Asturian Renewal Union

Asturian Renewal Union (Asturian: Unión Renovadora Asturiana, URAS) is a regionalist political party from Asturias, Spain, founded in December 1998 by Sergio Marqués,^[1] after leaving the People's Party (PP) when he was President of the Principality of Asturias.^[2][3]

Asturian Renewal Union Unión Renovadora Asturiana
Leader	Javier López Alonso
Founded	15 December 1998
Headquarters	Oviedo, Spain
Ideology	Asturian regionalism Conservatism Christian democracy
Political position	Centre-right
Local Government	2 / 946
Website
uras.es
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History

After being founded in 1998 by people who left PP and Asturianists, URAS contested the Asturian parliamentary election, 1999 achieving only three seats in the General Junta.^[4]

For the 2007 election, URAS took part in a coalition with Partíu Asturianista called Asturianist Union.^[5] Sergio Marqués left the presidency of the party after the election, being replaced by Javier López Alonso.^[6]

Election results

General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
Election	Seats won	±	Size	# of votes	%	Government	Leader
1999	3 / 45	3	4th	44,261	7.1%	Opposition	Sergio Marqués
2003	0 / 45	3	4th	17,552	2.8%	No Seats	Sergio Marqués
2007	0 / 45	±0	4th	13,3141	2.2%	No Seats	Sergio Marqués
2011	0 / 45	±0	10th	2,9531	0.5%	No Seats	Javier López Alonso
2012	0 / 45	±0	13th	454	0.1%	No Seats	Javier López Alonso
2015	0 / 45	±0	17th	2452	0.04%	No Seats	José Manuel Suárez Mata

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