People's Party of Cantabria

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People's Party of Cantabria Partido Popular de Cantabria

President	María José Sáenz de Buruaga
Secretary-General	María José González Revuelta [es]
Founded	1989
Headquarters	Joaquín Costa, 28 Santander, Cantabria
Ideology	Conservatism Liberal conservatism Christian democracy Monarchism Economic liberalism Spanish unionism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
National affiliation	People's Party
Parliament of Cantabria	15 / 35
Congress of Deputies (Cantabrian seats)	2 / 5
Website
www.ppcantabria.org
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

The People's Party of Cantabria (Spanish: Partido Popular de Cantabria, PP) is the regional section of the People's Party of Spain (PP) in Cantabria. It was formed in 1989 from the re-foundation of the People's Alliance.

Election results

Parliament of Cantabria

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Leading candidate	Government
Parliament of Cantabria
1991	42,714	14.44 (#3)	6 / 39	13^[a]	José Luis Vallines	Coalition (1991–1992)
1991	42,714	14.44 (#3)	6 / 39	13^[a]	José Luis Vallines	Opposition (1992–1995)
1995	104,008	32.50 (#1)	13 / 39	7	José Joaquín Martínez Sieso	Coalition
1999	134,924	42.50 (#1)	19 / 39	6		Coalition
2003	146,796	42.49 (#1)	18 / 39	1		Opposition
2007	143,610	41.48 (#1)	17 / 39	1	Ignacio Diego	Opposition
2011	156,499	46.09 (#1)	20 / 39	3		Majority
2015	105,944	32.58 (#1)	13 / 35	7		Opposition
2019	78,347	24.04 (#2)	9 / 35	4	María José Sáenz de Buruaga	Opposition
2023	116,198	35.78 (#1)	15 / 35	6	María José Sáenz de Buruaga	Majority

Notes

^ Compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 regional election.

References

People's Party (Spain)

Leadership

Presidents	Manuel Fraga (1989–1990) José María Aznar (1990–2004) Mariano Rajoy (2004–2018) Pablo Casado (2018–2022) Alberto Núñez Feijóo (2022–present)
Secretaries General	Francisco Álvarez-Cascos (1989–99) Javier Arenas (1999–2003) Mariano Rajoy (2003–2004) Ángel Acebes (2004–2008) María Dolores de Cospedal (2008–2018) Teodoro García Egea (2018–2022) Cuca Gamarra (2022–present)

Organization

Predecessors	People's Alliance (1976–1989) Liberal Party (1976–1989) People's Democratic Party (1982–1989) Democratic Coalition (1979) People's Coalition (1982–1986)
Regional wings	Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Basque Country Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castilla–La Mancha Catalonia Ceuta Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Melilla Murcia Navarre Valencian Community
Affiliated organizations	New Generations FAES (2002–2016)
Alliances	Basque Country: PP+Cs Navarre: Navarra Suma

Congresses

AP	1st (1977) 2nd (1978) 3rd (1979) 4th (1981) 5th (1982) 6th (1984) 7th (1986) 8th (1987) 9th (1989)
PP	10th (1990) 11th (1993) 12th (1996) 13th (1999) 14th (2002) 15th (2004) 16th (2008) 17th (2012) 18th (2017) 19th (2018) 20th (2022) 21st (TBD)