People's Party of the Basque Country

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People's Party of the Basque Country Partido Popular del País Vasco Euskadiko Alderdi Popularra
President	Vacant
Secretary-General	Amaya Fernández Angulo
Founded	1989
Headquarters	C/ San Antonio 1, 1º Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country
Youth wing	New Generations of the Basque Country
Ideology	Conservatism[1] Social conservatism Economic liberalism Christian democracy[1] Spanish nationalism Spanish unionism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
National affiliation	People's Party
Congress of Deputies (Basque seats)	1 / 18 (Basque seats)
Spanish Senate (Basque seats)	0 / 15 (Basque seats)
Basque Parliament	4 / 75
Juntas Generales/Batzar Nagusiak	17 / 153
Local seats	79 / 2,627
Mayors	3 / 251 [2]
Website
www.ppvasco.com
Politics of Basque Country

The People's Party of the Basque Country (Spanish: Partido Popular del País Vasco or Partido Popular de Euskadi, PP; Basque: Euskadiko Alderdi Popularra, EAP) 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[]

Basque Parliament
Election	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Leading candidate	Status in legislature
1990	83,719	8.17%	5th	6 / 75	4[a]	Jaime Mayor Oreja	Opposition
1994	146,960	14.16%	4th	11 / 75	5	Jaime Mayor Oreja	Opposition
1998	251,743	19.85%	2nd	16 / 75	5	Carlos Iturgaiz	Opposition
2001	326,933	22.93%	2nd	19 / 75	1[b]	Jaime Mayor Oreja	Opposition
2005	210,614	17.27%	3rd	15 / 75	4	María San Gil	Opposition
2009	146,148	13.95%	3rd	13 / 75	2	Antonio Basagoiti	Confidence and supply
							Opposition (from May 2012)
2012	130,584	11.59%	4th	10 / 75	3	Antonio Basagoiti	Opposition
2016	107,771	10.11%	5th	9 / 75	1	Alfonso Alonso	Opposition
2020	Within PP+Cs		5th	4 / 75	5	Carlos Iturgaiz	Opposition

Cortes Generales[]

Cortes Generales
Election	Basque Country
	Congress					Senate
	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
1989	103,697	9.37%	5th	2 / 21	0[c]	0 / 12	0[c]
1993	175,758	14.68%	3rd	4 / 19	2	1 / 12	1
1996	231,286	18.34%	3rd	5 / 19	1	3 / 12	2
2000	323,235	28.26%	2nd	7 / 19	2	5 / 12	2
2004	235,785	18.89%	3rd	4 / 19	3	1 / 12	4
2008	209,244	18.53%	3rd	3 / 18	1	1 / 12	0
2011	210,797	17.81%	4th	3 / 18	0	3 / 12	2
2015	142,127	11.62%	5th	2 / 18	1	1 / 12	2
2016	148,553	12.87%	5th	2 / 18	0	1 / 12	0
2019 (Apr)	95,041	7.45%	5th	0 / 18	2	0 / 12	1
2019 (Nov)	104,746	8.85%	5th	1 / 18	1	0 / 12	0

European Parliament[]

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