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Castilian Party

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Castilian Party
Partido Castellano
PresidentPedro Manuel Soriano
Secretary-GeneralJavier Benedit
Founded24 October 2009 (2009-10-24)
Merger ofTierra Comunera
Progress Party of the Cities of Castile and León
Citizen Group
HeadquartersC/ Valdemoro, 1 bajo, 09001, Burgos, Castilla y León
Youth wingCastilla Joven
IdeologyCastilian nationalism
Social democracy
Federalism
Progressivism
Ecologism
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationSumar (since 2024)
Colours  Dark purple
Local Government[a]
79 / 21,601
Party flag
Website
www.partidocastellano.org/

The Castilian Party (Spanish: Partido Castellano, PCAS), formerly the Party of Castile and León until 2011, is a Spanish political party resulting from the union of several Castilian nationalist and regionalist political parties from Castile and León, Madrid and Castile-La Mancha.[1] The most relevant of the components is Tierra Comunera.[2]

Ideology

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The Castilian Party wishes to be an alternative to the classic two-party system in Castile. They also state their support for Castilian historical heritage and the environment. From their foundational congress on 24 October 2009, in Toledo onwards, their ideology has been federalist and Castilian nationalist. For this reason, they intend to recover the dissolved sense of Castilian identity and to turn Castile into Spain's financial and political engine by overcoming Castilian endemic problems like depopulation, population aging, youth emigration, and despotism. All of said problems have been publicly denounced by the party.[3] The party seeks to recover the political union of Castile as a single territory, which is currently split into five regions: Castile and León, Castile-La Mancha, Madrid, Cantabria and La Rioja.

Territory claimed by the Castilian Party.

History

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In July 2010, the party announced its intention to participate in the Catalan regional parliament election with the name of Castilian Party–Party of the Cultures of Catalonia.[4]

During the Spanish general election 2011, the party formed an association with the Cantabrian Regionalist Party and contested the election.[5]

Party split

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Since the party's creation, there were two very different political currents: one more official (which supported the union of the whole of Castile), and another much stronger in support to simpler regionalist ideas (which supported the political reality in force). During the party congress in October 2011, a majority of party members unanimously approved a new political strategy and changed the former name "Party of Castile and León" to simply the "Castilian Party". This initiative was promoted and supported by the party directorate and caused the regionalist current to quit the party. The splinter group decided to found a new party called the Regionalist Party of Castile and León (PRCAL).[6]

Results

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General elections

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Date Votes Seats Status Size
# % ±pp # ±
2011 2,431 0.01 N/A 34th

Cortes of Castile and León

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Date Votes Seats Status Size
# % ±pp # ±
2011 13,537 0.94% N/A 6th
2015 With PCAS–TC 0.33% –0.61 0 N/A 12th

Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha

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Date Votes Seats Status Size
# % ±pp # ±
2011 2,752 0.23% N/A 6th
2015 With PCAS–UdCa 0.14% –0.09 0 N/A 11th

Assembly of Madrid

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Date Votes Seats Status Size
# % ±pp # ±
2011 1,722 0.06% N/A 16th
2015 With PCAS–TC 0.06% +0.00 0 N/A 18th

Local elections

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Date Votes Seats Size
# % ±pp # ±
2011 With PCAS–CI 0.14% 32nd
2015 With PCAS–TC 0.04% –0.10 120 63rd

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Home". partidocastellano.org.
  2. ^ Tierra Comunera se refundará en enero como Partido Castellano, ABC, 23 de diciembre de 2008.
  3. ^ Tierra Comunera se refunda como PCAS y Mariano Fuente es elegido presidente Archived 2013-12-18 at the Wayback Machine, ABC, 25 de octubre de 2009.
  4. ^ El PCAL presentará candidaturas en las próximas Elecciones Autonómicas de Cataluña, 20 minutos, 20 de julio de 2010.
  5. ^ El Partido de Castilla y León (PCAL) estará en la coalición del PRC Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, ABC, 2 de septiembre de 2011.
  6. ^ La presentación del PRCAL oficializa la escisión en el Partido Castellano Archived 2013-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, El Correo de Burgos, 1 de febrero de 2012.
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