Catalonia in the Senate

Catalonia in the Senate
Catalunya al Senat
SpokespersonRamon Sala i Canadell
Founded1982 (1982)
DissolvedApril 1983 (1983-04)
IdeologyCatalan nationalism
MembersSee list of members

Catalonia in the Senate (Catalan: Catalunya al Senat) was a Catalan electoral alliance formed by Convergence and Union (CiU) and Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) to contest the 1982 Spanish Senate election.[1][2] It then existed as a parliamentary group in the Senate of Spain during the 1982–1986 legislature,[3] whose constitution was allowed through the temporary incorporation of three senators from the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD),[4] though in practice it worked as CiU's group upon ERC's withdrawal in April 1983.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Convèrgencia saca en estas elecciones cuatro senadores más y los socialistas uno". El País (in Spanish). 30 October 1982. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Catalonia: Spanish Senate elections 1977-2019". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Parliamentary Groups since 1977". www.senado.es (in Spanish). Senate of Spain. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. ^ "El Parlamento de Cataluña podría aceptar provisionalmente tener sólo seis representantes en el Senado". El País (in Spanish). 25 November 1982. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Parliamentary Groups in the Congress of Deputies and Senate". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Senate Composition 1977-2019". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 15 March 2019.