Elkarrekin Podemos

Elkarrekin Podemos (Elkarrekin in Basque: "Together" or "United"; Podemos in Spanish: "We Can"; Elkarrekin Podemos translated in English as "United We Can") is a left-wing electoral alliance in the Basque Country formed by Podemos, Ezker Anitza and Equo in August 2016 ahead of the 2016 Basque regional election. The alliance was renewed ahead of the 2020 Basque regional election with the exclusion of Equo, after the party had broken up with the Unidas Podemos nationwide alliance to join Más País in the lead up to the November 2019 Spanish general election.[1]

United We Can

Elkarrekin Podemos
LeaderMiren Gorrotxategi
Founded11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Feminism
Federalism
Progressivism
Environmentalism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationUnidas Podemos
Colors  Purple
MembersSee list of members
Congress of Deputies (Basque seats)
4 / 18
(Unidas Podemos)
Spanish Senate (Basque seats)
0 / 15
Basque Parliament
6 / 75
Website
elkarrekinpodemos.eus

History

The coalition is based on the one formed for the 2016 Spanish general election, in which the Unidos Podemos/Elkarrekin Ahal Dugu coalition became the most voted force in the three Basque districts, also winning in number of seats. Given the coalition success, the three parties agreed to re-edit the coalition to contest the Basque election scheduled for September 25, 2016.

On 11 August 2016, the three formations ratified the agreement to go jointly to the polls under the Elkarrekin Podemos name. The chosen name is similar to that used for the general election, but instead of separating the Spanish and Basque denominations with a slash (Unidos Podemos/Elkarrekin Ahal Dugu), they chose to join the two denominations into one using a word of each language as a symbol of the linguistic richness of the Basque Country.[2]

As candidate for lehendakari they chose Pilar Zabala, who had already been chosen by the bases of Podemos/Ahal Dugu in primary elections.[3]

Composition
Party Notes
We Can (Podemos/Ahal Dugu)
United Left–Plural Left (IU–EzAn)
Equo (Equo) Expelled in February 2020.[1]

Electoral performance

Basque Parliament
Basque Parliament
Election Votes % # Seats +/– Leading candidate Status in legislature
2016 157,334 14.76% 3rd
11 / 75
 11 Pilar Zabala Opposition
2020 72,113 7.97% 4th
6 / 75
 5 Miren Gorrotxategi Opposition

Cortes Generales
Cortes Generales
Election Congress Senate
Votes % # Seats +/– Seats +/–
2016 335,740 29.08% 1st
6 / 18
 1
6 / 12
 1
2019 (Apr) 224,505 17.59% 3rd
4 / 18
 2
0 / 12
 6
2019 (Nov) 182,674 15.43% 4th
3 / 18
 1
0 / 12
 0

European Parliament
European Parliament
Election Votes % #
2019 124,115 11.06% 4th

Symbols
  • Logo from August 2016 to June 2018.
  • Logo from June 2018 to March 2020.
  • Logo from March 2020 to present.

References
  1. "Equo Euskadi no repetirá coalición con Podemos tras el "veto" de Iglesias". 20 minutos (in Spanish). EFE. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  2. "Elkarrekin-Podemos quiere llegar al Gobierno Vasco para hacer una política diferente". El Mundo (in Spanish). Vitoria. EFE. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. "Elkarrekin Podemos insiste en que tendrá que hablar con EH Bildu y PSE de políticas sociales y progresistas". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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