list of political parties in Spain
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This article serves as a list of the political parties in Spain.
Spain has a multi-party system at both the national and regional level, the major parties nationwide being the People's Party (PP) and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
Spain was formerly considered to have a two-party system dominated by the PSOE and the PP;{{Cite news |date=2017-09-29 |title=Shake-up in Spain: Reform parties have broken the old two-party cartel - The Washington Post |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/06/19/shake-up-in-spain-reform-parties-have-broken-the-old-two-party-cartel/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929001131/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/06/19/shake-up-in-spain-reform-parties-have-broken-the-old-two-party-cartel/ |archive-date=2017-09-29 }} however, the current makeup has no formation or coalition with enough seats to claim a parliamentary 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, notably Catalonia and the Basque Country, and are often essential for national government coalitions.
Political parties with parliamentary representation
= Represented in Cortes Generales =
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%" |
colspan="3" | Party or coalition
! Ideology ! Leader ! Deputies ! Senators ! MEPs ! class="unsortable" |Status |
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width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}" |
| 50px | {{Nowrap|People's Party (PP) | {{Nowrap|Conservatism | {{composition bar|137|350|hex={{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}}} | {{composition bar|140|265|hex={{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}}} | {{composition bar|22|61|hex={{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}}} | {{composition bar|452|1258|hex={{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}}} | {{composition bar|23412|66979|hex={{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}}} |Opposition |
bgcolor="{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}" |
| 50px | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | {{composition bar|120|350|hex={{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}}} | {{composition bar|88|265|hex={{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}}} | {{composition bar|20|61|hex={{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}}} | {{composition bar|354|1258|hex={{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}}} | {{composition bar|20784|66979|hex={{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}}} | style="background:#9fd8af" |Government |
bgcolor="{{party color|Vox (political party)}}" |
| 50px | {{Nowrap|Vox (Vox) | {{Nowrap|National conservatism | {{composition bar|33|350|hex={{party color|Vox (Spanish political party)}}}} | {{composition bar|3|265|hex={{party color|Vox (Spanish political party)}}}} | {{composition bar|6|61|hex={{party color|Vox (Spanish political party)}}}} | {{composition bar|119|1258|hex={{party color|Vox (Spanish political party)}}}} | {{composition bar|1695|66979|hex={{party color|Vox (Spanish political party)}}}} |Opposition |
bgcolor="{{party color|Sumar (electoral platform)}}" |
| 50px | {{Nowrap|Unite (Sumar) | {{Nowrap|Progressivism | {{composition bar|27|350|hex={{party color|Sumar (electoral platform)}}}} | {{composition bar|2|265|hex={{party color|Sumar (electoral platform)}}}} | {{composition bar|3|61|hex={{party color|Sumar (electoral platform)}}}} | {{composition bar|38|1258|hex={{party color|Sumar (electoral platform)}}}} | {{composition bar|1995|66979|hex={{party color|Sumar (electoral platform)}}}} | style="background:#9fd8af" |Government |
bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}" |
| 50x50px | {{Nowrap|Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | {{Nowrap|Catalan independence | {{composition bar|7|350|hex={{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}}} | {{composition bar|6|265|hex={{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}}} | {{composition bar|1|61|hex={{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}}} | {{composition bar|33|1258|hex={{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}}} | {{composition bar|2903|66979|hex={{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}}} |Support |
bgcolor="{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2020)}}" |
| 50x50px | {{Nowrap|Together for Catalonia (JxCat) | Catalan independence | {{composition bar|7|350|hex={{party color|Together for Catalonia (2020)}}}} | {{composition bar|3|265|hex={{party color|Together for Catalonia (2020)}}}} | {{composition bar|1|61|hex={{party color|Together for Catalonia (2020)}}}} | {{composition bar|35|1258|hex={{party color|Together for Catalonia (2020)}}}} | {{composition bar|2683|66979|hex={{party color|Together for Catalonia (2020)}}}} |Support |
bgcolor="{{party color|EH Bildu (2023)}}" |
| 50px | {{Nowrap|Basque Country Unite (EH Bildu) | Basque independence | {{composition bar|6|350|hex={{party color|EH Bildu (2023)}}}} | {{composition bar|5|265|hex={{party color|EH Bildu (2023)}}}} | {{composition bar|1|61|hex={{party color|EH Bildu (2023)}}}} | {{composition bar|30|1258|hex={{party color|EH Bildu (2023)}}}} | {{composition bar|1399|66979|hex={{party color|EH Bildu (2023)}}}} |Support |
bgcolor="{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}" |
| | {{Nowrap|Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque nationalism | {{composition bar|5|350|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}} | {{composition bar|5|265|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}} | {{composition bar|1|61|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}} | {{composition bar|31|1258|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}} | {{composition bar|986|66979|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}} |Support |
bgcolor="{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party, 2022)}}" |
| 50x50px | {{Nowrap|We can (Podemos) | {{composition bar|4|350|hex={{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party, 2022)}}}} | {{composition bar|0|265|hex={{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party, 2022)}}}} | {{composition bar|2|61|hex={{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party, 2022)}}}} | {{composition bar|17|1258|hex={{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party, 2022)}}}} | {{composition bar|1995|66979|hex={{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party, 2022)}}}} |Support |
bgcolor="{{party color|Canarian Coalition}}" |
| 50px | {{Nowrap|Canarian Coalition (CCa) | Regionalism | {{composition bar|1|350|hex={{party color|Canarian Coalition}}}} | {{composition bar|1|265|hex={{party color|Canarian Coalition}}}} | {{composition bar|0|61|hex={{party color|Canarian Coalition}}}} | {{composition bar|19|1258|hex={{party color|Canarian Coalition}}}} | {{composition bar|304|66979|hex={{party color|Canarian Coalition}}}} | |
bgcolor="{{party color|Coalició Compromís}}" |
| 50px | {{Nowrap|Commitment Coalition (Compromís) | Valencian nationalism | {{composition bar|1|350|hex={{party color|Coalició Compromís}}}} | {{composition bar|1|265|hex={{party color|Coalició Compromís}}}} | {{composition bar|1|61|hex={{party color|Coalició Compromís}}}} | {{composition bar|15|1258|hex={{party color|Coalició Compromís}}}} | {{composition bar|662|66979|hex={{party color|Coalició Compromís}}}} | |
bgcolor="{{party color|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}" |
| 50px | {{Nowrap|Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) | Galician nationalism | {{composition bar|1|350|hex={{party color|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}}} | {{composition bar|1|265|hex={{party color|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}}} | {{composition bar|1|61|hex={{party color|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}}} | {{composition bar|19|1258|hex={{party color|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}}} | {{composition bar|590|66979|hex={{party color|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}}} | |
bgcolor="{{party color|Navarrese People's Union}}" |
| 50x50px | {{Nowrap|Navarrese People's Union (UPN) | Conservatism | {{composition bar|1|350|hex={{party color|Navarrese People's Union}}}} | {{composition bar|1|265|hex={{party color|Navarrese People's Union}}}} | {{composition bar|0|61|hex={{party color|Navarrese People's Union}}}} | {{composition bar|15|1258|hex={{party color|Navarrese People's Union}}}} | {{composition bar|298|66979|hex={{party color|Navarrese People's Union}}}} |Opposition |
bgcolor="{{party color|Més per Mallorca}}" |
| 50x50px | {{Nowrap|More for Majorca (Més) | Left-wing nationalism | {{composition bar|0|350|hex={{party color|Més per Mallorca}}}} | {{composition bar|1|265|hex={{party color|Més per Mallorca}}}} | {{composition bar|0|61|hex={{party color|Més per Mallorca}}}} | {{composition bar|4|1258|hex={{party color|Més per Mallorca}}}} | {{composition bar|118|66979|hex={{party color|Més per Mallorca}}}} | |
bgcolor="{{party color|Geroa Bai}}" |
| 50x50px | {{Nowrap|Yes to the Future (GBai) | Basque nationalism | {{composition bar|0|350|hex={{party color|Geroa Bai}}}} | {{composition bar|1|265|hex={{party color|Geroa Bai}}}} | {{composition bar|0|61|hex={{party color|Geroa Bai}}}} | {{composition bar|7|50|hex={{party color|Geroa Bai}}}} | {{composition bar|50|66979|hex={{party color|Geroa Bai}}}} | |
bgcolor="{{party color|Gomera Socialist Group}}" |
| 57x57px | {{Nowrap|Gomera Socialist Group (ASG) | Casimiro Curbelo | {{composition bar|0|350|hex={{party color|Gomera Socialist Group}}}} | {{composition bar|1|265|hex={{party color|Gomera Socialist Group}}}} | {{composition bar|0|61|hex={{party color|Gomera Socialist Group}}}} | {{composition bar|3|1258|hex={{party color|Gomera Socialist Group}}}} | {{composition bar|34|66979|hex={{party color|Gomera Socialist Group}}}} | |
bgcolor="{{party color|Independent Herrenian Group}}" |
| 50px | {{Nowrap|Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) | Insularism | Narvay Quintero | {{composition bar|0|350|hex={{party color|Independent Herrenian Group}}}} | {{composition bar|1|265|hex={{party color|Independent Herrenian Group}}}} | {{composition bar|0|61|hex={{party color|Independent Herrenian Group}}}} | {{composition bar|1|70|hex={{party color|Independent Herrenian Group}}}} | {{composition bar|9|66979|hex={{party color|Independent Herrenian Group}}}} | |
= Represented in regional parliaments =
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colspan="3" | Party or coalition
! Ideology ! Leader ! Region |
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bgcolor="{{party color|Empty Spain}}" |
| 72x72px | {{Nowrap|Empty Spain (EV) | {{composition bar|6|1258|hex={{party color|Empty Spain}}}} | {{composition bar|262|66979|hex={{party color|Empty Spain}}}} | |
bgcolor="{{party color|Adelante Andalucía (2021)}}" |
| 50x50px | {{Nowrap|Forward Andalusia (AA) | Andalusian nationalism | {{composition bar|2|109|hex={{party color|Adelante Andalucía (2021)}}}} |{{Composition bar|8|9067}} |
bgcolor="{{party color|Aragonese Party}}" |
| 50x50px | {{Nowrap|Aragonese Party (PAR) | {{composition bar|1|67|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | {{composition bar|334|4155|hex={{party color|Aragonese Party}}}} | rowspan="2" |Aragón |
bgcolor="{{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}" |
| 50x50px | {{Nowrap|Aragonese Union (CHA) | Aragonese nationalism | {{composition bar|3|67|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}} | {{composition bar|131|4155|hex={{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}}} |
bgcolor="{{party color|Asturias Forum (2021)}}" |
| 55x55px | {{Nowrap|Asturias Forum (Foro) | {{composition bar|1|45|hex={{party color|Asturias Forum (2021)}}}} | {{composition bar|38|928|hex={{party color|Asturias Forum (2021)}}}} |
bgcolor="{{party color|Més per Menorca}}" |
| 50px | {{Nowrap|More for Menorca (MxMe) | Left-wing nationalism | {{composition bar|2|59|hex={{party color|Més per Menorca}}}} | {{composition bar|20|66979|hex={{party color|Més per Menorca}}}} | rowspan="2" |Balearic Islands |
bgcolor="{{party color|Sa Unió}}" |
| 50px | {{Nowrap|The Union of Formentera (Sa Unió) | {{composition bar|1|59|hex={{party color|Sa Unió}}}} | {{composition bar|9|66979|hex={{party color|Sa Unió}}}} |
bgcolor="{{party color|New Canaries}}" |
| 50px | {{Nowrap|New Canaries–Canarian Bloc (NC–BC) | Canarian nationalism | {{composition bar|5|70|hex={{party color|New Canaries}}}} | {{composition bar|105|66979|hex={{party color|New Canaries}}}} |
bgcolor="{{party color|Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}" |
| | {{Nowrap|Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | {{composition bar|8|35|hex={{party color|Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}}} | {{composition bar|298|1041|hex={{party color|Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}}} |
bgcolor="{{party color|Leonese People's Union}}" |
| 50x50px | {{Nowrap|Leonese People's Union (UPL) | {{composition bar|3|81|hex={{party color|Leonese People's Union}}}} | {{composition bar|234|5194|hex={{party color|Leonese People's Union}}}} |
bgcolor="{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}" |
| 50px | {{Nowrap|Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) | Catalan independence | {{composition bar|4|135|hex={{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}}} | {{composition bar|313|15837|hex={{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}}} | rowspan="2" |Catalonia |
bgcolor="{{party color|Catalan Alliance}}" |
|50px |Catalan Alliance (AC) |Catalan independence |{{Composition bar|2|135|{{party color|Catalan Alliance}}}} |{{Composition bar|8|9139|{{party color|Catalan Alliance}}}} |
bgcolor="{{party color|Movement for Dignity and Citizenship}}" |
| | {{Nowrap|Movement for Dignity and Citizenship (MDyC) | Ceutan autonomism | colspan="2" | {{composition bar|3|25|hex={{party color|Movement for Dignity and Citizenship}}}} | rowspan="2" |Ceuta |
bgcolor="{{party color|Ceuta Ya!}}" |
| 50x50px | {{Nowrap|Ceuta Now! (CY!)}} | Democratic socialism | Mohamed Mustafa | colspan="2" | {{composition bar|2|25|hex={{party color|Ceuta Ya!}}}} |
bgcolor="{{party color|Coalition for Melilla}}" |
| 50x50px | {{Nowrap|Coalition for Melilla (CpM) | Social democracy | colspan="2" | {{composition bar|5|25|hex={{party color|Coalition for Melilla}}}} | rowspan="2" |Melilla |
bgcolor="{{party color|Somos Melilla}}" |
| 50x50px | {{Nowrap|We Are Melilla (SML) | colspan="2" | {{composition bar|1|25|hex={{party color|Somos Melilla}}}} |
= Represented in the European Parliament only =
Se Acabó La Fiesta was founded right before the 2024 European Parliament election and won 3 seats. It is designated as a grouping of electors rather than as an official political party.
Political parties without representation
= Single issue parties =
- Party of the Democratic Karma (Partido del Karma Democrático) (2000–present)
- Internet Party (Partido de Internet) (2009–present)
- Escaños en Blanco [
es] (2010–present) - X Party (Partido X) (2012)
- Overwhelmed and Annoyed Citizens
- Partido Ibérico
- Partido de los Autónomos Jubilados y Viudas
= Communist parties =
- Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) (1973–present)
- Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE) (1973–present)
- Revolutionary Workers' Party (1974–present)
- Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) (1980–present)
- Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) (1984–present)
- Anticapitalists (1995–present)
- Internationalist Struggle (LI) (1999–present)
- Corriente Roja (CR) (2002–present)
- Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (M–L)) (2006–present)
- Marxist–Leninist Party (Communist Reconstruction) (PML(RC)) (2014–present)
- Revolutionary Anticapitalist Left (IZAR) (2015–present)
- Workers' Revolutionary Current(CRT) (2017–present)
- Revolutionary Left (IR) (2017–present)
- Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) (2019–present)
= Leftist parties =
- Workers' Front (2018–present)
- For a Fairer World (Por un Mundo Más Justo, PM+J) (2004–present)
- Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero) (2014–present)
- Actúa (2017–present)
- Republican Alternative (Alternativa Republicana) (2013–present)
- Humanist Party (Partido Humanista) (1984–present)
- Carlist Party (Partido Carlista) (1970–present)
- Iniciativa Socialista de Izquierdas
- Nueva Izquierda Verde
- Solidaridad y Autogestión Internacionalista (SAIn)
= Progressive parties =
- Animalist Party with the EnvironmentA 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. (Partido Animalista Con el Medio Ambiente, PACMA) (2003–present)
- The Greens–Green Group (Los Verdes–Grupo Verde) (1994–present)
- Confederation of the Greens (Confederación de los Verdes) (1984–present)
- Cannabis Party (Partido Cannabis por la Legalización y la Normalización) (2003–present)
- The Eco-pacifist Greens (Los Verdes Ecopacifistas) (1988–present)
- Izquierda Española (2023-present)
- Alianza para el Desarrollo y la Naturaleza
= Liberal parties =
- Citizens - Party of the Citizenry (Ciudadanos-Partido de la Ciudadanía, CS) (2006–present)
- Libertarian Party (Partido Libertario) (2009–present)
- Volt Spain (2018–present)
- Foro Centro y Democracia (CYD)
= Conservative parties =
- Partido Familia y Vida
- Comunión Tradicionalista Carlista [
es] (1986–present)
= Nationalist parties =
- Falange Española de las JONS (1976–present)
- Spanish Catholic Movement (1981–present)
- National Democracy (1995–present)
- National Workers' Party (Spain) (1999–present)
- España 2000 (2002–present)
- Authentic Phalanx (Falange Auténtica) (2002–present)
- Spanish Alternative (2003–present)
- National Alliance (2006–present)
- Party for Freedom (2013–present)
- Hacer Nación (2020–present)
= Regionalist parties =
== Andalusia ==
- Andalusian Left (1998–present)
- Andalusian Nation (1999–present)
- Andalusia by Itself (2016–present)
- Andalusi Party (2023–present)
- Partido Regionalista por Andalucía Oriental (PRAO) [
es]
== Aragon ==
- Puyalón de Cuchas (2008–present)
== Asturias ==
- Partíu Asturianista (1985–present)
- Andecha Astur (1990–present)
- Asturian Left (1992–present)
- Asturian Renewal Union (1998–present)
- Bloc for Asturias (2003–present)
- Unidá (2007–present)
- Conceyu Abiertu (2011–present)
- Compromisu por Asturies (2011–present)
== Baleric Islands ==
== Basque Country ==
- Zornotza Eginez (local)
== Cantabria ==
- Cantabrian Nationalist Council (1995–present)
== Castile and León ==
- Partido de El Bierzo (1979–present)
- Partido Regionalista del País Leonés (1980–present)
- Unidad Regionalista de Castilla y León (1992–present)
- Izquierda Castellana (2002–present)
- Agrupación de Electores Independientes Zamoranos
- Partido de Castilla y León (PCAL) [
es]
== Catalonia ==
- The Greens–Green Alternative (1999–present)
- Catalan Republic Party (2006-present)
- Pirate Party of Catalonia (2010–present)
- Catalan Solidarity for Independence (2010–present)
- National Front of Catalonia (2013–present)
- Som Catalans (2014–present)
- Communists of Catalonia (2014–present)
- Convergents (2017–present)
- We Are Alternative (2017–present)
- Democratic League (2019–present)
- Nationalist Party of Catalonia (2020–present)
- Centrem (2022–present)
- Alhora (2023–present)
== Extremadura ==
- United Extremadura (1980–present)
- Extremaduran Coalition (1995–present)
== Galicia ==
- Galician People's Front (1986–present)
- Convergence XXI (2009-present)
- Land Party (Partido da Terra) (2011–present)
- Pirates of Galicia (2011-present)
- Commitment to Galicia (2012–present)
== Madrid ==
- The Greens of the Community of Madrid (1995–present)
- Municipalist Bench (Bancada municipalista) (2018-present)
- recover madrid (2021–present)
== Navarre ==
- Batzarre (1987–present)
== Valencia ==
- Valencian Democrats (2013–present)
= Other parties =
- Los Parados
- Nuevo Partido por la Democracia{{cite news|title=La entrevista: 'Somos un ejemplo para los jóvenes'|url=http://www.pinaresnoticias.com/articulo/sociedad1/somos-ejemplo-jovenes/20140617232612003245.html|newspaper=Pinares Noticias|date=June 17, 2014|access-date=June 27, 2014|language=es}}{{cite news|first=B.|last=Antón|title=La vocación por bandera|url=http://www.diariodeburgos.es/noticia/Z4F1D61AF-B60D-E246-37A03EE3CC60E3AB/20140611/vocacion/bandera|newspaper=Diario de Burgos|date=June 11, 2014|access-date=June 27, 2014|language=es}}
- Partido Mutuo Apoyo Romántico
- National Bolshevik Party (Partido Nacional Bolquevique)
- Muerte al Sistema (+MAS+){{Cite web|url=https://www.vozpopuli.com/politica/resultados-elecciones-generales-partidos-menos-votados-risa_0_1240676892.html|title=Resultados elecciones generales 2019 - Muerte al Sistema, el Partido RISA y Unión de Todos: estos son los partidos menos votados el 28-A|agency=Europa Press|date=2019-04-29|website=Vozpópuli|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-04-30}}
- SOMOS España
National political formations of Spain
- People's Party (Partido Popular, PP) — mainstream centre-right party that is liberal conservative and Christian democratic, which conforms the largest group in the Congress{{Cite web |title=Composición - Congreso de los Diputados |url=https://www.congreso.es/grupos/composicion-en-la-legislatura |access-date=2021-08-17 |website=www.congreso.es}} and the Senate, and leads the parliamentary opposition. The People's Party originates from the People's Alliance (Alianza Popular, AP), which refounded in 1989.{{Cite news |date=1989-01-20 |title=Fraga se empleó a fondo para lograr que el congreso de AP cambie el nombre del partido |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1989/01/21/espana/601340403_850215.html |access-date=2021-08-17 |work=El País |language=es |issn=1134-6582}} The party has governed from 1996 to 2004 and from 2011 to 2018.
- 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. The Socialists' Party of Catalonia (Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya, PSC) acts as the party's instance in Catalonia. The party has governed from 1982 to 1996, from 2004 to 2011 and since 2018.
- Vox — a right-wing to far-right party that split from the PP in 2014;{{Cite news |date=2014-01-16 |title=Spanish ruling party rebels launch new conservative party |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-politics-idUSBREA0F1HM20140116 |access-date=2022-08-01 |work=Reuters |language=en}} its main ideologies are social and national conservatism, economic liberalism and centralism (i.e. strong opposition to Spain's peripheral nationalisms). Vox opposes LGBT movements in Spain{{Cite web |date=2021-10-25 |title=Vox registra una Ley de Igualdad para derogar las leyes LGTBI en Madrid |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/madrid/20211025/7814413/vox-registra-derogar-leyes-lgtbi-madrid-presupuestos-pp.html |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}} while endorsing anti-LGBT rhetoric abroad,{{Cite web |date=2022-06-13 |title=El discurso contra el colectivo LGTBI de Giorgia Meloni, heredera del fascismo italiano, en un mitin de Vox en Marbella |url=https://www.lasexta.com/programas/al-rojo-vivo/discurso-colectivo-lgtbi-giorgia-meloni-heredera-fascismo-italiano-mitin-vox-marbella_2022061362a72cd2bad2bc0001568ed4.html |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=www.lasexta.com |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2021-06-24 |title=Vox muestra su apoyo a Hungría por "no arrodillarse ante la embestida de la ideología LGTB" |url=https://www.elplural.com/politica/vox-muestra-apoyo-hungria-no-arrodillarse-embestida-ideologia-lgtb_269518102 |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=El Plural |language=es}} rejects European federalism{{Cite web |date=2021-07-02 |title=Abascal firma una declaración sobre el Futuro de Europa con Orban, Marine Le Pen, Georgia Meloni y Salvini |url=https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2021/07/02/60deefeb21efa0f95e8b4643.html |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=ELMUNDO |language=es}} and defends narrowing the naturalisation of immigrant individuals of Maghrebi origin.{{Cite web |last=González |first=Miguel |date=2021-11-10 |title=Vox quiere endurecer las trabas a la nacionalización de los inmigrantes magrebíes |url=https://elpais.com/espana/2021-11-10/vox-quiere-endurecer-las-trabas-a-la-nacionalizacion-de-los-inmigrantes-magrebies.html |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=El País |language=es}} It has allied to similar political parties from Latin America,{{Cite web |title=Abascal promueve una carta con políticos americanos contra el comunismo |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2020/10/26/abascal-promueve-una-carta-con-politicos-americanos-contra-el-comunismo/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Infobae |language=es-ES}}{{Cite web |title=Vox estrecha lazos con derecha peruana y suma firmas a su pacto anticomunista |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/per%C3%BA-pol%C3%ADtica_vox-estrecha-lazos-con-derecha-peruana-y-suma-firmas-a-su-pacto-anticomunista/46974610 |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=es}} the Italian Brothers of Italy{{Cite web |date=2021-05-19 |title=Vox y Fratelli d'Italia crean un grupo de trabajo para romper los "cordones sanitarios" |url=https://www.vozpopuli.com/espana/vox-meloni-fratelli.html |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Vozpópuli |language=es}} and the Hungarian Fidesz.{{Cite web |last=Agencias |date=2021-05-27 |title=Orban recibe a Abascal en Budapest y el líder de Vox lo señala como su ejemplo para España |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2021-05-27/abascal-orban-ejemplo-espana_3103387/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=elconfidencial.com |language=es}}
- Sumar — a left-wing and progressive electoral platform established in 2022, constituted as an instrumental political party. It conforms an alliance of left-wing formations, some of them formerly comprising the Unidas Podemos and Más País political alliances, including nationwide United Left, Más Madrid, Greens Equo and regional Compromís, Chunta and Batzarre, among others. Like preceding Unidas Podemos, Sumar forms a coalition with governing PSOE.
- We can (Podemos) — a left-wing populist political party founded in 2014 in the aftermath of the 15-M Movement. It was in government as junior partner of the PSOE from 2020 to 2023, within the alliance Unidas Podemos.
- Citizens (Ciudadanos, Cs) — a centre-right{{cite web |title=Catalonia election: full results |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/dec/21/catalonia-election-full-results |newspaper=The Guardian}} liberal and pro-european party. It supports a high degree of political decentralization, but rejects autonomous communities' right to self-determination. Once the third-largest force in Congress, its popular support sharply declined in the November 2019 general election.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-26 |title=Ciudadanos in crisis: How Spain's center couldn't hold |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/fall-ciudadanos-spain-election-albert-rivera-ines-arrimadas/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Politico |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Pérez |first=Fernando J. |date=2019-11-11 |title=Ciudadanos pierde en todas las provincias más de la mitad de los votos que obtuvo en abril |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2019/11/11/actualidad/1573487267_946148.html |access-date=2022-08-01 |work=El País |language=es |issn=1134-6582}} The party didn't contest the latest general elections.
Defunct parties
= Defunct major parties =
- Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (1935–1980)
- People's Socialist Party (1968–1978)
- People's Alliance (1976–1989)
- Liberal Party, absorbed into the People's Party (1976–1989)
- People's Democratic Party, absorbed into the People's Party (1982–1989)
- Union of the Democratic Centre (1977–1983)
- National Union (1979–1982)
- Democratic and Social Centre (1982–2006)
- Democratic Reformist Party (1983–1986)
- Communist Unity (1985–1991)
- Ruiz-Mateos Group (1989–1995)
- Liberal Independent Group (1991–2007)
- Democratic Party of the New Left (1996-2001)
- Union, Progress and Democracy (2007–2020)
== Andalusia ==
- Andalusian Party (1965–2015)
== Balearic Islands ==
- Majorca Socialist Party (1977–2013)
== Basque Country ==
- Euskadiko Ezkerra (1977–1993)
- Herri Batasuna (1978–2001)
- Batasuna (2001–2013)
- Euskal Herritarrok (1998–2003)
- Aralar (2000–2017)
- Amaiur (2011–2015)
== Catalonia ==
- Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) (1936–1997)
- Union of the Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia (1976-1977)
- Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (1977-2016)
- Democratic Union of Catalonia (1977–2017)
- Convergence and Union (1978–2015)
- Initiative for Catalonia Greens (1987–2019)
- Agreement for Catalonia Progress (2000-2015)
- Catalan European Democratic Party (2016–2023)
- National Call for the Republic (2018–2020)
== Ceuta ==
- Caballas Coalition (2011-2021)
== Galicia ==
- En Marea (2015-2020)
== Madrid ==
- Madrid now (2015–2019)
== Navarre ==
- Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (1995-2011)
- Nafarroa Bai (2004–2015)
- Sum Navarre (2019–2022)
== Valencia ==
- Valencian People's Union (1982-1998)
- Valencian Union (1982–2014)
- Valencian Nationalist Bloc (1999–2021)
- It is Time (2015-2016)
- The Valencian Way (2016)
= Defunct minor parties =
- Communist Organization of Spain (Red Flag) (1970-1994)
- Revolutionary Communist League (1971–1991)
- Communist Movement (1972–1991)
- Socialist Action Party (1972–2001)
- Communist Workers League (1973–1999)
- Spanish Democratic Socialist Party (1975-1978)
- People's Party (Spain, 1976) (1976-1977)
- Democratic Socialist Alliance (1976-1977)
- Spanish Social Reform (1976-1977)
- Federation of Democratic and Liberal Parties (1976-1978)
- Liberal Progressive Party (1976-1978)
- National Alliance July 18 (1977)
- Independent Spanish Phalanx (1977-2004)
- Liberal Citizens Action (1977-1979)
- Progressive Democratic Party (1978–1980)
- Unión Centrista Liberal (1978–2014)
- Workers' Socialist Party (1979-1993)
- Liberal Democratic Party (1982–1984)
- Spanish Solidarity (1982–1984)
- Liberal Union (1983-1984)
- Progressive Federation (1984–1988)
- Communists' Unity Board (1986)
- Republican Popular Unity (1986–1987)
- National Front(1986-1993)
- The Ecologist Greens (1986-1994)
- Green List (1989)
- Alternative Left (1991–1993)
- Coalition for a New Socialist Party (1992-1996)
- Workers' Revolutionary Party (1994-2002)
- Forum (1991-1995)
- Alianza por la Unidad Nacional (1995–2005)
- National Alliance
- Republican Coalition (1996)
- Spanish Democratic Party (1996–2008)
- Republican Social Movement (1999–2018)
- The Phalanx (1999–2024)
- Citizens for Blank Votes (2002–2022)
- Another Democracy is Possible (2003–2006)
- National Front (2006–2011)
- Liberal Democratic Centre (2006–2014)
- Pirate Party (2006–2022)
- Open Left (2012–2018)
- Building the Left–Socialist Alternative (2013-2018)
== Andalusia ==
- Socialist Alliance of Andalusia (1965-1976)
- Andalusian Social Liberal Party (1976-1978)
- Andalusian Liberation (1985-1989)
- Andalusian Progress Party (1993–1996)
- Socialist Party of Andalusia (2001–2011)
- Andalusian Convergence (2006–2013)
== Asturias ==
- Asturian Nationalist Council (1979–1981)
- Ensame Nacionalista Astur (1982–1988)
- Asturian Nationalist Unity (1988–1992)
== Balearic Islands ==
- Socialist Party of the Islands (1976-1977)
- Nationalist Left of the Balearic Islands Federation (1989-1998)
== Basque Country ==
- Basque Nationalist Action (1930–2008)
- Zutik (1991–2011)
- Askatasuna (1998–2009)
- Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (2002–2008)
- Herritarren Zerrenda (2004)
- Demokrazia Hiru Milioi (2009)
== Cantabria ==
- Cantabrian Unity (2002–2011)
== Castile and León ==
- Nationalist Party of Castile and León (1977-2002)
- Commoners' Land (1988–2009)
- Union of the Salamancan People (2002–2014)
== Catalonia ==
- National Front of Catalonia (1940-1990)
- Socialist Party of National Liberation (1968-2015)
- Party of Labour of Catalonia (1969–1980)
- Catalan Workers' Left (1972-1981)
- Socialist Party of National Liberation - Provisional (1974-1979)
- Democratic Left of Catalonia (1975–1978)
- League of Catalonia–Catalan Liberal Party (1976–1977)
- Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping (1976-1978)
- Catalan Centre (1976-1978)
- Social Democratic Party of Catalonia (1976–1988)
- Marxist Unification Movement(1976-1978)
- Communist Collective of Catalonia (1977-1979)
- Democratic Union–Broad Centre (1978–1979)
- Union of the Centre of Catalonia (1978–1981)
- Catalan Workers Bloc (1978-1982)
- Left Bloc for National Liberation (1979-1982)
- Left nationalists (1979–1984)
- Independentists of the Catalan Countries (1979-1985)
- Catalan Solidarity (1980)
- Party of the Communists of Catalonia (1982–2014)
- Movement for Defence of the Land (1984-2014)
- Agreement of Left Nationalists (1985-1987)
- Union of the Catalan Left (1986-1987)
- Party for Independence (1990-1999)
- The Greens–Ecologist Confederation of Catalonia (1994–2001)
- In Struggle (1994–2016)
- Citizens for Change (1999–2011)
- Platform for Catalonia (2002–2019)
- Catalan democracy (2010-2015)
- New Catalan Left (2012–2014)
- Free (2016–2022)
- Braves (2019–2023)
== Extremadura ==
- Independent Socialists of Extremadura (1994–2018)
== Galicia ==
- Galician Democratic Party (1976-1978)
- Partido Galeguista (1977–1984)
- Galician Coalition (1983–2012)
- Centrists of Galicia (1985–1991)
- Inzar (1991–2012)
- Nationalist Left (1992–2012)
- Primeira Linha (1998–2015)
- Nós–Unidade Popular (2001–2015)
- Cerna (2014-2018)
== Navarre ==
- Foral Democratic Union (1987–1991)
== Valencia ==
- Communist Party of the Valencians (1987-1991)
- Nationalist Valencian Party (1990-2000)
- Valencian Coalition (2014-2011)
- The Greens–Ecologist Left of the Valencian Country (2004–2014)
- Gent de compromís (2013-2019)
Historical parties
= [[Reign of Isabella II of Spain|Reign of Isabella II]] and the [[Sexenio Democrático]] =
{{See also|Parties and factions in Isabelline Spain}}
- Moderate Party (1834–1874)
- Progressive Party (1834–1874)
- Democratic Party (1849–1869)
- Liberal Union (1858–1874)
- Traditionalist Communion (1869–1937)
- Radical Democratic Party (1871–1880)
- Federal Democratic Republican Party (1868–1912)
- Constitutional Party (1872–1880)
= [[Restoration (Spain)|Bourbon restoration]] =
- Conservative Party (1876–1931)
- Liberal Party (1880–1931)
- Traditionalist Communion (1869–1937)
- Regionalist League of Catalonia (1901–1936)
- Republican Nationalist Federal Union (1910–1917)
- Republican–Socialist Conjunction (1909–1919)
- Maurist Party (1913–1930)
- Reformist Party (1912–1924)
- Radical Republican Party (1908–1936)
- Spanish Patriotic Union (1924–1930)
= [[Second Spanish Republic]] =
- National Front
- Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas (1933–1937)
- Popular Action (1930–1933)
- Spanish Agrarian Party (1934–1936)
- Spanish Nationalist Party (1930–1936)
- Spanish Renovation (1933–1937)
- Traditionalist Communion (1869–1937)
- Popular Front
- Republican Left (1934–1959)
- Republican Union (1934–1958)
- Syndicalist Party (1934–1976)
- Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (1935–1980)
- Radical Republican Party (1908–1936)
- Falange Española de las JONS (1934–1937)
- Falange Española (1933–1934)
- Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista (1931–1934)
- Regionalist League of Catalonia (1901–1936)
- Radical Socialist Republican Party (1929–1934)
- Liberal Republican Right (1930–1936)
- Republican Action (1925–1934)
- Conservative Republican Party (1932–1936)
- Party of the Democratic Centre (1936–1939)
= [[Francoist Spain]] =
During the period of the Francoist Regime from 1939 to 1977, Spain was a one-party state. That means that only one political party, the Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (FET y de las JONS), was legally allowed to hold power.
- Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (1937–1977)
- Falange Española de las JONS (1934–1937)
- Traditionalist Communion (1869–1937)
See also
References
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