Navarrese People's Union Unión del Pueblo Navarro | |
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| President | Cristina Ibarrola |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Split from | Union of the Democratic Centre |
| Headquarters | Pamplona |
| Youth wing | Navarrese Youth |
| Membership(2016) | 3,850[1] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right[4] toright-wing[5] |
| National affiliation | People's Party (1991–2008) |
| Regional affiliation | Navarra Suma (2019–2022) |
| Colours | Blue, red, white |
| Congress of Deputies | 1 / 5 Navarrese seats |
| Spanish Senate | 1 / 5 Navarrese seats |
| Parliament of Navarre | 15 / 50 |
| Town councillors | 281 / 1,889 |
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TheNavarrese People's Union (Spanish:Unión del Pueblo Navarro;Basque:Nafar Herriaren Batasuna), abbreviated toUPN, is a regionalconservative[2]political party inNavarre,Spain. Until 2008, it was afraternal party of thePeople's Party (PP), acting as the latter's Navarrese branch.
UPN is a strong opponent ofBasque nationalism,[6][7] and supports a Spanish regional identity for Navarre with a marginalBasque component and separate from theBasque Country. The party's regionalist tradition dates back to the nineteenth century, in which the Spanish nation is seen to be based on 'regional liberties'.[8]
During the 1991–2008 period, UPN acted as the Navarrese branch of the PP, which, in return, did not run at Navarrese elections as a part of their agreement. Since 1991, UPN has been the largest party in elections for the regionalParliament of Navarre[9] and was the ruling party of theAutonomous Community from 1996 to 2015.
The UPN was a Navarrese splinter group of theUnion of the Democratic Centre. Its president,Miguel Sanz, had been the head of the Navarrese government from 1996 to 2015.
Juan Cruz Alli was elected president of the Navarrese government for UPN, but later disagreed with the orientation the party was taking and founded another partyDemocrats' Convergence of Navarre.
As part of an agreement held over the 1991–2008 period, the PP did not run in any elections in theNavarra Congress Electoral District andPeople's Party of Navarre (founded in 1989) was dissolved, while UPN were on the same national ticket as the PP at the Spanish national elections. The national Deputies and Senators elected as part of UPN's ticket were part of the PP Parliamentary Group. Also, UPN members were eligible –and indeed chosen– for national leadership positions in the PP.
The pact was terminated in October 2008 as a result of UPN refusal to vote alongside the PP in theSpanish Congress of Deputies to reject the government budget presented byJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's cabinet. One of the two MPs elected under the UPN-PP ticket refused to follow UPN's instructions and a number of UPN elected representatives defected to join the PP.[10][11][12] The new situation led to the PP setting up its own office in Navarre.[13]
The two parties ran separate lists in the2011 regional elections in Navarre with the UPN receiving 34.5% against the 7.3% that the PP received. On 8 September 2011, the two parties reached an agreement to renew their alliance for the2011 Spanish general election.[14] Under the agreement, the UPN would take the first and third places on the list for Congress while the PP would have the second. For the Senate, the UPN would have the top two places on the list, with the PP taking the third place. A major factor in the new agreement was the two parties' desire to preventBildu from winning enough seats to form a parliamentary group.[14]
| Parliament of Navarre | ||||||||
| Election | Leading candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government | ||
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| 1979 | Jesús Aizpún | 40,764 | 15.99 (#3) | 13 / 70 | — | Opposition | ||
| 1983 | Balbino Bados | 62,072 | 23.34 (#2) | 13 / 50 |  0 | Opposition | ||
| 1987 | Juan Cruz Alli | 69,419 | 24.50 (#2) | 14 / 50 |  1 | Opposition | ||
| 1991 | 96,005 | 34.95 (#1) | 20 / 50 | 6 | Minority | |||
| 1995 | Miguel Sanz | 93,163 | 31.35 (#1) | 17 / 50 |  3 | Opposition(1995–1996) | ||
| Minority(1996–1999) | ||||||||
| 1999 | 125,497 | 41.37 (#1) | 22 / 50 | 5 | Minority | |||
| 2003 | 127,460 | 41.48 (#1) | 23 / 50 | 1 | Coalition | |||
| 2007 | 139,122 | 42.19 (#1) | 22 / 50 | 1 | Coalition(2007–2009) | |||
| Minority(2009–2011) | ||||||||
| 2011 | Yolanda Barcina | 111,474 | 34.48 (#1) | 19 / 50 | 3 | Coalition(2011–2012) | ||
| Minority(2012–2015) | ||||||||
| 2015 | Javier Esparza | 92,705 | 27.44 (#1) | 15 / 50 | 4 | Opposition | ||
| 2019 | WithinNA+ | 15 / 50 | 0 | Opposition | ||||
| 2023 | 92,392 | 28.00 (#1) | 15 / 50 | 0 | Opposition | |||
| Cortes Generales | |||||||
| Election | Navarre | ||||||
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| Congress | Senate | ||||||
| Vote | % | Score | Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| 1979 | 28,248 | 11.17% | 3rd | 1 / 5 | — | 0 / 4 | — |
| 1982[a] | 76,255 | 25.59% | 2nd | 2 / 5 | 1 | 1 / 4 | 1 |
| 1986[b] | 80,922 | 29.63% | 2nd | 2 / 5 | 0 | 1 / 4 | 0 |
| 1989[c] | 92,216 | 33.18% | 1st | 3 / 5 | 1 | 3 / 4 | 2 |
| 1993[c] | 112,228 | 36.13% | 1st | 3 / 5 | 0 | 3 / 4 | 0 |
| 1996[c] | 120,335 | 37.12% | 1st | 2 / 5 | 1 | 3 / 4 | 0 |
| 2000[c] | 150,995 | 49.89% | 1st | 3 / 5 | 1 | 3 / 4 | 0 |
| 2004[c] | 127,653 | 37.60% | 1st | 2 / 5 | 1 | 3 / 4 | 0 |
| 2008[c] | 133,059 | 39.22% | 1st | 2 / 5 | 0 | 3 / 4 | 0 |
| 2011[d] | 126,516 | 38.21% | 1st | 1 / 5 | 1 | 2 / 4 | 1 |
| 2015[e] | 102,244 | 28.94% | 1st | 2 / 5 | 1 | 1 / 4 | 1 |
| 2016[e] | 106,976 | 31.90% | 1st | 2 / 5 | 0 | 1 / 4 | 0 |
| 2019 (Apr) | WithinNA+ | 2 / 5 | 0 | 1 / 4 | 0 | ||
| 2019 (Nov) | WithinNA+ | 2 / 5 | 0 | 1 / 4 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 51,764 | 15.27% | 4th | 1 / 5 | 1 | 1 / 4 | 0 |
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