Canarian Assembly ( es, Asamblea Canaria, AC) was a

left-wing nationalist Left-wing nationalism or leftist nationalism, also known as social nationalism, is a form of nationalism based upon national self-determination, popular sovereignty, national self-interest, and left-wing political positions such as social equali ...

political party operating in the

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

. The party aims were

self-determination The right of a people to self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international law (commonly regarded as a ''jus cogens'' rule), binding, as such, on the United Nations as authoritative interpretation of the Charter's norms. It stat ...

for the islands, workers' self-management and socialism.

History

AC was born 1982, from the Federación Autogestionaria de Asociaciones de Vecinos de Gran Canaria (''Self-managed Federation of Neighborhood Associations of Gran Canaria''). AC was a Canarian nationalism, Canarian nationalist and workers' self-management, self-management socialist force. In the Spanish legislative election, 1982, general elections of 1982 AC joined a coalition with the Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC-PCE). The coalition was known as Canarian Assembly-Canarian Coordination, gaining only the 2.87% of the vote in the Canary Islands, Islands. In the Spanish municipal elections, 1983, local elections of 1983 AC gained 30 town councillors and the mayorships of Telde and Santa Lucía de Tirajana, gaining the 3.32% of the vote. The same year the Canarian parliamentary election, 1983, first ever Canarian elections were held. AC made a coalition with the Canarian People's Union for this elections, gaining the 8.42% of the vote and seats in the Canarian Parliament. In 1986 AC made a new coalition with the Canarian Nationalist Left (INC). In the Canarian parliamentary election, 1987, 1987 Canarian elections the coalition got 46,229 votes (6.96%) and 2 seats. After the elections INC and AC merged, forming the Canarian Nationalist Assembly.

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Political parties in the Canary Islands Defunct socialist parties in Spain Political parties established in 1982 Defunct nationalist parties in Spain 1982 establishments in Spain Canarian nationalist parties Left-wing nationalist parties {{CanaryIslands-stub

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