Empty Spain (, EV) is a political party in Spain. EV, whose name derives from the

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to refer to Spain's rural and sparsely populated interior provinces was formed as a political platform by a large number of citizen collectives and associations, in order to contest the

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. In this, they were inspired by the success of the '' Teruel Existe'' candidacy (A part of the Empty Spain party, Spanish for "Teruel Exists") in the November 2019 general election. It was registered as a political party on 30 September 2021. By November 2021, it was confirmed that over 160 collectives and associations from about 30 Spanish provinces committed themselves to finalizing the electoral platform before January 2022. On 30 November, national deputy and member of Teruel Existe,

Tomás Guitarte Tomás José Guitarte Gimeno is a Spanish architect and politician serving as the president of Teruel Existe. He was deputy of the Congress of Deputies for Teruel Existe during the 14th Cortes Generales. Since 2023 he is a member of the Cortes ...

, confirmed their intention to contest the next national elections as a single candidacy. The first election contested by the platform was 2022 Castilian-Leonese regional elections. It ran lists in five of the nine province of

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. In the

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, member party Soria ¡Ya! was the most voted for party with 42.6%, taking three of the five seats for the province. In the

, Empty Spain lost all its seats in the

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, becoming extra-parliamentary.

Member parties

The federation of parties of Empty Spain was constituted on 27 November 2022. On 15 January 2023, SOS West joined the federation representing

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Former members

Electoral performance

Cortes Generales

Regional parliaments

Notes

References

{{reflist 2021 establishments in Spain Political parties established in 2021 Regionalist parties in Spain