Podemos Region of Murcia

Podemos Region of Murcia
General Secretary Óscar Urralburu Arza
Founded 17 January 2014
Headquarters C/ Cartagena, 84 Bajo 30002 Murcia
Ideology Left-wing populism[1]
Political position Left-wing[2]
Colours      Purple
Regional Assembly of Murcia
6 / 45
Congreso de los Diputados (Murcian seats)
1 / 10
Website
rmurcia.podemos.info

Podemos Region of Murcia is a branch of Podemos in the Region of Murcia, Spain.[3]

After primaries process ended on 14 February 2015, the first Citizen Regional Council was elected. Óscar Urralburu Arza was elected the secretary general.[4][5]

In the 2015 Murcian parliamentary election, Murcia Podemos won six seats,[6] forming a parliamentary group in Regional Assembly of Murcia.

For the first time, no party has an absolute majority [7] and the People's Party (Spain) now depend on Citizens (Spanish political party) to form a government[8] despite a prior agreement with Podemos and other parties in which C's agreed not to support the PP.[9]

Electoral performance

Regional Assembly of Murcia

Date Votes Seats Status Size
# % ±pp # ±
2015 84,577 13.2% +13.2 6 Opposition 3rd

Cortes Generales

Congress of Deputies
Date Votes Seats Size
# % ±pp # ±
2015 110,601 15.2% +15.2 1 4th
2016 103,522 14.5% –0.7 0 *
  
Senate
Date Seats Size
# ±
2015 0 4th
2016 0 *

European Parliament

Date Votes Size
# % ±pp
2014 32,428 7.6% +7.6 5th

References

[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

  1. ↑ Carlos de la Torre (11 December 2014). The Promise and Perils of Populism: Global Perspectives. University Press of Kentucky. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-8131-4687-4.
  2. ↑ "Spain's ruling PP wins EU vote, political fragmentation rises". Reuters. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Ministerio del Interior. "Ficha de partido político: Podemos". Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Óscar Urralburu liderará Podemos en Murcia". La Verdad. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Urralburu, el líder de Podemos en la Región". La Opinión de Murcia. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Proclamación oficial de candidatos electos a las Elecciones a la Asamblea Regional 2015". BORM. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Elecciones a la Asamblea Regional de Murcia". Regional Assembly of Murcia. Retrieved 7 Sep 2015.
  8. ↑ Fernando Betancor. "Spanish election: analysis of an earthquake". openDemocracy. Retrieved 7 Sep 2015.
  9. ↑ "Five parties in the Murcia region have sealed a pre-election pact against the PP". Typically Spanish. Retrieved 7 Sep 2015.
  10. ↑ Reporting by Sarah White, editing by Mike Peacock (2014-05-25). "Spain's ruling PP wins EU vote, political fragmentation rises". Reuters. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  11. ↑ "Eclectic mix makes up new European Parliament". Yahoo News. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  12. ↑ "Europe elections: Spain's Podemos party challenges system - BBC News". Bbc.com. 2014-05-26. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  13. ↑ Brett LoGiurato (2014-05-26). "Spain's Podemos Party Wins Big In Elections". Business Insider. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  14. ↑ "Spanish Upstart Party Said It Could and Did - Now the Hard Part Begins". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  15. ↑ "European Elections 2014: Six Nations That Lurched Left, Not Right". Huffingtonpost.co.uk. 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  16. ↑ Giacomo, Dr (2014-05-29). "Centre for European Politics - CEP Blog - Why Grillo may not need Farage to form a parliamentary group in Europe". Cep.rhul.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  17. ↑ "Major victories for anti-EU and left wing blocs | City A.M". City A.M. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  18. ↑ "European election 2014: Running results snapshot". The Sofia Globe. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  19. ↑ "Spain's major parties lose out in Euro elections - The Local". Thelocal.es. Retrieved 2015-09-07.


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