PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE

The 'People's Alliance' is the English name of several political parties in various nations.

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Spain

Belgium

Iceland

India

Sri Lanka

Spain

The 'People's Alliance' (in Spanish Alianza Popular) was a conservative political party in Spain, formed by a group of General Franco's partisans after his death and consequent restoration of democracy. Led by Manuel Fraga, a former minister under Franco, the Alliance was the main opposition party to the Socialist government in the mid-1980s, but was generally viewed as too reactionary to win a presidential election. Said circumstance led in the late 1980's to the refoundation of the party as the People's Party (in Spanish Partido Popular), with the addition of several small Christian democratic parties and the remnants of the Democratic Center Union.

Belgium

In the 1990s, the 'People's Alliance' (in Dutch Volksunie) was the name of a Belgian political party. Around 2001, it split up into the Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie and Spirit parties.

★ ''See also:'' Volksunie

Iceland

The 'People's Alliance' (In Icelandic Alþýðubandalagið) was an electoral alliance in Iceland from 1956 to 1968 and a political party from 1968 to 1998.

★ ''See also:'' The People's Alliance

India

The 'People's Alliance' is a political front of minor political parties in Tamil Nadu. This front was basically formed by groups who were dissatisfied that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had put National Democratic Alliance (India) (NDA) aside in Tamil Nadu and instead had launched a pure BJP-AIADMK front ahead of the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.

Sri Lanka

The 'People's Alliance' is a political front led by Sri Lanka Freedom Party.