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Riojan Party

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Riojan Party
Partido Riojano
PresidentRita Beltrán
Secretary-GeneralIván Herrero
Founded1982 (1982)
Split fromUnion of the Democratic Centre
HeadquartersCalle de los Portales, 17, 26001 Logroño, La Rioja
Youth wingRiojan Youth
IdeologyProgressivism
Riojan regionalism
Federalism
Political positionCentre
Colours  Teal
Parliament of La Rioja
0 / 33
Mayors (2023-2027)[1]
1 / 174
Local Government (2023-2027)
16 / 1,029
Website
www.partidoriojano.es

The Riojan Party (Spanish: Partido Riojano; now rebranded as PR+ Riojan@s) is a Spanish regionalist political party operating in the autonomous community of La Rioja. The party was formed as the Progressive Riojan Party (Spanish: Partido Riojano Progresista) on 6 December 1982[2] with the stated aim of occupying the progressive centre in La Rioja.[3]

History

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Graffiti in Nalda of the old Progressive Riojan Party (PRP) logo.
Old PR+ logo (before 2025).

Initially the party was led by Luis Javier Rodriguez Moroy,[3] a former MP in the Spanish Congress of Deputies. Like Rodriguez, many members of the new party came from the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), the former governing coalition of Spain which disbanded in February 1983. Rubén García Marañón succeeded Rodriguez as Party President in February 1984 and the party adopted its current name in 1991.

In elections to the Parliament of La Rioja, held every four years from 1983 onwards, the party has usually polled between 6% and 7% and won two deputies out of the thirty three seats available at each election, with Miguel González de Legarra amongt them, until 2015 when it lost its seats.[4] In elections to the Spanish Congress, the party's highest share was 4.4% in the 1993 election.

In the 2007 local elections, the party polled 6.6% and won 43 council seats,[5] down from the 65 seats and 7.5% that it had polled in 2003.[6]

Presidency of Rubén Antoñanzas (2017–2025)

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In June 2017, Rubén Antoñanzas, the party's only representative on Logroño City Council, was elected party president with 90.9% of the vote, while Julio Revuelta became secretary general.[7] In the 2019 local elections, he kept his seat, and supported Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza González of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party as mayor,[8] subsequently being put in charge of sports in the local administration.[9] In the concurrent regional election, Antoñanzas declined to lead the party's nomination,[10] with Revuelta running instead and winning no seats.[11]

Antoñanzas ran unopposed and was re-elected party president in December 2022.[12] For the 2023 Riojan regional election, he formed a pact with Empty Spain, in which their leader Inmaculada Sáenz would lead the list and he was in second.[13] Dissenting members of the Riojan Party left and formed a new party with former members of the People's Party, naming it Por La Rioja (PLRi).[14] Neither the Riojan Party nor Por La Rioja won a seat in the Parliament of La Rioja.[15] Pablo Álvarez of regional newspaper La Rioja wrote that three parties – also including Vinea – were competing for the same political space as conservative regionalists, while that space that was becoming smaller due to polarisation around the country.[16]

Presidency of Rita Beltrán (2025–present)

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Antoñanzas resigned as president of the Riojan Party in July 2025, five months before the next party congress, and named Arnedo councillor Rita Beltrán as acting president. He said that two terms were enough and that parties should change leaders.[17] In December, the congress named Beltrán as the new president, the first woman in the role; she called for a merger with Vinea.[18]

In January 2026, the party rebranded as PR+Riojan@s, with a new logo using the shade of green associated with the party in the 1990s, and the "@" being composed of seven dashes to represent the seven valleys of the region.[19] On 9 February, Vinea was absorbed into the party.[20]

Election results

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Local councils

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Municipal elections[21]
Election La Rioja
Votes % Seats won (local councils) Mayors elected
2023 6,297 3.8
16 / 1,037
1 / 174
2019 8,373 5.1
43 / 1,039
5 / 174
2015 9,704 5.9
61 / 1,029
9 / 174
2011 9,197 5.5
56 / 1,064
6 / 174
2007 11,085 6.4
43 / 966
7 / 174
2003 12,667 7.3
65 / 948
9 / 174
1999 9,669 6.2
58 / 953
10 / 174
1995 11,842 7.2
103 / 982
19 / 174
1991 8,461 5.9
82 / 984
25 / 174
1987 7,125 5.0
51 / 941
11 / 174
1983 9,026 6.8
98 / 1,134
19 / 163

Regional elections

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Parliament of La Rioja
Election Votes % Seats +/– Leading candidate Government
1983 10,102 7.46 (#3)
2 / 35
 — Luis Javier Rodríguez Moroy Opposition
1987 9,212 6.39 (#4)
2 / 33
 0 Opposition (1987–1989)
Coalition (1989–1991)
1991 7,731 5.38 (#3)
2 / 33
 0 Leopoldo Virosta Coalition
1995 11,069 6.70 (#4)
2 / 33
 0 Opposition
1999 9,004 5.76 (#3)
2 / 33
 0 Miguel González de Legarra Opposition
2003 11,842 6.81 (#3)
2 / 33
 0 Opposition
2007 10,369 6.00 (#3)
2 / 33
 0 Opposition
2011 8,983 5.43 (#3)
2 / 33
 0 Opposition
2015 7,277 4.45 (#5)
0 / 33
 2 No seats
2019 7,512 4.61 (#5)
0 / 33
 0 Julio Revuelta No seats
2023 6,016 3.58 (#5)
0 / 33
 0 Inmaculada Sáenz (Empty Spain) No seats

References

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  1. ^ Lista de nuevos alcaldes 2023 en municipios españoles. Europa Press Data, 19 June 2023.
  2. ^ "El Pais party profile".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ a b "El Pais 13 December 1982".
  4. ^ "Election results in La Rioja". Archived from the original on 2003-10-28.
  5. ^ "2007 local elections". Archived from the original on 2012-06-30.
  6. ^ "2003 local elections". Archived from the original on 2006-05-16.
  7. ^ "Rubén Antoñanzas es proclamado presidente del PR+ con el 90,9% de los votos" [Rubén Antoñanzas is proclaimed president of PR+ with 90.9% of the vote] (in Spanish). Nueve Cuatro Uno. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  8. ^ "El PSOE gobernará al 78% de la población riojana, incluida la Alcaldía de Logroño" [PSOE will govern 78% of the Riojan population, including the Mayor of Logroño]. El Mundo (in Spanish). EFE. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  9. ^ ""El deporte como elemento esencial para la salud"" ["Sport as an essential element for health"]. El Día de La Rioja (in Spanish). 10 July 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  10. ^ Sáenz, E. (20 June 2018). "Julio Revuelta encabezará la candidatura del PR+ en las elecciones al Parlamento" [Julio Revuelta will lead the PR+ candidacy in the elections to Parliament]. La Rioja (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  11. ^ Pérez, Cristina (26 May 2019). "El PSOE desbanca al PP en La Rioja, tras 24 años de hegemonía popular" [PSOE dislodges the PP in La Rioja, after 24 years of PP hegemony] (in Spanish). RTVE. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Rubén Antoñanzas, reelegido como presidente del PR+ y con la vista puesta en las próximas elecciones de 2023" [Rubén Antoñanzas, re-elected as president of PR+ and with an eye on the next elections in 2023] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  13. ^ "Antoñanzas figura como número 2 del PR+-España Vaciada al Parlamento regional" [Antoñanzas figrues as number 2 for PR+-Empty Spain for the regional Parliament] (in Spanish). EFE. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  14. ^ García, Pío (16 February 2023). "Militantes descontentos del PP y del PR+ ultiman un nuevo partido en torno a Bretón" [Disgruntled members of PP and PR+ are finalising a new party based around Bretón]. La Rioja (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  15. ^ Coccio, Luciano (2 June 2023). "Radiografía del voto riojano" [X-ray of the Riojan vote]. La Rioja (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  16. ^ Álvarez, Pablo (26 December 2023). "La Rioja, del rojo al azul" [La Rioja, from red to blue]. La Rioja (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  17. ^ "Rubén Antoñanzas dimite como presidente del PR+ y Rita Beltrán asume la presidencia en funciones" [Rubén Antoñanzas resigns as president of PR+ and Rita Beltrán assumes the acting presidency] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  18. ^ "La arnedana Rita Beltrán, nueva presidenta del Partido Riojano" [Arnedo-born Rita Beltrán, new president of the Riojan Party] (in Spanish). Noticias de Arnedo. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  19. ^ "El PR+ cambia de imagen bajo la marca PR+Riojan@s" [PR+ changes image under the brand PR+Riojan@s] (in Spanish). Nueve Cuatro Uno. 27 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  20. ^ "El Partido Riojano integra a Vinea «para unir el regionalismo»" [Riojan Party integrates Vinea "to unite regionalism"] (in Spanish). Nueve Cuatro Uno. 9 February 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  21. ^ "Centro de Resultados Electorales - Ministerio del Interior". Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
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