Puyalón de Cuchas (or simply Puyalón) is an Aragonese

left-wing nationalist Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social hierarchies. Left-wing poli ...

political party formed in 2008, after a split from the

Chunta Aragonesista The Chunta Aragonesista (CHA; )Rendering the party's name has created some confusions due to the similarity with the Spanish word ''junta''. The right translation of Aragonese ''chunta'' is ''unión'' in Spanish and '' union'' in English. This is ...

Objectives

The main objectives of Puyalón are achieving full national sovereignty for

Aragón Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to south): Huesca, Zaragoza, a ...

and building a

socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...

society. The party also supports the minority languages of Aragón: Catalan and Aragonese,

feminism Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...

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and the integration of immigrants.

History

The first participation by Puyalón in elections was in the local elections of 2011, when the party gained a town councillor in

Artieda Artieda (in Aragonese: ''Artieda'' or ''Artieda d'Aragón'' Consello Asesor de l'Aragonéstoponyms on the comarca of a Chazetania/ref>) is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census ( INE), t ...

. In the European elections of 2014 Puyalón supported (and participated in)

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(LPD), gaining 1,241 votes (0.27% of the vote in

). In the municipal elections of 2015 Puyalón gained two town councillors, one in

(Raúl Ramón Iguácel) and another in

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(Rubén Ramos, elected in the list Ganar Pastriz). In the

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Puyalón won 835 votes (0.11% in

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), fielding candidates in all three

ese constituencies:

Huesca Huesca (; ) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon between 1096 and 1118. It is also the capital of the Spanish Huesca (province), ...

(148 votes, 0.12%),

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(66 votes, 0.08%) and

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(621 votes, 0.11%). In the

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, Puyalón supported the

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coalition, the successor of the 2014 LPD coalition. Republics Now won 1,805 votes (0.27%) in

. On 25 May 2023, the party announced it would not contest the

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