Asturias Forum (, , Foro), previously known as Forum of Citizens (, FAC)Aviso Legal is a regionalist political party in the Principality of Asturias.
History Asturias Forum was founded in January 2011 by former Deputy Prime Minister Francisco Álvarez Cascos, who left the People's Party (PP) after failing to be selected as the party's candidate for President of the Principality of Asturias in the 2011 election.
In the Asturian election, Álvarez Cascos led the party under the name "Forum of Citizens" (). FAC won sixteen seats, making it the largest party on the General Council. Together with the PP, FAC's gains gave the centre-right a majority in Asturias for the first time. The party has spoken to all three other parties to create a more consensual political climate.
At the November 2011 Spanish election, the party won one of Asturias's eight seats in the Congress of Deputies.
After months of deadlock in the Asturian regional assembly, fresh elections were held. During these elections, FAC lost four seats; it became the second largest party behind the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
On 12 February 2015, Francisco Álvarez-Cascos surprisingly announced he would not stand again as Asturias Forum's candidate and resigned the presidency of the party.Cascos renuncia a encabezar la candidatura de su partido en las elecciones regionales; El Comercio, 12 February 2015 Álvarez-Cascos was succeeded by Cristina Coto, while he went on to become the party's secretary-general.
After the resignation of Cristina Coto due to differences with Álvarez Cascos, Carmen Moriyón, mayor of Gijón, was elected new president of the party on 29 September 2018.
Presidents Francisco Álvarez-Cascos 2011–2015 Cristina Coto 2015–2018 Carmen Moriyón 2018–present
Electoral performance General Junta of the Principality of Asturias General Junta of the Principality of Asturias Election Leading candidate Votes % Seats +/– Government 2011 Francisco Álvarez-Cascos 178,031 29.66 (#1) 16 2012 124,518 24.80 (#2) 4 2015 Cristina Coto 44,480 8.19 (#5) 9 2019 Carmen Moriyón 34,687 6.52 (#6) 1 2023 Adrián Pumares 19,652 3.66 (#6) 1
Cortes Generales
Asturias + Congress of Deputies Date Votes Seats Status Size Notes # % ±pp # ± 2011 92,828 14.7% — — Opposition 3rd 2015 187,568 30.1% N/A 0 Opposition * government support 2016 209,632 35.3% N/A 0 Opposition * government support Apr 2019 111,341 17.9% N/A 1 Opposition * Nov 2019 128,698 23.2% N/A 1 Opposition * + Senate Date Seats Size # ± 2011 — 3rd 2015 1 * 2016 0 * Apr 2019 1 * Nov 2019 0 *
* Within People's Party–Asturias Forum.
European Parliament
+ Spain Date Votes Seats Size # % ±pp # ± 2014 32,962 0.2% — — 18th 2019 6,053 0.1% –0.1 — 22nd + Asturias Date Votes Size # % ±pp 2014 16,064 4.2% — 6th 2019 6,053 1.2% –3.0 6th
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