Castilian Party
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Castilian Party Partido Castellano | |
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| President | Pedro Manuel Soriano |
| Secretary-General | Javier Benedit |
| Founded | 24 October 2009 |
| Merger of | Tierra Comunera Progress Party of the Cities of Castile and León Citizen Group |
| Headquarters | C/ Valdemoro, 1 bajo, 09001, Burgos, Castilla y León |
| Youth wing | Castilla Joven |
| Ideology | Castilian nationalism Social democracy Federalism Progressivism Ecologism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Dark purple |
| Local Government[a] | 79 / 21,601 |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| www.partidocastellano.org/ | |
The Castilian Party (Spanish: Partido Castellano, PCAS), formerly the Party of Castile and León until 2011, is a Spanish political party resulting from the union of several Castilian nationalist and regionalist political parties from Castile and León, Madrid and Castile-La Mancha.[1] The most relevant of the components is Tierra Comunera.[2]
Ideology
[edit]The Castilian Party wishes to be an alternative to the classic two-party system in Castile. They also state their support for Castilian historical heritage and the environment. From their foundational congress on 24 October 2009, in Toledo onwards, their ideology has been federalist and Castilian nationalist. For this reason, they intend to recover the dissolved sense of Castilian identity and to turn Castile into Spain's financial and political engine by overcoming Castilian endemic problems like depopulation, population aging, youth emigration, and despotism. All of said problems have been publicly denounced by the party.[3] The party seeks to recover the political union of Castile as a single territory, which is currently split into five regions: Castile and León, Castile-La Mancha, Madrid, Cantabria and La Rioja.
History
[edit]In July 2010, the party announced its intention to participate in the Catalan regional parliament election with the name of Castilian Party–Party of the Cultures of Catalonia.[4]
During the Spanish general election 2011, the party formed an association with the Cantabrian Regionalist Party and contested the election.[5]
Party split
[edit]Since the party's creation, there were two very different political currents: one more official (which supported the union of the whole of Castile), and another much stronger in support to simpler regionalist ideas (which supported the political reality in force). During the party congress in October 2011, a majority of party members unanimously approved a new political strategy and changed the former name "Party of Castile and León" to simply the "Castilian Party". This initiative was promoted and supported by the party directorate and caused the regionalist current to quit the party. The splinter group decided to found a new party called the Regionalist Party of Castile and León (PRCAL).[6]
Results
[edit]General elections
[edit]| Date | Votes | Seats | Status | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ±pp | # | ± | |||
| 2011 | 2,431 | 0.01 | – | 0 / 350 |
– | N/A | 34th |
Cortes of Castile and León
[edit]| Date | Votes | Seats | Status | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ±pp | # | ± | |||
| 2011 | 13,537 | 0.94% | – | 0 / 84 |
– | N/A | 6th |
| 2015 | With PCAS–TC | 0.33% | –0.61 | 0 / 84 |
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N/A | 12th |
Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha
[edit]| Date | Votes | Seats | Status | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ±pp | # | ± | |||
| 2011 | 2,752 | 0.23% | – | 0 / 49 |
– | N/A | 6th |
| 2015 | With PCAS–UdCa | 0.14% | –0.09 | 0 / 33 |
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N/A | 11th |
Assembly of Madrid
[edit]| Date | Votes | Seats | Status | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ±pp | # | ± | |||
| 2011 | 1,722 | 0.06% | – | 0 / 129 |
– | N/A | 16th |
| 2015 | With PCAS–TC | 0.06% | +0.00 | 0 / 129 |
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N/A | 18th |
Local elections
[edit]| Date | Votes | Seats | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ±pp | # | ± | ||
| 2011 | With PCAS–CI | 0.14% | – | 195 / 68,230 |
– | 32nd |
| 2015 | With PCAS–TC | 0.04% | –0.10 | 75 / 67,515 |
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63rd |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Local seats in the autonomous communities of Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León and the Community of Madrid.
References
[edit]- ^ "Home". partidocastellano.org.
- ^ Tierra Comunera se refundará en enero como Partido Castellano, ABC, 23 de diciembre de 2008.
- ^ Tierra Comunera se refunda como PCAS y Mariano Fuente es elegido presidente Archived 2013-12-18 at the Wayback Machine, ABC, 25 de octubre de 2009.
- ^ El PCAL presentará candidaturas en las próximas Elecciones Autonómicas de Cataluña, 20 minutos, 20 de julio de 2010.
- ^ El Partido de Castilla y León (PCAL) estará en la coalición del PRC Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, ABC, 2 de septiembre de 2011.
- ^ La presentación del PRCAL oficializa la escisión en el Partido Castellano Archived 2013-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, El Correo de Burgos, 1 de febrero de 2012.
External links
[edit]- Web del PCAS(in Spanish)
- Web del PCAL(in Spanish)
- Siete partidos regionales se unen en PCAL(in Spanish)
- El Partido de Castilla y León (PCAL) presenta en Valladolid su gestora regional.(Marzo de 2009)(in Spanish)