People's Party of the Basque Country

People's Party of the Basque Country Partido Popular del País Vasco Euskadiko Alderdi Popularra

President	Alfonso Alonso
Secretary-General	Nerea Llanos
Spokesperson	Borja Sémper
Founded	1989
Headquarters	C/ San Antonio 1, 1º Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country
Youth wing	New Generations of the Basque Country
Ideology	Social conservatism Economic liberalism Spanish nationalism
Political position	Centre-right to Right-wing
National affiliation	People's Party
Basque Parliament	9 / 75
Congress of Deputies	2 / 18 (Basque seats)
Spanish Senate	1 / 15 (Basque seats)
Juntas Generales/Batzar Nagusiak	17 / 153
Local seats	79 / 2,627
Mayors	3 / 251 ^[1]
Website
www.ppvasco.com/sitio/index.asp
Politics of Basque Country

The People's Party of the Basque Country (Spanish: Partido Popular del País Vasco or Partido Popular de Euskadi ; Basque: Euskadiko Alderdi Popularra) is the regional section of the People's Party of Spain (PP) in the Basque Country. It was formed in 1989 from the re-foundation of the People's Alliance.

History

It was founded in January 1989 with the birth of the Spanish People's Party, heir of People's Alliance. Its headquarters are located in the Gran Via de Bilbao and is chaired since 2015 by Alfonso Alonso Aranegui.

Electoral performance

Basque Parliament

Election	Leader	Votes	%	#	Seats	Legislative role
1990	Jaime Mayor Oreja	83,719	8.17	#5	6 / 75	Third party
1994	Jaime Mayor Oreja	146,960	14.16	#4	11 / 75	Third party
1998	Carlos Iturgaiz	251,743	19.85	#2	16 / 75	Opposition
2001	Jaime Mayor Oreja	326,933	22.93	#2	19 / 75	Opposition
2005	María San Gil	210,614	17.27	#3	15 / 75	Third party
2009	Antonio Basagoiti	146,148	13.95	#3	13 / 75	Third party
2012	Antonio Basagoiti	130,584	11.59	#4	10 / 75	Third party
2016	Alfonso Alonso	107,357	10.10	#5	9 / 75	Third party

Cortes Generales

Election	Votes	%	#	Seats
Election	Votes	%	#	Congress	Senate
1989	103,697	9.37	#5	2 / 21	0 / 12
1993	175,758	14.68	#3	4 / 19	1 / 12
1996	231,286	18.34	#3	5 / 19	3 / 12
2000	323,235	28.26	#2	7 / 19	5 / 12
2004	235,785	18.89	#3	4 / 19	1 / 12
2008	209,244	18.53	#3	3 / 18	1 / 12
2011	210,797	17.81	#4	3 / 18	3 / 12
2015	142,127	11.62	#5	2 / 18	1 / 12
2016	148,553	12.87	#5	2 / 18	1 / 12

People's Party (Spain)

Leaders	Manuel Fraga Iribarne José María Aznar Mariano Rajoy

Secretary Generals	Francisco Álvarez Cascos Javier Arenas Mariano Rajoy Ángel Acebes María Dolores de Cospedal

Parties by autonomous community	Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Basque Country Canary Islands Cantabria Castile-La Mancha Castile and Leon Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Valencian Community

Congresses	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII

Affiliated organizations	New Generations FAES

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Political parties in the Basque Country

Represented in the Basque Parliament (75)	Basque Nationalist Party (28) Euskal Herria Bildu (18) Elkarrekin Podemos (11) Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (9) People's Party (9)

Represented in the Spanish Congress of Deputies (18)	Unidos Podemos (6) Basque Nationalist Party (5) Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (3) Euskal Herria Bildu (2) People's Party (2)

Represented in the Spanish Senate (15)	Basque Nationalist Party (7) Podemos (5) People's Party (1) Euskal Herria Bildu (1) Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (1)

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References

↑ El nuevo escenario municipal en Euskadi. El País. San Sebastián 13 JUN 2015.

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