Eivissa pel Canvi ( en, Ibiza for Change, ExC) was a political platform, and later a political party, formed in the island of

Ibiza Ibiza (natively and officially in ca, Eivissa, ) is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. It is from the city of Valencia. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, in Spain. Its l ...

in 2006, to politically support the social movement against the beginning of constructions of new roads and highways the same year. The platform demanded a change in the Island Council and the Balearic governments, which were both controlled by the People's Party with a majority of seats.

History

In 2007 the platform transformed itself into a party, with the aim to contest the Balearic regional election and

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in May, supported by United Left–

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(EU–EV), Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement (ENE),

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(ERC) and independents. Before the elections, the party reached an agreement to form a coalition with the

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(PSIB–PSOE). The alliance obtained an absolute majority the Island Council of Ibiza election and six out of twelve seats in the constituency of Ibiza for the Balearic Parliament, being important for the second progressive pact for the government of the community. In 2008, the same PSOE–ExC alliance (named ''Ibiza and Formentera in the Senate'') contested the

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in the Ibiza–Formentera constituency for the Senate, winning the only seat. In 2010, one year before the next regional election, ENE and ERC announce their intention to leave the coalition by the end of the electoral term. However, the coalition was maintained with members of EU and independents, and contested the regional and

on its own, winning no seats in either the Parliament of the Balearic Islands or the Island Council. In 2014, ExC participated in the creation of a left-wing, ecologist political platform, along with ENE and other minor parties, called Process of Citizen Unity (PUC). These parties later formed Let's Win Ibiza (Guanyem) ahead of the May 2015 Balearic regional election and

. In the Island Council election, members of Guanyem entered the list of We Can (Podemos).

Electoral performance

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* * In coalition with the

. * ** Within

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References

{{reflist Political parties in the Balearic Islands Defunct political party alliances in Spain Political parties established in 2006 Political parties disestablished in 2011 United Left (Spain)