Centrados
PresidentJuan Ángel Ruiz
Vice presidentEsther Bermejo
Secretary generalÁngel Tuñón
Founded25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)
Split fromUnion, Progress and Democracy
HeadquartersSegovia
Political positionCentrism[1]

Centrados (literally "Centred" in plural) is a Spanish political party based in the province of Segovia in Castile and León. The localist party was founded in September 2018, splitting from the nationwide centrist party Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD).

History

Centrados was founded in September 2018 as a split from the nationwide party Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) which was then in decline. The founding president of the party was Juan Ángel Ruiz, a deputy in the Provincial Deputation, and its vice president was Esther Bermejo, a member of Segovia City Council.[2]

In the 2019 local elections, thirteen Centrados members were elected to councils in the province. This made it the fourth-biggest party in town halls in the province, after the People's Party (615), the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (385) and Citizens (38).[3] In Cabañas de Polendos, Javier Gómez was elected mayor.[4] However, it did not have any members elected to the Provincial Deputation or the City Hall of the provincial capital.[3] In the 2023 elections, it dropped to two councillors.[5]

The party has also contested unsuccessfully for seats in the Congress of Deputies, Senate, Cortes of Castile and León and the European Parliament. In the 2019 European Parliament election in Spain, it took part as part in Centrists for Europe, a localist coalition led by the Democratic Centre Coalition.[6]

References

  1. ^ López, Miguel Ángel (11 May 2019). "Centrados denuncia ante la Junta Electoral Central el lema del PP de Castilla y León" [Centrados denounce the Castile and León PP's slogan to the Central Electoral Board]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2022. La formación centrista de Segovia alega que el texto de los populares les perjudica porque induce la confusión de los electores [The centrist group in Segovia alleges that the People's Party's text prejudices them because it induces confusion in voters]
  2. ^ "Nace Centrados, un nuevo partido segoviano con claro cariz municipalista" [Centrados is born, a new party in Segovia with a clear localist nature]. El Adelantado de Segovia (in Spanish). 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Centrados, cuarta fuerza en votos y ediles pese a la crisis" [Centrados, fourth biggest force by votes and seats despite the crisis]. El Día de Segovia (in Spanish). 31 May 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. ^ Blanco Elipe, César (16 June 2019). "Javier Gómez, en Cabañas de Polendos, se queda como el principal valor de Centrados en Segovia en los ayuntamientos" [Javier Gómez, in Cabañas de Polendos, ends up as Centrados' biggest power in Segovia town halls]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Resultados Elecciones en provincia de Segovia" [Election results in the Province of Segovia]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Esther Bermejo, candidata de Centristas por Europa a las Elecciones Europeas" [Esther Bermejo, candidate for Centrists for Europe in the European Elections] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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