Elkarrekin Podemos

United We Can

Elkarrekin Podemos
United We Can Elkarrekin Podemos
Leader	Miren Gorrotxategi
Founded	11 August 2016
Ideology	Democratic socialism; Feminism; Federalism; Progressivism; Environmentalism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Unidas Podemos
Colors	Purple
Members	See list of members
Congress of Deputies (Basque seats)	4 / 18 (Unidas Podemos)
Spanish Senate (Basque seats)	0 / 15
Basque Parliament	6 / 75
Website
	elkarrekinpodemos.eus
	Politics of Basque Country;

Elkarrekin Podemos (Elkarrekin in Basque: "Together" or "United"; Podemos in Spanish: "We Can"; Elkarrekin Podemos translated in English as "United We Can") is a left-wing electoral alliance in the Basque Country formed by Podemos, Ezker Anitza and Equo in August 2016 ahead of the 2016 Basque regional election. The alliance was renewed ahead of the 2020 Basque regional election with the exclusion of Equo, after the party had broken up with the Unidas Podemos nationwide alliance to join Más País in the lead up to the November 2019 Spanish general election.^[1]

History[]

The coalition is based on the one formed for the 2016 Spanish general election, in which the Unidos Podemos/Elkarrekin Ahal Dugu coalition became the most voted force in the three Basque districts, also winning in number of seats. Given the coalition success, the three parties agreed to re-edit the coalition to contest the Basque election scheduled for September 25, 2016.^{[citation needed]}

On 11 August 2016, the three formations ratified the agreement to go jointly to the polls under the Elkarrekin Podemos name. The chosen name is similar to that used for the general election, but instead of separating the Spanish and Basque denominations with a slash (Unidos Podemos/Elkarrekin Ahal Dugu), they chose to join the two denominations into one using a word of each language as a symbol of the linguistic richness of the Basque Country.^[2]

As candidate for lehendakari they chose Pilar Zabala, who had already been chosen by the bases of Podemos/Ahal Dugu in primary elections.^[3]

Composition[]

Party		Notes
	We Can (Podemos/Ahal Dugu)
	United Left–Plural Left (IU–EzAn)
	Equo (Equo)	Expelled in February 2020.^[1]

Electoral performance[]

Basque Parliament[]

Election	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Leading candidate	Status in legislature
Basque Parliament
2016	157,334	14.76%	3rd	11 / 75	11	Pilar Zabala	Opposition
2020	72,113	7.97%	4th	6 / 75	5	Miren Gorrotxategi	Opposition

Cortes Generales[]

Election	Congress					Senate
Cortes Generales
Election	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
2016	335,740	29.08%	1st	6 / 18	1	6 / 12	1
2019 (Apr)	224,505	17.59%	3rd	4 / 18	2	0 / 12	6
2019 (Nov)	182,674	15.43%	4th	3 / 18	1	0 / 12	0

European Parliament[]

Election	Votes	%	#
European Parliament
2019	124,115	11.06%	4th

Symbols[]

Logo from August 2016 to June 2018.
Logo from June 2018 to March 2020.
Logo from March 2020 to present.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Equo Euskadi no repetirá coalición con Podemos tras el "veto" de Iglesias". 20 minutos (in Spanish). EFE. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
^ "Elkarrekin-Podemos quiere llegar al Gobierno Vasco para hacer una política diferente". El Mundo (in Spanish). Vitoria. EFE. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Elkarrekin Podemos insiste en que tendrá que hablar con EH Bildu y PSE de políticas sociales y progresistas". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[20M210220-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Equo Euskadi no repetirá coalición con Podemos tras el "veto" de Iglesias". 20 minutos (in Spanish). EFE. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

[2] "Elkarrekin-Podemos quiere llegar al Gobierno Vasco para hacer una política diferente". El Mundo (in Spanish). Vitoria. EFE. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[3] "Elkarrekin Podemos insiste en que tendrá que hablar con EH Bildu y PSE de políticas sociales y progresistas". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

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