Euskal Herritarrok

Basque Citizens

Euskal Herritarrok
Basque Citizens Euskal Herritarrok
Spokesperson	Arnaldo Otegi
Founded	September 1998
Banned	23 May 2003 (by the Supreme Court of Spain)
Merger of	Herri Batasuna; Batzarre (until 2000); Zutik (until 2000)
Merged into	Batasuna; A minority faction formed the Aralar Party
Headquarters	c/ Juan de Bilbao, nº 17, Donostia
Ideology	Basque nationalism; Socialism; Ezker abertzalea; Left-wing nationalism; Basque independence; Feminism; Ecologism; Revolutionary socialism
Political position	Left-wing
Basque Parliament (1998-2001)	14 / 75
Parliament of Navarre (1999-2003)	8 / 55
European Parliament (1999-2004)	1 / 64
Town councillors (1999-2003)	890 / 4,635
	Politics of Basque Country;

Euskal Herritarrok (English: Basque Citizens, EH) was a Basque independentist and socialist political party in the Basque Country.^[2] EH was banned in 2003 by the Supreme Court of Spain on the grounds that it sympathized with ETA.^[3]

Quick facts Basque Citizens Euskal Herritarrok, Spokesperson ...

Election	Leading candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Basque Parliament
1998	Arnaldo Otegi	224,001	17.66 (#3)	14 / 75	3
2001	Arnaldo Otegi	143,139	10.04 (#4)	7 / 75	7

Election	Leading candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Parliament of Navarre
1998	Pernando Barrena	47,271	15.58 (#3)	8 / 50	3

Election	Leading candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
European Parliament
1998	Koldo Gorostiaga	306,923	1.45 (#8)	1 / 64	1

Election	Spain			+/–	Basque Country			Navarre
Local councils
Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
1999	272,446	1.28 (#8)	890 / 65,201	890	228,169	19.63 (#2)	679 / 2,540	44,299	14.94 (#3)	211 / 1,677

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
General Assemblies
1999	228,528	19.73 (#2)	29 / 153	29

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