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LIST OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN SPAIN


'Political parties in Spain' lists political parties in Spain.
Spain has a system similar to a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. Regional parties can be strong in the autonomous communities like Catalonia and the Basque Country and are essential for government coalitions, which makes the party system a multi-party system.

Contents
The parties
Registered parties
Major parties
Parties only in regional parliaments
Coalitions
Minor parties
Defunct major parties
See also

The parties


Registered parties

For a complete listing of all parties registered at the Ministry of Interior, see List of registered political parties in Spain.
Major parties

The three major parties of Spain are:

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español), includes:


Socialists' Party of Catalonia (Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya) in Catalonia


Socialist Party of the Basque Country (Partido Socialista de Euskadi) in the Basque Country



★ (Former Party) Euskadiko Ezkerra also in the Basque Country.


Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (Partit Socialista del País Valencià) in Valencia.

United Left (Izquierda Unida), a coalition of parties around Communist Party of Spain (Partido Comunista de España), includes:


Esquerra Unida i Alternativa in Catalonia.


Ezker Batua in the in the Basque Country.

People's Party, formerly People's Coalition (Coalición Popular), a coalition of People's Alliance (Alianza Popular), Democratic People's Party (Partido Demócrata Popular) and Liberal Party (Partido Liberal).
Other parties with current representation in the parliament or in the European Parliament:

Convergence and Union (Convergència i Unió), coalition of:


Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya)


Democratic Union of Catalonia (Unió Democràtica de Catalunya)

Initiative for Catalonia Greens (Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds), formely in coalition with Izquierda Unida

Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco), ''Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea'' in Basque.

Eusko Alkartasuna (''Basque Solidarity'' in English) 'Basque Socialdemocracy'

Galician Nationalist Bloc (Bloque Nacionalista Galego)

Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya)

Aragonese Council (Chunta Aragonesista)

Canarian Coalition (Coalición Canaria)

Andalucista Party (Partido Andalucista)
Parties only in regional parliaments

Parties with current representation in any of the regional parliaments:

Aralar

Cantabrian Regionalist Party (Partido Regionalista de Cantabria)

Euskal Herritarrok, also known as Batasuna (also allegedly related to Herritarren Zerrenda) formerly Herri Batasuna, has been made illegal by the Spanish Supreme Court of Justice (Tribunal Supremo), which regards it as part of the terrorist organisation, ETA. Batasuna is in the list of terrorist organisations of US and EU.

Majorca Socialist Party (Partit Socialista de Mallorca)

Majorcan Union (Unió Mallorquina)

Citizens - Citizenship Party (Ciutadans - Partit de la Ciutadania)

Valencian Nationalist Bloc (Bloc Nacionalista Valencia)
Coalitions


Europe of the Peoples (Europa de los Pueblos), coalition at the European elections of ERC, CHA, EA, PSA and CNC.

GalEusCa - Pueblos de Europa, coalition at the European elections.

Nafarroa Bai, coalition of Eusko Alkartasuna, Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) and Aralar, only for the constituency of Navarre.
Minor parties

Parties currently without representation in the parliament:

Accion Por La Justicia AXJ

Alianza para el Desarrollo y la Naturaleza

Alianza por la Unidad Nacional

Aragonese Party (Partido Aragonés)

Andecha Astur

Batzarre

Bloque por Asturies

Candidatura d'Unitat Popular

Coalición Asturiana

Ciudadanos Agobiados y Cabreados

Ciudadanos En Blanco

Coalición Europea

Coalición Liberal - European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party

Coalición Galega

Comunión Tradicionalista

Conceju Nacionaliegu Cántabru

Democracia Nacional

España 2000

Estat Català

Falange Auténtica

Falange Española de las JONS

Frente Popular Galega

Herritarren Zerrenda (legal in France, but not in Spain due to links with Batasuna / Herri Batasuna)

Republican Left (Izquierda Republicana)

Iniciativa Socialista de Izquierdas.

Izquierda Asturiana

Izquierda Castellana

La Falange

Los Parados

Los Verdes

Los Verdes de la Comunidad de Madrid

Los Verdes Ecopacifistas

Lucha Internacionalista

Movimiento Social Republicano

Nós-Unidade Popular(Us-People Unity)

Nueva Izquierda Verde

Otra Democracia Es Posible

Partido Carlista, see Carlism

Partido Cannabis

Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España (PCPE)

Partido de Acción Socialista (PASOC)

Partido de los Autónomos Jubilados y Viudas

Partido del Karma Democrático

Partido Demócrata Español

Partido Familia y Vida

Partido Humanista

Partido Galeguista

Partido Mutuo Apoyo Romántico

Partido Obrero Socialista Internacionalista

Partíu Asturianista

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

★ Salamanca, Zamora, León Prepal

Tierra Comunera - partido nacionalista Castellano, Castilian nationalist party

Unidad Cántabra

Unidad Regionalista Asturiana

Unidad Regionalista de Castilla y León

Unión Centrista Liberal

Unió Valenciana

Unificación Comunista de España

Zornotza Eginez (local)

Zutik
Defunct major parties


Unión de Centro Democrático, refounded as Centro Democrático y Social (also defunct)(merged into Partido Popular)

Alianza Popular, refounded as Partido Popular

Partido Demócrata Popular, absorbed into Coalición Popular (Partido Popular)

Partido Liberal, absorbed into Coalición Popular (Partido Popular)

Herri Batasuna/Batasuna(the political branch of ETA)

Euskadiko Ezkerra, absorbed into Partido Socialista de Euskadi

Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas the leading right-wing party of the Second Spanish Republic

Partido Reformista Democrático

Partido Socialista Popular

See also



Index of political parties to browse parties by name

List of political parties to browse parties by country

List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name

Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals

List of political parties in Catalonia

Liberalism and radicalism in Spain

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