Coalition for 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.Toñi Ramos, Coalición por Melilla, un partido de mayoría musulmana y moderado en sus reivindicaciones, El País, July 6, 1999
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.
Electoral results Melilla Assembly Melilla Assembly Election Vote % Score Seats +/– Leader Status in legislature19954,07215.47NewNew Opposition 1999 5,833 20.44 2nd 1 Mustafa Aberchán Government Opposition 20037,39226.332nd2 Opposition20076,24521.712nd2 Opposition 20117,394 23.66 2nd 1 Opposition 20158,450 26.41 2nd 1 Opposition 201910,472 30.62 2nd 1 Government 2023 5,557 18.82 2nd 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 0 Mustafa Aberchán No seats 2019 (Nov) 8,955 0.04 27th 0 0 No seats20231,2980.0140th00 No seats
Sources
Shireen Hunter. Islam, Europe's second religion: the new social, cultural, and political landscape. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002. , . Pg 173