Coalition for Melilla
Coalición por Melilla
PresidentMustafa Aberchán
Founded2 October 1995
Split fromSpanish Socialist Workers' Party
HeadquartersMelilla
IdeologySocial democracy
Progressivism
Regionalism
Muslim and Berber rights
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationUnited Left (2008–2013)
Assembly of Melilla
8 / 25
Website
www.coalicionpormelilla.es

Coalition for Melilla (Spanish: Coalición por Melilla, CpM) is a political party in the Spanish city of Melilla.

History

The party was formed shortly before the 1995 municipal regional elections of Melilla, as a split from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) which had previously a strong electoral implantation among Muslim voters. At the 1995 municipal elections, CpM won five seats, as many as the PSOE, and the People's Party (PP) won 14. Three years later, in August 1998, there was a split in the PP and a new municipal executive was formed against the PP, including the CPM, with its leader Mustafa Aberchán entering it with the Environment portfolio.[1]

In 1999, Mustafa Aberchán, running on the Coalition ticket, became the first Muslim mayor of Melilla with PSOE and Independent Liberal Group (GIL) backing. At the 2007 elections for Melilla Assembly, the party came second (5 seats) after PP (15 seats). CpM was federated on national level with United Left from 2008 to 2013.[2]

Electoral results

Melilla Assembly

Melilla Assembly
Election Vote  % Score Seats +/– Leader Status in legislature
1995 4,072 15.47 New
4 / 25
 New Opposition
1999 5,833 20.44 2nd
5 / 25
 1 Mustafa Aberchán Government (1999–2000)
Opposition (2000–2003)
2003 7,392 26.33 2nd
7 / 25
 2 Opposition
2007 6,245 21.71 2nd
5 / 25
 2 Opposition
2011 7,394 23.66 2nd
6 / 25
 1 Opposition
2015 8,450 26.41 2nd
7 / 25
 1 Opposition
2019 10,472 30.62 2nd
8 / 25
 1 Government
2023 5,557 18.82 2nd
5 / 25
 3 Dunia Almansouri Opposition

Cortes Generales

Cortes Generales
Election Congress Senate Leader Status
Vote  % Score Seats +/– Seats +/–
2019 (Apr) 6,857 0.03 31st
0 / 350
 0
0 / 208
 0 Mustafa Aberchán No seats
2019 (Nov) 8,955 0.04 27th
0 / 350
 0
0 / 208
 0 No seats


Sources

  1. ↑ Toñi Ramos, Coalición por Melilla, un partido de mayoría musulmana y moderado en sus reivindicaciones, El País, July 6, 1999
  2. ↑ Díaz, Sato (25 September 2019). "La peripecia confederal de Errejón para presentarse a las generales". Cuarto Poder.
  • Shireen Hunter. Islam, Europe's second religion: the new social, cultural, and political landscape. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN 0-275-97608-4, ISBN 978-0-275-97608-8. Pg 173


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