Asturias Forum

Asturias Forum (Spanish: Foro Asturias, Asturian: Foru Asturies, Foro), previously known as Forum of Citizens (Spanish: Foro de Ciudadanos, FAC)^[6] is a regionalist^[2] political party in the Principality of Asturias.

Asturias Forum Foru Asturies
President	Carmen Moriyón
Secretary-General	Adrián Pumares
Founder	Francisco Álvarez-Cascos
Founded	19 January 2011
Split from	People's Party
Newspaper	El Hormiguero
Youth wing	Foro Joven (Young Forum)
Membership (2011)	6,987[1]
Ideology	Autonomism[2] Regionalism[2] Liberalism[2] Pro-Europeanism[2]
Political position	Centre[3] to centre-right[4]
Colors	Blue   Dark blue (formerly)
Congress of Deputies	0 / 7 (Asturian seats)
Spanish Senate	0 / 6 (Asturian seats)
General Junta	1 / 45
Mayors[5]	3 / 78
Local Government	49 / 928
Website
www.foroasturias.es
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History

Asturias Forum was founded in January 2011 by former Deputy Prime Minister Francisco Álvarez Cascos, who left the People's Party (PP) after failing to be selected as the party's candidate for President of the Principality of Asturias in the 2011 election.

In the Asturian election, Álvarez Cascos led the party under the name "Forum of Citizens" (Spanish: Foro de Ciudadanos). FAC won sixteen seats, making it the largest party on the General Council. Together with the PP, FAC's gains gave the centre-right a majority in Asturias for the first time.^[7] The party has spoken to all three other parties to create a more consensual political climate.^[8]

At the November 2011 Spanish election, the party won one of Asturias's eight seats in the Congress of Deputies.

After months of deadlock in the Asturian regional assembly, fresh elections were held. During these elections, FAC lost four seats; it became the second largest party behind the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

On 12 February 2015, Francisco Álvarez-Cascos surprisingly announced he would not stand again as Asturias Forum's candidate and resigned the presidency of the party.^[9] Álvarez-Cascos was succeeded by Cristina Coto, while he went on to become the party's secretary-general.

After the resignation of Cristina Coto due to differences with Álvarez Cascos, Carmen Moriyón, mayoress of Gijón, was elected new president of the party on 29 September 2018.^[10]

Presidents

• Francisco Álvarez-Cascos 2011–2015
• Cristina Coto 2015–2018
• Carmen Moriyón 2018–present

Electoral performance

General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
Election	Leading candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2011	Francisco Álvarez-Cascos	178,031	29.66 (#1)	16 / 45	16	Minority
2012		124,518	24.80 (#2)	12 / 45	4	Opposition
2015	Cristina Coto	44,480	8.19 (#5)	3 / 45	9	Opposition
2019	Carmen Moriyón	34,687	6.52 (#6)	2 / 45	1	Opposition
2023	Adrián Pumares	19,652	3.66 (#6)	1 / 45	1	Opposition

Cortes Generales

Asturias

Congress of Deputies Date Votes Seats Status Size Notes #  % ±pp # ± 2011 92,828 14.7% — 1 / 8 — Opposition 3rd 2015 187,568 30.1% N/A 1 / 8 0 Opposition * government support 2016 209,632 35.3% N/A 1 / 8 0 Opposition * government support Apr 2019 111,341 17.9% N/A 0 / 7 1 Opposition * Nov 2019 128,698 23.2% N/A 1 / 7 1 Opposition *

Senate Date Seats Size # ± 2011 0 / 4 — 3rd 2015 1 / 4 1 * 2016 1 / 4 0 * Apr 2019 0 / 4 1 * Nov 2019 0 / 4 0 *

• * Within People's Party–Asturias Forum.

European Parliament

Spain Date Votes Seats Size #  % ±pp # ± 2014 32,962 0.2% — 0 / 54 — 18th 2019 6,053 0.1% –0.1 0 / 54 — 22nd

Asturias Date Votes Size #  % ±pp 2014 16,064 4.2% — 6th 2019 6,053 1.2% –3.0 6th