Canarian Independent Groups

The Canarian Independent Groups (Spanish: Agrupaciones Independientes de Canarias, AIC) were a Spanish political party based in the Canary Islands that existed from 1985 until its integration in Canarian Coalition.[2]

Canarian Independent Groups

Agrupaciones Independientes de Canarias
Founded1985
Dissolved1993
Succeeded byCanarian Coalition
HeadquartersC/ Galcerán, 7-9 Edif. El Drago, Santa Cruz de Tenerife[1]
IdeologyRegionalism
Canarian nationalism
Political positionCentre-right

History

The party was founded in 1985 with the name of Federation of Canarian Independent Groups (Spanish: Federación de Agrupaciones Independientes de Canarias), consisting of the union of different parties and groupings of insular scope, coming mostly from the former Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD). On 23 April 1986 they changed their name to Canarian Independent Groups. In 1987 it was joined by the Canarian Union of the Centre. The members of AIC were mainly centre-right and insularist political groups.[3]

In 1993, together with the Nationalist Canarian Initiative (ICAN), Majorera Assembly (AM), Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) and Independent Canarian Centre (CCI) it formed Canarian Coalition (CC). However, in 1994, Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) and Lanzarote Independents Group (transformed into the Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)) abandon both Canarian Independent Groups and Canarian Coalition.

It obtained parliamentary representation in the general elections of 1986 and in the ones of 1989. It was dissolved definitively during the Canarian Coalition Congress celebrated in 18–19 May 2005, in which all the integral parties disappeared and CC became unique party.[4]

Members

The groups that were members of the party are:[5]

  • Tenerife Group of Independents (Spanish: Agrupación Tinerfeña de Independientes, ATI)
  • La Palma Group of Independents (Spanish: Agrupación Palmera de Independientes, API)
  • Gomera Group of Independents (Spanish: Agrupación Gomera de Independientes, AGI)
  • Independents of Fuerteventura (Spanish: Independientes de Fuerteventura, IF)
  • Lanzarote Independents Group (Spanish: Agrupación de Independientes de Lanzarote, AIL), although this group ended up leaving the organization..

Election results

Parliament of the Canary Islands
Parliament of the Canary Islands
Election Vote % Score Seats +/– Leader Status
1987 134,667 20.1 2nd
11 / 60
 11 Manuel Hermoso Opposition
1991 157,859 22.7 2nd
16 / 60
 5 Manuel Hermoso Opposition

Cortes Generales
Cortes Generales
Election Congress Senate Status
Vote % Score Seats +/– Seats +/–
1986 65,664 0.3 16th
1 / 350
 1
1 / 208
 1 Opposition
1989 64,767 0.3 19th
1 / 350
 0
2 / 208
 1 Opposition
Election Canary Islands
Congress Senate
Vote % Score Seats +/– Seats +/–
1986 65,664 9.8 4th
1 / 13
 1
1 / 11
 1
1989 64,767 9.7 4th
1 / 14
 0
2 / 11
 1

European Parliament
European Parliament
Election Total Canary Islands
Vote % Score Seats +/– Vote % Score
1987 96,895 0.5 18th
0 / 60
 — 89,083 14.5 4th
1989 w. Nationalist Coalition
0 / 60
 0 57,932 11.1 4th

References
  1. Ministerio del Interior de España. "Registro de Partidos Políticos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. José Adrián García Rojas. "¿Un viaje de ida y vuelta? la difícil articulación entre isla y nación de Coalición Canaria (1993-2009)" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. "Sumamos, luego existimos (¿AIC bis?)". Canarias Ahora (in Spanish). 19 April 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  4. "Coalición Canaria reelige a Rivero con el 99% de los votos". El País (in Spanish). 30 May 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  5. "Agrupaciones Independientes de Canarias". Fundación Juan March (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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