Aragonese Party

Aragonese Party Partido Aragonés
President	Clemente Sánchez-Garnica
Founders	Hipólito Gómez de las Roces Emilio Eiroa
Founded	January 1978 (1978-01)
Preceded by	Centre Independent Aragonese Candidacy
Headquarters	Calle Coso 87, 50001 Zaragoza
Youth wing	Rolde Choben
Ideology	Aragonese regionalism Conservatism[1]
Political position	Centre[2] to centre-right
Colours	Yellow, Red
Aragonese Corts	0 / 67
Spanish Senate (Aragonese seats)	0 / 14
Provincial deputations (2023-2027)	2 / 77
Mayors (2023-2027)[3]	83 / 731
Local Government (2023-2027)	334 / 4,155
Website
www.partidoaragones.es
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The Aragonese Party (Spanish: 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.^[4]

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

Electoral performance

Cortes of Aragon

Cortes of Aragon
Election	Leading candidate	Votes	%	Seats	Gov.
1983	Hipólito Gómez de las Roces	124,018	20.5 (#3)	13 / 66
1987		179,922	28.1 (#2)	19 / 67
1991		151,420	24.7 (#2)	17 / 67	[a]
					[b]
1995	Emilio Eiroa	143,573	20.4 (#3)	14 / 67
1999	José María Mur	86,519	13.3 (#3)	10 / 67
2003	José Ángel Biel	79,670	11.2 (#4)	8 / 67
2007		81,135	12.1 (#3)	9 / 67
2011		62,193	9.2 (#3)	7 / 67	[c]
					[d]
2015	Arturo Aliaga	45,846	6.9 (#5)	6 / 67
2019		33,978	5.1 (#7)	3 / 67
2023	Alberto Izquierdo	13,988	2.1 (#8)	1 / 67
2026		8,161	1.2 (#8)	0 / 67	—

Notes

1. 1991–1993.
2. 1993–1995.
3. 2011.
4. 2011–2015.

References

1. Barberà, O., & Rodríguez, J. (2009). 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
2. "El catalán de la Franja se denominará 'lapao' en Aragón". lavanguardia.com. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
3. Lista de nuevos alcaldes 2023 en municipios españoles. Europa Press/EPDATA. 19 June 2023
4. "Muere Emilio Eiroa, expresidente de Aragón y uno de los fundadores del PAR". Heraldo de Aragón. 2013-03-10. Archived from the original on 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2013-04-05.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)