Teruel Existe

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Teruel Exists
Teruel Existe
Spokesperson Tomás Guitarte
Founded November 1999
Headquarters Avda. Sagunto, nº 3, 1ºA
44002, Teruel
Ideology Regionalism[1]
Political position Big tent
Colors      Green
Congress of Deputies (Teruel seats)
1 / 3
Spanish Senate (Teruel seats)
2 / 4
Website
teruelexiste.info
Politics of Spain
Political parties
Elections

Teruel Existe (English: Teruel Exists)[1] is a Spanish political group based in the province of Teruel. It was founded in November 1999 as a citizen platform with the goal of demanding a fair and equal treatment for the province of Teruel.[2][3] In 1999, Teruel still had no motorways, and on the only railway line (which was single-track without electrification) the train had derailed 8 times in a year.[2][3]

Encouraged by the success of the strike called for 4 October 2019 in twenty Spanish provinces, to protest the "forgetfulness" suffered by the so-called "empty Spain",[4][5] the platform chose to establish itself as a grouping of electors to contest the upcoming November general election in the province. It became the most voted provincial force, securing one out of the three Teruel Congress seats and two out of its four directly-elected senators,[6] as well as becoming the first grouping of electors since the Spanish transition to democracy to be successful in entering the Spanish parliament.[7]

The platform was instrumental in the investiture of Pedro Sánchez as Prime Minister of Spain on 5–7 January 2020,[8][9] for whose support its leader, Tomás Guitarte, received intense threats and coercion from right-wing to far-right groups, which resulted in the Ministry of the Interior having to provide him of a policial escort for security reasons.[10][11]

Electoral performance

Cortes Generales

Nationwide

Cortes Generales
Election Congress Senate Leading candidate Status in legislature
Votes  % # Seats +/– Seats +/–
2019 (Nov) 19,761 0.08% 19th
1 / 350
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2 / 208
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2 Tomás Guitarte Opposition

Regional breakdown

Election Teruel
Congress Senate
Votes  % # Seats +/– Votes  % Seats +/–
2019 (Nov) 19,761 26.66% 1st
1 / 3
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1 YesY Joaquín Egea Serrano
YesY Beatriz Martín Larred
N Alba Polo Artal
20,686
19,060
17,594
28.37%
26.14%
24.13%
2 / 4
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References

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