National Union ( es, Unión nacional) was a Spanish
far right
Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...
electoral coalition which contested the
1979 Spanish general election
The 1979 Spanish general election was held on Thursday, 1 March 1979, to elect the 1st Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as all 208 seats in the Senate.
This was the ...
. It linked
Blas Piñar's ''
Fuerza Nueva'' francoist party with the
Carlists
Carlism ( eu, Karlismo; ca, Carlisme; ; ) is a Traditionalist and Legitimist political movement in Spain aimed at establishing an alternative branch of the Bourbon dynasty – one descended from Don Carlos, Count of Molina (1788–1855) – ...
.
The coalition gathered 378,964 votes (2.11%), which earned it one seat in
Madrid, held by Piñar.
Elections results
Congress of Deputies / Senate
See also
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National Alliance July 18
References
Defunct political party alliances in Spain
Far-right political party alliances in Spain
20th century in Spain
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Political parties established in 1979
1982 disestablishments in Spain
Political parties disestablished in 1982
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