Socialists' Party of Catalonia

Socialists' Party of Catalonia Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya

Spanish name	Partido de los Socialistas de Cataluña
President	Ángel Ros
Secretary-General	Miquel Iceta
Founded	16 July 1978 (1978-07-16)
Merger of	Socialist Party of Catalonia-Congress Socialist Party of Catalonia-Regroupment Catalan Federation of the PSOE
Headquarters	c/ Nicaragua, 75–77 08029 Barcelona
Newspaper	Endavant Digital
Youth wing	Socialist Youth of Catalonia
Ideology	Social democracy Federalism Spanish unionism
Political position	Center-left
National affiliation	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Parliament of Catalonia	16 / 135
Congress of Deputies	8 / 47 (Catalan seats)
Spanish Senate	1 / 16 (Catalan seats)
European Parliament (Spanish seats)	2 / 54
Local government	1,278 / 9,077
Website
www.socialistes.cat
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The Socialists' Party of Catalonia (Catalan: Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya, PSC-PSOE official acronym) is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merger of two parties Partit Socialista de Catalunya-Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and Partit Socialista de Catalunya-Congrés and also Catalan Federation of PSOE. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), and its Aranese section is Unity of Aran. The party had also been allied with federalist and republican political platform Citizens for Change (Ciutadans pel Canvi) until the 2010 election. PSC-PSOE has its power base in Barcelona metropolitan area and comarques of Tarragonès, Montsià, and Val d'Aran.

Leaders

First Secretaries

Joan Reventós (1978–1983)
Raimon Obiols (1983–1996)
Narcís Serra (1996–2000)
José Montilla (2000 – 17 December 2011)
Pere Navarro (since 17 December 2011)
Miquel Iceta (since 13 July 2014)

Presidents

Joan Reventós (1983–1996)
Raimon Obiols (1996–2000)
Pasqual Maragall (2000–2007)
José Montilla (2007–2008) (Acting)
Isidre Molas (2008-2011)

Election results

Parliament of Catalonia

Election	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	Outcome	Leader
1980	33 / 135		606,717	22.4 (#2)	First Opposition	Joan Reventós
1984	41 / 135	8	866,281	30.1 (#2)	First Opposition	Raimon Obiols
1988	42 / 135	1	802,828	29.8 (#2)	First Opposition	Raimon Obiols
1992	40 / 135	2	728,311	27.5 (#2)	First Opposition	Raimon Obiols
1995	34 / 135	7	802,252	24.9 (#2)	First Opposition	Joaquim Nadal
1999	52 / 135	18	1,183,299	37.9 (#1)	First Opposition	Pasqual Maragall
2003	42 / 135	10	1,031,454	31.2 (#1)	Leading coalition (w. ERC and ICV)	Pasqual Maragall
2006	37 / 135	5	796,173	26.8 (#2)	Leading coalition (w. ERC and ICV)	José Montilla
2010	28 / 135	9	575,233	18.4 (#2)	First Opposition	José Montilla
2012	20 / 135	8	524,707	14.4 (#2)	Minor Opposition	Pere Navarro
2015	16 / 135	4	523,283	12.7 (#3)	Minor Opposition	Miquel Iceta

Congress of Deputies

Election	Seats	+/−	Votes	%
1977	15 / 47		870,362	28.6 (#1)
1979	17 / 47	2	875,529	29.7 (#1)
1982	25 / 47	8	1,575,601	45.8 (#1)
1986	21 / 47	4	1,299,733	41.0 (#1)
1989	20 / 46	1	1,123,975	35.6 (#1)
1993	18 / 47	2	1,277,838	34.9 (#1)
1996	19 / 46	1	1,531,143	39.4 (#1)
2000	17 / 46	2	1,150,533	34.1 (#1)
2004	21 / 47	4	1,586,748	39.5 (#1)
2008	25 / 47	4	1,689,911	45.4 (#1)
2011	14 / 47	11	922,547	26.7 (#3)
2015	8 / 47	6	589,021	15.7 (#3)

External links

Official website

References

Political parties in Catalonia

Represented in the Parliament of Catalonia (135)	Together for Yes (62) CDC (29) ERC (18) Independent (11) DC (3) MES (1) Citizens – Party of the Citizenry (25) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (16) Catalonia Yes We Can (11) ICV (4) Podemos (4) Independent (2) EUiA (1) People's Party of Catalonia (11) Popular Unity Candidates (10)

Represented in the Spanish Congress of Deputies (47)	In Common We Can* (12) Podemos BC ICV EUiA Republican Left of Catalonia – Catalonia Yes (9) ERC CatSí Socialists' Party of Catalonia* (8) Democracy and Freedom (8) CDC DC Reagrupament Citizens – Party of the Citizenry* (5) People's Party of Catalonia* (5)

Represented in the Spanish Senate (24)	Republican Left of Catalonia – Catalonia Yes (8) ERC CatSí Democracy and Freedom (8) CDC (7) DC (1) In Common We Can* (4) Podemos BC ICV EUiA Citizens – Party of the Citizenry* (1) Socialists' Party of Catalonia* (1) Catalonia Yes We Can* (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

Political parties in Spain

Congress of Deputies (350)	People's Party (123) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (90) Podemos (69) Ciudadanos (40) Popular Unity (2) Republican Left of Catalonia (9) Democracy and Freedom (8) Basque Nationalist Party (6) EH Bildu (2) Canarian Coalition (1)

Senate (266)	People's Party (145) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (67) Podemos (23) Democracy and Freedom (8) Republican Left of Catalonia (8) Basque Nationalist Party (7) Ciudadanos (3) Canarian Coalition (2) Euskal Herria Bildu (1) Geroa Bai (1) Gomera Socialist Group (1)

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European Parliament (54 of 751)	People's Party (EPP, 16) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (S&D, 14) Izquierda Plural (United Left (4) and ANOVA (1): GUE/NGL, 5 - Initiative for Catalonia Greens (1): Greens/EFA, 1) Podemos (GUE/NGL, 5) Union, Progress and Democracy (ALDE, 4) Ciudadanos (ALDE, 2) Coalition for Europe (CDC (1) and PNV (1): ALDE, 2 - UDC (1): EPP, 1) L'Esquerra pel Dret a Decidir (Greens/EFA, 2) The Peoples Decide (GUE/NGL, 1) European Spring (Greens/EFA, 1)

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