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This article lists political parties in Spain.
Spain has a multi-party system at both the national and regional level. Nationally, there are four dominant political parties: Podemos (left-wing), PSOE (centre-left), Ciudadanos (centre to centre-right) and Partido Popular (centre-right to right-wing).
The current makeup makes it difficult for any other formation or coalition to achieve an electoral majority in the bicameral Cortes Generales (consisting of both the national Congress of Deputies and regional representation in the Senate). Regional parties can be strong in autonomous communities like Catalonia and the Basque Country and are often essential for national government coalitions.
Contents
1 National political formations of Spain
2 Most voted political parties in the 2016 Spanish general election
3 Other political parties represented in regional parliaments
4 Political parties running for the Spanish general election, 2011[3]
5 Political parties without any representation
5.1 Social conservatism parties
5.2 Communist parties
5.3 Nationalist parties
5.4 Illegal parties
5.5 Defunct major parties
5.6 Defunct Nationalist parties
5.7 Defunct parties
6 See also
7 References
National political formations of Spain
People's Party (Partido Popular, PP) — mainstream centre-right to right-wing party, that is conservative, Catholic and economically liberal.
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español, PSOE) — mainstream centre-left social democratic party linked to General Union of Workers (Unión General de Trabajadores, UGT) trade union.
United We Can (Unidos Podemos, UP) — a republican left-wing electoral alliance led by the leftist 2014-founded party Podemos, supporting the removal of the monarchy of Spain and the withdrawal of Spain from NATO. The alliance is also formed by the United Left (Izquierda Unida, IU), which is associated with Workers' Commissions (Comisiones Obreras, CCOO) trade union, and other left-wing parties that advocate green politics.
Citizens (Ciudadanos) — a centrist,[1] party. It supports high degree of political decentralization, but it rejects autonomous communities' right to self-determination.
Most voted political parties in the 2016 Spanish general election
| Parties and coalitions | Position | Ideology | Results (2016) | Seats in Congress (Total: 350) | Coalition partners | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
People's Party (PP) Partido Popular | Centre-right to right-wing | Conservatism, Christian democracy, economic liberalism, unionism, pro-Europeanism | 7,906,185 votes, 33.03% | 137 | PP (134) UPN (2) FAC (1) | |
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Partido Socialista Obrero Español | Centre-left | Social democracy, federalism, pro-Europeanism | 5,424,709 votes, 22.66% | 85 | PSOE (77) PSC (7) NC (1) | |
United We Can (Unidos Podemos) Unidos Podemos | Left-wing to far-left | Democratic socialism, Social democracy, Republicanism, Antimilitarism, Internationalism, Feminism, Environmentalism | 5,049,734 votes, 21.10% | 71 | Podemos (43) United Left (8) Independents (7) Compromís (4) Equo (3) ICV (2) Anova (2) Barcelona en Comú (2) | |
Citizens (Cs) Ciudadanos | Centre to centre-right | Liberalism, Pro-Europeanism, Neoliberalism, Unionism, Centralism | 3,123,769 votes, 13.05% | 32 | ||
Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (ERC–CatSí) Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya–Catalunya Sí | Centre-left to left-wing | Catalan independentism, left-wing nationalism, democratic socialism, republicanism | 629,294 votes, 2.63% | 9 | ||
Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) Partit Demòcrata Europeu Català | Centre-right | Catalan independentism, Liberalism | 481,839 votes, 2.01% | 8 | ||
Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea Partido Nacionalista Vasco Parti National Basque | Centre-right | Basque nationalism, liberal conservatism, Christian democracy | 286,215 votes, 1.20% | 5 | ||
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal | Centre-left | Animal welfare | 284,848 votes, 1.19% | 0 | ||
Basque Country Unite (EHB) Euskal Herria Bildu | Left-wing | Basque independentism, separatism, left-wing nationalism, abertzale left | 184,092 votes, 0.77% | 2 | Sortu (1) Alternatiba (1) | |
Canarian Coalition (CC–PNC) Coalición Canaria | Centre to centre-right | Canarian nationalism, liberal conservatism | 78,080 votes, 0.33% | 1 | ||
Other political parties represented in regional parliaments
| Party | Position | Ideology | Regional parliament | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unitarian Candidacy of Workers Candidatura Unitaria de Trabajadores | Far-left | Libertarian communism, Anti-capitalism, Andalusian nationalism | Parliament of Andalusia | 2/109 | |
Aragonese Party Partido Aragonés | Centrism[2] | Aragonese regionalism Centrism | Aragonese Corts | 6/67 | |
Aragonese Union Chunta Aragonesista | Left-wing | Eco-socialism, Aragonese nationalism, Republicanism, Federalism | Aragonese Corts | 2/67 | |
Asturias Forum Foro Asturias | Centre-right | Conservatism, Christian democracy, Regionalism | General Junta of the Principality of Asturias | 3/45 | |
More for Majorca Més per Mallorca | Left-wing | Democratic socialism, Green politics, Left-wing nationalism, Catalanism | Parliament of the Balearic Islands | 6/59 | |
Proposal for the Islands Proposta per les Illes | Centre | Liberalism, Centrism, Balearic regionalism | Parliament of the Balearic Islands | 3/59 | |
More for Menorca Més per Menorca | Left-wing | Democratic socialism, Green politics, Left-wing nationalism, Catalanism, Republicanism, Souverainism, Feminism | Parliament of the Balearic Islands | 3/59 | |
People for Formentera Gent per Formentera | Left-wing | Environmentalism, Socialism, Catalanism | Parliament of the Balearic Islands | 3/59 | |
Regionalist Party of Cantabria Partido Regionalista de Cantabria | Centre | Progressivism, centrism, Cantabrian regionalism | Parliament of Cantabria | 12/35 | |
Leonese People's Union Unión del Pueblo Leonés | Centre | Centrism, Leonese regionalism | Cortes of Castile and León | 1/83 | |
Together for Catalonia Junts per Catalunya | Center-right | Liberalism, Catalan nationalism, Catalan independence | Parliament of Catalonia | 34/135 | |
Catalonia in Common–We Can Catalunya en Comú–Podem | Left-wing | Social justice, Catalan right of self-determination, Left-wing populism, Environmentalism | Parliament of Catalonia | 8/135 | |
Popular Unity Candidacy Candidatura d'Unitat Popular | Left-wing to far-left | Catalan independence, Catalan nationalism, Socialism, Environmentalism, Euroscepticism | Parliament of Catalonia | 4/135 | |
En Masse En Marea | Left-wing | Socialism, anti-capitalism | Parliament of Galicia | 14/75 | |
Galician Nationalist Bloc Bloque Nacionalista Galego | Left-wing | Galician nationalism, socialism, euroscepticism | Parliament of Galicia | 6/75 | |
Navarrese People's Union Unión del Pueblo Navarro | Centre-right | Conservatism, Regionalism | Parliament of Navarre | 15/50 | |
Yes to the Future Geroa Bai | Centre-left | Basque nationalism | Parliament of Navarre | 9/50 | |
Left Izquierda-Ezkerra | Left-wing | Socialism | Parliament of Navarre | 2/50 | |
Commitment Coalition Coalició Compromís | Left-wing | Valencian nationalism, democratic socialism, progressivism, green politics | Corts Valencianes | 19/99 | |
Political parties running for the Spanish general election, 2011[3]
- Amaiur
- Partido Andalucista (PA)
- Andecha Astur
Anticapitalist Left
- Asturias Forum (FAC)
- Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV)
- Convergence and Union (CIU)
- Communist Party of the People of Spain (PCPE)
- Communist Unification of Spain
- EQUO
Escaños en Blanco (Eb)
- España 2000
Falange Española de las Jons (FE de las jons)
For a Fairer World (PUM+J)
- Foro Centro y Democracia (CYD)
- Humanist Party (PH)
- Internet Party (PDI)
Partido de Castilla y León (PCAL)
Partido Regionalista por Andalucía Oriental (PRAO)
- Animalist Party Against Mistreatment to Animals (PACMA)
People's Party (Spain) aka Popular Party (PP)- Pirates of Catalonia (Pirata.cat)
- Platform for Catalonia (PxC)
- Podemos (not the same as Podemos)
- Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)
- Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra)
- Republican Left of the Valencian Country (ERPV)
Republicanos (RPS)
Solidaridad y Autogestión Internacionalista (SAIn)
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
- Unidá
- Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)
- United Left (Spain)
Political parties without any representation
Estat Català (1922–present)
Partido Regionalista del País Leonés (Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country) Salamanca, Zamora, León PREPAL (1980–present)
Los Verdes (1984–present)
Partíu Asturianista (1985–present)
Frente Popular Galega (1986–present)
Batzarre (1987–present)
Andecha Astur (1990–present)
Unidad Regionalista de Castilla y León (1992–present)
Izquierda Asturiana (1992–present)
Conceju Nacionaliegu Cántabru (1995–present)
Falange Auténtica (2002–present)
Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal (2003–present) (PACMA)
Izquierda Castellana (2002–present)
Partido Pirata (2006–present)
Partido da Terra (2011–present)- Ciudadanos Agobiados y Cabreados
- Ciudadanos En Blanco
- Comunión Tradicionalista
Herritarren Zerrenda (legal in France, but not in Spain due to links with Batasuna / Herri Batasuna)- Los Verdes de la Comunidad de Madrid
Partido Carlista, see Carlism
- Partido Cannabis
- Partido del Karma Democrático
- Partido Humanista
- Vox
- Zutik
- Por un Mundo más Justo
Por una Europa de los Trabajadores y los Pueblos - No a la Constitucion Europea - coalition of PCPE and LI-LIT.CI
- Prepal
- Unidad Regionalista Asturiana
- Unión Centrista Liberal
Zornotza Eginez (local)- Agrupación de Electores Independientes Zamoranos
- Alianza para el Desarrollo y la Naturaleza
- Alianza por la Unidad Nacional
- Bloque por Asturies
- Coalición Asturiana
- Coalición Europea
Coalición Liberal - European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party
- Extremadura Unida
- Iniciativa Socialista de Izquierdas
- Los Parados
- Los Verdes Ecopacifistas
- Lucha Internacionalista
- Nueva Izquierda Verde
Nuevo Partido por la Democracia[4][5]
Partido de Acción Socialista (PASOC)- Partido de los Autónomos Jubilados y Viudas
- Partido del Bierzo
- Partido de Internet
- Partido de la Libertad Individual [1]
- Partido Demócrata Español
- Partido Familia y Vida
- Partido Ibérico [2]
- Partido Mutuo Apoyo Romántico
- Partido Obrero Socialista Internacionalista
Social conservatism parties
Spanish Alternative (2003–present)
Communist parties
Communist Party of Spain (1921–present)
Communist Unification of Spain (1973–present)
Partido Comunista Obrero Español PCOE (1973–present)
Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España (1984–present)(PCPE)
Communist Party of Spain (Marxist-Leninist) (2006-present)
Revolutionary Left (2017-present)
Nationalist parties
Democracia Nacional (1995–present)
España 2000 (2002–present)
Party for Freedom (Spain) (2013–present)
Illegal parties
ANV (EAE - ANV)
Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (Partido Comunista de las Tierras Vascas) PCTV - EHAK
Euskal Herritarrok has been made illegal by the Spanish Supreme Court of Justice (Tribunal Supremo), which regards it as part of ETA, which is banned as a terrorist group
Herri Batasuna/Batasuna (the political branch of ETA)
(* Note: Batasuna is legal in France; it is however an association and not a political party)
Batasuna is in the list of terrorist organisations of US and EU.
- Herritarren Zerrenda
Demokrazia Hiru Milioi (Spanish: Democracia Tres Millones; D3M; also called Demokrazia 3,000,000)
Askatasuna (from the Basque word meaning freedom)
Defunct major parties
Radical Republican Party (1908–1936)
Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas, the leading right-wing party of the Second Spanish Republic (1933–1937)
Falange Española de las JONS (1937–1977)
Partido Socialista Popular (1968–1978)
Alianza Popular, refounded as Partido Popular (1976–1989)
Partido Liberal, absorbed into the Partido Popular (1976–1989)
Unión de Centro Democrático, refounded as Centro Democrático y Social (1977–1983) (also defunct) (merged into Partido Popular)
Euskadiko Ezkerra, absorbed into Partido Socialista de Euskadi (1977–1993)
Partido Demócrata Popular, absorbed into the Partido Popular (1982–1989)
Partit Socialista de Mallorca, absorbed into PSM - Nationalist Agreement
- Partido Reformista Democrático
- Unió Valenciana
Defunct Nationalist parties
National Alliance July 18 (1977)
National Union (Spain) (1979–1982)
Movimiento Social Republicano (1999–2018)
Defunct parties
Republican Left (1934–1959) (Izquierda Republicana)
Partido Andalucista (1965–2015)
Partido Galeguista (1977–1984)
Coalición Galega (1983–2012)
Tierra Comunera - Partido nacionalista Castellano, Castilian nationalist party (1988–2009)
Nós-Unidade Popular (2001–2015) (Us-People Unity)
Unidad Cántabra (2002–2011)
Unión del Pueblo Salmantino, Salamanca (2002–2014)
Otra Democracia Es Posible (2003~2006)
Frente Nacional (National Front) (2006–2011)
See also
- Politics of Spain
- List of political parties by country
- List of political parties in Catalonia
- Liberalism and radicalism in Spain
- List of registered political parties in Spain by geographic location
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