The Independent Herrenian Group (Spanish: Agrupación Herreña Independiente, AHI) is a regionalist and Canarian nationalist political party in El Hierro. AHI was created in 1979, and ruled the island until 2019, with the exception of the 1991-1995 and 2011-2015 periods.
Independent Herrenian Group Agrupación Herreña Independiente | |
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| Leader | Tomás Padrón Belén Allende |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Ideology | El Hierro regionalism[1] Canarian nationalism Federalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours | Green |
| Cabildo of El Hierro | 4 / 13 |
| Spanish Senate (El Hierro seat) | 1 / 1 |
| Canarian Parliament (El Hierro seats) | 1 / 3 |
| Town councillors | 11 / 31 |
| Website | |
| coalicioncanaria.org/ahi | |
The party is generally associated with Canarian Coalition.
Electoral performance edit
Parliament of the Canary Islands edit
| Date | Votes | Seats | Status | Size | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ±pp | # | ± | ||||
| 1983 | 944 | 0.2% | — | 1 / 60 |
— | Opposition | 9th | government support |
| 1987 | 1,415 | 0.2% | ±0.0 | 2 / 60 |
 1
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Opposition | 8th | government support |
| 1991 | 1,485 | 0.2% | ±0.0 | 1 / 60 |
 1
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Opposition | 7th | government support |
| 1995 | 2,105 | 0.3% | +0.1 | 1 / 60 |
 0
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Opposition | 5th | government support |
| 1999 | 2,773 | 0.3% | ±0.0 | 2 / 60 |
1
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Opposition | 4th | government support |
| 2003 | 304,413 | 32.9% | n/a | 2 / 60 |
0
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Opposition | * | government support |
| 2007 | 226,122 | 24.2% | –8.7 | 2 / 60 |
0
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Opposition | * | government support |
| 2011 | 225,948 | 24.9% | +0.7 | 1 / 60 |
1
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Opposition | * | government support |
| 2015 | 166,979 | 18.2% | −6.7 | 2 / 60 |
1
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Opposition | * | government support |
- * Within Canarian Coalition.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram. "Canary Islands/Spain". Archived from the original on 4 February 2002.
External links edit
- (in Spanish) Official facebook.
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