Asturian Renewal Union (, URAS) is a regionalist

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

from

Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

, founded in December 1998 by

Sergio Marqués Sergio may refer to: * Sergio (name), for people with the given name Sergio * Sergio (carbonado), the largest rough diamond ever found * Sergio, the mascot for the Old Orchard Beach Surge Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungar ...

, after leaving the People's Party (PP) when he was

President of the Principality of Asturias The President of the Principality of Asturias (; ) is the head of Government of the Principality of Asturias, government of the Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Asturias. The president is chosen by the General Junt ...

History

After being founded in 1998 by people who left PP and Asturianists, URAS contested the

Asturian parliamentary election, 1999 The 1999 Asturian regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias, General Junta of the Principality of Asturias. All 45 seats in the General Junta were up for election. The electi ...

achieving only three seats in the General Junta. For the 2007 election, URAS took part in a coalition with

Partíu Asturianista Partíu Asturianista (PAS) is a nationalist political party from Asturias, Spain, founded in 1985 by Xuan Xosé Sánchez Vicente. Ideology A social democratic political party, the PAS bases its Asturian nationalist ideology on Asturian history ...

called Asturianist Union. Sergio Marqués left the presidency of the party after the election, being replaced by Javier López Alonso.

Election results

¹ Joint list with Asturianist Party.
² Only took part in the Western district.

References

External links

Official website
Political parties in Asturias Political parties established in 1998 {{Asturias-stub