Chunta Aragonesista

This article is about the political party in Spain. For other uses, see Chunta.

The Chunta Aragonesista (CHA; English: Aragonese Union)^[1] is a political party in Aragon (Spain), influenced by eco-socialism and pacifism. CHA defends a federal state, greater financial resources for Aragon, and the protection of the environment and hydrological resources of the Ebro Valley. It promotes the use of the Aragonese language.

Aragonese Union[1] Chunta Aragonesista
President	Joaquín Palacín
Secretary-General	Isabel Lasobras
Founded	29 June 1986
Headquarters	Calle Conde de Aranda 14-16, 1º 50003 Zaragoza, Aragon
Youth wing	Chobentú Aragonesista
Ideology	Eco-socialism[2] Aragonese nationalism Left-wing nationalism[3] Republicanism Federalism[4]
Political position	Left-wing[5]
National affiliation	Plural Left (2011–2015) Popular Unity (2015–2016) Sumar (since 2023)
International affiliation	None Before 2018: European Free Alliance
Colours	Yellow, Red, Black (since February 2009)
Congress of Deputies (Aragonese seats)	1 / 13
Aragonese Corts	3 / 67
Provincial deputations[6]	2 / 77
Mayors	23 / 713
Town councillors	131 / 4,155
Website
www.chunta.org
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Organization

The National Assembly is the highest organ of representation and decision of the Chunta. It establishes political policies, programs and principles, and chooses the members of the Mayan of Lawsuits, to those of the National Committee and to the president of CHA.^{[citation needed]}

History

In the 2000 and 2004 parliamentary elections, CHA won 0.4% of the vote and one seat for José Antonio Labordeta, a folk singer in the Zaragoza constituency. It lost the seat in 2008 after Labordeta retired from the congress. In the 2011 election, it regained the seat as part of an electoral alliance with United Left.

Chunta Aragonesista was a member of the European Free Alliance and the European coalition, Europe of the Peoples until 2018.

José Luis Soro has been the president since February 2012.

In 2005, the party campaigned against the ratification of the European Constitution.

Electoral performance

Cortes of Aragon

Cortes of Aragon
Election	Vote	%	Score	Seats	+/–	Leader	Status in legislature
							Status	Period
1987	6,154	0.96%	8th	0 / 67	0	Eduardo Vicente	No seats	1987–1995
1991	14,116	2.30%	6th	0 / 67	0	Chus Beltrán
1995	34,077	4.85%	5th	2 / 67	2	Chesús Bernal	Opposition	1995–2015
1999	72,101	11.04%	4th	5 / 67	3
2003	97,763	13.71%	3rd	9 / 67	4
2007	54,752	8.15%	4th	4 / 67	5
2011	55,932	8.23%	4th	4 / 67	0	Nieves Ibeas
2015	30,618	4.58%	6th	2 / 67	2	José Luis Soro	Minority coalition (PSOE–CHA)	2015–2019
2019	41,879	6.26%	5th	3 / 67	1		Majority coalition (PSOE–Ps–CHA–PAR)	2019–2023
2023	34,163	5.10%	4th	3 / 67	0		Opposition	2023–2027

Symbols

• 
  Logo from 1986 to 1989
• 
  Logo from 1989 to February 2009

References

1. Rendering the party's name has created some confusions due to the similarity with the Spanish word junta. The right translation of Aragonese chunta is unión in Spanish and union in English. This is clearly explained in the party regulations and, during the first years, both names in Spanish and Aragonese were used together as Unión Aragonesista/Chunta Aragonesista with the acronym UA/CHA. The word Aragonesista, too, presents problems. A more literally accurate (if less common) translation is "Aragonist," i.e. pro-Aragon, not just from Aragon (aragonés).
2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2008). "Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
3. Reed, Brenda (2020). "THE EBRO IN ARAGONESISMO AND ARAGONESE NATIONALISM" (PDF). pp. 56, 90, 121, 131. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
4. Barberà, O., & Rodríguez, J. (2009). Los partidos de ámbito no estatal en Aragón: el Partido Aragonés y la Chunta Aragonesista. Papers: revista de sociologia, (92), 171-195. pp. 186
5. Barberà, O., & Rodríguez, J. (2009). Los partidos de ámbito no estatal en Aragón: el Partido Aragonés y la Chunta Aragonesista. Papers: revista de sociologia, (92), 171-195. pp. 185-186
6. historiaelectoral.com - Aragón

External links

• CHA's official website