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{{Infobox political party
| country          = Spain
| name             = Aragonese Union
| native_name      = Chunta Aragonesista
| colorcode        = {{Political party data|color}}
| logo             = Chunta Aragonesista (logotipo2).svg
| logo_size        = 205px
| president        = [[Joaquín Palacín]]
| foundation       = 29 June 1986
| secretary_general = [[Isabel Lasobras]]
| dissolution      = 
| headquarters     = Calle Conde de Aranda 14-16, 1º 50003 [[Zaragoza]], [[Aragon]]
| ideology         = {{nowrap|[[Aragonese nationalism]]<ref name="Aragon">{{Cite web |date=2019-09-24 |title=La Chunta se ofrece a Errejón para presentar listas conjuntas en Aragón |url=https://www.abc.es/espana/aragon/abci-chunta-ofrece-errejon-para-presentar-listas-conjuntas-aragon-201909241900_noticia.html?ref=https://www.abc.es/espana/aragon/abci-chunta-ofrece-errejon-para-presentar-listas-conjuntas-aragon-201909241900_noticia.html |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=Diario ABC |language=es}}</ref><br/>[[Eco-socialism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.de/spain.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719072117/http://www.parties-and-elections.de/spain.html|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status=dead|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|title=Spain|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|year=2008|access-date=25 April 2019}}</ref><br />[[Left-wing nationalism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/9986315.pdf|pages=56, 90, 121, 131|last=Reed|first=Brenda|title=THE EBRO IN ARAGONESISMO AND ARAGONESE NATIONALISM|year=2020|access-date=17 April 2023}}</ref><br>[[Republicanism in Spain|Republicanism]]<br>[[Federalism]]}}<ref>Barberà, O., & Rodríguez, J. (2009). [https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/papers/02102862n92/02102862n92p171.pdf Los partidos de ámbito no estatal en Aragón: el Partido Aragonés y la Chunta Aragonesista]. ''Papers: revista de sociologia'', (92), 171-195. pp. 186</ref>
| position         = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]<ref>Barberà, O., & Rodríguez, J. (2009). [https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/papers/02102862n92/02102862n92p171.pdf Los partidos de ámbito no estatal en Aragón: el Partido Aragonés y la Chunta Aragonesista]. ''Papers: revista de sociologia'', (92), 171-195. pp. 185-186</ref>
| youth_wing       = Chobentú Aragonesista
| european         = [[European Free Alliance]]
| national         = [[Sumar (electoral platform)|Sumar]] (since 2023){{refn|group=nb|The party was formerly part of the [[Left of the Peoples (1987)|IP]] (1987–1989), [[Left of the Peoples (1989)|IP]] (1989–1994), [[The Greens–Left of the Peoples|LV–IP]] (1999–2004), [[Europe of the Peoples (2004)|EdP]] (2004–2009), [[Europe of the Peoples–Greens|EdP–V]] (2011–2015), [[Plural Left (Spain, 2011)|Plural Left]] (2011–2015), [[European Spring (Spanish electoral alliance)|European Spring]] (2014–2019), [[Popular Unity (Spain)|Popular Unity]] (2015–2016), and [[Commitment to Europe]] (2019–2020)}}
| europarl         = 
| colours          = Yellow, Red, Black {{small|(since February 2009)}}
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| seats1_title     = [[Congress of Deputies]] (Aragonese seats)
| seats1           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house|constituency=13}}
| seats2_title     = [[Spanish Senate|Senate]]
| seats2           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-upper-house}}
| seats3_title     = [[European Parliament]]
| seats3           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP}}
| seats4_title     = [[Aragonese Corts]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|3|67|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| seats5_title     = [[Provincial deputation (Spain)|Provincial deputations]]<ref>[http://www.historiaelectoral.com/dipuara.html historiaelectoral.com - Aragón]</ref>
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|2|77|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| seats6_title     = [[List of municipalities of Spain|Mayors]]
| seats6           = {{Composition bar|23|713|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| seats7_title     = [[List of municipalities of Spain|Town councillors]]
| seats7           = {{Composition bar|131|4155|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| website          = {{Political party data|website}}
}}
The '''Chunta Aragonesista''' ('''CHA'''; {{langx|en|Aragonese Union}})<ref name="nameCHA">Rendering the party's name has created some confusions due to the similarity with the Spanish word ''junta''. The right translation of Aragonese ''chunta'' is ''unión'' in Spanish and '' union'' in English. This is clearly explained in the party regulations and, during the first years, both names in Spanish and Aragonese were used together as '''Unión Aragonesista/Chunta Aragonesista''' with the acronym '''UA/CHA'''. The word ''Aragonesista'', too, presents problems. A more literally accurate (if less common) translation is "Aragonist," i.e. ''pro''-Aragon, not just ''from'' Aragon (''aragonés'').</ref> is a [[political party]] in [[Aragon]] ([[Spain]]), influenced by [[eco-socialism]] and [[Aragonese nationalism]]. CHA defends a federal state, greater financial resources for Aragon, and the protection of the environment and hydrological resources of the [[Ebro]] Valley.  It promotes the use of the [[Aragonese language]].

== History ==
CHA was founded in 29 June 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ArainfoNoticias |date=2015-06-29 |title=Chunta Aragonesista cumple 29 años desde su fundación |url=https://arainfo.org/chunta-aragonesista-cumple-29-anos-desde-su-fundacion/ |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=AraInfo · Diario Libre d'Aragón |language=es}}</ref> 

In the [[2000 Spanish general election|2000]] and [[2004 Spanish general election|2004 general elections]], CHA won 0.4% of the vote and one seat for [[José Antonio Labordeta]], a folk singer in the [[Zaragoza (Spanish Congress Electoral District)|Zaragoza]] constituency. It lost the seat in 2008 after Labordeta retired from the congress. In the 2011 election, it regained the seat as part of an electoral alliance with [[United Left (Spain)|United Left]].

[[José Luis Soro]] has been the president since February 2012.

== Ideology ==
The CHA has been described as [[Aragonese nationalism|Aragonese nationalist]]<ref name="Aragon"/> and [[Eco-socialism|eco-socialist]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-19 |title=Parties and Elections in Europe |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.de/spain.html |access-date=2025-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719072117/http://www.parties-and-elections.de/spain.html |archive-date=19 July 2011 }}</ref> In 2005, the party campaigned against the ratification of the [[European Constitution]].

== Organization ==

=== Symbols ===
{{Gallery
|File:Unión Aragonesista-Chunta Aragonesista (logotipo).svg
|Logo from 1986 to 1989

|File:Logo CHA until 2009.svg
|Logo from 1989 to February 2009
}}

=== Structure ===
The National Assembly is the highest organ of representation and decision of the Chunta. It establishes political policies, programs and principles, and chooses the members of the Mayan of Lawsuits, to those of the National Committee and to the president of CHA.{{citation needed|date= January 2019}}

=== Alliances ===
CHA contested the [[2023 Spanish general election]] as a member of the [[Sumar (electoral platform)|Sumar]] coalition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bayona |first=Eduardo |date=2023-05-30 |title=Los ocho partidos del Acuerdo del Turia ponen sobre la mesa su millón de votos el 28M para integrarse en Sumar |url=https://www.publico.es/politica/ocho-partidos-acuerdo-turia-ponen-sobre-mesa-millon-votos-28m-integrarse-sumar.html |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=www.publico.es |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cabanillas |first=Laura Carnicero / Ana |date=2023-06-07 |title=CHA aprueba por unanimidad concurrir con Sumar a las elecciones |url=https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/aragon/2023/06/07/sumar-cierra-acuerdo-cha-sera-88393875.html |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=El Periódico de Aragón |language=es}}</ref> The party has allied itself with other progressive parties such as [[Compromís]] and [[Equo]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=ElDiarioAragón |date=2025-01-25 |title=Chunta, Compromís y Verdes Equo apuestan desde Zaragoza por tejer alianzas entre los partidos progresistas |url=https://www.eldiario.es/aragon/chunta-compromis-verdes-equo-apuestan-zaragoza-tejer-alianzas-partidos-progresistas_1_11993723.html |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=ElDiario.es |language=es}}</ref> For the [[European Parliament elections]], CHA has taken part in many nationwide coalitions such as the [[Europe of the Peoples (2004)|Europe of the Peoples]] or [[European Spring (Spanish electoral alliance)|European Spring]]. 

=== International affiliation ===
Chunta Aragonesista was a member of the [[European Free Alliance]] (EFA) until 2018. CHA rejoined EFA in 2025.

== Electoral performance ==

=== Cortes of Aragon ===
{{Graph:Chart|width=225|type=rect|colors=#008A21|showValues=
|xAxisTitle=Regional elections
|xAxisAngle=-40
|x=1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
|yAxisTitle=% of popular vote
|y=0.96, 2.30, 4.85, 11.04, 13.71, 8.15, 8.23, 4.58, 6.26, 5.10}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%; text-align:left;"
|-
| colspan="8" align="center" | [[Cortes of Aragon]]
|-
! Election
! Vote
! %
! Score
! Seats
! +/–
! Leader
! Status in legislature
|-
! [[1987 Aragonese regional election|1987]]
| 6,154
| 0.96%
| 8th
| {{Composition bar|0|67|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| Eduardo Vicente
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#ddd;" | No seats
|-
! [[1991 Aragonese regional election|1991]]
| 14,116
| 2.30%
| 6th
| {{Composition bar|0|67|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| Chus Beltrán
|-
! [[1995 Aragonese regional election|1995]]
| 34,077
| 4.85%
| 5th
| {{Composition bar|2|67|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| rowspan="4"| [[Chesús Bernal]]
| rowspan="5" style="background-color:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[1999 Aragonese regional election|1999]]
| 72,101
| 11.04%
| 4th
| {{Composition bar|5|67|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]3
|-
! [[2003 Aragonese regional election|2003]]
| 97,763
| 13.71%
| 3rd
| {{Composition bar|9|67|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]4
|-
! [[2007 Aragonese regional election|2007]]
| 54,752
| 8.15%
| 4th
| {{Composition bar|4|67|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]5
|-
! [[2011 Aragonese regional election|2011]]
| 55,932
| 8.23%
| 4th
| {{Composition bar|4|67|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| Nieves Ibeas
|-
! [[2015 Aragonese regional election|2015]]
| 30,618
| 4.58%
| 6th
| {{Composition bar|2|67|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]2
| rowspan="3"| [[José Luis Soro]]
| style="background-color:#cfc;"| Minority coalition<br>{{small|([[Socialists' Party of Aragon|PSOE]]–CHA)}}
|-
! [[2019 Aragonese regional election|2019]]
| 41,879
| 6.26%
| 5th
| {{Composition bar|3|67|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| style="background-color:#9f9;"| '''Majority coalition'''<br>{{small|([[Socialists' Party of Aragon|PSOE]]–[[Podemos (Spanish political party)|Ps]]–CHA–[[Aragonese Party|PAR]])}}
|-
! [[2023 Aragonese regional election|2023]]
| 34,163
| 5.10%
| 4th
| {{Composition bar|3|67|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| style="background-color:#fcc;"| Opposition
|}

=== Cortes Generales ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%; text-align:left;"
|-
| colspan="8" align="center"| [[Cortes Generales]]
|-
! rowspan="3"| Election
! colspan="7"| Aragon
|-
! colspan="5"| Congress
! colspan="2"| Senate
|-
! Vote
! %
! Score
! Seats
! +/–
! Seats
! +/–
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1989 Spanish general election (Congress)#Aragon|1989]]
| 3,156
| 0.48
| 9th
| {{Composition bar|0|13|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| ''New''
| {{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| ''New''
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1993 Spanish general election (Congress)#Aragon|1993]]
| 6,344
| 0.83
| 6th
| {{Composition bar|0|13|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1996 Spanish general election (Congress)#Aragon|1996]]
| 49,739
| 6.42
| 4th
| {{Composition bar|0|13|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2000 Spanish general election (Congress)#Aragon|2000]]
| 75,356
| 10.42
| 3rd
| {{Composition bar|1|13|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2004 Spanish general election (Congress)#Aragon|2004]]
| 94,252
| 12.07
| 3rd
| {{Composition bar|1|13|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2008 Spanish general election (Congress)#Aragon|2008]]
| 37,995
| 4.99
| 4th
| {{Composition bar|0|13|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2011 Spanish general election (Congress)#Aragon|2011]]
| colspan="3" | ''Within [[United Left of Aragon]]''
| {{Composition bar|1|13|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
|[[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2015 Spanish general election (Congress)#Aragon|2015]]
| colspan="3" | ''Within [[Popular Unity (Spain)|Popular Unity]]''
| {{Composition bar|0|13|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
|[[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the November 2019 Spanish general election (Congress)#Aragon|2019 (Nov)]]
| 23,196{{efn|Within ''[[Más País|More Country]]–Aragonese Union–[[Equo]]''}}
|4.52
|6th
| {{Composition bar|0|13|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
![[2023 Spanish general election|2023]]
| colspan="3" |''Within [[Sumar (electoral platform)|Sumar]]''
|{{Composition bar|1|13|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
|[[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
|{{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
|[[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|}

=== European Parliament ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
|-
| colspan="9" | [[European Parliament]]
|-
! rowspan="2" width="75"| Election
! colspan="5"| Total
! colspan="3"| Aragon 
|-
! width="70"| Votes
! width="35"| %
! width="25"| #
! Seats
! width="35"| +/–
! width="70"| Votes
! width="35"| %
! width="25"| #
|-
! [[1987 European Parliament election in Spain|1987]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Left of the Peoples (1987)|IP]]
| {{Composition bar|0|60|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| —
| 3,955
| 0.62
| 9th
|-
! [[1989 European Parliament election in Spain|1989]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Left of the Peoples (1989)|IP]]
| {{Composition bar|0|60|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| 8,563
| 1.70
| 7th
|-
! [[1999 European Parliament election in Spain|1999]]
| colspan="3" | Within [[The Greens–Left of the Peoples|LV–IP]]
| {{Composition bar|0|64|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| 44,494
| 6.85
| 4th
|-
! [[2004 European Parliament election in Spain|2004]]
| colspan="3" | Within [[Europe of the Peoples (2004)|EdP]]
| {{Composition bar|0|54|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| 29,520
| 6.13
| 3rd
|-
! [[2009 European Parliament election in Spain|2009]]
| colspan="3" | Within [[Europe of the Peoples–Greens|EdP–V]]
| {{Composition bar|0|54|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| 13,259
| 2.84
| 5th
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in Spain|2014]]
| colspan="3" | Within [[European Spring (Spanish electoral alliance)|PE]]
| {{Composition bar|0|54|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| 20,625
| 4.49
| 6th
|-
! [[2019 European Parliament election in Spain|2019]]
| colspan="3" | Within [[Commitment to Europe|CpE]]
| {{Composition bar|0|59|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| 13,234
| 2.00
| 6th
|-
! [[2024 European Parliament election in Spain|2024]]
| colspan="3" | Within [[Sumar (electoral platform)|Sumar]]
| {{Composition bar|0|61|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| 26,683
| 5.10
| 4th
|}

== References ==
{{More citations needed|date=May 2007}}
{{Reflist}}

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}
{{reflist|group=nb}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chunta.org/ CHA's official website]

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