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List of Political Parties in Spain
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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 five dominant political parties: Podemos (left-wing), PSOE (centre-left), Ciudadanos (centre-right), Partido Popular (centre-right to right-wing) and Vox (far-right).
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.
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. It has established alliances with regional right-to-centre parties like Foro Asturias and Navarrese People's Union.
- 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 (Unidas Podemos, UP) -- an anti-austerity left-wing electoral alliance led by the leftist 2014-founded party Podemos. 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 centre[1] to centre-right[2] economically liberal party. It supports high degree of political decentralization, but it rejects autonomous communities' right to self-determination.
- Vox -- a far-right, Spanish nationalist party whose main ideologies are social conservatism, economic liberalism and centralism (i.e. strong opposition to Spain's peripheral nationalisms). It defends the restriction of illegal immigration.
- Union, Progress and Democracy (Unión Progreso y Democracia, UPyD) -- a progressive party which ideologically combines social liberalism with centralism from the centre of political spectrum. It strongly supports the unity of Spain, thereby being an enemy of Spain's peripheral nationalism.
- Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal, PACMA) -- a centre-left party focused on the fight for animal rights, the environment and social justice. The party seeks to ban all sorts of bullfighting events.
Parties and coalitions
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Position
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Ideology
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Results (November 2019)
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Seats in Congress
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Coalition partners
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Centre-left
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28.00%
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120
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PSOE (108) PSC (12)
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People's Party (PP) Partido Popular
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Centre-right to right-wing
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Conservatism, Christian democracy, , unionism, pro-Europeanism
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5,019,869 votes, 20.82%
|
89
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PP (88) FAC (1)
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Vox (Vox) Vox
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Right-wing to far-right
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ultranationalism, national conservatism, economic liberalism, euroscepticism
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3,640,063 votes, 15.09%
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52
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|
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United We Can (Unidas Podemos) Unidas Podemos
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Left-wing
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Left-wing populism, democratic socialism, social democracy, republicanism, antimilitarism, feminism, environmentalism
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3,097,185 votes, 12.84%
|
35
|
Podemos (26) IU (5) Catalunya en Comú (3) Independent (1)
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Citizens (Cs) Ciudadanos
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Centre to centre-right
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Liberalism, economic liberalism, Spanish nationalism, unionism, pro-Europeanism
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1,637,540 votes, 6.79%
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10
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|
|
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Centre-left to left-wing
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Catalan independentism, left-wing nationalism, social democracy, republicanism
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869,934 votes, 3.61%
|
13
|
|
|
Together for Catalonia (JxCat) Junts per Catalunya
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Centre-right
|
Catalan independentism, Liberalism
|
527,375 votes, 2.19%
|
8
|
|
|
Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea Partido Nacionalista Vasco Parti National Basque
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Basque nationalism, liberal conservatism, Christian democracy
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377,423 votes, 1.57%
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6
|
|
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Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal
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Centre-left
|
Animal welfare
|
226,469 votes, 0.94%
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0
|
|
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Basque Country Unite (EHB) Euskal Herria Bildu
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Left-wing to far-left
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Basque independentism, separatism, left-wing nationalism, abertzale left
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276.519 votes, 1.15%
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5
|
Sortu (1) Alternatiba (1)
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Commitment Coalition (Compromis) Coalició Compromis
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Left-wing
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Valencian nationalism, democratic socialism, progressivism, green politics
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173,821 votes, 0.66%
|
1
|
|
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Canarian Coalition (CC-PNC) Coalición Canaria
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Centre to centre-right
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Canarian nationalism, liberalism
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137,664 votes, 0.53%
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2
|
|
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Sum Navarre (NA+) Navarra Suma
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Centre-right
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Regionalism, liberal conservatism
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107,619 votes, 0.41%
|
2
|
|
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Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) Partido Regionalista de Cantabria
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Centre to centre-left
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Progressivism, centrism, Cantabrian regionalism
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52,266 votes, 0.20%
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1
|
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Other political parties represented in regional parliaments
Party
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Position
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Ideology
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Regional parliament
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Seats
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Unitarian Candidacy of Workers Candidatura Unitaria de Trabajadores
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Far-left
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Libertarian communism, Anti-capitalism, Andalusian nationalism
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Parliament of Andalusia
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1/109
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Aragonese Party Partido Aragonés
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Centre[3] |
Aragonese regionalism Centrism
|
Aragonese Corts
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6/67
|
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Aragonese Union Chunta Aragonesista
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Left-wing
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Eco-socialism, Aragonese nationalism, Republicanism, Federalism
|
Aragonese Corts
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2/67
|
|
Asturias Forum Foro Asturias
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Centre-right
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Conservatism, Christian democracy, Regionalism
|
General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
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3/45
|
|
More for Majorca Més per Mallorca
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Left-wing
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Democratic socialism, Green politics, Left-wing nationalism, Catalanism
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Parliament of the Balearic Islands
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6/59
|
|
Proposal for the Islands Proposta per les Illes
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Centre
|
Liberalism, Centrism, Balearic regionalism
|
Parliament of the Balearic Islands
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3/59
|
|
More for Menorca Més per Menorca
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Left-wing
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Democratic socialism, Green politics, Left-wing nationalism, Catalanism, Republicanism, Souverainism, Feminism
|
Parliament of the Balearic Islands
|
3/59
|
|
People for Formentera Gent per Formentera
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Left-wing
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Environmentalism, Socialism, Catalanism
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Parliament of the Balearic Islands
|
3/59
|
|
Regionalist Party of Cantabria Partido Regionalista de Cantabria
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Centre to centre-left
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Progressivism, centrism, Cantabrian regionalism
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Parliament of Cantabria
|
12/35
|
|
Leonese People's Union Unión del Pueblo Leonés
|
Centre
|
Centrism, Leonese regionalism
|
Cortes of Castile and León
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1/83
|
|
Together for Catalonia Junts per Catalunya
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Centre-right
|
Liberalism, Catalan nationalism, Catalan independence
|
Parliament of Catalonia
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34/135
|
|
Catalonia in Common-We Can Catalunya en Comú-Podem
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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
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Left-wing to far-left
|
Catalan independence, Catalan nationalism, Socialism, Environmentalism, Euroscepticism
|
Parliament of Catalonia
|
4/135
|
|
En Masse En Marea
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Left-wing
|
Socialism, anti-capitalism
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Parliament of Galicia
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14/75
|
|
Galician Nationalist Bloc Bloque Nacionalista Galego
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Left-wing
|
Galician nationalism, socialism, euroscepticism
|
Parliament of Galicia
|
6/75
|
|
Navarrese People's Union Unión del Pueblo Navarro
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Centre-right
|
Conservatism, Regionalism
|
Parliament of Navarre
|
15/50
|
|
Yes to the Future Geroa Bai
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Centre-left
|
Basque nationalism
|
Parliament of Navarre
|
9/50
|
|
Left Izquierda-Ezkerra
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Left-wing
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Socialism
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Parliament of Navarre
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2/50
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Political parties running for the Spanish general election, 2011
[4]
Political parties without any representation
Socially conservative parties
Communist parties
Nationalist parties
Illegal parties
(* 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.
Defunct parties
Defunct major parties
Defunct Nationalist parties
Defunct parties
See also
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