Liberal Party (Spain, 1976)

Liberal Party Partido Liberal
Founder	Enrique Larroque
Founded	April 9, 1976[1]
Dissolved	March 15, 1989[2]
Merged into	People's Party
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Right-wing[3]
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The Liberal Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal, PL) was a liberal political party in Spain.

It was part of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) until 1983, when it aligned itself with the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL). On 22 December 1984 the Liberal Party accorded to merge with the Liberal Union and adopted the name of the first.

These three parties formed the People's Coalition for the 1986 election.

In 1989 the party, along with AP and PDP, merged to form the new People's Party (PP).

Esperanza Aguirre, now a leading PP figure, was a Liberal member.

Election results

Congress of Deputies and Senate

Election	Congress of Deputies					Senate		Rank	Government	Leader
	Votes	%	±pp	Seats won	+/−	Seats won	+/−
1979	15,774	0.1%	New	0 / 350	±0	0 / 208	±0	#31	No seats	Enrique Larroque
1986	w. People's Coalition			12 / 350	12	8 / 208	8	#2	Opposition	Enrique Larroque

Local councils

Local councils
Election	Votes	%	±pp	Seats won	+/−	Rank	Leader
1983	w. People's Coalition			20,671 / 67,312	Undeterminable		Enrique Larroque
1987	12,582	0.1%	New	58 / 65,577	58	#35	Enrique Larroque

References

1. "En octubre, congreso del Partido Liberal". ABC (in Spanish). May 20, 1976. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
2. "Los liberales se incorporan al PP, pero mantienen las siglas". El País (in Spanish). March 16, 1989. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
3. Emil J. Kirchner (3 November 1988). Liberal Parties in Western Europe. Cambridge University Press. p. 426–. ISBN 978-0-521-32394-9.