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 two dominant political parties, (the left-leaning PSOE and conservative PP) which makes it extremely 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 2015 Spanish general election
- 3 Other political parties represented in regional parliaments
- 4 Political parties running for the Spanish general election, 2011[1]
- 5 Political parties without any representation
- 6 See also
- 7 References
National political formations of Spain
- People's Party (Partido Popular, PP) — mainstream centre-right, is a conservative, Catholic and economically liberal party.
- 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.
- Podemos — left-wing party founded in January 2014.
- Citizens (Ciudadanos) — a centre-left to centre-right business-friendly party. It supports high degree of political decentralization, but it rejects autonomous communities' right to self-determination.
- United Left (Izquierda Unida, IU) — left-wing group associated with Workers' Commissions (Comisiones Obreras, CCOO) trade union, is a coalition of minor left-wing, republican and green parties led by the Communist Party of Spain, supporting the removal of the monarchy of Spain and the withdrawal of Spain from NATO.
- Union, Progress and Democracy (Unión, Progreso y Democracia, UPyD) — a recently established 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.
Most voted political parties in the 2015 Spanish general election
Other political parties represented in regional parliaments
Political parties running for the Spanish general election, 2011[1]
- Amaiur
- Partido Andalucista (PA)
- Andecha Astur
- es
- 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
- es
- España 2000
- es
- es
- Foro Centro y Democracia (CYD)
- Humanist Party (PH)
- Internet Party (PDI)
- es
- es
- 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)
- es (RPS)
- es
- 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)
- 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?[2][3]
- 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 Mutuo Apoyo Romántico ?
- Partido Obrero Socialista Internacionalista ?
Social conservatism parties
- Spanish Alternative (2003–present)
Communist parties
- Communist Unification of Spain (1973–present)
- Partido Comunista Obrero Español PCOE (1973–present)
- Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España (1984–present)(PCPE)
- Socialismo Revolucionario (Revolutionary Socialism)
Nationalist parties
- Conceju Nacionaliegu Cántabru (1995–present)
- Democracia Nacional (1995–present)
- España 2000 (2002–present)
- Movimiento Social Republicano (1999–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.
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 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
References
- ↑ http://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/jelect/2011/GENERALES_2011_Candidaturas.pdf
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