Canarian People's Union
{{Short description|Political party in the Canary Islands}}
{{Infobox political party
|name = Canarian People's Union
|native_name = Unión del Pueblo Canario
|colorcode = {{party color|Canarian People's Union}}
|logo = Logo Unión del Pueblo Canario 1979.jpg
|spokesperson = Fernando Sagaseta
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|founded = {{start date|1979}}
|dissolution = {{end date|1986}}
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|ideology = Canarian nationalism
Socialism
Anti-capitalism
Environmentalism
Canarian independence (some factions)
|position = Far-left
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|affiliation1_title = Trade union affiliation
|affiliation1 = Sindicato Obrero Canario (SOC)
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|seats2_title = Town councillors in the Canary Islands (1979-1983)
|seats1_title = Congreso de los Diputados (1979-1982)
|seats3_title = Canarian Parliament (1983-1986)
|seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|13|hex={{party color|Canarian People's Union}}}}Canarian seats
|seats2 = {{Composition bar|29|1219|hex={{party color|Canarian People's Union}}}}
|seats3 = {{Composition bar|2|60|hex={{party color|Canarian People's Union}}}}In a coalition with Canarian Assembly
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The Canarian People's Union ({{langx|es|Unión del Pueblo Canario}}, UPC) was a left-wing nationalist political coalition operating in the Canary Islands. The party aim was self-determination for the islands and socialism. It was a coalition between various political parties and groups, with a communist, pro-independence or nationalist ideology.
Members of the coalition
The political parties that formed the Coalition were:
- Communist Party of the Canary Islands (provisional) (PCC(p)), later called Party of the Canarian Revolution.
- Células Comunistas (CC)
- Party of Communist Unification in the Canaries (PUCC), later called Revolutionary Left Movement of the Canarian Archipelago.
- Canarian Assembly (AC)
- Socialist Party of the Canary Islands (PSC), split of the Popular Socialist Party
- Canarian Nationalist Autonomous Confederation (CANC)
- Radicales de Base, linked to the United Canarian People (PCU).
Election results
=Congress of Deputies=
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Votes ! Vote % ! Seats |
1979
| 58,953 | 10.76% |
See also
References
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{{Spain political parties}}
Category:Defunct political party alliances in Spain
Category:Political parties in the Canary Islands
Category:Defunct nationalist parties in Spain
Category:Defunct socialist parties in Spain
Category:Political parties established in 1979
Category:1979 establishments in Spain
Category:Canarian nationalist parties
Category:Left-wing nationalist parties in Spain
Category:Political parties disestablished in 1986
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