from the following regional parties:

These regional parties were founded after the end of the military dictatorship under Francisco Franco in 1975 and the introduction of democracy in Spain, when the previously suppressed pluralism was allowed again. For example, they pleaded for a revival of Canarian culture, or for political independence and a move towards the states of North Africa. This meant that these parties could hardly have a majority on their own, so that in 1993 they joined forces in the Coalición Canaria . Some of the founding parties, such as the PNC, later left the alliance. In February 2005, several former ICAN members split off and founded the new party Nueva Canarias (NC).

Regional elections

The CC has been the ruling party in the Canary Islands since May 2005 and provides mayors in numerous cities. On the islands of Tenerife , La Palma , El Hierro and Fuerteventura , it is the ruling party of the island governments ( cabildos insulares ). The current party leader and President of the Canary Islands is Fernando Clavijo Batlle. However, in the regional elections in May 2007, it was only the second largest faction behind the socialist PSOE and formed a government coalition with the conservative People's Party (PP). In the regional elections in May 2011, the Partido Popular became the strongest party ahead of the CC and the PSOE. Since the last elections in 2015, the CC has been behind the PP and the PSOE, but forms the governing coalition with the PSOE and provides the president.

Spanish Parliament

In the elections for the lower house of the Spanish parliament from 1977 various Canarian nationalist parties participated with little success. After the Coalición Canaria was founded in 1993, four seats were won several times, and its best result was achieved in 2000 with almost 30% in the Canary Islands, which was 1.07% in all of Spain. In the 2004 elections, the CC was initially able to form an independent parliamentary group with three seats, but one of the three parliamentarians joined the newly founded Nueva Canarias in 2005 and, after a transition phase , left the parliamentary group in 2007, which then dissolved and integrated into the mixed parliamentary group. Since 2008 the CC has been in a list connection with the Partido Nacionalista Canario (PNC) ; both parties together only get one or two seats.

Election results of the CC and its predecessor parties before 1993 in the Spanish parliamentary elections:

choice be right Percentages Seats Remarks
1977 17,717 0.10% 0 seats Pueblo Canario Unido (PCU)
1979 58,953 0.33% 0 seats Unión del Pueblo Canario (UPC)
1982 35,013
25,792		 0.17%
0.12%		 0 seats
0 seats 		Unión del Pueblo Canario (UPC)
Convergencia Canaria (CC)
1985 65,664
36,892		 0.33%
0.18%		 1 seat
0 seats 		Agrupaciones Independientes de Canarias (AIC)
Asamblea Canaria (AC) with Izquierda Nacionalista Canaria (INC)
1989 64,767
21,539		 0.32%
0.11%		 1 seat
0 seats 		Agrupaciones Independientes de Canarias (AIC)
Asamblea Canaria Nacionalista (ACN)
1993 207.077 0.88% 4 seats
1996 220.418 0.88% 4 seats
2000 248.261 1.07% 4 seats
2004 221.034 0.86% 3 seats
2008 174,629 0.68% 2 seats with PNC
2011 143,881 0.59% 2 seats with PNC
2015 81,917 0.32% 1 seat with PNC
2016 78,253 0.33% 1 seat with PNC

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