Editing Majorcan Union

{{Infobox political party
| name = Majorcan Union
| logo = [[File:Unió Mallorquina logo.jpg|150px|Último logo de Unió Mallorquina]]
| colorcode = {{party color|Majorcan Union}}
| leader = [[Josep Melià Ques]]
| foundation = October 1982
| ideology = {{Nowrap|[[Liberalism]]<ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.de/balearic.html|date=2003|title=Balearic Islands/Spain|url-status=unfit|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050209075139/http://www.parties-and-elections.de/balearic.html|archivedate=9 February 2005}}</ref><br />[[National and regional identity in Spain|Nationalism]]<ref name="Nordsieck"/><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.elimparcial.es/noticia/58435/nacional/unio-mallorquina-se-refundara-en-un-congreso-el-17-de-abril.html | title=Unió Mallorquina se "refundará" en un congreso el 17 de abril }}</ref>}}
| headquarters = C/ Sindicat, 21<br />07002 [[Palma (Majorca)]]
| international = [[Liberal International]]
| website = 
| country = Spain
| native_name = Unió Mallorquina
| dissolved = February 2011
| position = [[Centre-right]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.diariodemallorca.es/opinion/2007/12/07/radiografia-unio-mallorquina-4329347.html | title=Radiografía a Unió Mallorquina | date=7 December 2007 }}</ref>
| colours = {{color box|{{party color|Majorcan Union}}}} Blue<br />{{color box|#F19300}} Orange
| european = 
| europarl = 
}}

'''Majorcan Union''' ({{langx|ca|Unió Mallorquina, UM}}; {{IPA|ca|uniˈo məʎuɾˈkinə|IPA}}) was a regional [[liberalism|liberal party]] on the island of [[Majorca]], [[Spain]].
It was founded in October 1982, as a nationalist continuation of the then disintegrating [[Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|Union of the Democratic Centre]] (UCD). The main founder was [[Jeroni Albertí|Jeroni Albertí Picornell]].

In 1993 it merged with the ''Unió Independent de Mallorca'' and ''Convergència Balear''. Subsequently, it forged alliances with ''Independents per Menorca'' and ''Unió Centristes de Menorca''.

As a centre party, it supported [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] governments (1987) in the [[Balearic Islands]] but also the left-wing coalition, led by the socialist [[Francesc Antich]] ([[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]], PSOE), which replaced the People's Party in 1999. UM was once again was the key element in returning the presidency to Francesc Antich after the regional elections to the Balearic Island parliament held in 2007.

''Unió Mallorquina'' was a member of [[Liberal International]]. The last president was [[Josep Melià i Ques]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=El President |url=http://uniomallorquina.com/?id_section=190 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924132139/http://uniomallorquina.com/?id_section=190 |archive-date=September 24, 2010 |access-date=29 November 2010 |website=unió mallorquina |language=es}}</ref>

Following a number of corruption scandals, the party decided to disband in February 2011<ref>[http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=708722 Unión Mallorquina acuerda disolverse y crear un nuevo partido político], ABC, 28 February 2011</ref> and establish a new party, [[Convergence for the Isles]] (Convergència per les Illes).<ref>[http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2013/08/02/actualidad/1375437900_663765.html Cinco figuras de Unió Mallorquina, en la cárcel de Palma por corrupción]; in: EL PAÍS (spanish)</ref>

==Electoral performance==

===[[Parliament of the Balearic Islands]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%;"
|-
! width="65" rowspan="2"| Date
! colspan="3"| Votes
! colspan="2"| Seats
! rowspan="2"| Status
! rowspan="2"| Size
! rowspan="2"| Notes
|-
! width="75"| #
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! #
! ±
|-
! [[1983 Balearic regional election|1983]]
| 46,915
| 15.1%
| –
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|6|54|hex={{party color|Majorcan Union}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| –
| style="background-color:#fcc;"| Opposition
| 3rd
| government support
|-
! [[1987 Balearic regional election|1987]]
| 30,247
| 9.0%
| –6.1
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|4|59|hex={{party color|Majorcan Union}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]2
| style="background-color:#cfc;"| Government
| 4th
| 
|-
! [[1991 Balearic regional election|1991]]
| 130,275
| 38.4%
| N/A
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|4|59|hex={{party color|Majorcan Union}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| style="background-color:#cfc;"| Government
| *
| 
|-
! [[1995 Balearic regional election|1995]]
| 19,966
| 5.3%
| –
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|2|59|hex={{party color|Majorcan Union}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]2
| style="background-color:#fcc;"| Opposition
| 5th
| 
|-
! [[1999 Balearic regional election|1999]]
| 26,682
| 7.3%
| +2.0
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|3|59|hex={{party color|Majorcan Union}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| style="background-color:#cfc;"| Government
| 4th
| 
|-
! [[2003 Balearic regional election|2003]]
| 31,781
| 7.4%
| +0.1
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|3|59|hex={{party color|Majorcan Union}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| style="background-color:#fcc;"| Opposition
| 4th
| 
|-
! [[2007 Balearic regional election|2007]]
| 28,178
| 6.7%
| –0.7
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|3|59|hex={{party color|Majorcan Union}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| style="background-color:#cfc;"| Government
| 4th
| 
|}

* * Within [[People's Party of the Balearic Islands|People's Party]]–Majorcan Union

==See also==
*[[Liberalism]]
*[[Contributions to liberal theory]]
*[[Liberalism worldwide]]
*[[List of liberal parties]]
*[[Liberal democracy]]
*[[Liberalism in Spain]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

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{{ELDR member parties}}
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[[Category:1982 establishments in Spain]]
[[Category:2011 disestablishments in Spain]]
[[Category:Liberal parties in Spain]]
[[Category:Defunct liberal political parties]]
[[Category:Political parties in the Balearic Islands]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1982]]
[[Category:Regionalist parties in Spain]]
[[Category:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)]]
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 2011]]


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