Empty Spain

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Empty Spain
España Vaciada
National CoordinatorTeo Nieto
Founded30 September 2021
HeadquartersMiguel de Cervantes, nº 8 local
44600, Alcañiz
IdeologyLocalism
Ruralism
Political positionBig tent
Congress of Deputies
1 / 350
Spanish Senate
2 / 266
Cortes of Castile and León
3 / 81
Website
españavaciada.org

Empty Spain (Spanish: España Vaciada, EV) is a political party in Spain.

EV, whose name derives from the coined term to refer to Spain's rural and largely unpopulated interior provinces[1] was formed as a political platform by a large number of citizen collectives and associations, in order to contest the next Spanish general election. In this, they were inspired by the success of the Teruel Existe candidacy (Spanish for "Teruel Exists") in the November 2019 general election.[2][3] It was registered as a political party on 30 September 2021.[4] By November 2021, it was confirmed that over 160 collectives and associations from about 30 Spanish provinces committed themselves to finalizing the electoral platform before January 2022.[5][6] On 30 November, national deputy and member of Teruel Existe, Tomás Guitarte, confirmed their intention to contest the next national elections as a single candidacy.[7]

The first election contested by the platform was 2022 Castilian-Leonese regional elections. It ran lists in five of the nine province of Castile and León. In the Province of Soria, member party Soria ¡Ya! was the most voted for party with 42.6%, taking three of the five seats for the province.[8][9]

Member platforms[]

  • Teruel Exists (Teruel Existe)
  • Soria Now! (Soria ¡Ya!)
  • Burgos Roots (Burgos Enraíza)
  • Clean Plateau (Meseta Limpia)
  • Aprodespa (Aprodespa)
  • León Roars (León Ruge)
  • Ávila Resists (Ávila Resiste)
  • The Other Guadalajara (La Otra Guadalajara)
  • Aragon Exists (Aragón Existe)
  • SOS Talavera (SOS Talavera)
  • Cuenca Now (Cuenca Ahora)
  • Empty Extremadura (Extremadura Vaciada)
  • Cáceres Is Moving (Cáceres Se Mueve)
  • Milana Bonita (Milana Bonita)
  • Jaén Deserves More (Jaén Merece Más)
  • Granada for the Train (Granada por el Tren)

Electoral performance[]

Cortes Generales[]

Regional parliaments[]

Region Election Votes % Seats Government
Castile and León 2022 37,885 3.14 (#7)
3 / 81
[a] 		To be decided

Notes[]

  1. ^ Seats won by Soria ¡Ya! in the province of Soria.

References[]

  1. ^ Rodríguez Martínez, Marta; Abellán Matamoros, Cristina; Amiel, Sandrine (1 April 2019). "The 'Revolt of Empty Spain': Why is Spain's rural world protesting?". Euronews. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. ^ Navarro, Juan (20 September 2021). "La España Vacía concurrirá a las elecciones". El País (in Spanish). Valladolid. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ^ Fernández, Juan (2 October 2021). "La 'España vaciada' se lanza a la arena política". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Registro de Partidos Políticos". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  5. ^ Nicolay, Juan Antonio (8 November 2021). "La 'España Vaciada' ultima su salto a la política nacional con la ilusión de convertirse en clave de la gobernabilidad". NIUS Diario (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  6. ^ "El mapa de una 'España Vaciada' cada vez más fuerte y activa: 140 plataformas se unen para entrar en el Congreso" (in Spanish). laSexta. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Tomás Guitarte (Teruel Existe) anuncia una opción única nacional que represente a la España vaciada". El HuffPost (in Spanish). 30 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  8. ^ "La España Vaciada entra en las Cortes". Cinco Días (in Spanish). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Soria ¡YA! ganó en 92 de los 183 municipios sorianos, el PP en 72, el PSOE en 7 y Vox en 6". Desde Soria (in Spanish). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
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