Aragonese Party

The Aragonese Party (Spanish: Partido Aragonés, PAR) is a political party which advocates the interests of Aragon within Spain. The party was founded in 1978 under the name Aragonese Regionalist Party, but changed its name in 1990, keeping the initials PAR. The founders of PAR included Emilio Eiroa, who later served as the President of the Government of Aragon from 1991 to 1993.^[4]

Aragonese Party Partido Aragonés
President	Clemente Sánchez-Garnica
Founders	Hipólito Gómez de las Roces Emilio Eiroa
Founded	January 1978 (1978-01)
Preceded by	Centre Independent Aragonese Candidacy
Headquarters	Calle Coso 87, 50001 Zaragoza
Youth wing	Rolde Choben
Ideology	Aragonese regionalism Conservatism[1]
Political position	Centre[2] to centre-right
Colours	Yellow, Red
Aragonese Corts	1 / 67
Spanish Senate (Aragonese seats)	0 / 14
Provincial deputations (2023-2027)	2 / 77
Mayors (2023-2027)[3]	83 / 731
Local Government (2023-2027)	334 / 4,155
Website
www.partidoaragones.es
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

PAR had representation in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2004, where it sat in the European Coalition group.

Electoral performance

Cortes of Aragon

Cortes of Aragon
Election	Leader	#	%	Score	Seats	+/–	Resulting government
1983	Hipólito Gómez de las Roces	124,018	20.5	3rd	13 / 66	—	PSOE minority
1987		179,922	28.1	2nd	19 / 67	6	PAR minority (1987–1989)
							PAR–PP minority (1989–1991)
1991		151,420	24.7	2nd	17 / 67	2	PAR–PP (1991–1992)
							PAR–PP minority (1992–1993)
							PSOE minority (1993–1995)
1995	Emilio Eiroa	143,573	20.4	3rd	14 / 67	3	PP–PAR
1999	José María Mur	86,519	13.3	3rd	10 / 67	4	PSOE–PAR minority
2003	José Ángel Biel	79,670	11.2	4th	8 / 67	2	PSOE–PAR
2007		81,135	12.1	3rd	9 / 67	1	PSOE–PAR
2011		62,193	9.2	3rd	7 / 67	2	PP–PAR
2015	Arturo Aliaga	45,846	6.9	5th	6 / 67	1	PSOE–CHA minority
2019		33,978	5.1	7th	3 / 67	3	PSOE–Ps–CHA–PAR
2023	Alberto Izquierdo	13,988	2.1	8th	1 / 67	2	External support PP-Vox