Communist Party of the Workers of Spain

{{Infobox political party

| logo = 160px

| name = Communist Party of the Workers of Spain

| leader1_title = General Secretary

| leader1_name = Ástor García

| ideology = Communism
Marxism-Leninism

| position = Far-left

| colours = {{color box|{{party color|Communist Party of the Workers of Spain}}|border=darkgray}} Red

| split = PCPE

| colorcode = {{party color|Communist Party of the Workers of Spain}}

| foundation = 3 March 2019

| country = Spain

| headquarters = C. de Peñas Largas 10, Madrid, Spain

| international = IMCWP

| website = {{URL|http://www.pcte.es/}}

| youth_wing = Collectives of Communist Youth

| native_name = Partido Comunista de los Trabajadores de España

| native_name_lang = sp

| european = INITIATIVE (2019–2023)
ECA (2023–){{cite web|url=https://www.idcommunism.com/2023/11/european-communist-actions-founding-declaration.html?m=1|title=European Communist Action's Founding Declaration|date=27 November 2023|access-date=1 December 2023}}

| newspaper = [http://www.nuevo-rumbo.es/ Nuevo Rumbo]

| seats1_title = Congress of Deputies

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| seats2_title = Senate

| seats2 = {{composition bar|0|266|hex={{party color|Communist Party of the Workers of Spain}}}}

| seats3_title = European Parliament

| seats3 = {{composition bar|0|59|hex={{party color|Communist Party of the Workers of Spain}}}}

| seats4_title = Local Government (2023-2027)

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The Communist Party of the Workers of Spain ({{langx|es|Partido Comunista de los Trabajadores de España}}, abbreviated PCTE) is a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Spain. The PCTE was founded on March 3, 2019 as the result of a split in the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE).{{Cite web|url=http://www.partido-comunista.es/comunicados-centrales/resolucion-del-comite-central/|title=Resolución del Comité Central|last=agitprop|date=2019-03-03|website=PCTE|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427150320/http://www.partido-comunista.es/comunicados-centrales/resolucion-del-comite-central/|archive-date=2019-04-27|url-status=dead}} The youth organization of the PCTE is called the Collectives of Communist Youth.

History

The PCTE contested both the April 2019 Spanish general election (14,189 votes, 0.05%) and the election for the European Parliament (19,081, 0.09%).{{Cite web |url=https://resultados.eleccioneslocaleseuropeas19.es/#/es/eu/resultados/total |title=Resultados provisionales Elecciones Europeas 2019 |language=es |trans-title=Provisional results European Elections 2019 |website=resultados.eleccioneslocaleseuropeas19.es |access-date=2019-06-03}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.resultados.eleccionesgenerales19.es/Congreso/Total-nacional/0/es |title=Elecciones Generales España 2019 |language=es |trans-title=General Elections Spain 2019 |website=www.resultados.eleccionesgenerales19.es |access-date=2019-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429053538/https://www.resultados.eleccionesgenerales19.es/Congreso/Total-nacional/0/es |archive-date=2019-04-29 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.nuevo-rumbo.es/2019/04/12/en-plena-batalla-electoral/ |title=En plena batalla electoral |language=es-ES |trans-title=In the middle of the electoral battle |access-date=2019-04-22}} On the same day of the European parliament election, the PCTE competed in five regional elections and in sixteen municipalities. The party won in total 4,368 votes and two seats in the former mining municipality of Degaña in southwestern Asturias. It also supported the local list {{lang|es|Asamblea Ciudadana Por Torrelavega}} (ACPT), which also won two seats.{{Cite web |url=https://www.solidnet.org/article/CP-of-the-Workers-of-Spain-The-PCTE-stands-for-the-European-local-and-autonomic-elections-on-May-26/ |title=Solidnet {{!}} CP of the Workers of Spain, The PCTE stands for the European, local and autonomic elections on May 26 |website=www.solidnet.org |access-date=2019-06-03 |archive-date=2019-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603202656/https://www.solidnet.org/article/CP-of-the-Workers-of-Spain-The-PCTE-stands-for-the-European-local-and-autonomic-elections-on-May-26/ |url-status=dead }}

At the November 2019 election, the PCTE is fielding candidates in 37 provinces, compared to the 27 provinces the party contested at the previous election.{{Cite web |url=http://www.partido-comunista.es/destacados/pcte-presenta-37-candidaturas-10n-10-mas-abril/ |title=El PCTE presenta 37 candidaturas para el 10N, 10 más que en abril |trans-title=The PCTE presents 37 candidacies for the 10N, 10 more than in April |last=Oficina de Prensa del PCTE |date=2019-10-08 |website=PCTE |language=es-ES |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009164843/http://www.partido-comunista.es/destacados/pcte-presenta-37-candidaturas-10n-10-mas-abril/ |archive-date=2019-10-09 |access-date=2019-10-09}}

At the 2023 Spanish regional and local elections, the party has fielded candidates in four autonomies and twenty-one municipalities.{{Cite web |date=14 May 2023 |title=El PCTE estará presente en cuatro elecciones autonómicas y en 21 candidaturas municipales. |url=https://www.pcte.es/notas-de-prensa/el-pcte-estara-presente-en-cuatro-elecciones-autonomicas-y-en-21-candidaturas-municipales/ |access-date=28 May 2023 |website=PCTE}} Despite winning more votes than in 2019 (7,186 votes overall), the party lost both seats in Degaña. The party only obtained one seat in the Mallorcan town of Bunyola through the broad leftist coalition "Esquerra Oberta de Bunyola".{{Cite web |title=Regidors a l'Oposició {{!}} Ajuntament de Bunyola |url=https://ajbunyola.net/ca/regidors-oposicio |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=ajbunyola.net}}{{Cite web |title=@LunaMateu |url=https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2FLunaMateu |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Twitter |language=en}}