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{{Infobox political party , name = Asturian Nationalist Unity , native_name = Unidá Nacionalista Asturiana , colorcode = {{party color, Asturian Nationalist Unity , logo = , leader = , chairman = , president = , secretary_general = , general_coordinator= , spokesperson = Daniel Fernández Blanco
Tino Fernández , slogan = , founded = {{start date, 1988 , dissolved = {{end date, 1992 , merger = Ensame Nacionalista Astur
Xunta Nacionalista Asturiana , headquarters = Plaza de Riego, Number 3,
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: ''Unidá Nacionalista Asturiana'', UNA), was a
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Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...
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, formed by the merger of two previous parties ( Ensame Nacionalista Astur and Xunta Nacionalista Asturiana), in 1988. UNA was an Asturian nationalist and
socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...
party.EL NACIONALISMO ASTURIANO: HISTORIA DE UN MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO FRUSTRADO.
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History

In 1989, a year after the creation of the party, UNA participated in the European elections of that year, gaining 13.165 votes in all
Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
, 4,.645 of them in
Asturies Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the province of Asturias and contains some of the territory that was part of the larger Kingdom of Asturias in the ...
(0.97% of the total). In the general elections of the same year UNA won 3,218 votes (0.53% of the Asturian vote). UNA started talks with the Asturianist Party (PAS) to form a coalition for the Asturian elections of 1991 and the local elections of the same year after the failure of both parties in the previous general elections. This generated tensions within UNA, which led to a split of the sector that didn't want a coalition with the PAS in march 1990. The splitters founded two new political parties:
Asturian Left Izquierda Asturiana (IAS; ) is an Asturian nationalism, Asturian nationalist leftist political party of Asturias, Spain. History Izquierda Asturiana was founded in 1992 by former members of the Asturian Nationalist Unity, Unidá Nacionalista Astu ...
and
Andecha Astur "socialist and nationalist flag of Asturias used by Andecha Astur Andecha Astur (Asturian language, Asturian for: ''Asturian Common Work'' or ''Asturian Solidarity'') is an Asturian nationalism, Asturian nationalist leftist political party of S ...
. Finally, in 1991, PAS and UNA formed a coalition called Asturian Coalition (CA), that gained a seat in the Asturian elections of that year. In the local elections CA gained 10,891 votes (2.05% of the total in
Asturies Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the province of Asturias and contains some of the territory that was part of the larger Kingdom of Asturias in the ...
) and 6 town representatives (2 in Amieva, 1 in Aller/Ayer,
Degaña Degaña is a municipality in the autonomous community of the Asturias, Spain. As of 2023, the population stood at 805. It is located in the Cantabrian Mountains, and bordered on the north by Cangas del Narcea, on the south by Castile and León, a ...
, Nava and
Cangas del Narcea Cangas del Narcea is the oldest municipality in the Principality of Asturias in Spain. It is also the largest municipality in Asturias. It is in the southwest of Asturias, on the Asturian border with León. Until 1927, Cangas del Narcea was kno ...
). Despite this relative success, CA broke in 1992, after a failed attempt to merge the two parties. UNA disappeared '' de facto'' after this crisis. Some of its ex-members formed Asturian League. In 2008 UNA was refounded as
Unidá Unidá is an Asturian federation of parties formed by Asturian Left, members coming from Andecha Astur, and by the local parties Andecha por Carreño, Asturianistes por Nava and Asturianistes por Piloña, forming a local series of groups with th ...
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References

* Patrick W. Zimmerman; Faer Asturies. ''La política llingüística y la construcción frustrada del nacionalismu asturianu (1974-1999)''.” Editorial Trabe, 2012. Defunct nationalist parties in Spain Defunct socialist parties in Spain Political parties in Asturias Asturian nationalist parties Left-wing nationalist parties in Spain 1988 establishments in Spain 1992 disestablishments in Spain Political parties established in 1988 Political parties disestablished in 1992