Country: | Spain |
Aragonese Union | |
Native Name: | Chunta Aragonesista |
President: | Joaquín Palacín |
Foundation: | 29 June 1986 |
Secretary General: | Isabel Lasobras |
Headquarters: | Calle Conde de Aranda 14-16, 1º 50003 Zaragoza, Aragon |
Ideology: | [1] |
Position: | Left-wing[2] |
Youth Wing: | Chobentú Aragonesista |
International: | None Before 2018: European Free Alliance |
National: | Plural Left (2011–2015) Popular Unity (2015–2016) Sumar (since 2023) |
Colours: | Yellow, Red, Black |
Seats1 Title: | Congress of Deputies (Aragonese seats) |
Seats2 Title: | Aragonese Corts |
Seats3 Title: | Provincial deputations[3] |
Seats4 Title: | Mayors |
Seats5 Title: | Town councillors |
The Chunta Aragonesista (CHA; English: Aragonese Union)[4] is a political party in Aragon (Spain), influenced by eco-socialism and pacifism. CHA defends a federal state, greater financial resources for Aragon, and the protection of the environment and hydrological resources of the Ebro Valley. It promotes the use of the Aragonese language.
The National Assembly is the highest organ of representation and decision of the Chunta. It establishes political policies, programs and principles, and chooses the members of the Mayan of Lawsuits, to those of the National Committee and to the president of CHA.
In the 2000 and 2004 parliamentary elections, CHA won 0.4% of the vote and one seat for José Antonio Labordeta, a folk singer in the Zaragoza constituency. It lost the seat in 2008 after Labordeta retired from the congress. In the 2011 election, it regained the seat as part of an electoral alliance with United Left.
Chunta Aragonesista was a member of the European Free Alliance and the European coalition, Europe of the Peoples until 2018.
José Luis Soro has been the president since February 2012.
In 2005, the party campaigned against the ratification of the European Constitution.
Cortes of Aragon | ||||||||
Election | Vote | % | Score | Seats | +/– | Leader | Status in legislature | |
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Status | Period | |||||||
1987 | 6,154 | 0.96% | 8th | 0 | Eduardo Vicente | No seats | 1987–1995 | |
1991 | 14,116 | 2.30% | 6th | 0 | Chus Beltrán | |||
1995 | 34,077 | 4.85% | 5th | 2 | Chesús Bernal | Opposition | 1995–2015 | |
1999 | 72,101 | 11.04% | 4th | 3 | ||||
2003 | 97,763 | 13.71% | 3rd | 4 | ||||
2007 | 54,752 | 8.15% | 4th | 5 | ||||
2011 | 55,932 | 8.23% | 4th | 0 | Nieves Ibeas | |||
2015 | 30,618 | 4.58% | 6th | 2 | José Luis Soro | Minority coalition | 2015–2019 | |
2019 | 41,879 | 6.26% | 5th | 1 | Majority coalition | 2019–2023 | ||
2023 | 34,163 | 5.10% | 4th | 0 | Opposition | 2023–2027 |