Liberal Party (Spain, 1976)

Liberal Party Partido Liberal

Founder	Enrique Larroque
Founded	April 9, 1976 (1976-04-09)^[1]
Dissolved	March 15, 1989 (1989-03-15)^[2]
Merged into	People's Party
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Right-wing^[3]
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The Liberal Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal, PL) was a liberal political party in Spain.

It was part of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) until 1983, when it aligned itself with the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL). On 22 December 1984 the latter merged into the Liberal Party.

These three parties formed the People's Coalition for the 1986 election.

In 1989 the party, along with AP and PDP, merged to form the new People's Party (PP).

Esperanza Aguirre, now a leading PP figure, was a Liberal member.

Electoral performance

Election	Leader	Votes	%	#	Seats		Outcome	Notes
Election	Leader	Votes	%	#	Congress	Senate	Outcome	Notes
1979	Enrique Larroque	15,774	0.09	#30	0 / 350	0 / 208	UCD minority
1986	Enrique Larroque	5,247,677	25.97	#2	12 / 350	8 / 208	PSOE majority	Within People's Coalition

↑ "En octubre, congreso del Partido Liberal". ABC (in Spanish). May 20, 1976. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
↑ "Los liberales se incorporan al PP, pero mantienen las siglas". El País (in Spanish). March 16, 1989. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
↑ Emil J. Kirchner (3 November 1988). Liberal Parties in Western Europe. Cambridge University Press. p. 426–. ISBN 978-0-521-32394-9.

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