Riojan Party

The Riojan Party (Spanish: Partido Riojano) is a Spanish political party operating in the autonomous community of La Rioja. The party was formed as the Progressive Riojan Party (Spanish: Partido Riojano Progresista) on 6 December 1982 with the stated aim of occupying the progressive centre in La Rioja.

Riojan Party Partido Riojano
President	Fernando Gómez Herrainz
Secretary-General	Sara San Juan Trevijano
Founded	1982 (1982)
Split from	Union of the Democratic Centre
Headquarters	Calle de los Portales, 17, 26001 Logroño, La Rioja
Youth wing	Riojan Youth
Ideology	Progressivism Riojan regionalism Federalism
Political position	Centre
Colours	Green
Parliament of La Rioja	0 / 33
Mayors	5 / 174
Local Government	43 / 1,032
Website
www.partidoriojano.es
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History

Initially the party was led by Luis Javier Rodriguez Moroy, a former MP in the Spanish Congress of Deputies. Like Rodriguez, many members of the new party came from the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), the former governing coalition of Spain which disbanded in February 1983. Rubén García Marañón succeeded Rodriguez as Party President in February 1984 and the party adopted its current name in 1991.

In elections to the Parliament of La Rioja, held every four years from 1983 onwards, the party has usually polled between 6% and 7% and won two deputies out of the thirty three seats available at each election until 2015 when it lost its seats. In elections to the Spanish Congress, the party's highest share was 4.4% in the 1993 election.

In the 2007 local elections, the party polled 6.6% and won 43 council seats, down from the 65 seats and 7.5% that it had polled in 2003.

As of June 2016, the party is led by Fernando Gómez Herrainz.

Election results

Local councils

Municipal elections
Election	La Rioja
	Votes	%	Seats won (local councils)	Mayors elected
2015	9,704	5.9	61 / 1,046	9 / 174
2011	9,197	5.5	56 / 1,064	6 / 174
2007	11,085	6.4	43 / 966	7 / 174
2003	12,667	7.3	65 / 948	9 / 174
1999	9,669	6.2	58 / 953	10 / 174
1995	11,842	7.2	103 / 982	19 / 174
1991	8,461	5.9	82 / 984	25 / 174
1987	7,125	5.0	51 / 941	11 / 174
1983	9,026	6.8	98 / 1,134	19 / 163

Regional elections

Parliament of La Rioja
Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Leading candidate	Government
1983	10,102	7.46 (#3)	2 / 35	—	Luis Javier Rodríguez Moroy	Opposition
1987	9,212	6.39 (#4)	2 / 33	0		Opposition (1987–1989)
						Coalition (1989–1991)
1991	7,731	5.38 (#3)	2 / 33	0	Leopoldo Virosta	Coalition
1995	11,069	6.70 (#4)	2 / 33	0		Opposition
1999	9,004	5.76 (#3)	2 / 33	0	Miguel González de Legarra	Opposition
2003	11,842	6.81 (#3)	2 / 33	0		Opposition
2007	10,369	6.00 (#3)	2 / 33	0		Opposition
2011	8,983	5.43 (#3)	2 / 33	0		Opposition
2015	7,277	4.45 (#5)	0 / 33	2		No seats
2019	7,512	4.61 (#5)	0 / 33	0	Rubén Antoñanzas	No seats
2023	6,016	3.58 (#5)	0 / 33	0	Inmaculada Sáenz	No seats

External links

• Official webpage