People's Coalition (Spain)
People's Coalition Coalición Popular | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader | Manuel Fraga |
| Founded | September 13, 1982 |
| Dissolved | January 20, 1989 |
| Headquarters | Madrid |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Christian democracy |
| Political position | Center-right |
The People's Coalition (Spanish: Coalición Popular) was a Spanish political coalition comprising national and regional right-wing parties between 1983 and 1989.
History
It had its precedent in the AP-PDP coalition for the 1982 general election,[1][2] and lasted until after the 1986 general election, when the PDP went its separate way.
Its main components were:
- People's Alliance (AP)
- People's Democratic Party (PDP)
- Liberal Union (UL) (1983–84) / Liberal Party (PL) (1984–86)
Among its notable regional components were:
- Galicia: Centrists of Galicia (CdG)
- Navarre: Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
- Valencian Community: Valencian Union (UV) (1983)
After the 1986 elections, the People's Democratic Party leaves the coalition to attend alone the regional and local elections of 1987, by registration of their elected representatives in the Joint Group of the Congress of Deputies on 15 July 1986.[3] After that, in 1988 it was renamed as Christian Democracy, led by Javier Rupérez, and merged into the Popular Party in 1989, like Popular Alliance, the Liberal Party and Centrists of Galicia. The pact between the AP and PDP was formally scrapped in July 21, 1986, although the program agreements with the governments of Cantabria, Galicia and the Balearic Islands remained until 1989.[4]
Election results
Cortes Generales
| Election | Votes | % | # | Congress | Senate | Gov't | Leader | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5,247,677 | 25.97 | 2nd | 105 / 350 |
63 / 208 |
 |
Manuel Fraga | Including AP, PDP, PL, UPN and CdG. |
Local councils
| Local councils | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | Rank | Leader |
| 1983A | 4,573,005 | 25.6% |  22.6 |
20,671 / 67,312 |
18,332 |
#2 | Manuel Fraga |
A 1983 results compared to the AP totals in the 1979 election.
References
- ↑ "AP y PDP firmaron el acuerdo de coalición". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 14 September 1982. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ↑ "El PDP formará un subgrupo parlamentario dentro del bloque parlamentario de AP". ABC (in Spanish). 14 September 1982. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ↑ "El PDP consuma la ruptura de Coalición Popular al inscribir a sus parlamentarios en el Grupo Mixto". El País (in Spanish). 15 July 1986. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ↑ "Alianza Popular anuncia la ruptura de los pactos políticos y electorales con el PDP de Óscar Alzaga". El País (in Spanish). 22 July 1986. Retrieved 14 March 2016.