Socialists' Party of Catalonia

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Socialists' Party of Catalonia Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya
Elections

The Socialists' Party of Catalonia (

comarques of Tarragonès, Montsià, and Val d'Aran

Party leaders

First Secretaries

Joan Reventós, 1978–1983
Raimon Obiols, 1983–1996
Narcís Serra, 1996–2000
José Montilla, 2000–2011
Pere Navarro, 2011–2014
Miquel Iceta, 2014–2021
Salvador Illa, 2021–present

Presidents

Joan Reventós, 1983–1996
Raimon Obiols, 1996–2000
Pasqual Maragall, 2000–2007
José Montilla, 2007–2008 (acting)
Isidre Molas, 2008–2011
Àngel Ros, 2014–2019
Núria Marín, 2019–2021
Miquel Iceta, 2021–present

Electoral performance

Parliament of Catalonia

Election	Leading candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
Parliament of Catalonia
1980	Joan Reventós	606,717	22.43 (#2)	33 / 135	—	Opposition
1984	Raimon Obiols	866,281	30.11 (#2)	41 / 135	8	Opposition
1988		802,828	29.78 (#2)	42 / 135	1	Opposition
1992		728,311	27.55 (#2)	40 / 135	2	Opposition
1995	Joaquim Nadal	802,252	24.89 (#2)	34 / 135	6	Opposition
1999^[a]	Pasqual Maragall	1,183,299	37.85 (#1)	52 / 135	18	Opposition
2003^[b]	Pasqual Maragall	1,031,454	31.16 (#1)	42 / 135	10	Coalition
2006^[b]	José Montilla	796,173	26.82 (#2)	37 / 135	5	Coalition
2010	José Montilla	575,233	18.38 (#2)	28 / 135	9	Opposition
2012	Pere Navarro	524,707	14.43 (#2)	20 / 135	8	Opposition
2015	Miquel Iceta	523,283	12.72 (#3)	16 / 135	4	Opposition
2017	Miquel Iceta	606,659	13.86 (#4)	17 / 135	1	Opposition
2021	Salvador Illa	654,766	23.03 (#1)	33 / 135	16	Opposition

Cortes Generales

Election	Catalonia
Cortes Generales
	Congress				Senate
	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
1979	875,529	29.67 (#1)	17 / 47	2^[c]	6 / 16	1
1982	1,575,601	45.83 (#1)	25 / 47	8	9 / 16	3
1986	1,299,733	41.00 (#1)	21 / 47	4	8 / 16	1
1989	1,123,975	35.59 (#1)	20 / 46	1	6 / 16	2
1993	1,277,838	34.87 (#1)	18 / 47	2	6 / 16	0
1996	1,531,143	39.36 (#1)	19 / 46	1	8 / 16	2
2000	1,150,533	34.13 (#1)	17 / 46	2	7 / 16	1
2004	1,586,748	39.47 (#1)	21 / 47	4	8 / 16	1
2008	1,689,911	45.39 (#1)	25 / 47	4	8 / 16	0
2011	922,547	26.66 (#2)	14 / 47	11	6 / 16	2
2015	590,274	15.69 (#3)	8 / 47	6	0 / 16	6
2016	559,870	16.10 (#3)	7 / 47	1	0 / 16	0
Apr. 2019	962,257	23.21 (#2)	12 / 48	5	3 / 16	3
Nov. 2019	794,666	20.50 (#2)	12 / 48	0	2 / 16	1
2023	1,213,006	34.49 (#1)	19 / 48	7	12 / 16	10

European Parliament

Election	Catalonia
European Parliament
Election	Votes	%	#
1987	1,116,348	36.82%	1st
1989	865,506	36.36%	1st
1994	721,374	28.17%	2nd
1999	997,311	34.64%	1st
2004	907,121	42.85%	1st
2009	708,888	36.00%	1st
2014	359,214	14.29%	3rd
2019	756,231	22.06%	2nd

Notes

^ Electoral alliance with Citizens for Change, and with Initiative for Catalonia–Greens in Girona, Lleida and Tarragona.
^ ^a ^b Electoral alliance with Citizens for Change.
^ Compared to Socialists of Catalonia totals in the 1977 general election.

References

^ "Site verification".
^ "Parties and Elections in Europe".
^ "El nacionalismo dice «no» al federalismo de Rubalcaba y Navarro". 7 January 2014.
^ Orriols, Lluís (3 December 2010). "¿Por qué el PSC es "catalanista"?". El País.
^ Faber, Sebastiaan; Seguín, Bécquer (29 December 2017). "Catalonia's Elections Take Spain Back to Square One". The Nation. United States.
^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2021). "Catalonia/Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

External links

Official website

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Leadership

Secretaries-General	Ramón Lamoneda (1936–1944) Rodolfo Llopis (1944–1972) Felipe González (1974–1997) Joaquín Almunia (1997–2000) José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2000–2012) Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (2012–2014) Pedro Sánchez (2014–2016; 2017–present)
Deputy Secretaries-General	Alfonso Guerra (1979–1997) José Blanco López (2008–2012) Elena Valenciano (2012–2014) Adriana Lastra (2017–present)
Presidents	Pablo Iglesias (1879–1925) Julián Besteiro (1925–1931) Francisco Largo Caballero (1931–1935) Indalecio Prieto (1935–1948) Trifón Gómez (1948–1955) Pascual Tomás (1964–1967) Ramón Rubial (1967–1970; 1976–1999) Manuel Chaves (2000–2012) José Antonio Griñán (2012–2014) Micaela Navarro (2014–2016) Javier Fernández (2017) Cristina Narbona (2017–present)

Organization

Regional wings	Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Basque Country Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castilla–La Mancha Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencian Community
Affiliated organisations	Socialist Youth of Spain IDEAS Foundation for progress El Socialista Socialist Left
Former affiliated organisations	Catalan Federation of the PSOE Socialists of Catalonia People's Socialist Party Democratic Action Party Democratic Party of the New Left

Congresses

v t e Political parties in Catalonia
Represented in the Parliament of Catalonia (135)	Republican Left of Catalonia (33) Together for Catalonia (32) Together for Catalonia (31) DC (1) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (33) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (32) United to Advance (1) Vox (11) Popular Unity Candidacy (9) En Comú Podem (8) Podem Catalunya en Comú BComú ICV EUiA Equo Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (6) People's Party of Catalonia* (3)
Represented in the Spanish Congress of Deputies (47)	Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists (13) ERC (12) Sovereignists (1) Socialists' Party of Catalonia* (12) In Common We Can* (7) Podem BComú ICV EUiA Equo Together for Catalonia (7) PDeCAT CDC CNxR Citizens–Party of the Citizenry* (5) People's Party of Catalonia* (1) Vox (1)
Represented in the Spanish Senate (24)	Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (12) ERC CatSí In Common We Can* (5) Podem BComú ICV EUiA Equo Catalan European Democratic Party (4) Citizens–Party of the Citizenry* (1) Socialists' Party of Catalonia* (1) People's Party of Catalonia* (1)
(*) With an asterisk, candidates who do not have their own parliamentary group. Politics of Catalonia List of political parties in Spain

v t e Political parties in Spain
Congress of Deputies (350)	People's Party (137) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (121) Vox (33) Sumar (31) Republican Left of Catalonia (7) Together for Catalonia (7) EH Bildu (6) Basque Nationalist Party (5) Navarrese People's Union (1) Canarian Coalition (1) Galician Nationalist Bloc (1)
Senate (265)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (113) People's Party (97) Republican Left of Catalonia (13) Basque Nationalist Party (10) Citizens (9) Together for Catalonia (5) Vox (3) EH Bildu (2) Teruel Existe (2) Adelante Andalucía (1) Aragonese Party (1) Canarian Coalition (1) Catalunya en Comú (1) Coalició Compromís (1) Geroa Bai (1) Gomera Socialist Group (1) Más Madrid (1) Més per Mallorca (1) Navarrese People's Union (1) Regionalist Party of Cantabria (1)
Other parties in regional parliaments	Chunta Aragonesista Empty Spain Soria ¡Ya! Teruel Existe For Ávila Leonese People's Union Més per Menorca Sa Unió de Formentera
European Parliament (59 of 751)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (21) People's Party (13) Citizens (8) Unidas Podemos Podemos [3] United Left [2] Catalunya en Comú [1] Vox (4) Ahora Repúblicas Republican Left of Catalonia [1] EH Bildu [1] Together for Catalonia (3) Coalition for a Solidary Europe Basque Nationalist Party [1]

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