Empty Spain

Political party in Spain

Empty Spain (Spanish: España Vaciada, lit. 'Emptied Spain', EV) is a political party in Spain. EV, whose name derives from the coined term to refer to Spain's rural and sparsely populated interior provinces[1] was formed as a political platform by a large number of citizen collectives and associations, in order to contest the 2023 Spanish general election. In this, they were inspired by the success of the Teruel Existe candidacy (A part of the Empty Spain party, Spanish for "Teruel Exists") in the November 2019 general election.[2][3]

It was registered as a political party on 30 September 2021.[4] By November 2021, it was confirmed that over 160 collectives and associations from about 30 Spanish provinces committed themselves to finalizing the electoral platform before January 2022.[5][6] On 30 November, national deputy and member of Teruel Existe, Tomás Guitarte, confirmed their intention to contest the next national elections as a single candidacy.[7]

The first election contested by the platform was 2022 Castilian-Leonese regional elections. It ran lists in five of the nine province of Castile and León. In the Province of Soria, member party Soria ¡Ya! was the most voted for party with 42.6%, taking three of the five seats for the province.[8][9]

In the 2023 Spanish general election, Empty Spain lost all its seats in the Cortes Generales, becoming extra-parliamentary.[10]

Provincial organization of the España Vaciada party.
  Provinces where EV has a local branch constituted.
  Provinces where EV is represented by a local party.

Member parties

The following parties on 27 November 2022 constituted the federation of parties of Empty Spain.[11] On 15 January 2023, SOS West joined the federation representing Asturias.[12]

Party Notes
Empty Spain (EV) In Burgos, Palencia, Valladolid, Salamanca, León, Toledo, Ciudad Real and La Rioja.
Teruel Exists (TE) In Teruel.
Aragón Exists (AE) In Zaragoza and Huesca.
Soria Now! (SY) In Soria.
Jaén Deserves More (JM+) In Jaén. Suspended its relationship with Empty Spain in 2023.[13]
Cuenca Now (CA) In Cuenca.
SOS West (SOS Occidente) In Asturias.

Electoral performance

Cortes Generales

Election Votes % Congress of Deputies Seat change Senate Seat change Government
2023 36,397 0.15%
0 / 350
 1
0 / 208
 2 No seats

Regional parliaments

Region Election Votes % Seats Government
Andalusia 2022[a] 18,685 0.51 (#8)
0 / 109
 No seats
Castile and León 2022[b][c][d] 37,885 3.14 (#7)
3 / 81
 Opposition
Aragón 2023[e][f] 32,717 5.00 (#5)
3 / 67
 Opposition
Asturias 2023[g] 5,713 1.10 (#7)
0 / 45
 No seats
Castile-La Mancha 2023[h][i] 3,601 0.34 (#7)
0 / 33
 No seats
La Rioja 2023[j] 5,975 2.59 (#5)
0 / 33
 No seats

Notes

  1. ^ Contested as Jaén Deserves More in the Province of Jaén
  2. ^ Seats won by Soria ¡Ya! in the Province of Soria.
  3. ^ Contested as Empty Spain in the provinces of Palencia, Salamanca and Valladolid.
  4. ^ Contested as Vía Burgalesa in the provinces of Burgos.
  5. ^ Contested as Aragón Existe - Teruel Existe coalition
  6. ^ Seats won by Teruel Existe in the Province of Teruel.
  7. ^ Contested as SOS Asturias - Empty Spain.
  8. ^ Contested as +Cuenca Now - Empty Spain in the Province of the Cuenca.
  9. ^ Contested as Empty Spain in the provinces of Ciudad Real and Toledo.
  10. ^ Contested as Partido Riojano - Empty Spain coalition.

References

  1. ^ Rodríguez Martínez, Marta; Abellán Matamoros, Cristina; Amiel, Sandrine (1 April 2019). "The 'Revolt of Empty Spain': Why is Spain's rural world protesting?". Euronews. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. ^ Navarro, Juan (20 September 2021). "La España Vacía concurrirá a las elecciones". El País (in Spanish). Valladolid. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ^ Fernández, Juan (2 October 2021). "La 'España vaciada' se lanza a la arena política". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Registro de Partidos Políticos". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  5. ^ Nicolay, Juan Antonio (8 November 2021). "La 'España Vaciada' ultima su salto a la política nacional con la ilusión de convertirse en clave de la gobernabilidad". NIUS Diario (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  6. ^ "El mapa de una 'España Vaciada' cada vez más fuerte y activa: 140 plataformas se unen para entrar en el Congreso" (in Spanish). laSexta. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Tomás Guitarte (Teruel Existe) anuncia una opción única nacional que represente a la España vaciada". El HuffPost (in Spanish). 30 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  8. ^ "La España Vaciada entra en las Cortes". Cinco Días (in Spanish). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Soria ¡YA! ganó en 92 de los 183 municipios sorianos, el PP en 72, el PSOE en 7 y Vox en 6". Desde Soria (in Spanish). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  10. ^ Clarke, Seán; Voce, Antonio; Gutiérrez, Pablo. "Spain election 2023: full results". the Guardian. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  11. ^ "Nace la Federación España Vaciada para ser "una sola voz de muchas provincias" en las próximas elecciones" (in Spanish). RTVE. EFE. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  12. ^ Serrato, Fran (15 January 2023). "España Vaciada integra a Asturias en su federación de partidos". The Objective (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  13. ^ Comunicación (2023-03-31). "Jaén Merece Más se distancia de la España Vaciada y Teruel Existe, y reprocha al PSOE otra decisión contra Jaén". Jaén Merece Más (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-27.