Entesa per Mallorca

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Agreement for Majorca
Entesa per Mallorca
Leader Biel Huguet
Secretary-GeneralJaume Sansó
Founded11 August 2006
Dissolved23 February 2013
Split from Socialist Party of Majorca
Merged into PSM–Agreement
HeadquartersC/ Morey, 11, 07001
Palma, Majorca
Ideology Democratic socialism
Ecologism
Catalan nationalism
Website
entesapermallorca.com

Entesa per Mallorca (English: Agreement for Majorca, ExM), or Entesa, was a nationalist and progressist political party in Majorca. It was founded in 2006 by former members of the Socialist Party of Majorca (PSM) who disagreed with the creation of the coalition Bloc for Majorca. In October 2006, ExM held its first congress, with the main objective of participating in the 2007 local elections in Majorca. [1]

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In 2009, ExM joined Republican Left (ERC) in the Balearic Islands to participate in the 2009 European election, within the coalition Europe of the Peoples–Greens. [2]

Between 2011 and 2013, it was part of a coalition with the PSM and IniciativaVerds (IV), taking part in the 2011 regional election. [3] [4] In 2013, the party merged into the PSM to form the new coalition PSM–Entesa. [5]

Electoral performance

Parliament of the Balearic Islands

DateVotesSeatsStatusSize
# %±pp #±
2011 36,1818.6%N/A*

Cortes Generales

Balearic Islands

Congress of Deputies
DateVotesSeatsSize
# %±pp #±
2008 25,4545.4%*
2011 31,4177.2%N/A Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0**
 
Senate
DateSeatsSize
#±
2008 *
2011 Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0**

European Parliament

Spain
DateVotesSeatsSize
# %±pp #±
2009 394,9382.5%*
 
Balearic Islands
DateVotesSize
# %±pp
2009**7,6513.0%4th

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References

  1. "Entesa per Mallorca es constitueix en partit municipalista". VilaWeb (in Catalan). 2 September 2006. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. "ERC suma Entesa per Mallorca a la seva coalició europea". e-Notícies (in Catalan). 3 April 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  3. Torres Blasco, Juan (19 February 2011). "PSM y Entesa sellan su acuerdo con la idea de volverse a unir tras las elecciones". Última Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. "Entesa se reunificará con el PSM y entra en la coalición electoral con Iniciativaverds". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). 22 February 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  5. "El PSM i Entesa s'integren en una nova formació". VilaWeb (in Catalan). 23 February 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2017.