This made a 33-33 tie at the Basque regional Parliament.
However, the Basque Parliament voted for recognizing this right in its region.
The Basque Parliament is the legislative body of the autonomous region.
The right of self-determination was asserted by the Basque Parliament in 1990, 2002 and 2006.
In 1985, the Basque Parliament chose Ardanza as its new president.
After the new election was held for the Basque regional parliament, Batasuna lost all their remaining elected representatives.
On 9 March 1980 he was elected Member of the Basque Parliament.
In the 1980 Basque regional election he was elected to the Basque parliament.
Batasuna has seven members in the Basque regional Parliament and dozens of local councilors.
He was elected as deputy in the Basque Parliament in all successive elections until 1998.