in the regime change that followed franco's death in 1975, however, those that remained most loyal to francoism were relegated to far-right movements that failed to gain a single seat in 1977 (and only elected a single mp, blas piñar, in the second general elections in 1979 under the coalitionist unión nacional banner). the political right, represented by a coalition of former francoist administrators under the banner of the alianza popular (referred to as "aperturistas", those in favour of social reform), attempted to strike a balance between the need to connect with the social majority while at the same time minimizing associations with the past, though with very little electoral success. during the 1970s and 1980s, the social majority tended to vote for parties from the centre (such as the ucd, led by adolfo suárez) or the left (psoe).