Geroa Bai

Geroa Bai (English: Yes to the Future)^[2][3][4] is a regional political coalition in the Chartered Community of Navarre, created for the 2011 election to the Cortes Generales. It includes the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV), Atarrabia Taldea, and the Geroa Socialverdes partnership. These groups had shared the former coalition Nafarroa Bai, along with Eusko Alkartasuna and Aralar (which entered the coalition Amaiur, and later EH Bildu), and Batzarre (which entered the coalition Izquierda-Ezkerra).

Yes to the Future Geroa Bai
Leader	Uxue Barkos
Founded	30 September 2011
Preceded by	Nafarroa Bai
Youth wing	Gazteok Bai
Ideology	Basque nationalism Progressivism Regionalism Social democracy Factions: Environmentalism Christian democracy
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	CEUS (since 2019) Cambio-Aldaketa (2015–2016; 2019)
Congress of Deputies (Navarre seats)	0 / 5
Senate of Spain (Navarre seats)	0 / 5
European Parliament	0 / 61
Parliament of Navarre	7 / 50
Mayors[1]	3 / 272
Town councillors	59 / 1,889
Website
www.geroabai.com
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History

Geroa Bai elected one representative to the Congress of Deputies in the general elections held in 2011 (Uxue Barkos, who had been the representative of Nafarroa Bai in her previous term).^[5] Geroa Bai holds 9 seats in the much fragmented Parliament of Navarre since 2015. Since July 2015, Uxue Barkos (Geroa Bai) presides the regional government of Navarre relying also on EH Bildu, Podemos and Izquierda-Ezkerra.

Composition

Party		Notes
	Expanding (Zabaltzen)
	Atarrabia Taldea (AT)
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
	Future Social Greens (GSB/GSV)	Founded in September 2020.

Electoral performance

Parliament of Navarre

Parliament of Navarre
Election	Leading candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2015	Uxue Barkos	53,497	15.83 (#2)	9 / 50	1 [a]	Coalition
2019		60,323	17.32 (#3)	9 / 50	0	Coalition
2023		43,660	13.23 (#4)	7 / 50	2	Coalition

Cortes Generales

Nationwide

Cortes Generales
Election	Congress					Senate		Leading candidate	Status in legislature
	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
2011	42,415	0.17%	19th	1 / 350	0	0 / 208	0	Uxue Barkos	Opposition
2015	30,642	0.12%	19th	0 / 350	1	1 / 208	1	Koldo Martínez	No seats
2016	14,343	0.06%	16th	0 / 350	0	0 / 208	1	Daniel Innerarity	No seats
2019 (Apr)	22,309	0.09%	21st	0 / 350	0	0 / 208	0	Koldo Martínez	No seats
2019 (Nov)	12,709	0.05%	24th	0 / 350	0	0 / 208	0	Koldo Martínez	No seats

Regional breakdown

Election	Navarre
	Congress					Senate
	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
2011	42,415	12.81%	4th	1 / 5	0	0 / 4	0
2015	30,642	8.67%	5th	0 / 5	1	1 / 4	1[b]
2016	14,343	4.28%	6th	0 / 5	0	0 / 4	1
2019 (Apr)	22,309	6.08%	5th	0 / 5	0	0 / 4	0
2019 (Nov)	12,709	3.79%	6th	0 / 5	0	0 / 4	0

European Parliament

European Parliament
Election	Total					Navarre
	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Votes	%	#
2019	Within CEUS			0 / 59	0	27,202	7.99%	5th
2024	Within CEUS			0 / 61	0	8,272	3.17%	7th

Notes

1. Compared to NaBai 2011 totals in the 2011 regional election.
2. The Senate seat in 2015 was elected within the Cambio-Aldaketa alliance.