Unity of Aran (Aranese: Unitat d'Aran, also Unitat d'Aran - Partit Nacionalista Aranés) is a political party in Val d'Aran, Spain. Practically the Aranese section of Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), it is the ruling party of the comarca.

Unity of Aran
Unitat d'Aran
PresidentAntonio Arturo Calbetó Calbetó
General SecretaryFrancés Boya Alòs
Founded2 February 1980
IdeologySocial democracy[1]
Aranese autonomism[2][3][4]
Political positionCentre-left[5]
Regional affiliationSocialists' Party of Catalonia
Conselh Generau d'Aran
9 / 13
Town councillors in Val d'Aran
32 / 59
Website
unitatdaran.org

Unity of Aran has its roots in Aranese nationalist Es Terçons ("The Thirds", referring to Aranese traditional administrative subdivisions) founded in 1978 to safeguard a special status for the comarca in the 1979 Statute of Autonomy and the nascent UA has opposed the aspirations of Catalan nationalism and acted jointly with affiliated Aranese Nationalist Party (Partit Nacionalista Aranés) that struggles for a separate autonomous community status. The party is chaired by Francés Xavier Boya Alòs from Les and gained 46.13% of the votes at the General Council elections in 2007.[6]

Electoral performance

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Election Votes % Seats +/– Government
1991 1,478 46.2 (#2)
6 / 13
 6 Opposition
1995 1,305 30.4 (#2)
4 / 13
 2 Opposition
1999 1,311 29.8 (#2)
2 / 13
 2 Opposition
2003 1,895 39.1 (#2)
5 / 13
 3 Opposition
2007 2,198 46.1 (#1)
6 / 13
 1 Government
2011 1,965 41.1 (#2)
5 / 13
 1 Opposition
2015 2,193 45.7 (#2)
5 / 13
 0 Opposition
2019 2,527 49.7 (#1)
9 / 13
 4 Government
2023 2,279 49.1 (#1)
9 / 13
 0 Government

References

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  1. ^ "25 anys de política aranesa – Unitat d'Aran". 28 April 2004.
  2. ^ "Cronica Global" (in Spanish).
  3. ^ "Unitat d'Aran-PSC reclama una consulta per decidir el futur de la Vall d'Aran". 9 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Unitat d'Aran reclama una consulta "singular" para decidir su vínculo con Catalunya". 9 September 2013.
  5. ^ "25 anys de política aranesa – Unitat d'Aran". 28 April 2004.
  6. ^ "Eleccions al Conselh Generau d'Aran 2007". Archived from the original on 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
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