Aragonese Party

{{Short description|Regionalist political party in Spain}} {{Infobox political party | country = Spain | name = Aragonese Party | native_name = Partido Aragonés | colorcode = {{party color|Aragonese Party}} | logo = Logo del PAR (2023).svg | president = [[Clemente Sánchez-Garnica]] | founders = [[Hipólito Gómez de las Roces]]<br>[[Emilio Eiroa]] | headquarters = Calle Coso 87, 50001 [[Zaragoza]] | foundation = {{start date|1978|1}} | predecessor = [[Centre Independent Aragonese Candidacy]] | ideology = [[Regionalism (politics)|Aragonese regionalism]]<br>[[Conservatism]]<ref>Barberà, O., & Rodríguez, J. (2009). [https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/papers/02102862n92/02102862n92p171.pdf Los partidos de ámbito no estatal en Aragón: el Partido Aragonés y la Chunta Aragonesista]. ''Papers: revista de sociologia'', (92), 171-195. pp. 176-177</ref> | position = [[Centrism|Centre]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20130506/54373853174/catalan-franja-denominara-lapao-aragon.html|title=El catalán de la Franja se denominará 'lapao' en Aragón|website=lavanguardia.com|date=6 May 2013 |access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref> to [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]] | youth_wing = Rolde Choben | colours = Yellow, Red | european = | europarl = | national = [[People's Coalition (Spain)|People's Coalition]] (1982–1983) | international = | seats4_title = [[List of municipalities in Aragon|Mayors]] ([[2023 Spanish local elections|2023-2027]])<ref>[https://www.epdata.es/datos/lista-alcaldes-2019-capitales-provincia/392 Lista de nuevos alcaldes 2023 en municipios españoles]. [[Europa Press]]/EPDATA. 19 June 2023</ref> | seats4 = {{Composition bar|83|731|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | seats5_title = [[List of municipalities in Aragon|Local Government]] ([[2023 Spanish local elections|2023-2027]]) | seats5 = {{Composition bar|334|4155|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | seats1_title = [[Aragonese Corts]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|67|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | seats2_title = [[Spanish Senate]] (Aragonese seats) | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|14|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | seats3_title = [[Provincial deputation (Spain)|Provincial deputations]] ([[2023 Spanish local elections|2023-2027]]) | seats3 = {{Composition bar|2|77|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | website = [http://www.partidoaragones.es/ www.partidoaragones.es] }} The '''Aragonese Party''' ({{langx|es|Partido Aragonés}}, PAR) is a [[political party]] which advocates the interests of [[Aragon]] within [[Spain]]. The party was founded in 1978 under the name '''Aragonese Regionalist Party''', but changed its name in 1990, keeping the initials ''PAR''. The founders of PAR included [[Emilio Eiroa]], who later served as the [[President of the Government of Aragon]] from 1991 to 1993.<ref name=heraldo>{{cite news |title=Muere Emilio Eiroa, expresidente de Aragón y uno de los fundadores del PAR |url=http://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/2013/03/10/fallece_emilio_eiroa_uno_los_fundadores_del_par_expresidente_aragon_225801_300.html |work=[[Heraldo de Aragón]] |date=2013-03-10 |access-date=2013-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107233052/https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/2013/03/10/fallece_emilio_eiroa_uno_los_fundadores_del_par_expresidente_aragon_225801_300.html |archive-date=2019-01-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

PAR had representation in the [[European Parliament]] between 1999 and 2004, where it sat in the [[European Coalition]] group.

==Electoral performance==

===Cortes of Aragon=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" |- | colspan="6" align="center"| [[Cortes of Aragon]] |- ! style="width:75px;"| Election ! Leading candidate ! style="width:70px;"| Votes ! style="width:60px;"| % ! Seats ! {{abbr|Gov.|Government}} |- ! [[1983 Aragonese regional election|1983]] | rowspan="4" style="text-align:left;"| [[Hipólito Gómez de las Roces]] | 124,018 | 20.5 (#3) | {{Composition bar|13|66|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | {{na}} |- ! [[1987 Aragonese regional election|1987]] | 179,922 | 28.1 (#2) | {{Composition bar|19|67|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | {{ya}} |- ! rowspan="2"| [[1991 Aragonese regional election|1991]] | rowspan="2"| 151,420 | rowspan="2"| 24.7 (#2) | rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|17|67|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | {{ya}}{{efn|1991–1993.}} |- | {{na}}{{efn|1993–1995.}} |- ! [[1995 Aragonese regional election|1995]] | style="text-align:left;"| [[Emilio Eiroa]] | 143,573 | 20.4 (#3) | {{Composition bar|14|67|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | {{ya}} |- ! [[1999 Aragonese regional election|1999]] | style="text-align:left;"| José María Mur | 86,519 | 13.3 (#3) | {{Composition bar|10|67|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | {{ya}} |- ! [[2003 Aragonese regional election|2003]] | rowspan="4" style="text-align:left;"| [[José Ángel Biel]] | 79,670 | 11.2 (#4) | {{Composition bar|8|67|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | {{ya}} |- ! [[2007 Aragonese regional election|2007]] | 81,135 | 12.1 (#3) | {{Composition bar|9|67|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | {{ya}} |- ! rowspan="2"| [[2011 Aragonese regional election|2011]] | rowspan="2"| 62,193 | rowspan="2"| 9.2 (#3) | rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|7|67|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | {{na}}{{efn|2011.}} |- | {{ya}}{{efn|2011–2015.}} |- ! [[2015 Aragonese regional election|2015]] | rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| [[Arturo Aliaga]] | 45,846 | 6.9 (#5) | {{Composition bar|6|67|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | {{na}} |- ! [[2019 Aragonese regional election|2019]] | 33,978 | 5.1 (#7) | {{Composition bar|3|67|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | {{ya}} |- ! [[2023 Aragonese regional election|2023]] | rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| [[Alberto Izquierdo]] | 13,988 | 2.1 (#8) | {{Composition bar|1|67|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | {{ya}} |- ! [[2026 Aragonese regional election|2026]] | 8,161 | 1.2 (#8) | {{Composition bar|0|67|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | — |}

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180713073200/http://www.partidoaragones.es/ Official website] {{in lang|es}}

[[Category:Political parties in Aragon]] [[Category:Political parties established in 1978]] [[Category:Regionalist parties in Spain]] [[Category:Centrist parties in Spain]] [[Category:1978 establishments in Spain]]