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Leonese People's Union Unión del Pueblo Leonés | |
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| President | Carlos Javier Salgado [es][1] |
| Secretary-General | Alicia Gallego[1] |
| Founded | 1986 (1986) |
| Headquarters | Avda. República Argentina, 13 bis-1º, 24004León |
| Youth wing | Leonist Youth |
| Membership(2014) | 2,300[2] |
| Ideology | Leonesism Regionalism Autonomism Ruralism |
| Political position | Centre tocentre-left |
| Colours | Dark magenta Black |
| Cortes of Castile and León | 3 / 83 |
| Provincial deputations[a] | 3 / 75 |
| Mayors[b][3] | 19 / 821 |
| Local Government (2023-2027)[c] | 234 / 5,194 |
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| www.upl.es | |
TheLeonese People's Union (Spanish:Unión del Pueblo Leonés,Leonese:Unión del Pueblu Llionés, UPL) is a regionalpolitical party inCastilla y León, Spain. UPL strives to establish a separate autonomous community (Comunidad Autónoma de León orAutonomous Community of León) for the provinces ofLeón,Zamora andSalamanca (center of the oldKingdom of León), now in theAutonomous Community of Castilla y León. Such a movement is known asLeonesism.
UPL was founded in 1986 by a group of people coming from different León regionalist movements and various statewide parties (Popular Alliance,Union of the Democratic Centre,Spanish Socialist Workers' Party). Initially it was known asLeonesist Union (Unión Leonesista, UNLE). It adopted its current name in 1991, when José María Rodríguez de Francisco took over the leadership of the party. In the municipality of León the party obtained three seats in the municipal council. It also won one seat in the provincial council.
In the municipal elections in 2007, UPL obtained 10.88% and three seats in the municipal council of León. In the Castile and León autonomous elections the same year, it obtained 2.69% of the votes and two seats over 83.
Its youth branch wasConceyu Xoven, an organization that promotes official status for theLeonese language and the unity and self-determination for the Leonese Country. Conceyu Xoven was expelled from the party due to its radical positions, with the Leonist Youth being designated the new youth wing of UPL.
| Date | Votes | Seats | Status | Size | |||
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| 1987 | 8,960 | 0.6% | – | 0 / 84 | – | N/A | 8th |
| 1991 | 11,432 | 0.8% | +0.2 | 0 / 84 |  0 | N/A | 6th |
| 1995 | 39,425 | 2.5% | +1.7 | 2 / 84 |  2 | Opposition | 4th |
| 1999 | 54,158 | 3.7% | +1.2 | 3 / 84 | 1 | Opposition | 3rd |
| 2003 | 60,331 | 3.9% | +0.2 | 2 / 82 |  1 | Opposition | 3rd |
| 2007 | 41,519 | 2.7% | –1.2 | 2 / 83 | 0 | Opposition | 3rd |
| 2011 | 26,660 | 1.9% | –0.8 | 1 / 84 | 1 | Opposition | 4th |
| 2015 | 19,176 | 1.4% | –0.5 | 1 / 84 | 0 | Opposition | 6th |
| 2019 | 27,888 | 2.0% | +0.6 | 1 / 84 | 0 | Opposition | 7th |
| 2022 | 52,098 | 4.3% | +2.3 | 3 / 81 | 2 | Opposition | 6th |
