Agreement of Nationalist Unity

Agreement of Nationalist Unity Acuerdo de Unidad Nacionalista
Founded	June 2006
Dissolved	April 2023
Ideology	Regionalism[1] Canarian nationalism Factions: Liberalism Federalism
Political position	Centre[1] to centre-right
Member parties	CC PNC AHI[a] Former: CCN[b] NC[c] UxGC[d]
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

The Agreement of Nationalist Unity (Spanish: Acuerdo de Unidad Nacionalista),^[2] frequently known under the name of its constituent parties, Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (Spanish: Coalición Canaria–Partido Nacionalista Canario, CC–PNC), was a permanent Canarian nationalist alliance formed by Canarian Coalition (CC) and Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) in 2006 ahead of the 2007 Canarian regional election.^[3] The alliance has been renewed several times, in 2011, 2013 and 2018.^[4][5][6] For the 2011 and November 2019 general elections it was joined by New Canaries (NC).^[7][8] The alliance was dissolved in 2023, with the PNC arguing that the CC had now « nothing of nationalist » ^[9]

Composition

Members

Party
	Canarian Coalition (CCa)
	Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)

Allies

Party
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)[a]

Former members

Party
	Nationalist Canarian Centre (CCN)[b]
	New Canaries (NCa)[c]
	United for Gran Canaria (UxGC)[d]

Electoral performance

Parliament of the Canary Islands

Parliament of the Canary Islands
Election	Vote	%	Score	Seats	+/–	Leader	Status in legislature
							Status	Period
2007	225,878	24.15%	2nd	19 / 60	4	Paulino Rivero	Majority coalition (CC–PP)	2007–2010
							Minority government	2010–2011
2011	225,948	24.94%	2nd	21 / 60	2		Majority coalition (CC–PSOE)	2011–2016
2015	166,979	18.25%	3rd	18 / 60	3	Fernando Clavijo
							Minority government	2016–2019
2019	194,846	21.82%	2nd	20 / 70	2		Opposition	2019–2023
2023	192,203	21.84%	2nd	19 / 70	1		Minority government (CC–PP–AHI)	2023–present

Cortes Generales

Cortes Generales
Election	Congress					Senate		Leader	Status in legislature
	Vote	%	Score	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–		Status	Period
2008	174,629	0.68%	9th	2 / 350	1[e]	1 / 208	2[e]	Ana Oramas	Opposition	2008–present
2011	143,881	0.59%	11th	2 / 350	0	1 / 208	0
2015	81,917	0.32%	12th	1 / 350	1	1 / 208	0
2016	78,253	0.33%	10th	1 / 350	0	1 / 208	0
2019 (Apr)	137,664	0.53%	12th	2 / 350	1	0 / 208	1
2019 (Nov)	123,981	0.51%	13th	2 / 350	0	0 / 208	0

Election	Canary Islands
	Congress					Senate
	Vote	%	Score	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
2008	174,629	17.49%	3rd	2 / 15	1[e]	1 / 11	2[e]
2011	143,881	15.47%	3rd	2 / 15	0	1 / 11	0
2015	81,917	8.24%	5th	1 / 15	1	1 / 11	0
2016	78,253	7.99%	5th	1 / 15	0	1 / 11	0
2019 (Apr)	137,664	12.97%	5th	2 / 15	1	0 / 11	1
2019 (Nov)	123,981	13.12%	4th	2 / 15	0	0 / 11	0

European Parliament

European Parliament
Election	Spain			Canary Islands
	Vote	%	Seats	Vote	%
2009	with CEU	–	0 / 54	96,297 (#3)	15.84
2014	with CEU	–	0 / 54	69,601 (#3)	12.18
2019	with CEUS	–	0 / 54

Notes

1. The Independent Herrenian Group was not formally part of the Agreement of Nationalist Unity, but since the alliance's formation it had contested all elections in electoral alliance with Canarian Coalition.
2. Only for the 2011 regional election.
3. Only for the 2011 and November 2019 elections.
4. Only for the 2019 regional election.
5. Compared to Canarian Coalition totals in the 2004 general election.

References

1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
2. "Acuerdo de Unidad Nacionalista" (PDF). coalicioncanaria.org (in Spanish). Canarian Coalition. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
3. "CC dice que su acuerdo con el PNC es un buen ejemplo de confluencia nacionalista". Crónicas de Lanzarote (in Spanish). 25 September 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
4. "El PNC renueva su alianza con Coalición Canaria". Canarias Ahora (in Spanish). 30 March 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
5. "CC y PNC sellan la confluencia nacionalista y dejan la "puerta abierta" a NC". Diario de Avisos (in Spanish). 27 September 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
6. "CC y PNC renuevan su acuerdo de unidad nacionalista". Europa Press (in Spanish). 13 September 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
7. "El nacionalismo canario se une de cara al 20-N". El País (in Spanish). 3 September 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
8. "Coalición Canaria y Nueva Canarias irán juntos a las elecciones generales del 10-N". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 30 September 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
9. "El Partido Nacionalista Canario rompe su alianza con Coalición Canaria: No les queda "nada" de nacionalismo". El Mundo (in Spanish). 13 April 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.