{{Infobox political party , name = Asturian Nationalist Unity , native_name = Unidá Nacionalista Asturiana , colorcode = {{party color, Asturian Nationalist Unity , logo = , leader = , chairman = , president = , secretary_general = , general_coordinator= , spokesperson = Daniel Fernández Blanco
Tino Fernández , slogan = , founded = {{start date, 1988 , dissolved = {{end date, 1992 , merger = Ensame Nacionalista Astur
Xunta Nacionalista Asturiana , headquarters = Plaza de Riego, Number 3, Uviéu , ideology =

Asturian nationalism Nationalism and regionalism is present in the political spectrum of the Principality of Asturias, northern Spain. Asturian nationalist parties such as Partíu Asturianista had representation in the Asturian parliament and government, and othe ...

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: ''Unidá Nacionalista Asturiana'', UNA), was a

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Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensiv ...

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, formed by the merger of two previous parties ( Ensame Nacionalista Astur and Xunta Nacionalista Asturiana), in 1988. UNA was an Asturian nationalist and

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History

In 1989, a year after the creation of the party, UNA participated in the European elections of that year, gaining 13.165 votes in all

, 4,.645 of them in Asturies (0.97% of the total). In the general elections of the same year UNA won 3,218 votes (0.53% of the Asturian vote). UNA started talks with the Asturianist Party (PAS) to form a coalition for the Asturian elections of 1991 and the local elections of the same year after the failure of both parties in the previous general elections. This generated tensions within UNA, which led to a split of the sector that didn't want a coalition with the PAS in march 1990. The splitters founded two new political parties:

Asturian Left Izquierda Asturiana (IAS; en, Asturian Left) is an Asturian nationalist leftist political party of Asturias, Spain. History Izquierda Asturiana was founded in 1992 by former members of the Unidá Nacionalista Asturiana. In the European Parliam ...

and

Andecha Astur "socialist and nationalist flag of Asturias used by Andecha Astur Andecha Astur (Asturian language, Asturian for: ''Asturian Group'') is an Asturian nationalism, Asturian nationalist leftist political party of Spain. History The party was fou ...

. Finally, in 1991, PAS and UNA formed a coalition called Asturian Coalition (CA), that gained a seat in the Asturian elections of that year. In the local elections CA gained 10,891 votes (2.05% of the total in Asturies) and 6 town representatives (2 in

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, 1 in Aller/Ayer,

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, Nava and Cangas del Narcea). Despite this relative success, CA broke in 1992, after a failed attempt to merge the two parties. UNA disappeared ''

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'' after this crisis. Some of its ex-members formed Asturian League. In 2008 UNA was refounded as Unidá.

References

* Patrick W. Zimmerman; Faer Asturies. ''La política llingüística y la construcción frustrada del nacionalismu asturianu (1974-1999)''. Editorial Trabe, 2012. Defunct nationalist parties in Spain Defunct socialist parties in Spain Political parties in Asturias Asturian nationalist parties Left-wing nationalist parties 1988 establishments in Spain 1992 disestablishments in Spain Political parties established in 1988 Political parties disestablished in 1992