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itvstart">1977-05-03</span>)</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">(alliance)</span><br />7 August 1977<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1977-08-07</span>)</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">(party)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Dissolved</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">18 February 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1983-02-18</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_and_Social_Centre_(Spain)" title="Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)">Democratic and Social Centre</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchism" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional monarchism">Constitutional monarchism</a><sup id="cite_ref-BozokiLomax_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BozokiLomax-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Christian_democracy" title="Christian democracy">Christian democracy</a><sup id="cite_ref-Story_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Story-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SteedHumphreys_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SteedHumphreys-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism">Liberalism</a><sup id="cite_ref-Story_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Story-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SteedHumphreys_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SteedHumphreys-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Reformism" title="Reformism">Reformism</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Factions</b>:<br /><a href="/wiki/Liberal_conservatism" title="Liberal conservatism">Liberal conservatism</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a><sup id="cite_ref-Story_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Story-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SteedHumphreys_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SteedHumphreys-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Political_spectrum" title="Political spectrum">Political position</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Centrism" title="Centrism">Centre</a><sup id="cite_ref-Story_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Story-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to<br /><a href="/wiki/Centre-right_politics" title="Centre-right politics">centre-right</a><sup id="cite_ref-BozokiLomax_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BozokiLomax-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/European_political_party" title="European political party">European affiliation</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/European_Democrat_Union" title="European Democrat Union">European Democrat Union</a> (observer)<sup id="cite_ref-SteedHumphreys_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SteedHumphreys-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Colours</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:darkorange; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Orange_(colour)" title="Orange (colour)">Orange</a>, <a href="/wiki/Green" title="Green">Green</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #197E36;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Spain" title="Politics of Spain">Politics of Spain</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Spain" title="List of political parties in Spain">Political parties</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Spain" title="Elections in Spain">Elections</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Union of the Democratic Centre</b> (<a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>: <i lang="es">Unión de Centro Democrático</i>, <b>UCD</b>, also translated as "Democratic Centre Union") was an <a href="/wiki/Electoral_alliance" title="Electoral alliance">electoral alliance</a>, and later <a href="/wiki/Political_party" title="Political party">political party</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, existing from 1977 to 1983. It was initially led by <a href="/wiki/Adolfo_Su%C3%A1rez" title="Adolfo Suárez">Adolfo Suárez</a> (1932–2014). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_the_Democratic_Centre_(Spain)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_the_Democratic_Centre_(Spain)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The coalition, in fact a federation of parties, was formed on 3 May 1977, during the transition to democracy from the dictatorship of <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Franco" title="Francisco Franco">Francisco Franco</a>, with the involvement of leaders from a variety of newly formed centrist and rightist factions, under the leadership of Suárez, then <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Prime Minister of Spain">Prime Minister</a>. The principal components of the UCD defined themselves as <a href="/wiki/Christian_democracy" title="Christian democracy">Christian democrats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism">liberals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">social democrats</a>, or "independents", the latter frequently comprising <a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">conservative</a> elements which had been part of the Franco regime. </p><p>The parties that made the UCD coalition were: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_democracy" title="Christian democracy">Christian democrats</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Spain)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Spain)">Christian Democratic Party</a> (PDC) of <a href="/wiki/Fernando_%C3%81lvarez_de_Miranda" title="Fernando Álvarez de Miranda">Fernando Álvarez de Miranda</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C3%8D%C3%B1igo_Cavero" title="Íñigo Cavero">Íñigo Cavero</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democrats</a>: <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Social_Democratic_Federation_(Spain)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Social Democratic Federation (Spain) (page does not exist)">Social Democratic Federation</a> (FSD) of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Ram%C3%B3n_Lasu%C3%A9n_Sancho&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="José Ramón Lasuén Sancho (page does not exist)">José Ramón Lasuén Sancho</a>. It comprised ten regional parties.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Spain,_1976)" title="Social Democratic Party (Spain, 1976)">Social Democratic Party</a> (PSD) of <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Ord%C3%B3%C3%B1ez" title="Francisco Fernández Ordóñez">Francisco Fernández Ordóñez</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Arias-Salgado" title="Rafael Arias-Salgado">Rafael Arias-Salgado</a>. It comprised six regional parties.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Social_Democratic_Party_(Spain)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent Social Democratic Party (Spain) (page does not exist)">Independent Social Democratic Party</a> (PSI) of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gonzalo_Casado&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gonzalo Casado (page does not exist)">Gonzalo Casado</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>Governmentalists: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain,_1976)" title="People's Party (Spain, 1976)">People's Party</a> (PP) of <a href="/wiki/P%C3%ADo_Cabanillas_Gallas" title="Pío Cabanillas Gallas">Pío Cabanillas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emilio_Attard" class="mw-redirect" title="Emilio Attard">Emilio Attard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Pedro_P%C3%A9rez_Llorca" class="mw-redirect" title="José Pedro Pérez Llorca">José Pedro Pérez Llorca</a>. It comprised seven regional parties.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism">Liberals</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Democratic_and_Liberal_Parties" title="Federation of Democratic and Liberal Parties">Federation of Democratic and Liberal Parties</a> (FPDL) of <a href="/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Garrigues_Walker" title="Joaquín Garrigues Walker">Joaquín Garrigues Walker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Font%C3%A1n" title="Antonio Fontán">Antonio Fontán</a>. It comprised nine regional parties.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Spain,_1974)" title="People's Democratic Party (Spain, 1974)">People's Democratic Party</a> (PDP) of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ignacio_Camu%C3%B1as_Sol%C3%ADs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ignacio Camuñas Solís (page does not exist)">Ignacio Camuñas Solís</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Spain,_1976)" title="Liberal Party (Spain, 1976)">Liberal Party</a> (PL) of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Enrique_Larroque&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enrique Larroque (page does not exist)">Enrique Larroque</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Progressive_Party_(Spain)" title="Liberal Progressive Party (Spain)">Liberal Progressive Party</a> (PPL) of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_Garc%C3%ADa_Madariaga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Juan García Madariaga (page does not exist)">Juan García Madariaga</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>Regional parties: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Extremaduran_Regional_Action" title="Extremaduran Regional Action">Extremaduran Regional Action</a> (AREX) of <a href="/wiki/Enrique_S%C3%A1nchez_de_Le%C3%B3n" title="Enrique Sánchez de León">Enrique Sánchez de León</a>.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Galician_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent Galician Party (page does not exist)">Independent Galician Party</a> (PGI) of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Meil%C3%A1n&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="José Luis Meilán (page does not exist)">José Luis Meilán</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andalusian_Social_Liberal_Party" title="Andalusian Social Liberal Party">Andalusian Social Liberal Party</a> (PSLA) of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Manuel_Clavero_Ar%C3%A9valo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manuel Clavero Arévalo (page does not exist)">Manuel Clavero</a>.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canarian_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canarian Union (page does not exist)">Canarian Union</a> (UC) of <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Olarte" class="mw-redirect" title="Lorenzo Olarte">Lorenzo Olarte</a>.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murcian_Democratic_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Murcian Democratic Union (page does not exist)">Murcian Democratic Union</a> (UDM) of <a href="/wiki/Antonio_P%C3%A9rez_Crespo" title="Antonio Pérez Crespo">Antonio Pérez Crespo</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>Later the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Social_Federation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent Social Federation (page does not exist)">Independent Social Federation</a> (FSI) of <a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Sancho_Rof" title="Jesús Sancho Rof">Jesús Sancho Rof</a> was also added to the coalition.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Some months later, all these parties were merged and UCD constituted itself as a party on 4 August 1977. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_government">In government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_the_Democratic_Centre_(Spain)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: In government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1977_Spanish_general_election" title="1977 Spanish general election">elections</a> of 15 June 1977, the party took 34.4% of the vote and 166 seats of the 350 in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Congress_of_Deputies" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Congress of Deputies">Congress of Deputies</a>. The party governed as a minority and worked with all major parties in the Congress, including the rightist People's Alliance and the parties of the left, the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">Spanish Socialist Workers' Party</a> (PSOE) and <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Spain_(main)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Spain (main)">Communists</a> (PCE). Suárez became the first democratically chosen prime minister of Spain after the Franco period. The UCD played a major role in writing the new <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Constitution_of_1978" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Constitution of 1978">constitution</a>, as three of the seven members of the constitutional drafting commission, established after those elections, came from the party. </p><p>In 1979, the Socialist Workers' Party moderated its outlook by dropping the references to Marxism from its programme. At the same time, the right-wing <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Spain)" title="People's Alliance (Spain)">People's Alliance</a> increasingly moved to the political centre (and, by undergoing a generational change, could overcome its <a href="/wiki/Francoist_Spain" title="Francoist Spain">Francoist</a> image), thus the space for the centrist UCD shrank.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, the UCD was returned for a second term in the <a href="/wiki/1979_Spanish_general_election" title="1979 Spanish general election">1979 general election</a>, with a slight increase in vote share but could not attain a majority, with 34.8% of the vote and 168 deputies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Internal_divisions_and_defections">Internal divisions and defections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_the_Democratic_Centre_(Spain)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Internal divisions and defections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The demise of the UCD began when an internal conflict emerged between its diverse factions. Many believe that the only factor that had kept the party together was the writing of the constitution. With that work done, the party became increasingly unpopular due to the growth of unemployment, inflation and the general economic crisis affecting the country. </p><p>During the course of the 1979–1982 legislature, the party suffered a number of serious splits and defections. On 7 March 1980, <a href="/wiki/Joaquim_Molins" class="mw-redirect" title="Joaquim Molins">Joaquim Molins</a> resigned from the UCD group and later joined the Catalan Nationalist <a href="/wiki/Convergence_and_Union" title="Convergence and Union">Convergence and Union</a>. On 25 April 1980, <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Clavero" title="Manuel Clavero">Manuel Clavero</a> resigned from the party in disputes over the statute of autonomy for Andalusia. Two months later, <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Garc%C3%ADa_P%C3%A9rez" title="José García Pérez">José García Pérez</a> resigned over the same issue; García would join the <a href="/wiki/Andalusian_Party" title="Andalusian Party">Andalusian Socialist Party</a> on 1 September 1981. Meanwhile, Suárez resigned as prime minister in January 1981. He was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Leopoldo_Calvo_Sotelo" class="mw-redirect" title="Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo">Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo</a> for the remainder of the term of the <a href="/wiki/Cortes_Generales" title="Cortes Generales">Cortes</a>. </p><p>On 10 November 1981, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Manuel_D%C3%ADaz-Pini%C3%A9s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manuel Díaz-Piniés (page does not exist)">Manuel Díaz-Piniés</a> resigned from the party and on 1 February 1982 he, together with three other deputies <a href="/w/index.php?title=Miguel_Herrero_de_Mi%C3%B1%C3%B3n&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miguel Herrero de Miñón (page does not exist)">Miguel Herrero de Miñón</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ricardo_de_la_Cierva" title="Ricardo de la Cierva">Ricardo de la Cierva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Soler_Valero" title="Francisco Soler Valero">Francisco Soler Valero</a> joined the <a href="/wiki/Popular_Alliance_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Popular Alliance (Spain)">Popular Alliance</a> (AP). The first of a number of breakaway parties emerged three days later on 4 February 1982 when 10 UCD deputies from the left of the party - <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Ord%C3%B3%C3%B1ez" title="Francisco Fernández Ordóñez">Francisco Fernández Ordóñez</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Antonio_Alfonso_Quir%C3%B3s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antonio Alfonso Quirós (page does not exist)">Antonio Alfonso Quirós</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luis_Berenguer" title="Luis Berenguer">Luis Berenguer</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmela_Garc%C3%ADa_Moreno&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carmela García Moreno (page does not exist)">Carmela García Moreno</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ciriaco_D%C3%ADaz_Porras&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ciriaco Díaz Porras (page does not exist)">Ciriaco Díaz Porras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luis_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Seara" title="Luis González Seara">Luis González Seara</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eduardo_Moreno_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eduardo Moreno (politician) (page does not exist)">Eduardo Moreno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Javier_Moscoso" title="Javier Moscoso">Javier Moscoso</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mar%C3%ADa_Dolores_Pelayo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="María Dolores Pelayo (page does not exist)">María Dolores Pelayo</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmen_Solano&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carmen Solano (page does not exist)">Carmen Solano</a> formed the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Action_Party_(Spain)" title="Democratic Action Party (Spain)">Democratic Action Party</a> (Partido de Acción Democrática/PAD). This group stood as part of the PSOE list in the 1982 election and merged with the PSOE in January 1983. </p><p>In the summer of 1982, the party splintered further. Two deputies (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Modesto_Fraile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Modesto Fraile (page does not exist)">Modesto Fraile</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Carlos_Gila&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carlos Gila (page does not exist)">Carlos Gila</a>) quit the party, in August, they, along with 11 other UCD deputies (<a href="/wiki/%C3%93scar_Alzaga" title="Óscar Alzaga">Óscar Alzaga</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mariano_Alierta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mariano Alierta (page does not exist)">Mariano Alierta</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joaqu%C3%ADn_Galant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joaquín Galant (page does not exist)">Joaquín Galant</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Julen_Guimon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julen Guimon (page does not exist)">Julen Guimon</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mar%C3%ADa_Josefa_Lafuente&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="María Josefa Lafuente (page does not exist)">María Josefa Lafuente</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Moreno_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="José Luis Moreno (politician) (page does not exist)">José Luis Moreno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Olivencia" title="Francisco Olivencia">Francisco Olivencia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Otero" title="José Manuel Otero">José Manuel Otero</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Pin_Arboledas" title="José Pin Arboledas">José Pin Arboledas</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Ruiz_Navarro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="José Luis Ruiz Navarro (page does not exist)">José Luis Ruiz Navarro</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Luis_Vega_(Spanish_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Luis Vega (Spanish politician) (page does not exist)">Luis Vega</a>), formed the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Democratic Party (Spain)">People's Democratic Party</a> (PDP). This party allied itself with the AP for the 1982 election. </p><p>Also in August, 16 deputies, headed by the former leader and Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez formed the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_and_Social_Centre_(Spain)" title="Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)">Democratic and Social Centre</a> (CDS).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the founding members were deputies such as <a href="/wiki/Agust%C3%ADn_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Sahag%C3%BAn" title="Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún">Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaume_Barnola&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jaume Barnola (page does not exist)">Jaume Barnola</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Le%C3%B3n_Buil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="León Buil (page does not exist)">León Buil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Calvo_Ortega" title="Rafael Calvo Ortega">Rafael Calvo Ortega</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Mesa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="José María Mesa (page does not exist)">José María Mesa</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Josep_Pujadas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Josep Pujadas (page does not exist)">Josep Pujadas</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Javier_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Alcaide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="José Javier Rodríguez Alcaide (page does not exist)">José Javier Rodríguez Alcaide</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Manuel_de_S%C3%A0rraga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manuel de Sàrraga (page does not exist)">Manuel de Sàrraga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Rebollo_%C3%81lvarez-Amandi" title="Alejandro Rebollo Álvarez-Amandi">Alejandro Rebollo Álvarez-Amandi</a>. The CDS fought the 1982 election in direct competition with the UCD. </p><p>Although the UCD had been joined by <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Areilza" class="mw-redirect" title="José María de Areilza">José María de Areilza</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Antoni_de_Senillosa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antoni de Senillosa (page does not exist)">Antoni de Senillosa</a>, who had defected from the AP, the UCD party group had now been reduced to 124 deputies - 52 short of a majority. The PSOE at this point had 118 deputies and could also count on the support of the 10 deputies of the PAD and the 21 members of the Communist Party. In light of this new situation in Parliament, Calvo Sotelo called fresh elections. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1982_election_and_disbanding">1982 election and disbanding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_the_Democratic_Centre_(Spain)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1982 election and disbanding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/1981_Spanish_coup_attempt" title="1981 Spanish coup attempt">1981 coup attempt</a>, the socialists convincingly won the <a href="/wiki/1982_Spanish_general_election" title="1982 Spanish general election">1982 general election</a>. The UCD, presenting <a href="/wiki/Landelino_Lavilla_Alsina" class="mw-redirect" title="Landelino Lavilla Alsina">Landelino Lavilla Alsina</a> as its candidate for prime minister, was nearly wiped out, taking only 6.7% of the vote and 11 seats, losing over 100 of their sitting deputies—one of the worst defeats ever suffered by a western European governing party. The CDS also fared poorly, with only two of its sixteen sitting deputies winning seats. </p><p>Most of the UCD's electorate became supporters of the AP-PDP alliance, which later became the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">People's Party</a>, today Spain's principal conservative party. The AP-PDP displaced the UCD as the main alternative to the PSOE. </p><p>Many ex-ministers and leaders of the UCD also joined the AP ranks. Subsequently, the UCD was disbanded on 18 February 1983. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_performance">Electoral performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_the_Democratic_Centre_(Spain)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Electoral performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cortes_Generales">Cortes Generales</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_the_Democratic_Centre_(Spain)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Cortes Generales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="9" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Cortes_Generales" title="Cortes Generales">Cortes Generales</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" width="75">Election </th> <th rowspan="2">Leading candidate </th> <th colspan="4">Congress </th> <th colspan="2">Senate </th> <th rowspan="2">Government </th></tr> <tr> <th width="70">Votes </th> <th width="70">% </th> <th>Seats </th> <th width="35">+/– </th> <th>Seats </th> <th width="35">+/– </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1977_Spanish_general_election" title="1977 Spanish general election">1977</a> </th> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Adolfo_Su%C3%A1rez" title="Adolfo Suárez">Adolfo Suárez</a> </td> <td>6,310,391 </td> <td>34.44 (#<b>1</b>) </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">165 / 350</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #197E36; width: 47%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>— </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">106 / 207</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #197E36; width: 51%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>— </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2"><a href="/wiki/Second_government_of_Adolfo_Su%C3%A1rez" title="Second government of Adolfo Suárez">Minority</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1979_Spanish_general_election" title="1979 Spanish general election">1979</a> </th> <td>6,268,593 </td> <td>34.84 (#<b>1</b>) </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">168 / 350</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #197E36; width: 48%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/10px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/15px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/20px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">118 / 208</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #197E36; width: 57%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/10px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/15px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg/20px-Green_Arrow_Up_Darker.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>12 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2"><a href="/wiki/Third_government_of_Adolfo_Su%C3%A1rez" title="Third government of Adolfo Suárez">Minority</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1982_Spanish_general_election" title="1982 Spanish general election">1982</a> </th> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Landelino_Lavilla_Alsina" class="mw-redirect" title="Landelino Lavilla Alsina">Landelino Lavilla</a> </td> <td>1,425,093 </td> <td>6.77 (#4) </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">12 / 350</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #197E36; width: 3%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Arrow_Down.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/10px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/15px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/20px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>156 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 208</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #197E36; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Arrow_Down.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/10px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/15px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Red_Arrow_Down.svg/20px-Red_Arrow_Down.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span>114 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_parliaments">Regional parliaments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_the_Democratic_Centre_(Spain)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Regional parliaments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Region </th> <th width="75">Election </th> <th width="70">Votes </th> <th width="35">% </th> <th width="25"># </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Status in legislature </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Andalusia" title="Andalusia">Andalusia</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1982_Andalusian_regional_election" title="1982 Andalusian regional election">1982</a> </th> <td>371,154 </td> <td>13.03% </td> <td>3rd </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">15 / 109</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #197E36; width: 14%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Basque_Country_(autonomous_community)" title="Basque Country (autonomous community)">Basque Country</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1980_Basque_regional_election" title="1980 Basque regional election">1980</a> </th> <td>78,095 </td> <td>8.49% </td> <td>5th </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">6 / 60</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #197E36; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Catalonia" title="Catalonia">Catalonia</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1980_Catalan_regional_election" title="1980 Catalan regional election">1980</a> </th> <td colspan="3">Within <a href="/wiki/Centrists_of_Catalonia" title="Centrists of Catalonia">CC–UCD</a> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">18 / 135</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #197E36; width: 13%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:#efb;">Confidence and supply </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Galicia_(Spain)" title="Galicia (Spain)">Galicia</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1981_Galician_regional_election" title="1981 Galician regional election">1981</a> </th> <td>274,191 </td> <td>27.80% </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">24 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #197E36; width: 34%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:#efb;">Confidence and supply </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Navarre" title="Navarre">Navarre</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1979_Navarrese_foral_election" title="1979 Navarrese foral election">1979</a> </th> <td>68,040 </td> <td>26.69% </td> <td><b>1st</b> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">20 / 70</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #197E36; width: 29%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:#ccf;">Mandatory coalition </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literature">Literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_the_Democratic_Centre_(Spain)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHopkin1999" class="citation cs2">Hopkin, Jonathan (1999), <i>Party Formation and Democratic Transition in Spain: The Creation and Collapse of the Union of the Democratic Centre</i>, Macmillan Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0312219121" title="Special:BookSources/0312219121"><bdi>0312219121</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Party+Formation+and+Democratic+Transition+in+Spain%3A+The+Creation+and+Collapse+of+the+Union+of+the+Democratic+Centre&rft.pub=Macmillan+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0312219121&rft.aulast=Hopkin&rft.aufirst=Jonathan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnion+of+the+Democratic+Centre+%28Spain%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_the_Democratic_Centre_(Spain)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Spain" title="Politics of Spain">Politics of Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_transition_to_democracy" title="Spanish transition to democracy">Spanish transition to democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Larra%C3%B1aga_Arenas" title="José Larrañaga Arenas">José Larrañaga Arenas</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_the_Democratic_Centre_(Spain)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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