Asturias Forum
| Asturias Forum Foro Asturias |
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|---|---|
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| President | Cristina Coto |
| Secretary-General | Francisco Álvarez Cascos |
| Founded | 19 January 2011 |
| Split from | People's Party |
| Newspaper | El Hormiguero |
| Youth wing | Foro Joven (Young Forum) |
| Ideology | Conservatism,[1] Regionalism,[1] |
| Political position | Centre-right[2] |
| Colors | Dark blue |
| Local Government |
83 / 942
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| Asturian General Council |
3 / 45
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| Congress of Deputies |
1 / 350
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| Spanish Senate |
1 / 266
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| Website | |
| foroasturias.es | |
| Politics of Spain Political parties Elections |
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The Asturias Forum (FAC) (Spanish: Foro Asturias) is a regionalist[1] political party in the Principality of Asturias.
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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 Asturias in the 2011 election.
In the Asturian election, Álvarez Cascos led the party under the name "Citizens' Forum" (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.[3] The party has spoken to all three other parties to create a more consensual political climate.[4]
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, in which FAC lost 4 seats, becoming the second largest party behind the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
On February 12, 2015, Francisco Álvarez-Cascos surprisingly announced he would not stand again as Asturias Forum's candidate and resigned to the presidency of the party.[5] Álvarez-Cascos was succeeded by Cristina Coto, while he went on to become the party's secretary-general.
Electoral results
Congress of Deputies
| Election year | Congress of Deputies | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | ||
| 2011 | 99,473 | 0.4 (#14) |
1 / 350
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New | in opposition |
Local councils
| Election year | Local councils | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | |
| 2011 | 121,713 | 0.5 (#14) |
158 / 68,230
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New |
| 2015 | 65,527 | 0.5 (#26) |
83 / 67,611
|
 75 |
Regional parliaments
Asturias
| Election year | General Council of the Principality of Asturias | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | ||
| 2011 | 178,031 | 29.7 (#2) |
16 / 45
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New | in government |
| 2012 | 124,518 | 24.8 (#2) |
12 / 45
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4 |
in opposition |
| 2015 | 44,283 | 8.24 (#5) |
3 / 45
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9 |
in opposition |
European parliament
| Election year | European Parliament | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | |
| 2014 | 32,962 | 0.2 (#18) |
0 / 54
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New |
Footnotes
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- ↑ Cascos renuncia a encabezar la candidatura de su partido en las elecciones regionales; El Comercio, 12 February 2015 (Spanish)
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