Unitat Municipal 9 (UM9, ''Municipal Unity 9'' in

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) is a local political party, with an independentist and anticapitalist socialist ideology, of

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). UM9 is currently a member party of the

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History

The history of the party dates back to the 1979 municipal elections, the first held after the reform of the

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. In these first elections, created an "agrupacion de electores" (voters agrupation) that gathered together the BEAN,

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, PTC, CCOO and independents. The number 1 of the list was Xavier Garriga i Cuadras, that was elected mayor in the elections. He was the first mayor of a candidacy of the modern Catalan independentist left in history. UM9 won the elections again in

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and in

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the list achieved an absolute majority. In 1986 UM9 was one of the main founders of the

(CUP). In

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the list lost the absolute majority, but remained the most voted list and kept the mayor. In

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the agrupation transformed itself in a

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. UM9 lost the local government in

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, when a mayor of the

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(PSC) was elected. The party only regained the mayor between 2013 and 2014, after a crisis of the local agrupation of the PSC.«Anna Gabaldà, nova alcaldessa de Sant Pere de Ribes (vídeo del ple)». EixDiari.
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Election results

References

External links

Official Website

Official Twitter
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