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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Basque Nationalist Party
| logo             = Logo PNV 2025.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| logo_size        = 150
| colorcode        = {{Political party data|color}}
| leader           = 
| president        = [[Aitor Esteban]]
| secretary_general = 
| spokesperson     = 
| ideology         = {{ublist|class = nowrap
 | [[Basque nationalism]]
 | [[Christian democracy]]
 | '''Factions:'''
 | [[Conservative liberalism]]
 | [[Social democracy]]
}}
| headquarters     = [[Sabin Etxea]], Ibáñez de Bilbao, 16 <br/>[[Bilbao]]
| international    = ''None''{{refn|group=nb|The party was formerly part of the [[Alliance of Democrats (political international)|Alliance of Democrats]].<ref>{{citation |first=Xosé-Manoel |last=Nuñez |title=A State of Many Nations: The Construction of a Plural Spanish Society since 1976 |work=The Social Construction of Diversity |publisher=Berghahn Books |year=2003 |page=287}}<br />{{citation |first1=Michael |last1=Keating |first2=John |last2=Loughlin |first3=Kris |last3=Deschouwer |title=Culture, Institutions, and Economic Development: A Study of Eight European Regions |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing |year=2003 |page=55}}</ref>}}
| website          = {{Political party data|website}}
| country          = Spain
| native_name      = {{lang|eu|Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea|italics=no}} {{nobold|{{noitalic|([[Basque language|Basque]])}}}}<br/>{{lang|es|Partido Nacionalista Vasco|italics=no}} {{nobold|{{noitalic|([[Spanish language|Spanish]])}}}}<br/>{{lang|fr|Parti Nationaliste Basque|italics=no}} {{nobold|{{noitalic|([[French language|French]])}}}}
| slogan           = 
| abbreviation     = EAJ<br>PNV<br>PNB<br>EAJ-PNV
| founder          = [[Sabino Arana]]
| founded          = {{Start date|1895}}
| newspaper        = 
| student_wing     = 
| youth_wing       = [[Euzko Gaztedi]]
| membership_year  = 2021
| membership       = 21,782<ref>[https://gardentasuna.eaj-pnv.eus/eu/1-7/alderdikideak EAJ-PNV Membership] Basque National Party, Transparency portal.</ref>
| position         = [[Centrism|Centre]]{{cref|A}}
| national         = [[Coalition for a Solidary Europe|CEUS]] (since 2019){{refn|group=nb|The party was formerly part of the [[Europeanist Union]] (1987–1989), [[Nationalist Coalition (1989)|Nationalist Coalition]] (1989–1994), [[Nationalist Coalition (1994)|Nationalist Coalition]] (1994–1999), [[Nationalist Coalition–Europe of the Peoples]] (1999–2004), [[Galeusca–Peoples of Europe]] (2004–2009), [[Coalition for Europe (2009)|Coalition for Europe]] (2009–2014) and [[Coalition for Europe (2014)|Coalition for Europe]] (2014–2019).}}<br>[[Geroa Bai]]<br>(since 2011)
| european         = [[European Democratic Party]]
| europarl         = [[Renew Europe]]
| affiliation1_title = Na
| affiliation1     = 
| colors           = Red, green, white
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| seats1_title     = [[Congress of Deputies]] ([[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque seats]])
| seats1           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house|constituency=18}}
| seats2_title     = [[Spanish Senate]] ([[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque seats]])
| seats2           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-upper-house|constituency=15}}
| seats3_title     = [[European Parliament]]
| seats3           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP}}
| seats4_title     = [[Basque Parliament]]
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| seats5_title     = [[Parliament of Navarre]]
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|2|50|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}{{small|Within [[Geroa Bai]]}}
| seats6_title     = [[Juntas Generales]]
| seats6           = {{Composition bar|54|153|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| seats7_title     = [[Basque Autonomous Community|Mayors in the Basque Autonomous Community]]<ref>[https://www.berria.eus/paperekoa/1999/003/001/2019-06-16/gehiengoak-maximizatzen.htm Gehiengoak maximizatzen]. Berria, 16/06/2019.</ref>
| seats7           = {{Composition bar|121|251|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| seats8_title     = [[Basque Autonomous Community|Town councillors in the Basque Autonomous Community]]
| seats8           = {{Composition bar|1017|2628|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| symbol           = 
| footnotes        = {{cnote|A|It has been also positioned as a [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The Annual Register - Volume 221 |quote= ... It had lost votes substantially to the independent Andalusian Socialist Party (PSA) which , previously unrepresented in Parliament, gained 5 seats ; and in Euzkadi, together with the centre-left Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) ... |date=1979 |page=162 |publisher=Longmans }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor=Mark Hudson, Stan Rudcenko |title=Spain to 1992: Joining Europe's Mainstream |date=1988 |page=9 |publisher=Economist Intelligence Unit }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ruiz Vieytez |first1=Eduardo |title=A New Political Status for the Basque Country? |journal=Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe |date=2013 |volume=12 |page=99 |access-date=30 April 2019 |quote=PNV is a pro-(Basque) sovereignty political party founded in 1895 and representing a wide political spectrum from centre-right to centre-left |url=https://www.ecmi.de/fileadmin/downloads/publications/JEMIE/2013/Ruiz.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327230425/http://www.ecmi.de/fileadmin/downloads/publications/JEMIE/2013/Ruiz.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> or a [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]] party.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Mateos|first1=Araceli|last2=Penadés|first2=Alberto|title=España: crisis y recortes|journal=Revista de ciencia política (Santiago)|language=es|volume=33|number=1|page=175|year=2013|doi=10.4067/S0718-090X2013000100008|url=http://www.scielo.cl/pdf/revcipol/v33n1/art08.pdf|access-date=January 4, 2016|issn=0718-090X|quote=Convergencia i Unió (CiU) y el Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV-EAJ) son los partidos nacionalistas de centro-derecha en Cataluña y el País Vasco, respectivamente|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|chapter=Political parties|editor1=Gabriel Gatti|editor2=Ignacio Irazuzta|editor3=Iñaki Martínez de Albeniz|title=Basque Society: Structures, Institutions, and Contemporary Life|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jMzBK_wWRPkC&pg=PA177|year=2005|publisher=University of Nevada Press|isbn=978-1-877802-25-6|page=177}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}}
}}
The '''Basque Nationalist Party'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Basque-Nationalist-Party |title=Basque Nationalist Party |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref> ({{Langx|eu|Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea}} {{IPA|eu|eus̺ko aldeɾdi jelts̻ale.a|}}, '''EAJ'''; {{langx|es|Partido Nacionalista Vasco}}, '''PNV'''; {{langx|fr|Parti Nationaliste Basque}}, '''PNB'''; '''EAJ-PNV'''), officially the '''Basque National Party''' in English,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basquenationalparty.eus/ |title=Basque National Party |website=basquenationalparty.eus |access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref>{{efn|A proposal to have the official party name changed to "Basque National Party" ({{langx|es|Partido Nacional Vasco}}) was rejected by party members in November 2011. Nonetheless, the party did introduce the change in the English version of the name.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 November 2011 |url=https://www.abc.es/20111125/espana/abci-partido-nacionalista-vasco-201111251058.html |title=Las bases del PNV descartan cambiar el término "nacionalista" por "nacional" |work=ABC |access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref>}} is a [[Basque nationalism|Basque nationalist]]<ref>{{citation |first=Igor |last=Ahedo |title=Political parties in the Basque autonomous community |work=Basque Society: Structures, Institutions, And Contemporary Life |publisher=Center for Basque Studies |year=2005 |page=177}}</ref><ref>{{citation|first1=Luis|last1=Ramiro|first2=Laura|last2=Morales|title=European integration and Spanish parties: Elite empowerment amidst limited adaptation|work=The Europeanization of National Political Parties: Power and organizational adaptation|publisher=Routledge|year=2007|page=145}}</ref><ref>{{citation |first1=Francesc|last1=Pallarés|first2=Michael|last2=Keating|title=Multi-level electoral competition: sub-state elections and party systems in Spain |work=Devolution and electoral politics|publisher=Manchester University Press|year=2006|page=101}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Gibbons|1999|p=25}} "the PNV, a Basque nationalist and Christian democratic party"</ref> and [[Regionalism (politics)|regionalist]]<ref name="Núñez2019">{{cite book|author=Lidia Núñez|chapter=Nuanced Liberalism: The Weakness of Liberal Parties in Spain|editor1=Emilie van Haute|editor2=Caroline Close|title=Liberal Parties in Europe|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6zuIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA221|year=2019|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-351-24549-4|page=221}}</ref><ref name="Magone2009">{{cite book|author=José María Magone|title=Contemporary Spanish Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bjnxqaRiLskC&pg=PA170|year=2009|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-42188-1|page=170}}</ref> [[List of political parties in the Basque Country|political party]]. The party is located in the [[centrism|centre]]<ref>{{cite book |editor=Josep M. Colomer |title=Comparative European Politics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TZF8AgAAQBAJ&dq=centre-left+PNV&pg=PA186 |date=2008 |page=320 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9781134073542 }}</ref><ref name="European Social Survey">{{cite web |language = English |url = http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round6/survey/ESS6_appendix_a3_e02_0.pdf |title = Appendix A3. Political parties, ESS6-2012, edition 2.0 |quote = PNV. Ideology: Basque nationalism. Political Position: Centre |author = European Social Survey |date = 2012 |page = 50 |access-date = 2021-11-18 |archive-date = 2015-09-24 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924003827/http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round6/survey/ESS6_appendix_a3_e02_0.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref> of the political spectrum. It has been described as [[Christian democracy|Christian democratic]],<ref>{{harvnb|Gibbons|1999|p=25}} "the PNV, a Basque nationalist and Christian democratic party"</ref><ref>{{citation|first=Roberto|last=Papini|title=The Identity of the Christian Democratic Movement and Theory of Democracy |work=Religion, the Enlightenment, and the New Global Order|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=2010|page=259}}</ref><ref>{{citation|first=Michael|last=Keating|title=Nationalist Movements in Comparative Perspective|work=The Modern SNP: From Protest to Power|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|year=2009|page=208}}</ref> with [[Social democracy|social democratic]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alvarez |first1=Manu |title=La reforma fiscal pone fin a la etapa liberal del PNV que abraza con fuerza la socialdemocracia |url=https://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20131007/economia/reforma-fiscal-pone-etapa-201310061633.html |access-date=1 May 2019 |work=El Correo |agency=Diario EL CORREO |date=7 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503143848/https://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20131007/economia/reforma-fiscal-pone-etapa-201310061633.html |archive-date=3 May 2015 |language=es |quote=Punto y final a una etapa liberal y victoria definitiva de la corriente más socialdemócrata del PNV, asentada en el poder de la formación jeltzale desde hace ya algunos años}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Armentia |first1=Iker |title=Humillados ante Dios y el PNV |url=https://www.eldiario.es/norte/almargen/Humillados-Dios-PNV_6_584151607.html |access-date=1 May 2019 |work=Eldiario.es |agency=Eldiario.es |date=25 November 2016 |language=es |quote=el PNV hace tiempo que flirtea con la socialdemocracia siguiendo las posiciones mayoritarias de la sociedad vasca en los últimos años}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=DEIA |title=Euskadi, el país "más socialdemócrata de Europa" |url=https://www.deia.eus/2017/06/08/politica/euskadi/euskadi-el-pais-mas-socialdemocrata-de-europa |access-date=1 May 2019 |work=Deia |agency=Deia |date=8 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501092732/https://www.deia.eus/2017/06/08/politica/euskadi/euskadi-el-pais-mas-socialdemocrata-de-europa |archive-date=1 May 2019 |language=es |quote=el burukide jeltzale valoró las políticas socialdemócratas impulsadas por su partido desde las instituciones durante las últimas décadas, especialmente en las cuestiones sociales y de protección social}}</ref> and [[conservative-liberal]]{{sfn|Slomp|2011|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=LmfAPmwE6YYC&pg=PA519 519]}} factions. 

The EAJ-PNV was founded by [[Sabino Arana]] in 1895, which makes it the second oldest extant political party in [[Spain]], after the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] (PSOE). The EAJ-PNV is the largest Basque nationalist party, having led the [[Basque Government]] uninterruptedly since 1979, except for a brief period between 2009 and 2012. In Navarre, it is part of the coalition [[Geroa Bai]], which is currently a junior partner of the PSOE in the Navarrese regional government. In Spain at large, the party has been supporting current Prime Minister [[Pedro Sánchez]], a member of the PSOE, since 2019.<ref>{{cite web | title=PEDRO SANCHEZ es Investido Presidente por mayoría simple | website=RTVE.es | date=10 March 2020 | url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20200107/sanchez-investido-presidente-mayoria-simple-nace-primer-gobierno-coalicion/1994987.shtml | language=es | access-date=10 August 2023}}</ref> Currently a member of the [[European Democratic Party]], EAJ-PNV was previously a member of the [[European Free Alliance]] from 1999 to 2004.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |url=http://www.e-f-a.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/3.4.4.3_EFA-THE-INTERNATIONALISM.pdf |title=The Internationalism of the EFA |access-date=2014-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194830/http://www.e-f-a.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/3.4.4.3_EFA-THE-INTERNATIONALISM.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Earlier it had been affiliated with the [[European People's Party]] and the [[Centrist Democrat International|Christian Democrat International]] (from which it was expelled in 2000).<ref name=":4">{{cite book |author=Jan Mansvelt Beck |title=Territory and Terror: Conflicting Nationalisms in the Basque Country |publisher=Routledge |year=2004 |page=162}}</ref>

The party operates in all the territories comprising the [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque Country]]: the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Autonomous Community]], [[Navarre]] and [[Treviño enclave|Treviñu]] in [[Spain]], and in the [[French Basque Country]]. It also has delegations in dozens of foreign nations, specifically those with a major presence of [[Basque diaspora|Basque immigrants]]. Its current chairman is [[Andoni Ortuzar]]. The party's youth wing is [[Euzko Gaztedi]]. The EAJ-PNV's social offices are called batzokis, of which there are over 200 throughout the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.e-batzokia.com/471.shtml |title=Diáspora organizada |access-date=2015-08-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623010415/http://e-batzokia.com/471.shtml |archive-date=2009-06-23}}</ref> Since 1932, the party celebrates ''[[Aberri Eguna]]'' (Homeland Day) on [[Easter]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/6047 |title=Aberri-Eguna - Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia}}</ref> Also, since 1977, it celebrates ''Alderdi Eguna'' (Party Day).

== History ==

=== Origins and early history ===
[[File:Barakaldoko Batzoki zarra.jpg|thumb|In 1898, the party opened its second ''{{wikt-lang|eu|batzoki}}'' ('meeting place', a club and bar) in [[Barakaldo]].]]

The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) was founded in 1895 by [[Sabino Arana|Sabino de Arana Goiri]] as a [[Catholic]] and [[Conservatism|conservative]] political party agitating for political [[independence]] for the province of [[Biscay]] and the defence of [[Basque culture|Basque traditional culture]], [[Basque language|language]], and [[racial purity]]. In fact, in its early years, party membership was restricted to those who could prove pure [[Basque ancestry]] by having eight [[Basque surnames]].

By 1897, the party sought independence not only for Biscay but for all seven provinces comprising the [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque Country]] in both [[Spain]] and [[France]].<ref name=":2">Watson, Cameron (2003). ''Modern Basque History: Eighteenth Century to the Present'' Reno: Center for Basque Studies. p. 191</ref>

In 1916, the Basque Nationalist Party renamed itself the [[Basque Nationalist Communion]] (''Comunión Nacionalista Vasca''). This name change marked a departure, in many aspects, from the original doctrine of the late Sabino Arana and casting itself as a broader social movement rather than simply a political party. The Basque Nationalist Communion at this point advocated for Basque autonomy within Spain, rather than outright independence. However, a small faction known as the "Aberrianos" ("Fatherlanders") within the party remained committed to the cause of independence. In 1921, the leading members of the Aberrianos were kicked from the moderate Basque Nationalist Communion.<ref>Iñigo Camino and Luis de Guezala, ''Juventud y Nacionalismo Vasco: Bilbao (1901-1937)'' (Bilbao: Fundación Sabino Arana, 1991), 89-90.</ref> Later that year, the Aberrianos officially formed their own political party, reclaiming the name "Basque Nationalist Party".

During the [[One-party state|single party dictatorship]] of Captain General [[Miguel Primo de Rivera]] (1923-1930), the Basque Nationalist Party was outlawed, and its members went underground. Many of its activities continued through mountaineering [[:eu:Euzko Mendigoxale Batza|("mendigoxale")]] and folklore associations. However, the Basque Nationalist Communion was tolerated by the Spanish dictatorship as it was considered a moderate [[Regionalism (politics)|regionalist]] party.<ref>José María Lorenzo Espinosa, ''Gudari, una pasión útil: Vida y obra de Eli Gallastegi (1892-1974)'' (Tafalla: Txalaparta, 1992), 121.</ref>

At the end of 1930, the two nationalist organisations united under the original name Basque Nationalist Party. However, a small faction split from the Basque Nationalist Communion shortly before the reunification, calling itself ''Eusko Abertzale Ekintza-Acción Nacionalista Vasca'' ("[[Basque Nationalist Action]]"). It was on the moderate [[Abertzale left|nationalist left]], non-confessional and open to alliances with Spanish republican and socialist parties.

=== The Second Spanish Republic ===

[[File:Pnv02.jpg|thumb|PNV sticker. Text: "Euzkadi´k bear zaitu" (Euzkadi needs you). It is inspired by [[Alfred Leete]]'s British poster for [[Kitchener's Army]].]]

==== 1934–1935 ====
The division between autonomism and independentism appeared again during the [[Second Spanish Republic]]. Headed by ''Aberriano'' veteran [[Eli Gallastegi]], a small group of independentists coalesced around the Mountaineering Federation of Biscay and its affiliated weekly publication ''Jagi-Jagi'' ("Arise Arise"), and abandoned the now-moderate and autonomist Basque Nationalist Party.

=== The Spanish Civil War and Franco's rule ===

====Civil War====
After the [[Spanish Civil War]] of 18 July 1936, the party felt torn. Certain branches of the party supported the rebellion against the Republic, feeling sympathy for its Catholic and [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] agenda. However, the right-wing rebels insisted on a unified Spain, making them hostile to nationalist movements in regions such as the Basque Country. Furthermore, the Basque Nationalist Party was also [[anti-fascism|anti-Fascist]], while Fascists constituted a large part of the rebellion. Ultimately, the republican government was able to secure the allegiance of the Basque Nationalist Party with the promise to pass a Basque Autonomy Statute.

The [[Biscay]]an and [[Gipuzkoa]]n branches declared support for the republic, democracy, and anti-fascism in the ensuing [[Spanish Civil War]] and were key in balancing those provinces to the Republican side. In the territory seized by the rebels, PNV members faced tough times. During the military uprising in Navarre, the Basque nationalist mayor of [[Estella-Lizarra]], Fortunato Aguirre, was arrested by the Spanish nationalist rebels (18 July 1936), and killed in September. Some Basque nationalists could flee north to Basque areas loyal to the Republic, or France. However, some members of the [[Alava|Alavese]] and [[Navarre]]se committees, ahead of an official decision, published notes [[:es:s:Declaración del NBB del PNV ante el golpe de Estado de 1936|refusing support to the Republic]]. Notwithstanding their initial ambiguous position in certain areas, the party premises and press in Álava and Navarre were closed in that month of July.

Some PNV sympathizers and members joined the [[Carlism|Carlist]] battalions, either out of conviction or to avoid persecution. By October 1936, a war front had been established at the northern tip of Álava and to the west of [[Donostia-San Sebastián]]. Initially, the Defence Committees in Biscay and Gipuzkoa were dominated by the [[Popular Front (Spain)|Popular Front]]. After hard negotiations, eventually Basque autonomy was granted within the [[Second Spanish Republic]] in late 1936, and the new autonomous government immediately organized the [[Eusko Gudarostea|Basque Army]], consisting of [[militia]]s recruited separately by the various political organizations, including the EAJ-PNV, EAE-ANV, and ''Jagi-Jagi''.

The autonomous government maintained remarkable order behind the lines in Biscay and western Gipuzkoa, and managed the coordination and provision of military resistance. Upon occupation of territories loyal to the Republic, the rebel forces focused repression on leftists, but Basque nationalists were also targeted, facing prison, humiliation, and death in some cases. As the rebel troops approached Biscay, the Carlist press in Pamplona even called for the extermination of Basque nationalists.<ref>{{cite book | author=Paul Preston | title=The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain. | publisher= HarperCollins | location= London, UK | isbn=978-0-00-638695-7 | year=2013 | page=436}}</ref>
 
[[José Antonio Aguirre (politician)|José Antonio Aguirre]], the party leader, became in October 1936 the first ''[[lehendakari]]'' (Basque president) of the wartime multipartite [[Basque Government]], ruling the unconquered parts of Biscay and Gipuzkoa. In April 1937, the city of [[Gernika]] was bombed by German airplanes covertly aiding the rebel forces. Jose Antonio Aguirre stated that "the German planes bombed us with a brutality that had never been seen before for two and a half hours." [[Pablo Picasso]] made a [[Guernica (painting)|painting]] in remembrance of the massacre named after the city that year.<ref>{{cite news|last=Müller|first=Annika|title=A Survivor Recalls the Horrors of Guernica|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/a-survivor-remembers-the-horror-of-the-guernica-bombing-a-830023.html|access-date=28 March 2013|newspaper=Spiegel Online|date=April 26, 2012}}</ref>

When Bilbao, the most populated city in the Basque Country, was taken by Franco's troops, the Basque nationalists decided to not destroy or sabotage the powerful manufacturing industry of Bilbao, thinking that they had the responsibility to secure the prosperity of their people in the future. This decision allowed the occupying rebel forces to use the industrial power of Bilbao in their war effort against the rest of Republic-aligned Spain.

In July 1937, having lost all Basque territory, the Basque Army retreated toward [[Santander, Spain|Santander]]. With no territory or help from the Republic, the Basque Army surrendered to the Italian ''[[Corpo Truppe Volontari]]'' through the so-called [[Santoña Agreement]]. Prison sentences and executions followed, as the rebel government of Francisco Franco ruled that separate terms of surrender could not be made between the Basques and Italians. The Basque government then moved to Barcelona until the fall of [[Catalonia]], and then out of Spain into exile in [[France]]. ''Lehendakari'' Aguirre was exiled in [[Belgium]] when [[Hitler]]'s forces invaded it, thus beginning his long clandestine journey to reach the United States. With a false identity, he travelled to Berlin, and then on to Sweden with the help of a Panamanian ambassador. He fled Europe for Latin America, where in Uruguay he re-assumed his real identity and was given a visa to the United States. He travelled to New York, where he was taken under the protection of [[Basque Americans|American Basques]] as a professor at [[Columbia University]].

====Exile during the post-war====
The president of the Basque Government in exile was always a EAJ-PNV member. Additionally, the sole Spanish representative in the [[United Nations]] was the Basque appointee [[Jesús de Galíndez]], until his murder in an obscure episode regarding his PhD Thesis about Dominican Republic's dictator Trujillo. He also decided to put the large Basque exiles' network at the service of the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] side and collaborated with the US Secretary of State and the [[CIA]] during the [[Cold War]] to fight Communism in Spanish America.

When the [[United States]] decided to back Franco in 1952, Aguirre went to France where the Basque Government in exile was established. Also, he learned there that the [[Nazism|pro-Nazi]] [[Vichy France|French government of Vichy]] confiscated the Basque Government's building and that the anti-Nazi [[Charles de Gaulle]] maintained it as a Spanish Government's possession. The building today is the [[Instituto Cervantes]] premises where French people can learn any of the Spanish languages, including Basque.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://paris.cervantes.es/fr/cours/langues_co-officielles.htm |title=Cours de langues co-officielles d´Espagne. Instituto Cervantes de Paris}}</ref>

====Generational conflict and new alliances====
In 1959, [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]] was created by young undergraduates from the area of Bilbao (organisation EKIN) lured by Basque nationalist ideology, but increasingly disgruntled at the ineffective political action of the EAJ-PNV, largely daunted by post-war repression and scattered in exile. In addition, the new generation resented an attempt of the EAJ-PNV to pull the strings of their movement and PNV's youth wing [[Euzko Gaztedi]] (EGI), with whom they had merged in the mid-1950s, as well as showing a more modern stance, stressing for one the language as the centre of ''Basqueness'', instead of race.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the party looked for alliances abroad, expecting at first that the defeat of the Axis in [[World War II]] would encourage USA's support for an eventual overthrow of Franco's hold on power, which did not happen. In addition, it was a founder party of the [[Centrist Democrat International|Christian Democrat International]], but now the party is an active member of the [[European Democratic Party]].

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, contacts started with other Spanish parties to assert the EAJ-PNV's position in a new post-Francoist order. At the same time, the Basque Nationalist Party confirmed its stance against ETA in a period when its violent actions saw a surge and its influence in society was very apparent, especially in street protests. Juan de Ajuriaguerra paved the way for the EAJ-PNV's comeback to Basque politics from exile, and started to negotiate their participation in the new status-quo, with special attention to a new Statute.

===A Basque Statute===
The EAJ-PNV's results in the 1977 and 1978 elections confirmed PNV's central position in Basque politics. While the EAJ-PNV advocated for abstention in the referendum on the Spanish Constitution for its lack of Basque input, the party supported the [[Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country]], approved in December 1978, and paved the way to its success in the first elections held in the [[Basque Autonomous Community]], once Navarre was left out.

In the transition years after Franco's death in 1975, Xabier Arzallus came to prominence, who masterminded the so-called "Spirit of Arriaga" to accommodate the party to the new Spanish democracy. Despite some internal tensions, the former priest and Jesuit came up reinforced and was chosen undisputed party leader. The EAJ-PNV found its main and strongest support base in Biscay, while in Navarre EAJ-PNV was next to non-existent.

Carlos Garaikoetxea spearheaded the new autonomous government after being elected with 38.8% of the votes and during this first term the Basque Nationalist Party held office without outside support. During this period, the EAJ-PNV's challenges were closely associated to its position in the Basque Government: defense of the Statute, devolution of powers from Madrid, discrediting of political violence, restructuring of manufacturing industry steeped in crisis.

As of 1985, tensions inside the party spurred the formation of a splinter group with a stronghold in [[Gipuzkoa]], which in turn led to a new party in 1987, when dissenters from the EAJ-PNV formed the ''[[Eusko Alkartasuna|Basque Solidarity]]'' ("Eusko Alkartasuna", EA) party. [[Carlos Garaikoetxea]] was then elected as the first president of the rival party. The split from the EAJ-PNV was mainly based on:
* A [[personality clash]] between the [[lehendakari]] [[Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza|Garaikoetxea]], who went to form EA, and the EAJ-PNV leader [[Xabier Arzalluz]].
* The configuration of the Basque Country:
** [[Centralism|A strong Basque government]] and weak provinces (EA).
** Strong provinces (EAJ-PNV).

Afterwards, some ideological differences also came out. EA adopted a [[Social democracy|social-democratic]] ideology, while the EAJ-PNV remained more attached to its [[Christian democracy|Christian-democratic]] ideas. The split was particularly bitter given that it was headed by the lehendakari (premier) himself. Many EAJ-PNV political bars (''{{Interlanguage link|batzoki|eu}}'', "meeting place") became ''{{Interlanguage link|alkartetxe|eu}}'' ("meeting house").

[[File:Josu jon imaz jose luis bilbao inigo urkullu.jpg|thumb|Josu Jon Imaz (in white shirt) and Iñigo Urkullu (in black shirt) in 2007.]]
Since 1991, as time has eased the bitter split (helped by the fact that both Arzalluz and Garaikoetxea have gone into political retirement), both parties agreed to form an [[electoral coalition]] in a number of local elections as a means to maximise the nationalist votes, which eventually led to reunite both candidatures in a joint list again for the regional governments of Navarra and the Basque Autonomous Community in 1998. Thus, EA has participated in several EAJ-PNV-led Basque governments, including the 2006 government of President [[Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu]]. Still, EA decided to run by itself in the municipal elections held in May 2007.

Former president [[Juan José Ibarretxe]] spearheaded a call for the reform of the [[Basque Statute of Autonomy|Statute of Autonomy that governs the Basque Country Autonomous Community]], through a proposal widely known as the [[Ibarretxe Plan]], passed by the Basque Parliament but not even accepted for discussion by the Spanish [[Cortes Generales]].

In 2009, the EAJ-PNV was expelled from office by an alliance of the [[Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left|Socialist Party of the Basque Country]] and the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]], taking advantage of a distorted parliament representation issued from the outlawing of left-wing Basque nationalists. Until that moment, the EAJ-PNV dominated every administration of the Basque government. In Navarre, the EA and EAJ-PNV formed the coalition [[Nafarroa Bai]]&mdash;'Yes to Navarre'&mdash;along with [[Aralar Party|Aralar]] and [[Batzarre]], but a split within the coalition led to its revamp as [[Geroa Bai]]. In terms of ideology, by November 2016 the Basque Nationalist Party shifted its rhetoric to make the autonomous community of [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Euskadi]] the subject of the Basque nation.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Urkullu: "Euskadi es una nación que debe ser reconocida y necesita mecanismos de bilateralidad"|url=http://www.europapress.es/euskadi/noticia-urkullu-pide-estado-avance-camino-naciones-encuentren-reconocimiento-20161123110324.html |newspaper=EuropaPress|date=2016-11-23 |access-date=2016-12-01}} Compare it to Sabino Arana's definition of ''Euzkadi'' as a political projection of ''Euskal Herria'', or to the party's name for its main executive board, the ''Euskadi Buru Batzar'', regrouping the party leaders of [[Basque Country (greater region)|all the Basque territory]].</ref>

=== Position in recent referendums ===
The EAJ-PNV called for:
* '''Abstention''' in the Referendum for [[Spanish Constitution of 1978|Spanish Constitution]] in 1978.
* Gave freedom to vote yes or no to permanence of Spain in the [[NATO]] in 1986. The Yes won the vote in Spain, but the No was the first choice among the electors of the Basque Country.
* '''Yes''' to the [[Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe|European Constitution proposal]] in the referendum held in Spain on 21 February 2005; and supported the [[Lisbon Treaty]] in the Spanish Cortes Generales.

== Ideology ==
The EAJ-PNV has ideologically evolved over time.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2015-07-29 |title=El PNV en 120 años: del integrismo radical de Sabino Arana al compás de espera de Urkullu |url=https://www.abc.es/local-pais-vasco/20150729/abci-historia-evolucion-aniversrio-201507281750.html?ref=https://www.abc.es/local-pais-vasco/20150729/abci-historia-evolucion-aniversrio-201507281750.html |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=Diario ABC |language=es}}</ref> The party has struggled with internal infighting between moderate pragmatic and radical separatist factions for much of its history.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The party currently defines itself as a "basque, democratic, participative, plural, secular and humanist" party.<ref name=":0" />

During its early years under the command of [[Sabino Arana]], the party's ideology was based on a [[Basque nationalism]] fundamentally characterised by an [[Essentialism|essentialist]] conception of the [[Basque nation]], [[Catholic Integrism|Catholic integrism]], notions of [[racial purity]] and opposition to [[liberalism]], [[socialism]] and [[Industrialisation|industrialization]].<ref name=":1">{{Citation |last=Pablo |first=Santiago de |title=La evolución del nacionalismo vasco (1876-1978) |date=2002 |work=Les nationalismes en Espagne : De l’État libéral à l’état des autonomies (1876-1978) |pages=311–330 |editor-last=Campuzano Carvajal |editor-first=Francisco |url=https://books.openedition.org/pulm/785 |access-date=2025-02-10 |series=Voix des Suds |place=Montpellier |publisher=Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée |language=es |isbn=978-2-36781-099-7}}</ref> The party initially sought independence only for the province of [[Biscay]], but it started calling for the independence of all seven [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque provinces]] in Spain and France soon after.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> The party's ideological evolution under Arana has been divided into three stages: a [[Radical nationalism|radical nationalist]] one from 1893 to 1898; a more moderate and pragmatic phase from 1898 to 1902; and a pro-Spanish shift that ended in 1903 with Arana's death.<ref name=":1" /> 

== Organization ==

=== Logos ===
<gallery>
Logo EAJ-PNV (1977).svg|1977
Logo EAJ-PNV (1992).svg|1992
</gallery>

=== Leadership ===
==== Party Presidents ====
The National Council of the Basque Nationalist Party (''Euzkadi-Buru-Batzar'') was created in 1911. Therefore, Sabino Arana and Ángel Zabala were only presidents of the Regional Council of Biscay (''Bizkai-Buru-Batzar'').

{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |President 
!Time in office 
|-
|1.
|[[Sabino Arana]]
|1895 – 1903
|-
|2.
|[[Ángel Zabala Ozamiz]]
|1903 – 1906
|-
|3.
|[[Santiago Alda]], [[Alipio Larrauri]], [[Antonio Arroyo (politician)|Antonio Arroyo]], [[Vicente Larrinaga]] and [[Eduardo Arriaga]] (Deputation)
|1906 – 1908
|-
|4.
|[[Luis Arana (politician)|Luis de Arana y Goiri]]
|1908 – 1915
|-
|5.
|[[Ramón Bikuña]]
|1915 – 1917
|-
|6.
|[[Gorgonio de Rentería]]
|1917 – 1920
|-
|7.
|[[Ignacio Rotaeche]] (Comunión Nacionalista Vasca)
|1920 – 1930
|-
| rowspan="3" |–
|[[Juan de Eguileor]] (Aberri)
|1921 – 1923
|-
|[[Alipio Larrauri]] (Aberri)
|1923 – 1928
|-
|[[Ceferino de Jemein]] (Aberri)
|1928 – 1930
|-
|8.
|[[Ramón Bikuña]]
|1930 – 1932
|-
|9.
|[[Luis Arana (politician)|Luis de Arana y Goiri]]
|1932 – 1933
|-
|10.
|[[Jesús Doxandabaratz]]
|1933 – 1934 
|-
|11.
|[[Isaac López Mendizábal]]
|1934 – 1935 
|-
|12.
|[[Doroteo Ciáurriz]]
|1935 – 1951
|-
|13.
|[[Juan Ajuriaguerra]]
|1951 – 1957
|-
|14.
|[[Jose Agerre]]
|1957 – 1962
|-
|15.
|[[Joseba Rezola]], [[Jesús Solaun]] and [[Ignacio Unceta]] 
|1962 – 1971
|-
|16.
|[[Mikel Isasi]]
|1971 – 1975
|-
|17.
|[[Ignacio Unceta]]
|1975 – 1977
|-
|18.
|[[Carlos Garaikoetxea]]
|1977 – 1980
|-
|19.
|[[Xabier Arzalluz]]
|1980 – 1984
|-
|20.
|[[Román Sudupe]]
|1984 – 1985
|-
|21.
|[[Jesús Insausti]]
|1985 – 1987
|-
|22.
|[[Xabier Arzalluz]] 
|1987 – 2004
|-
|23.
|[[Josu Jon Imaz]]
|2004 – 2008
|-
|24.
|[[Iñigo Urkullu]] 
|2008 – 2013
|-
|25.
|[[Andoni Ortuzar]]
|2013 – present 
|}

=== Party traditions ===

==== ''Jeltzaletasuna'' ====
[[File:Jaungoikua eta Lagizarra.jpg|thumb|A coat of arms for the Basque Country with the motto.]]
'''JeL''' ({{lang|eu-biscayan|Jaun-Goikua eta Lagi-zaŕa}}, "God and the Old Laws" in Arana's [[linguistic purism|purist]] [[Biscayan dialect|Biscayan Basque]], {{lang|eu|Jaungoikoa eta Lege-zaharra}} or {{lang|eu|Jaungoikoa eta Foruak}} in Standard Basque) is the motto of the party.

The "old laws" referred to are the [[fueros]], the traditional laws of the [[Euskal Herria|Basque provinces]], observed by the kings of Castile, and later Spain, until the [[Carlist Wars]].
The motto of Basque [[Carlist]]s was ''{{lang|es-ES|[[Dios, patria y rey|Dios, patria, fueros, rey]]}}'' ("God, Country, Fueros, [[House of Bourbon#"Carlist" claimants in Spain|King]]"). Basque nationalism evolved out of Carlism, eventually supplanting it in much of the Basque Country.

{{lang|eu|Jeltzale}} in the party's Basque-language name {{lang|eu-biscayan|Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea}} is a word comprising two parts: {{lang|eu|JeL}} (the acronym for "God and the Old Laws") and {{lang|eu|-(t)zale}} (literally meaning "fond of"). Thus {{lang|eu|jeltzale}} could be rendered in English as "one who is fond of God and the Old Laws (JeL)", or translated simply as "nationalist".

A {{lang|eu|jelkide}} (after {{lang|eu|-kide}}, "companion") is a member of the party.

==== Alderdi Eguna ====
Alderdi Eguna ("Party Day") is the national holiday of the Basque Nationalist Party which is annually celebrated on the last Sunday of September, the Sunday closest to the [[feast day]] of [[Saint Michael]], the patron saint of [[Euskal Herria]] and of the Basque Nationalist Party.

The central act of this celebration is a political meeting of leading nationalists, but the celebration begins in the morning with a traditional festival in which the different municipal organizations from the party set up stands to sell drinks and their more typical products, all brightened up by traditional music. Dances and traditional sports are also enjoyed. The celebration takes place in an open air arena (currently in [[Foronda]], [[Álava]]), and lasts until nightfall.

=== International affiliation ===
In the [[European Parliament]], the Basque Nationalist Party sits in the [[Renew Europe|Renew Europe group]] with one MEP.<ref>{{cite web|title=Home {{!}} Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96922/IZASKUN_BILBAO+BARANDICA/home|access-date=2021-03-08|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|date=27 March 1961 |language=en}}</ref> The EAJ-PNV is also a member of the [[European Democratic Party]] (EDP). The party was previously a founding member of the [[European People's Party Group|European People's Party]] and the [[Christian Democrat International]], from which it was expelled in 2000.<ref name=":4" /> The EAJ-PNV was also a member of the [[European Free Alliance]] from 1999 to 2004.<ref name=":3" /> 

In the [[European Committee of the Regions]], the Basque Nationalist Party sits in the [[Renew Europe in the European Committee of the Regions|Renew Europe CoR]] group with one full and one alternate member for the 2025-2030 mandate.<ref>{{cite web |title=CoR Members Page|url=https://memberspage.cor.europa.eu/#/?mandate=mem&language=en&country=ES&politicalgroup=2020112&v=1617693998419|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229182713/http://memberspage.cor.europa.eu/ |archive-date=2016-12-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CoR Members Page|url=https://memberspage.cor.europa.eu/#/?mandate=alt&language=en&country=ES&politicalgroup=2020112&v=1615216145815|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229182713/http://memberspage.cor.europa.eu/ |archive-date=2016-12-29}}</ref>

==Electoral performance==
===Regional parliaments===
====Basque Parliament====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
| colspan="7" align="center"| [[Basque Parliament]]
|-
! width="75"| Election
! Leading candidate
! width="70" | Votes
! width="70"| %
! Seats
! width="40"| +/–
! Government
|-
! [[1980 Basque regional election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" align="left"| [[Carlos Garaikoetxea]]
| 349,102
| 37.95 (#'''1''')
| {{Composition bar|25|60|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]21
| {{yes2|Minority}}
|-
! [[1984 Basque regional election|1984]]
| 451,178
| 41.81 (#'''1''')
| {{Composition bar|32|75|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]7
| {{yes2|Minority}}
|-
! [[1986 Basque regional election|1986]]
| rowspan="3" align="left"| [[José Antonio Ardanza]]
| 271,208
| 23.60 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|17|75|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]15
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[1990 Basque regional election|1990]]
| 289,701
| 28.28 (#'''1''')
| {{Composition bar|22|75|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]5
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[1994 Basque regional election|1994]]
| 304,346
| 29.32 (#'''1''')
| {{Composition bar|22|75|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[1998 Basque regional election|1998]]
| rowspan="4" align="left"| [[Juan José Ibarretxe]]
| 350,322
| 27.62 (#'''1''')
| {{Composition bar|21|75|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2001 Basque regional election|2001]]
| colspan="2"| Within [[PNV–EA]]
| {{Composition bar|26|75|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]5
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2005 Basque regional election|2005]]
| colspan="2"| Within [[PNV–EA]]
| {{Composition bar|21|75|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]5
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2009 Basque regional election|2009]]
| 399,600
| 38.14 (#'''1''')
| {{Composition bar|30|75|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]9
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2012 Basque regional election|2012]]
| rowspan="3" align="left"| [[Iñigo Urkullu]]
| 384,766
| 34.16 (#'''1''')
| {{Composition bar|27|75|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]3
| {{yes2|[[First government of Iñigo Urkullu|Coalition]]}}
|-
! [[2016 Basque regional election|2016]]
| 398,168
| 37.36 (#'''1''')
| {{Composition bar|28|75|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| {{yes2|[[Second government of Iñigo Urkullu|Coalition]]}}
|-
! [[2020 Basque regional election|2020]]
| 349,960
| 38.70 (#'''1''')
| {{Composition bar|31|75|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]3
| {{yes2|[[Third government of Iñigo Urkullu|Coalition]]}}
|-
! [[2024 Basque regional election|2024]]
| align="left"| [[Imanol Pradales]]
| 372,456
| 34.82 (#'''1''')
| {{Composition bar|27|75|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]4
| {{yes2|[[Government of Imanol Pradales|Coalition]]}}
|}

====Parliament of Navarre====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
| colspan="7" align="center"| [[Parliament of Navarre]]
|-
! width="75"| Election
! Leading candidate
! width="70" | Votes
! width="70"| %
! Seats
! width="40"| +/–
! Government
|-
! [[1979 Navarrese foral election|1979]]
| align="left"| [[Manuel de Irujo]]
| colspan="2"| Within NV
| {{Composition bar|3|70|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]3
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1983 Navarrese regional election|1983]]
| align="left"| [[Iñaki Cabasés]]
| 18,161
| 6.83 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|3|50|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1987 Navarrese regional election|1987]]
| align="left"| [[Vicente Arocena]]
| 2,661
| 0.94 (#11)
| {{Composition bar|0|50|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]3
| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
! [[1991 Navarrese regional election|1991]]
| rowspan="2" align="left"| [[José Antonio Urbiola]]
| 3,071
| 1.12 (#10)
| {{Composition bar|0|50|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
! [[1995 Navarrese regional election|1995]]
| 2,943
| 0.99 (#8)
| {{Composition bar|0|50|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
! [[1999 Navarrese regional election|1999]]
| rowspan="2" align="left"| [[Begoña Errazti]]
| colspan="2"| Within [[EA–PNV]]
| {{Composition bar|1|50|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2003 Navarrese regional election|2003]]
| colspan="2"| Within [[EA–PNV]]
| {{Composition bar|1|50|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2007 Navarrese regional election|2007]]
| rowspan="2" align="left"| [[Patxi Zabaleta]]
| colspan="2"| Within [[Nafarroa Bai|NaBai]]
| {{Composition bar|1|50|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2011 Navarrese regional election|2011]]
| colspan="2"| Within [[Nafarroa Bai|NaBai 2011]]
| {{Composition bar|1|50|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2015 Navarrese regional election|2015]]
| rowspan="3" align="left"| [[Uxue Barkos]]
| colspan="2"| Within [[Geroa Bai|GBai]]
| {{Composition bar|4|50|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| {{yes2|[[Government of Uxue Barkos|Coalition]]}}
|-
! [[2019 Navarrese regional election|2019]]
| colspan="2"| Within [[Geroa Bai|GBai]]
| {{Composition bar|3|50|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{yes2|[[First government of María Chivite|Coalition]]}}
|-
! [[2023 Navarrese regional election|2023]]
| colspan="2"| Within [[Geroa Bai|GBai]]
| {{Composition bar|3|50|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{yes2|[[Second government of María Chivite|Coalition]]}}
|-
|}

===Cortes Generales===
====Nationwide====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
|-
| colspan="10"| [[Cortes Generales]]
|-
! rowspan="2" width="75"| Election
! rowspan="2" | Leading candidate
! colspan="5" | Congress
! colspan="2"| Senate
! rowspan="2"| Status in legislature
|-
! width="70"| Votes
! width="35"| %
! width="25"| #
! Seats
! width="35"| +/–
! Seats
! width="35"| +/–
|-
! [[1977 Spanish general election|1977]]
| [[Juan de Ajuriaguerra]]
| 296,193
| 1.62%
| 8th
| {{Composition bar|8|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| —
| {{Composition bar|6|207|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| —
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[1979 Spanish general election|1979]]
| [[Xabier Arzalluz]]
| 296,597
| 1.65%
| 8th
| {{Composition bar|7|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|8|208|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[1982 Spanish general election|1982]]
| [[Iñigo Agirre]]
| 395,656
| 1.88%
| 7th
| {{Composition bar|8|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|7|208|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[1986 Spanish general election|1986]]
| rowspan="6" | [[Iñaki Anasagasti]]
| 309,610
| 1.53%
| 6th
| {{Composition bar|6|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]2
| {{Composition bar|7|208|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[1989 Spanish general election|1989]]
| 254,681
| 1.24%
| 6th
| {{Composition bar|5|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|4|208|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]3
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[1993 Spanish general election|1993]]
| 291,448
| 1.24%
| 6th
| {{Composition bar|5|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|3|208|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| style="background:#efb;"| Confidence and supply
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[1996 Spanish general election|1996]]
| rowspan="2"| 318,951
| rowspan="2"| 1.27%
| rowspan="2"| 5th
| rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|5|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|4|208|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| style="background:#efb;"| Confidence and supply
|-
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition {{small|(from Jun. 1998)}}
|-
! [[2000 Spanish general election|2000]]
| 353,953
| 1.53%
| 5th
| {{Composition bar|7|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| {{Composition bar|6|208|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[2004 Spanish general election|2004]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Josu Erkoreka]]
| 420,980
| 1.63%
| 6th
| {{Composition bar|7|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|6|208|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[2008 Spanish general election|2008]]
| 306,128
| 1.19%
| 5th
| {{Composition bar|6|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|2|208|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]4
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[2011 Spanish general election|2011]]
| 324,317
| 1.33%
| 7th
| {{Composition bar|5|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|4|208|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[2015 Spanish general election|2015]]
| rowspan="6" | [[Aitor Esteban]]
| 302,316
| 1.20%
| 8th
| {{Composition bar|6|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|6|208|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| style="background:#ffc;"| New election
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[2016 Spanish general election|2016]]
| rowspan="2"| 287,014
| rowspan="2"| 1.19%
| rowspan="2"| 7th
| rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|5|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|5|208|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
| style="background:#efb;"| Confidence and supply {{small|(from [[2018 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy|Jun. 2018]])}}
|-
! [[April 2019 Spanish general election|2019 (Apr)]]
| 395,884
| 1.51%
| 8th
| {{Composition bar|6|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|9|208|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]4
| style="background:#ffc;"| New election
|-
! [[November 2019 Spanish general election|2019 (Nov)]]
| 379,002
| 1.56%
| 9th
| {{Composition bar|6|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|9|208|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| style="background:#efb;"| Confidence and supply
|-
![[2023 Spanish general election|2023]]
|275,782
|1.13%
|8th
|{{Composition bar|5|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
|[[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
|{{Composition bar|4|208|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
|[[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]5
|style="background:#efb;"| Confidence and supply
|}

====Regional breakdown====
{|
| style="vertical-align:top"|

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="3" width="75"| Election
! colspan="7"| Basque Country
|-
! colspan="5"| Congress
! colspan="2"| Senate
|-
! width="70"| Votes
! width="35"| %
! width="25"| #
! Seats
! width="35"| +/–
! Seats
! width="35"| +/–
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1977 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|1977]]
| 296,193
| 29.28%
| '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|8|21|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| —
| {{Composition bar|6|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| —
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1979 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|1979]]
| 275,292
| 27.57%
| '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|7|21|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|8|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1982 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|1982]]
| 379,293
| 31.73%
| '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|8|21|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|7|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1986 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|1986]]
| 304,675
| 27.82%
| '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|6|21|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]2
| {{Composition bar|7|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1989 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|1989]]
| 252,119
| 22.78%
| '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|5|21|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|4|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]3
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1993 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|1993]]
| 287,908
| 24.05%
| 2nd
| {{Composition bar|5|19|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|3|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1996 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|1996]]
| 315,793
| 25.04%
| '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|5|19|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|4|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2000 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2000]]
| 347,417
| 30.38%
| '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|7|19|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| {{Composition bar|6|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2004 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2004]]
| 420,980
| 33.72%
| '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|7|19|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|6|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2008 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2008]]
| 306,128
| 27.11%
| 2nd
| {{Composition bar|6|18|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|2|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]4
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2011 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2011]]
| 324,317
| 27.41%
| '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|5|18|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|4|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2015 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2015]]
| 302,316
| 24.72%
| 2nd
| {{Composition bar|6|18|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|6|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2016 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2016]]
| 287,014
| 24.86%
| 2nd
| {{Composition bar|5|18|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|5|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the April 2019 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2019 (Apr)]]
| 395,884
| 31.01%
| '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|6|18|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|9|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]4
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the November 2019 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2019 (Nov)]]
| 379,002
| 32.01%
| '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|6|18|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|9|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
![[2023 Spanish general election|2023]]
|275,782
|24.05%
|2nd
|{{Composition bar|5|18|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
|[[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
|{{Composition bar|4|12|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
|[[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]5
|}

| colwidth="1em"| &nbsp;
| style="vertical-align:top"|

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="3" width="75"| Election
! colspan="7"| Navarre
|-
! colspan="5"| Congress
! colspan="2"| Senate
|-
! width="70"| Votes
! width="35"| %
! width="25"| #
! Seats
! width="35"| +/–
! Seats
! width="35"| +/–
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1977 Spanish general election (Congress)#Navarre|1977]]
| colspan="3"| Within FA
| {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| —
| {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| —
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1979 Spanish general election (Congress)#Navarre|1979]]
| 21,305
| 8.42%
| 5th
| {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1982 Spanish general election (Congress)#Navarre|1982]]
| 16,363
| 5.49%
| 5th
| {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1986 Spanish general election (Congress)#Navarre|1986]]
| 4,935
| 1.81%
| 7th
| {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1989 Spanish general election (Congress)#Navarre|1989]]
| 2,562
| 0.92%
| 8th
| {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1993 Spanish general election (Congress)#Navarre|1993]]
| 3,540
| 1.14%
| 8th
| {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1996 Spanish general election (Congress)#Navarre|1996]]
| 3,158
| 0.97%
| 7th
| {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2000 Spanish general election (Congress)#Navarre|2000]]
| 6,536
| 2.16%
| 6th
| {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2004 Spanish general election (Congress)#Navarre|2004]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Nafarroa Bai|NaBai]]
| {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2008 Spanish general election (Congress)#Navarre|2008]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Nafarroa Bai|NaBai]]
| {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2011 Spanish general election (Congress)#Navarre|2011]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Geroa Bai|GBai]]
| {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2015 Spanish general election (Congress)#Navarre|2015]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Cambio-Aldaketa]]
| {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2016 Spanish general election (Congress)#Navarre|2016]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Geroa Bai|GBai]]
| {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the April 2019 Spanish general election (Congress)#Navarre|2019 (Apr)]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Cambio-Aldaketa]]
| {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the November 2019 Spanish general election (Congress)#Navarre|2019 (Nov)]]
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" | Within [[Geroa Bai|GBai]]
| {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
![[2023 Spanish general election|2023]]
|{{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
|[[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|{{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
|[[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|}
|}

===European Parliament===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
|-
| colspan="13"| [[European Parliament]]
|-
! rowspan="2" width="75"| Election
! colspan="5"| Total
! colspan="3"| Basque Country
! colspan="3"| Navarre
! rowspan="2"| EP Group
|-
! width="70"| Votes
! width="35"| %
! width="25"| #
! Seats
! width="35"| +/–
! width="70"| Votes
! width="35"| %
! width="25"| #
! width="70"| Votes
! width="35"| %
! width="25"| #
|-
! [[1987 European Parliament election in Spain|1987]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Europeanist Union|UE]]
| {{Composition bar|0|60|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| —
| 208,135
| 19.39%
| 2nd
| 2,574
| 0.91%
| 9th
| –
|-
! [[1989 European Parliament election in Spain|1989]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Nationalist Coalition (1989)|CN]]
| {{Composition bar|1|60|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| 201,809
| 20.95%
| '''1st'''
| 2,410
| 1.05%
| 10th
| ''[[Non-Inscrits|NI]]''
|-
! [[1994 European Parliament election in Spain|1994]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Nationalist Coalition (1994)|CN]]
| {{Composition bar|1|64|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| 233,626
| 25.85%
| '''1st'''
| 2,835
| 1.23%
| 6th
| [[European People's Party Group|EPP]]
|-
! [[1999 European Parliament election in Spain|1999]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Nationalist Coalition–Europe of the Peoples|CN–EP]]
| {{Composition bar|1|64|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| colspan="3"| Within [[PNV–EA]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[EA–PNV]]
| [[The Greens - European Free Alliance|Greens/EFA]]
|-
! [[2004 European Parliament election in Spain|2004]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Galeusca–Peoples of Europe|Galeusca]]
| {{Composition bar|1|54|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| 249,143
| 35.28%
| '''1st'''
| 4,188
| 2.10%
| 6th
| rowspan="3"| [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe|ALDE]]
|-
! [[2009 European Parliament election in Spain|2009]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Coalition for Europe (2009)|CEU]]
| {{Composition bar|1|54|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| 208,432
| 28.54%
| '''1st'''
| 3,691
| 1.82%
| 7th
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in Spain|2014]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Coalition for Europe (2014)|CEU]]
| {{Composition bar|1|54|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| 208,987
| 27.48%
| '''1st'''
| 5,552
| 2.54%
| 7th
|-
! [[2019 European Parliament election in Spain|2019]]
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" | Within [[Coalition for a Solidary Europe|CEUS]]
| {{Composition bar|1|59|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| 380,577
| 33.92%
| '''1st'''
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" | Within [[Geroa Bai|GBai]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Renew Europe|RE]]
|-
! [[2024 European Parliament election in Spain|2024]]
| {{Composition bar|1|61|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| 196,152
| 22.44%
| 3rd
|}

== See also ==
* [[Basque Republic]]
* [[Euskadi]]
* [[History of the Basques#Late Modern history|History of the Basques (Late Modern Period)]]
* [[Luis María Bandrés]]

== Notes ==
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{{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
{{reflist|group=nb}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
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* {{cite book |title=Spanish Politics Today|first=John|last=Gibbons|publisher=Manchester University Press|year=1999|isbn=978-0-7190-4946-0|at=174|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z3VZju64kjMC}}
* {{cite book |title=New Challenges for Stateless Nationalist and Regionalist Parties|first=Eve|last=Hepburn|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=978-1-317-96596-1|at=186|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dTOOAQAAQBAJ}}
* {{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Digital Government|first1=Ari-Veikko|last1=Anttiroiko|first2=Matti|last2=Mälkiä|publisher=Idea Group Inc (IGI)|year=2007|isbn=978-1-59140-790-4|at=1916|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iDrTMazYhdkC}}
* {{cite book |title=Euroscepticism in Southern Europe: A Diachronic Perspective|first=Susannah|last=Verney|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=978-1-317-99611-8|at=224|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lS_cAAAAQBAJ}}
* {{cite book |title=Government Formation in Multi-Level Settings: Party Strategy and Institutional Constraints|first=Irina|last=Ştefuriuc|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2013|isbn=978-1-137-30074-4|at=200|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdglbTpuLqQC}}
* {{cite book |title=Secessionism and Separatism in Europe and Asia: To Have a State of One's Own|first1=Jean-Pierre|last1=Cabestan|first2=Aleksandar|last2=Pavković|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=978-0-415-66774-6|at=246|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WoFIdvobh4EC}}
* {{cite book |title=The Ways of Federalism in Western Countries and the Horizons of Territorial Autonomy in Spain: Volume 2|first1=Alberto|last1=López Basaguren|first2=Leire|last2=Escajedo San Epifanio|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|year=2013|isbn=978-3-642-27717-7|at=924|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LRJEAAAAQBAJ}}
* {{cite book |title=Spain: What Everyone Needs to KnowRG|first=William|last=Chislett|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2013|isbn=978-0-19-993645-8|at=256|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ER9pAgAAQBAJ}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}} {{in lang|eu|es|en}}
* [http://www.euzkogaztedi.eus/ EGI, youth movement of EAJ-PNV] {{in lang|eu}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041206085534/http://www.abertzaletasunarenmuseoa.org/ Basque Nationalism Museum] {{in lang|es|eu|en}}
* [http://www.sabinetxea.org/ The cradle of Basque nationalism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130125141/http://www.sabinetxea.org/ |date=2018-01-30 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310125743/http://www.euskadi.net/q56/q56ControladorServlet?mapping=detalleMonografia.do&accion=2&idObjeto=2434521&idLibro=09600001744 Manifiesto y Organización del Partido Nacionalista Vasco], PNV's internal rules from 1906. As heavy scanned JPEG images of Spanish text. {{in lang|es}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090923120210/http://www.eajpnv-ordizia.org/ EAJ-PNV Ordizia]}} {{in lang|eu|es}}

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