Catalonian parliamentary election, 2010
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Elections to fill 135 seats of the Parliament
Parliament of Catalonia
The Parliament of Catalonia is the unicameral legislature of Catalonia. It is formed by 135 members , who are elected every four years in ordinary period, or extraordinarily upon dissolution and call of elections by the President of Catalonia, by universal suffrage in proportional lists with four...

 of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

, were held on Sunday, 28 November 2010.

Electoral process

Electoral calendar

Procoess Date Notes
Decree of the summon of the election 4 October 2010 Was signed by the President of the Generalitat and was official when published in the DOGC (5 October 2010)
Lottery in town councils about the members of the electoral ballots From 30 October to 3 November 2010 Objections could be presented until 13 November 2010
Display of the current electoral lists in the town councils and consulates From 11 to 18 October 2010 Only in this period of time can objections can be made
The Electoral offices announces the candidates who are going to participate in the election 1 November 2010 Until 15 October 2010 the political parties have to decide if they will form electoral alliances
Electoral campaign from 12 to 26 November 2010 From 23 to 27 November electoral opinion polls must not be published
Request of postal vote form 5 October to 18 November 2010 Postal vote requesrs in foreign countries could be made from 5 October to 30 October 2010
Reflection day 27 November 2010 No political campaigning allowed
Voting and provisional results 28 November 2010 The polling stations were open from 0900 until 2000
General counting From 1 December to 4 December 2010 From 5 December to 13 December the newly elected deputies will be announced
Constitution the new Parliament of Catalonia
Parliament of Catalonia
The Parliament of Catalonia is the unicameral legislature of Catalonia. It is formed by 135 members , who are elected every four years in ordinary period, or extraordinarily upon dissolution and call of elections by the President of Catalonia, by universal suffrage in proportional lists with four...

From 29 November to 18 December 2010 Start of the ninth legislature

Candidatures with current parliamentary representation

In bold, the candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat. The parties are in order based on their current seats in the parliament:

Candidates by constituencies

Party Barcelona Tarragona Girona Lleida Notes
Convergence and Union (CiU) Artur Mas
Artur Mas i Gavarró
Artur Mas i Gavarró is a Spanish politician. He is the President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, having assumed office on December 27, 2010 after winning the November 2010 election...

Josep Poblet i Tous Santi Vila i Vicente Albert Batalla i Siscart
  • Union of the Catalonian nationalist, fiscally liberal Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
    Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
    The Democratic Convergence of Catalonia is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Together with Democratic Union of Catalonia, it forms part of the Convergence and Union coalition. It is affiliated with the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party and with the Liberal International...

     and the conservative Democratic Union of Catalonia
    Democratic Union of Catalonia
    The Democratic Union of Catalonia is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Together with the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, it is part of the Convergence and Union coalition.It describes itself as Catalan nationalist and Christian Democrat....

Socialists' Party of Catalonia
Socialists' Party of Catalonia
The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merge of two parties PSC Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and PSC Comgres. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , and its Aranese section is...

 (PSC)
José Montilla
José Montilla
José Montilla Aguilera was the 128th President of Generalitat de Catalunya. He became the First Secretary of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia on 18 June 2000, and a member of the Federal Executive Committee and the Federal Committee of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party on 23 July 2000...

Xavier Sabaté i Ibarz Joaquim Nadal
Joaquim Nadal i Farreras
Joaquim Nadal i Farreras , Catalan politician, is professor of Contemporary History at the University of Girona. He is the current Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Catalonia since December 23, 2010 and also has held the office from 1995 to 1999...

Joaquim Llena i Cortina
  • Social democratic
    Social democracy
    Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

     and unionist party affiliated to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
    Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
    The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...

     (PSOE)
  • People's Party of Catalonia
    People's Party of Catalonia
    The People's Party of Catalonia is a centre-right political party in Catalonia, Spain. It is the Catalan affiliate of the Spanish People's Party.-External links:...

     (PPC)
    Alicia Sánchez-Camacho
    Alicia Sánchez-Camacho
    Alicia Sánchez-Camacho Pérez is a Spanish lawyer and politician. She has served as the President of the People's Party in Catalonia since 6 July 2008....

    Rafael Luna Vives Josep Enric Millo i Rocher Dolors López
  • Pro-Spanish centre-right
    Centre-right
    The centre-right or center-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote individuals, political parties, or organizations whose views stretch from the centre to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding far right stances. Centre-right can also describe a coalition of centrist...

     and unionist People's Party
    People's Party (Spain)
    The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...

  • Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia...

    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left is a political party from Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members and it is the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left ....

     (ICV-EUiA)
    Joan Herrera
    Joan Herrera i Torres
    Joan Herrera i Torres is a Spanish Catalan lawyer and politician. he is the leader of the leftist party Iniciativa per Catalunya....

    Hortensia Grau Joan Boada i Masoliver Francesc Hilari Pané i Sans
  • Green (eco-socialist) and radical left.
  • Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) Joan Puigcercós
    Joan Puigcercós i Boixassa
    Joan Puigcercós is a Catalan politician who had served as president of the Republican Left of Catalonia...

    Sergi de los Ríos i Martínez Carme Capdevila i Palau Carmel Mòdol i Bresolí
  • Social democratic
    Social democracy
    Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

     Catalonian independence and republican
    Republicanism
    Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context...

    . In the past election the new parties in this election Reagrupament
    Reagrupament
    Reagrupament or Reagrupament Independentista is a political party in Catalonia, Spain, formally constituted on 3 October 2009. It is an umbrella group for various supporters of Catalan independence and the creation of a sovereign state for Catalonia. Currently, it has no representation in the...

     and part of Catalan Solidarity for Independence
    Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència
    Catalan Solidarity for Independence is a political party in Catalonia, founded in the summer of 2010 as an outcome of the grassroots social movement that initiated and organized the Catalonian independence referendums of 2009 and 2010...

     were part of its electoral lists
  • Catalan Solidarity for Independence (SI) Joan Laporta Hèctor López Bofill Toni Strubell
    Toni Strubell i Trueta
    Toni Strubell i Trueta is a Catalan linguist, son of Michael B. Strubell and Amèlia Trueta and brother of Miquel Strubell i Trueta...

    Francesc Xavier Segura i Riu
  • Catalonian independence, social liberal and unilateralist
    Unilateralism
    Unilateralism is any doctrine or agenda that supports one-sided action. Such action may be in disregard for other parties, or as an expression of a commitment toward a direction which other parties may find agreeable...

     party.
  • Citizens – Party of the Citizenry
    Citizens – Party of the Citizenry
    The Citizens – Party of the Citizenry is a Spanish political party which describes itself as centre-left and non-nationalist...

     (C's)
    Albert Rivera
    Albert Rivera
    Albert Rivera Díaz is a Spanish lawyer and politician of Catalan and Andalusian ancestry. He is currently the leader of the Citizens' Party., after having been a member of the conservative People's Party from 2002 to 2006. Albert Rivera quit PP just three months before running for elections with...

    Vicente Castillo David Liern Ángeles Ribes
  • Social liberal, center-left and unionist party.

  • Candidatures without parliamentary representation

    In bold, the candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat. In alphabetic order:

    Candidates by constituencies

    Candidatura Barcelona Tarragona Girona Lleida Observacions
    Alternative of Government (AG) Montserrat Nebrera González - - -
    • Candidature promoted by the former People's Party of Catalonia
      People's Party of Catalonia
      The People's Party of Catalonia is a centre-right political party in Catalonia, Spain. It is the Catalan affiliate of the Spanish People's Party.-External links:...

       deputy, Montserrat Nebrera. Liberal, centre-right and unionist party.
    Social Liberal Alternative (GN) - Jesus Garcia Hernández - -
    Catalonian Sovereignty Bloc (Bloc.S.C.) - - - Enric Ainsa Puig
    Democratic and Social Centre (C.D.S.) - Ramón Moncusí Giménez - Ana Garcia Claver
    Reus Independent Coordinator
    Coordinadora Reusenca Independent
    The Coordinadora Reusenca Independent or Cori is a political party based in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. It was formed in 2003 and stood lists of candidates in municipal elections of 2003 and 2007. It obtained its first seat on the Ajuntament of Reus in 2007.The party is led by Ariel Santamaria, who...

     (CORI)
    Ariel Abel Santamaria Matas Josep Maria Turcó Correcher Ramon Sans Ortoneda Misericòrdia Alegre Llaberia
  • This political party self-descrived as a "juantxi" (freak
    Freak
    In current usage, the word "freak" is commonly used to refer to a person with something unusual about their appearance or behaviour. This usage dates from the so-called freak scene of the 1960s and 1970s. "Freak" in this sense may be used either as a pejorative, a term of admiration, or a...

    ), and the artist Carmen de Mairena is a candidate in its Barcelona lists.
  • Democraticaweb (DW) - Francisco Javier Nieto Luna - -
    From Below Esther Vivas i Esteve José Estrada Cruz Miquel Blanch i Solé Jordi Creus Expósito
  • Left-wing, anticapitalist and Catalanist candidature formed by Revolta Global, Corriente Roja and Lucha Internacionalista.
  • The Greens-European Green Group (EV) Josep Lluís Freijo Joan Oms i Llohis Josep Lluís Berdonces Serra Albert García Ventura
  • This coalition is formated by The Greens - Ecologist Alternative, The Greens - Green Option i The Greens - Green Group, and present candidatures to all the four Catalonian constituencies. This candidature seems to be like the French Europe Écologie
    Europe Écologie
    Europe Écologie was a French electoral coalition created for the 2009 European elections composed of The Greens and other ecologists and regionalists....

    .
  • Seats in Blank–Citizens for Blank Votes
    Citizens for Blank Votes
    Citizens for Blank Votes is a Spanish political party.In Spanish electoral law, a distinction is made between valid votes, blank votes and null votes. Blank votes are interpreted as correctly executed votes for "none of the above", and consistently about 2% of votes are blank...

     (EB-CenB)
    Antoni Ramon Boixaderas Ireneu Aymí López Germán Rodríguez Ferrer Anna Mujal Colilles
  • Coalition formated by Seats in Blank (the former Disobedient Seats) and Citizens for Blank Votes
    Citizens for Blank Votes
    Citizens for Blank Votes is a Spanish political party.In Spanish electoral law, a distinction is made between valid votes, blank votes and null votes. Blank votes are interpreted as correctly executed votes for "none of the above", and consistently about 2% of votes are blank...

    .
  • Falange Española de las J.O.N.S. (FE DE LAS JONS) Antonio Sánchez Aguilar Jose Gil Gispert Pascual Sánchez Lorca José Mut Benavent
    Gent Nostra (GN) Quim Romero Parcerisas - - -
  • Igualada
    Igualada
    Igualada is a municipality of the province of Barcelona in Catalonia . It is located on the left bank of the Anoia river, and at the western end of the Igualada-Martorell-Barcelona railway. Igualada is the capital and central market of the Anoia comarca, a rich agricultural and wine-producing...

    -based coalition that defends the reform of the electoral system by the establishment of open list
    Open list
    Open list describes any variant of party-list proportional representation where voters have at least some influence on the order in which a party's candidates are elected...

    s and binding popular consultation
    Popular consultation
    Popular consultations or popular suffrages in constitutional law and history are public deliberation by the people making decisions as electoral body and as legislator, taken in the exercise of a form of political participation....

    s.
  • Republican Social Movement
    Republican Social Movement
    The Republican Social Movement is a neo-fascist political party in Spain. It was registered at the Ministry of Interior on November 30, 1999, with offices in Barcelona. The following year it merged with Vértice Social Español to form what it called a Social Patriotic force...

     (MSR)
    Jordi de la Fuente Miró Joan Antoni Llopart Senent Agustí Pagès Soler Jordi Garriga Clavé
  • Far-right, neo-fascist political party.
  • Peasants for the Catalonian Rural Dignity (PDR.cat) - - Jack Massachs i Domken -
    Aragonese Party
    Aragonese Party
    The Aragonese Party is a political party which advocates the interests of Aragon within Spain. The party was founded in 1978 under the name Aragonese Regionalist Party, but changed its name in 1990, keeping the initials PAR....

     (PAR)
    - - - Maria Carmen Gil Beatove
  • Centre-right Aragonese
    Aragon
    Aragon is a modern autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. Located in northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces : Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza...

     regionalist
    Regionalism (politics)
    Regionalism is a term used in international relations. Regionalism also constitutes one of the three constituents of the international commercial system...

     party. It seeks to "defend the interests of the Aragonese people who live in Catalonia". The anti-Catalanist organization FACAO supports to this candidature.
  • Castillan Party (PCAS) Bernardo Casique Mozombite - - -
  • Candidature promoted by the Castillan Party.
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual and Heterosexual Party / All we are Equal (GLBTH/TSI) - Encarnación Mir Tarrason Pere Antoni Mir Tarrasón -
    Party of the Pensioners in Action (PDLPEA) Agustí Soberano Canet Diego Martínez Blasco Albert Olivera Muxí Miquel Gómez Estrada
  • Created for defending the interests of the pensioner
    Pensioner
    In common parlance, a pensioner is a person who has retired, and now collects a pension. This is a term typically used in the United Kingdom and Australia where someone of pensionable age may also be referred to as an 'old age pensioner', or OAP. In the United States, the term retiree is more...

    s and the all society.
  • Party Against Bullfighting, Cruelty and Mistreatment to Animals
    Party Against Bullfighting, Cruelty and Mistreatment to Animals
    The Party Against Bullfighting, Cruelty and Mistreatment to Animals is a Spanish political party founded in Bilbao on February 24, 2003 focused in the animal rights and against the abuse to them, also as a part of the requirement...

     (PACMA)
    Aida Gascón i Bosch Dora Casadó Alegria Deborah Parris Littler Estefania Bori Román
  • Party who defends the animal welfare and the animal rights. First of all they announced that they will present to the election with a coalition with Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia...

    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left is a political party from Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members and it is the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left ....

    , but finally the coalition didn't be formed.
  • Communist Party of the Catalonian People (PCPC) Ferran Nieto Gasull José Juan Ferré Fornós Cristina Gil Uriarte Francesc Xavier Garcia Llop
    Party of Justice and Progress (PJP) - - - José Mut Benavent
    Humanist Party
    Humanist Party (Spain)
    The Humanist Party is a Spanish political party founded in 1984 and is a member of the Humanist International.-External links:* *...

     (PH)
    Maria Teresa Ruso Bernadó - - Pablo Serra Majadas
    Party for Catalonia (PxCat) - - - Mateu Figuerola i Niubó
  • Islamophobic liberal party, excision of Platform for Catalonia in 2007.
  • Family and Life Party (PFIV) Vicenç Vila Tomasa Jordi Consarnau Emilio Miquel Mompió Azemar Carles Llovera Calama
    Left Republican Party - Republican Left
    Republican Left (Spain)
    The Republican Left was a Spanish left-wing republican party founded in 1934.The party was founded in 1934 following the left's defeat in the 1933 election, by the merger of Manuel Azaña's Republican Action, part of Marcelino Domingo's Radical Socialist Republican Party and Santiago Casares...

     (PRE-IR)
    Ramiro Manuel Gil Morel Luis Iglesias Pérez Enric Cardona García -
  • Catalonian branch of Republican Left
    Republican Left (Spain)
    The Republican Left was a Spanish left-wing republican party founded in 1934.The party was founded in 1934 following the left's defeat in the 1933 election, by the merger of Manuel Azaña's Republican Action, part of Marcelino Domingo's Radical Socialist Republican Party and Santiago Casares...

    , the political party of the former President of the Spanish Republic
    President of Spain
    Today, Spain is a constitutional monarchy. King Juan Carlos I, the current monarch, is Head of State. The Head of Government has the official title of President of the Government....

     Manuel Azaña
    Manuel Azaña
    Manuel Azaña Díaz was a Spanish politician. He was the first Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic , and later served again as Prime Minister , and then as the second and last President of the Republic . The Spanish Civil War broke out while he was President...

    , this political party promotes the republicanism, the federalism, secularism and participatory democracy, with the objective of the proclamation of the Third Spanish Republic and the Catalonian State integrated ot the republican federation.
  • Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (P.O.S.I.) Jose Francisco Domíngez Sevilla Eduardo Elias Arias Formatger Carlos Rivera Romero -
    Pirates of Catalonia
    Pirates of Catalonia
    Pirates de Catalunya is a political party in Catalonia. Based on the model of the Swedish Piratpartiet and member of the Pirate Parties International, it supports intellectual property reform, open access to culture and knowledge, transparency and Direct Democracy.The party was founded in August...

     (PIRATA.CAT)
    Xavier Vila Espinosa Ester Galimany Guasch Daniel García Fornells Josep Jover Padró
  • Party that advocates for the free access to the culture, the knowledge and information. About the remaining issues, the party decided that the best form to choose it, is by direct democracy.
  • Platform for Catalonia (PxC) Josep Anglada Myriam Muñoz Sánchez Moisès Font Font Eduard Pallerola Mora
  • Far-right, Right-wing populist and regionalist candidature. This party signed an agreement of friendship with the Freedom Party of Austria
    Freedom Party of Austria
    The Freedom Party of Austria is a political party in Austria. Ideologically, the party is a direct descendant of the German national liberal camp, which dates back to the 1848 revolutions. The FPÖ itself was founded in 1956 as the successor to the short-lived Federation of Independents , which had...

     (FPÖ).
  • For a World more Fair (PUM+J) Juan Jose Salbia Asensio Joan Ripollès Segura - Maria Carmen Gil Beatove
    Independence Rally
    Reagrupament
    Reagrupament or Reagrupament Independentista is a political party in Catalonia, Spain, formally constituted on 3 October 2009. It is an umbrella group for various supporters of Catalan independence and the creation of a sovereign state for Catalonia. Currently, it has no representation in the...

     (RI)
    Rut Carandell i Rieradevall Ferran Pujol i Benlloch Joan Carretero
    Joan Carretero i Grau
    Joan Carretero i Grau was born in Tremp in 1955. After having been mayor of Puigcerdà, he became a minister in the Catalan Government.-Education and Professional background:...

    Jaume Fernàndez i González
  • Independentist candidature, excision of Republican Left of Catalonia in April 2009. The political organizations Sum Independence and Catalonia Free State support it.
  • Catalan Solidarity for Independence
    Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència
    Catalan Solidarity for Independence is a political party in Catalonia, founded in the summer of 2010 as an outcome of the grassroots social movement that initiated and organized the Catalonian independence referendums of 2009 and 2010...

     (SI)
    Joan Laporta Hèctor López Bofill Toni Strubell
    Toni Strubell i Trueta
    Toni Strubell i Trueta is a Catalan linguist, son of Michael B. Strubell and Amèlia Trueta and brother of Miquel Strubell i Trueta...

    Francesc Xavier Segura i Riu
  • Independentist candidature. Coalition formated by Catalonian Democracy, Solidarity for Independence, The Greens - Green Alternative, Catalonia Nation Independence, Catalonian Republican Party, National Liberation Socialist Party and independents.
  • Internationalist Solidarity and Self-management (SAIN) - Jordi Príncep Cabrera - -
    Communist Unification of Spain
    Communist Unification of Spain
    Communist Unification of Spain is a political party in Spain. The group emerged around the publication Tribuna Obrera in 1968. It was constituted as UCE in 1973...

     (U.C.E.)
    Núria Suárez Hernández Antonio Barba Martí Francesc Sergio Ibáñez Laffort Ana Garcia Claver
    Union, Progress and Democracy
    Union, Progress and Democracy
    Union, Progress and Democracy is a Spanish political party founded in September 2007.It is a progressivist party, between social democracy and social liberalism. One of its goals is to build a federal system for Spain and European Union, with clear responsibilities distributed among local...

     (UPyD)
    Antonio Robles Almeida María Paloma León Santos Cesareo Agustín Herrera Rodríguez Maria Cruz Hernandez Palacin
  • Social liberal, progressist and anti-Catalan nationalist.

  • Opinion polls

    Opinion poll CiU PSC
    Socialists' Party of Catalonia
    The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merge of two parties PSC Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and PSC Comgres. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , and its Aranese section is...

    ERC PPC
    People's Party of Catalonia
    The People's Party of Catalonia is a centre-right political party in Catalonia, Spain. It is the Catalan affiliate of the Spanish People's Party.-External links:...

    ICV
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia...

    EUiA
    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left is a political party from Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members and it is the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left ....

    C's RI
    Reagrupament
    Reagrupament or Reagrupament Independentista is a political party in Catalonia, Spain, formally constituted on 3 October 2009. It is an umbrella group for various supporters of Catalan independence and the creation of a sovereign state for Catalonia. Currently, it has no representation in the...

    SI
    Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència
    Catalan Solidarity for Independence is a political party in Catalonia, founded in the summer of 2010 as an outcome of the grassroots social movement that initiated and organized the Catalonian independence referendums of 2009 and 2010...

    UPyD
    Union, Progress and Democracy
    Union, Progress and Democracy is a Spanish political party founded in September 2007.It is a progressivist party, between social democracy and social liberalism. One of its goals is to build a federal system for Spain and European Union, with clear responsibilities distributed among local...

    PxC All others Not yet decided
    Centre d'Estudis d'Opinió(07/2009) 23,8% 18,0% 8,4% 3,9% 6,9% 1,1% - - - - - -
    Seat projection 54 37 15 15 11 3 0 - - - - -
    La Vanguardia
    La Vanguardia
    La Vanguardia is Catalonia's leading daily newspaper as well as the fourth best-selling in Spain. It has its headquarters in Barcelona, Catalonia's largest city....

    (31 October 2009)
    36,2% 25,1% 9,5% 11,2% 8,5% 0,7% 2,8% - - - - -
    Seat projection 57-58 35-36 14-15 15-16 10-11 0 0-3 - - - - -
    El Periódico de Catalunya
    El Periódico de Catalunya
    El Periódico de Catalunya is a morning daily newspaper based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and owned by Grupo Zeta. El Periódico is actually two newspapers, publishing separate editions in Spanish and in Catalan...

    (11 November 2009)
    35,1% 25,1% 10,8% 9,4% 10,1% 1,2% 1,3% - - - 8,3% -
    Seat projection 55-57 36-38 16-17 12-14 13-14 0 0 - - - - -
    Centre d'Estudis d'Opinió(4 December 2009) 21,8% 15,7% 8,1% 4,8% 5,0% 0,8% 1,4% - - - 3,8% 13,4%
    Seat projection 56-57 36-38 17 15 10 0 0 - - - - -
    Centre d'Estudis d'Opinió(26 February 2010) 23,0% 17,4% 7,6% 4,9% 5,6% 1,2% 1,0% - - - 0,6% 15,2%
    Seat projection 58 38 15 13 10 0 1 - - - - -
    La Vanguardia
    La Vanguardia
    La Vanguardia is Catalonia's leading daily newspaper as well as the fourth best-selling in Spain. It has its headquarters in Barcelona, Catalonia's largest city....

    (14 March 2010)
    43,9% 23,9% 7,7% 10,4% 9,2% 0,1% 1,8% - - - - -
    Seat projection 65-67 32-33 11-12 13-14 11-12 0 0 - - - - -
    COPE
    Cadena COPE
    COPE, an acronym for Cadena de Ondas Populares Españolas is a private, right wing, commercial, Spanish radio network owned by a series of institutions within the Spanish Catholic Church...

     Barometer
    (18 March 2010)
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    Seat projection 59 35 13 16 12 0 0 - - - - -
    El Periódico de Catalunya
    El Periódico de Catalunya
    El Periódico de Catalunya is a morning daily newspaper based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and owned by Grupo Zeta. El Periódico is actually two newspapers, publishing separate editions in Spanish and in Catalan...

    (24 March 2010)
    38,7% 23,0% 8,4% 9,8% 8,3% 1,5% 1,0% - - - 9,3% -
    Seat projection 61-63 34-36 12-13 13-14 11-12 0 0 - - - - -
    Antena 3
    Antena 3 (Spain)
    Antena 3 is a Spanish terrestrial television channel owned by Antena 3 de Televisión. Some of the more popular programmes broadcast by Antena 3 include Aquí no hay quien viva, El Barco, Los Protegidos, Los Simpson and El Internado....

    (27 March 2010)
    40,5% 23,9% - - - - - - - - - -
    Seat projection 61-62 35-36 13-14 12-13 11-12 0 - - - - - -
    Público
    Público (Spain)
    Público is a Spanish daily national newspaper launched on September 26, 2007. It is owned by the media group Mediapro....

    (25 April 2010)
    38,8% 28,2% 9,0% 7,2% 7,7% 1,9% 1,2% 0,8% 0,7% - - -
    Seat projection 58-60 41-43 13 10 10-11 0 0 0 0 0 - -
    Opinion poll CiU PSC
    Socialists' Party of Catalonia
    The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merge of two parties PSC Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and PSC Comgres. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , and its Aranese section is...

    ERC PPC
    People's Party of Catalonia
    The People's Party of Catalonia is a centre-right political party in Catalonia, Spain. It is the Catalan affiliate of the Spanish People's Party.-External links:...

    ICV
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia...

    EUiA
    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left is a political party from Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members and it is the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left ....

    C's RI
    Reagrupament
    Reagrupament or Reagrupament Independentista is a political party in Catalonia, Spain, formally constituted on 3 October 2009. It is an umbrella group for various supporters of Catalan independence and the creation of a sovereign state for Catalonia. Currently, it has no representation in the...

    SI
    Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència
    Catalan Solidarity for Independence is a political party in Catalonia, founded in the summer of 2010 as an outcome of the grassroots social movement that initiated and organized the Catalonian independence referendums of 2009 and 2010...

    UPyD
    Union, Progress and Democracy
    Union, Progress and Democracy is a Spanish political party founded in September 2007.It is a progressivist party, between social democracy and social liberalism. One of its goals is to build a federal system for Spain and European Union, with clear responsibilities distributed among local...

    PxC All others Not yet decided
    La Vanguardia
    La Vanguardia
    La Vanguardia is Catalonia's leading daily newspaper as well as the fourth best-selling in Spain. It has its headquarters in Barcelona, Catalonia's largest city....

    (15 May 2010)
    41,1% 23,5% 8,7% 10,5% 8,5% 1,4% 0,9% - - - 4,8% -
    Seat projection 63-64 33-34 13 14 11 0 0 - - - - -
    Centre d'Estudis d'Opinió(21 May 2010) 25,0% 17,5% 6,6% 4,3% 5,0% 1,1% 1,2% - - - 0,9% 17,0%
    Seat projection 65 36 13 12 9 0 0 - - - - -
    El Mundo
    El Mundo (Spain)
    El Mundo is the second largest printed and the largest digital daily newspaper in Spain and one of the newspapers of record in that country, with a daily circulation topping 300,000 readers for the printed edition and 24 million unique web visitors per month for the...

    (2 June 2010)
    36,1% 24,8% 9,5% 14,8% 5,7% - - - - - 9,5% -
    Seat projection 57-59 35-38 12-15 20-22 5-7 - - - - - - -
    El Periódico
    El Periódico de Catalunya
    El Periódico de Catalunya is a morning daily newspaper based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and owned by Grupo Zeta. El Periódico is actually two newspapers, publishing separate editions in Spanish and in Catalan...

    (19 June 2010)
    - - - - - 1,2% 1,3% - - 0,4% - -
    Seat projection 65-67 30-32 12-13 13-14 10-12 0 0 0 0 0 - -
    La Razón
    La Razón (Madrid)
    La Razón is Spain's fifth highest-circulation general-interest daily newspaper based in Madrid. It is the newest of the five most read, having been founded in 1998 by Luis Maria Ansón....

    (5 July 2010)
    40,4% 22,2% 9,2% 11,6% 10,5% 2,8% - - - - 3,2% -
    Seat projection 60-61 32-33 12-13 15-16 13-14 0 - - - - - -
    La Vanguardia
    La Vanguardia
    La Vanguardia is Catalonia's leading daily newspaper as well as the fourth best-selling in Spain. It has its headquarters in Barcelona, Catalonia's largest city....

    (17 July 2010)
    42,1% 23,1% 8,4% 10,7% 7,4% 2,4% 1,9% 1,9% - 0,6% 4,4% -
    Seat projection 65-66 32-33 13 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 - -
    Centre d'Estudis d'Opinió(30 July 2010) 25,3% 14,2% 6,0% 3,8% 5,6% 1,0% 0,6% - - - 0,9% 22,2%
    Seat projection 67-68 31-32 13 13 10 0 0 0 - - - -
    La Vanguardia
    La Vanguardia
    La Vanguardia is Catalonia's leading daily newspaper as well as the fourth best-selling in Spain. It has its headquarters in Barcelona, Catalonia's largest city....

    (5 September 2010)
    38,9% 21,1% 10,1% 11,2% 9,2% 2,6% 2,6% - 4,3%
    Seat projection 60-61 31-32 15-16 15 12 0-3 0-3 0 0 0 -
    El País(26 September 2010) 40,7% 19,2% 9,2% 12,5% 7,6% 3,6% 2,6% 2,6% - - - -
    Seat projection 61 28 12 17 9 4 2 2 0 0 - -
    RAC 1
    RAC 1
    RAC 1 is the main Catalan language private radio station. It is mainly owned by media group Godó and is based in Barcelona. It has a sister radio station, RAC 105, dedicated to chart music....

    (26 September 2010)
    41,6% 20,43% 7,97% 10,71% 7,27% 3,71% 1,04% 2,36% - 0,57% - -
    Seat projection 63-65 30-31 10-11 15-16 9-10 3-4 0 0-3 - - - -
    Opinion poll CiU PSC
    Socialists' Party of Catalonia
    The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merge of two parties PSC Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and PSC Comgres. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , and its Aranese section is...

    ERC PPC
    People's Party of Catalonia
    The People's Party of Catalonia is a centre-right political party in Catalonia, Spain. It is the Catalan affiliate of the Spanish People's Party.-External links:...

    ICV
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia...

    EUiA
    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left is a political party from Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members and it is the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left ....

    C's RI
    Reagrupament
    Reagrupament or Reagrupament Independentista is a political party in Catalonia, Spain, formally constituted on 3 October 2009. It is an umbrella group for various supporters of Catalan independence and the creation of a sovereign state for Catalonia. Currently, it has no representation in the...

    SI
    Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència
    Catalan Solidarity for Independence is a political party in Catalonia, founded in the summer of 2010 as an outcome of the grassroots social movement that initiated and organized the Catalonian independence referendums of 2009 and 2010...

    UPyD
    Union, Progress and Democracy
    Union, Progress and Democracy is a Spanish political party founded in September 2007.It is a progressivist party, between social democracy and social liberalism. One of its goals is to build a federal system for Spain and European Union, with clear responsibilities distributed among local...

    PxC All others Not yet decided
    El Periódico
    El Periódico de Catalunya
    El Periódico de Catalunya is a morning daily newspaper based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and owned by Grupo Zeta. El Periódico is actually two newspapers, publishing separate editions in Spanish and in Catalan...

    (3 October 2010)
    40,5% 20,8% 8,4% 10,4% 7,2% 2,9% - 2,7% - - - -
    Seat projection 63-65 30-31 12-13 14-15 9-10 2-3 0 0-2 0 0 - -
    RAC 1
    RAC 1
    RAC 1 is the main Catalan language private radio station. It is mainly owned by media group Godó and is based in Barcelona. It has a sister radio station, RAC 105, dedicated to chart music....

    (25 October 2010)
    41,8% 19,5% 6,5% 8,6% 8,0% 3,8% 1,5% 2,3% - 1,0% 1,0% -
    Seat projection 65-66 27-28 11-12 13 9-11 4 0 0-4 - 0 - -
    La Razón
    La Razón (Madrid)
    La Razón is Spain's fifth highest-circulation general-interest daily newspaper based in Madrid. It is the newest of the five most read, having been founded in 1998 by Luis Maria Ansón....

    (2 November 2010)
    41,0% 21,6% 8,8% 11,9% 10,1% 2,9% - - - - 3,6% -
    Seat projection 62-63 30-31 11-12 15-16 12-13 2-3 - - - - 0-2 -
    Centre d'Estudis d'Opinió(5 November 2010) 24,4% 14,2% 7,4% 6,2% 5,2% 2,1% - 1,7% - - 2,5% 17,6%
    Seat projection 62-65 29-30 13-14 16 8-9 4 - 0 - - - -
    CIS(12 November 2010) 38% 22,7% 10,2% 9,7% 8,2% 3,5% 1,2% 1,0% 0,1% 1,0% 1,5% 14,0%
    Seat projection 59 33 15-16 13-14 11 3 0 0 - - - -
    El Periódico
    El Periódico de Catalunya
    El Periódico de Catalunya is a morning daily newspaper based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and owned by Grupo Zeta. El Periódico is actually two newspapers, publishing separate editions in Spanish and in Catalan...

    (15 November 2010)
    39,0% 21,3% 7,7% 10,8% 9,0% - - - - - - -
    Seat Projection 62-63 31-32 11-12 14-15 11-12 3-4 - 0-2 - - - -
    RAC 1
    RAC 1
    RAC 1 is the main Catalan language private radio station. It is mainly owned by media group Godó and is based in Barcelona. It has a sister radio station, RAC 105, dedicated to chart music....

    (15 November 2010)
    39,2% 20,1% 5,6% 10,5% 6,7% 3,2% 1,7% 2,8% - 0,7% 2,3% -
    Seat projection 62-63 30-31 10-11 14-15 9-10 3 0-1 2-4 - 0 - -
    Antena 3
    Antena 3 (Spain)
    Antena 3 is a Spanish terrestrial television channel owned by Antena 3 de Televisión. Some of the more popular programmes broadcast by Antena 3 include Aquí no hay quien viva, El Barco, Los Protegidos, Los Simpson and El Internado....

    (20 November 2010)
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    Seat projection 59-60 30-32 10-11 15-16 11-12 4 - 3 - - - -
    La Vanguardia
    La Vanguardia
    La Vanguardia is Catalonia's leading daily newspaper as well as the fourth best-selling in Spain. It has its headquarters in Barcelona, Catalonia's largest city....

    (20 November 2010)
    39,3% 20,1% 7,9% 10,1% 7,5% 4% - 2,4% - - - -
    Seat projection 63-65 31-32 10-12 14 9-10 4 - 1 - - - -
    El Mundo
    El Mundo (Spain)
    El Mundo is the second largest printed and the largest digital daily newspaper in Spain and one of the newspapers of record in that country, with a daily circulation topping 300,000 readers for the printed edition and 24 million unique web visitors per month for the...

    (21 November 2010)
    40,4% 21,8% 8,1% 12,7% 8,1% 3% - 2,4% - - - -
    Seat projection 61-64 30-32 11 17-19 9-10 3 - 1 - - - -
    Opinion poll CiU PSC
    PSOE
    Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
    The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...

    ERC
    Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya
    The Republican Left of Catalonia is a left wing Catalan independentist political party in Spain. It is also the main sponsor of the independence movement from France and Spain in the territories known among Catalan nationalists as Països Catalans...

    PPC ICV
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia...

    -EUiA
    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left is a political party from Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members and it is the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left ....

    C's RI
    Reagrupament
    Reagrupament or Reagrupament Independentista is a political party in Catalonia, Spain, formally constituted on 3 October 2009. It is an umbrella group for various supporters of Catalan independence and the creation of a sovereign state for Catalonia. Currently, it has no representation in the...

    SI
    Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència
    Catalan Solidarity for Independence is a political party in Catalonia, founded in the summer of 2010 as an outcome of the grassroots social movement that initiated and organized the Catalonian independence referendums of 2009 and 2010...

    UPyD PxC
    Plataforma per Catalunya
    Plataforma per Catalunya is a political party rooted in Catalonia, Spain, which centers its political agenda around controlling inmigration, especially Islamic, and which is widely considered a racist, xenophobic far-right political force....

    All others Not yet decided
    El País(21 November 2010) 39,5% 20,4% 7,0% 9,5% 6,9% 5,0% - 2,6% - - - -
    Seat projection 64-65 30 8-9 13-14 10 6-7 - 1-3 - - - -
    ABC(21 November 2010) - - - - - - - - - - - -
    Seat projection 60-62 31 11 15-16 12-13 5 - 0-1 - - - -
    Público
    Público (Spain)
    Público is a Spanish daily national newspaper launched on September 26, 2007. It is owned by the media group Mediapro....

    (22 November 2010)
    39,3% 22,2% 9,1% 8,5% 8,0% 4,1% - 2,9% - - - -
    Seat projection 62 33 13 12 10 4 - 1 - - - -
    La Razón
    La Razón (Madrid)
    La Razón is Spain's fifth highest-circulation general-interest daily newspaper based in Madrid. It is the newest of the five most read, having been founded in 1998 by Luis Maria Ansón....

    (22 November 2010)
    39,4% 21,8% 9,3% 11,4% 8,5% 3,2% - 1,8% - - 4,7% -
    Seat projection 60-62 31-32 13-14 15-16 11-12 2-3 - - - - - -
    El Periódico
    El Periódico de Catalunya
    El Periódico de Catalunya is a morning daily newspaper based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and owned by Grupo Zeta. El Periódico is actually two newspapers, publishing separate editions in Spanish and in Catalan...

    (22 November 2010)
    39,1% 20,0% 7,5% 10,3% 8,0% 4,3% - 3,2% - - - -
    Seat projection 63-64 30 11 14 10-11 4-5 - 0-4 - - - -
    El Periòdic d'Andorra
    El Periòdic d'Andorra
    El Periòdic d'Andorra is a newspaper of the Principality of Andorra. It has its headquarters in Escaldes-Engordany.-External links:*...

    (23 November 2010)
    39,2% 19,9% 7,5% 10,1% 8,2% 4,7% 0,9% 3,2% - 1,2% 5,1% -
    Seat projection 63-64 29-30 11-12 13-14 10-11 5 - 0-4 - - - -
    El Periòdic d'Andorra
    El Periòdic d'Andorra
    El Periòdic d'Andorra is a newspaper of the Principality of Andorra. It has its headquarters in Escaldes-Engordany.-External links:*...

    (24 November 2010)
    39,5% 20,1% 7,3% 10,1% 8,4% 4,4% - 2,9% - - 7,3% -
    Seat projection 64-65 29-31 10-12 13-14 10-12 4-5 - 0-2 - - - -
    El Periòdic d'Andorra
    El Periòdic d'Andorra
    El Periòdic d'Andorra is a newspaper of the Principality of Andorra. It has its headquarters in Escaldes-Engordany.-External links:*...

    (25 November 2010)
    39,5% 20,1% 7,3% 9,8% 9,0% 4,3% - 2,5% - - 7,5% -
    Seat projection 64-65 29-31 10-12 13-14 11-12 4-5 - 0 - - - -
    El Periòdic d'Andorra
    El Periòdic d'Andorra
    El Periòdic d'Andorra is a newspaper of the Principality of Andorra. It has its headquarters in Escaldes-Engordany.-External links:*...

    (26 November 2010)
    39,9% 19,5% 7,0% 9,9% 9,5% 3,7% - 2,6% - - 7,9% -
    Seat projection 65-67 29-30 10-11 13-14 11-13 3-4 - 0 - - - -
    El Periòdic d'Andorra
    El Periòdic d'Andorra
    El Periòdic d'Andorra is a newspaper of the Principality of Andorra. It has its headquarters in Escaldes-Engordany.-External links:*...

    (27 November 2010)
    39,2% 19,3% 7,2% 10,4% 9,9% 3,7% - 2,6% - - 7,7% -
    Seat projection 64-66 29-30 10-12 14-15 12-13 3-4 - 0 - - - -
    El Periòdic d'Andorra
    El Periòdic d'Andorra
    El Periòdic d'Andorra is a newspaper of the Principality of Andorra. It has its headquarters in Escaldes-Engordany.-External links:*...

    (28 November 2010)
    40,0% 18,5% 7,4% 10,5% 10,2% 4,0% - 2,8% - - 6,6% -
    Seat projection 65-67 27-28 10-12 14-15 12-14 4 - 0-2 - - - -

    Parties with current parliamentary representation

    • Convergence and Union:
      • «Change begins» («Comença el canvi»)
    • Socialists' Party of Catalonia
      Socialists' Party of Catalonia
      The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merge of two parties PSC Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and PSC Comgres. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , and its Aranese section is...

      :
      • «I still believe» («Segueixo creient»)
        «The real change» («El canvi real»)
    • People's Party of Catalonia
      People's Party of Catalonia
      The People's Party of Catalonia is a centre-right political party in Catalonia, Spain. It is the Catalan affiliate of the Spanish People's Party.-External links:...

      :
      • «Solutions for Catalans» («Solucions per als catalans»)
    • Initiative for Catalonia Greens
      Initiative for Catalonia Greens
      Initiative for Catalonia Greens is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia...

      United and Alternative Left
      United and Alternative Left
      United and Alternative Left is a political party from Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members and it is the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left ....

      :
      • «Changes that must be done. Nobody else will do it.» («Canvis que cal fer. Que ningú més farà»)
    • Republican Left of Catalonia:
      • «Puigcercós 2010, Catalonia decides» («Puigcercós 2010, Catalunya decideix»)
    • Citizens – Party of the Citizenry:
      • «We are all Catalonia» («Catalunya som tots»)

    Parties without parliamentary representation

    • Alternative of Government:
      • «Liberals of Catalonia, we are here» («Liberals de Catalunya: ja som aquí»)
    • Republican Social Movement
      Republican Social Movement
      The Republican Social Movement is a neo-fascist political party in Spain. It was registered at the Ministry of Interior on November 30, 1999, with offices in Barcelona. The following year it merged with Vértice Social Español to form what it called a Social Patriotic force...

      :
      • «We resist with you. Politicians? Make them unemployed!» («Resistim amb tu. Polítics? Enviem-los a l'atur!»)
    • Family and Life Party:
      • «And for you,...what is most important?» («I per a tu,...Què és el més important?»)
    • Party for Catalonia:
      • «Solutions to immigraton? Send us to the parliament of Catalonia!» («Solucions en immigració? Porta'ns al parlament de Catalunya!»)
    • Catalan Solidarity for Independence
      • «Make independence possible!» («Fem possible la independència!»)
    • Pirates of Catalonia
      Pirates of Catalonia
      Pirates de Catalunya is a political party in Catalonia. Based on the model of the Swedish Piratpartiet and member of the Pirate Parties International, it supports intellectual property reform, open access to culture and knowledge, transparency and Direct Democracy.The party was founded in August...

      :
      • «Have the right to decide everything!» («Tens dret a decidir-ho tot!»)
    • Independence Rally
      Reagrupament
      Reagrupament or Reagrupament Independentista is a political party in Catalonia, Spain, formally constituted on 3 October 2009. It is an umbrella group for various supporters of Catalan independence and the creation of a sovereign state for Catalonia. Currently, it has no representation in the...

      :
      • «Independence, Democracy and Employment» («Independència, Democràcia i Treball»)
        «Independence. Now yes.» («Independència. Ara sí, ara toca»)
    • Falange Española de las J.O.N.S
      Falange
      The Spanish Phalanx of the Assemblies of the National Syndicalist Offensive , known simply as the Falange, is the name assigned to several political movements and parties dating from the 1930s, most particularly the original fascist movement in Spain. The word means phalanx formation in Spanish....

      • «More Spain, more work» («Més Espanya, més treball»)
      • «For the freedom of all Spain» («Per la llibertat de tota Espanya»)

    Parties with current parliamentary representation

    • Convergence and Union:
      • «A better Catalonia» («Una Catalunya millor»)
    • Socialists' Party of Catalonia
      Socialists' Party of Catalonia
      The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merge of two parties PSC Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and PSC Comgres. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , and its Aranese section is...

      :
      • «A progress guarantee» («Garantia de progrés»)
    • Republican Left of Catalonia:
      • «Brave people» («Gent valenta»)
    • People's Party of Catalonia
      People's Party of Catalonia
      The People's Party of Catalonia is a centre-right political party in Catalonia, Spain. It is the Catalan affiliate of the Spanish People's Party.-External links:...

      :
      • «Solutions to the crisis» («Solucions per a la crisi»)
    • Initiative for Catalonia Greens
      Initiative for Catalonia Greens
      Initiative for Catalonia Greens is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia...

      United and Alternative Left
      United and Alternative Left
      United and Alternative Left is a political party from Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members and it is the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left ....

      :
      • «Green. Hope.» («Verd. Esperança.»)
    • Citizens – Party of the Citizenry
      Citizens – Party of the Citizenry
      The Citizens – Party of the Citizenry is a Spanish political party which describes itself as centre-left and non-nationalist...

      :
      • «Rebel!» («Rebélate»)

    Parties without parliamentary representation

    • Alternative of Government:
      • «Liberals of Catalonia, we are here» («Liberals de Catalunya: ja som aquí»)
    • Reus Independent Coordinator
      Coordinadora Reusenca Independent
      The Coordinadora Reusenca Independent or Cori is a political party based in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. It was formed in 2003 and stood lists of candidates in municipal elections of 2003 and 2007. It obtained its first seat on the Ajuntament of Reus in 2007.The party is led by Ariel Santamaria, who...

      :
      • «Low cost politics» («Política Low cost»)
    • Republican Social Movement
      Republican Social Movement
      The Republican Social Movement is a neo-fascist political party in Spain. It was registered at the Ministry of Interior on November 30, 1999, with offices in Barcelona. The following year it merged with Vértice Social Español to form what it called a Social Patriotic force...

      :
      • «We resist with you. Politicians? Make them unemploymed!» («Resistim amb tu. Polítics? Enviem-los a l'atur!»)
    • Family and Life Party:
      • «And for you,...what is most important?» («I per a tu,...Què és el més important?»)
    • Party for Catalonia:
      • «Solutions to immigration? Send us to the parliament of Catalonia!» («Solucions en immigració? Porta'ns al parlament de Catalunya!»)
    • Pirates of Catalonia
      Pirates of Catalonia
      Pirates de Catalunya is a political party in Catalonia. Based on the model of the Swedish Piratpartiet and member of the Pirate Parties International, it supports intellectual property reform, open access to culture and knowledge, transparency and Direct Democracy.The party was founded in August...

      :
      • «Have the right to decide everything!» («Tens dret a decidir-ho tot!»)
    • Independence Rally
      Reagrupament
      Reagrupament or Reagrupament Independentista is a political party in Catalonia, Spain, formally constituted on 3 October 2009. It is an umbrella group for various supporters of Catalan independence and the creation of a sovereign state for Catalonia. Currently, it has no representation in the...

      :
      • «Independence, Democracy and Employment» («Independència, Democràcia i Treball»)
        «Independence. Now yes.» («Independència. Ara sí, ara toca»)
    • Catalan Solidarity for Independence
      Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència
      Catalan Solidarity for Independence is a political party in Catalonia, founded in the summer of 2010 as an outcome of the grassroots social movement that initiated and organized the Catalonian independence referendums of 2009 and 2010...

      :
      • «Catalonia, the next state in Europe» («Catalunya proper estat d'Europa»)
    • Falange Española de las J.O.N.S
      Falange
      The Spanish Phalanx of the Assemblies of the National Syndicalist Offensive , known simply as the Falange, is the name assigned to several political movements and parties dating from the 1930s, most particularly the original fascist movement in Spain. The word means phalanx formation in Spanish....

      • «More Spain, more work» («Més Espanya, més treball»)
      • «For the freedom of all Spain» («Per la llibertat de tota Espanya»)

    General

    Party Party List votes Vote percentage (change) Total Seats (change)
    Convergence and Union (Convergència i Unió) (CiU)
    • Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
      Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
      The Democratic Convergence of Catalonia is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Together with Democratic Union of Catalonia, it forms part of the Convergence and Union coalition. It is affiliated with the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party and with the Liberal International...

       (Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya) (CDC)
    • Democratic Union of Catalonia
      Democratic Union of Catalonia
      The Democratic Union of Catalonia is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Together with the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, it is part of the Convergence and Union coalition.It describes itself as Catalan nationalist and Christian Democrat....

       (Unió Democràtica de Catalunya) (UDC)
    1,198,010 38.47% +6.93% 62 +14
    Socialists' Party of Catalonia
    Socialists' Party of Catalonia
    The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merge of two parties PSC Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and PSC Comgres. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , and its Aranese section is...

     (Partit Socialista de Catalunya) (PSC)
    570,361 18.32% -8.49% 28 -9
    People's Party of Catalonia
    People's Party (Spain)
    The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...

     (Partit Popular de Catalunya) (PPC)
    384,019 12.33% +1.69% 18 +4
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia...

    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left is a political party from Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members and it is the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left ....

     (Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds - Esquerra Unida i Alternativa) (ICV-EUiA)
    229,985 7.39% -2.16% 10 -2
    Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya) (ERC) 218,046 7.00% -7.05% 10 -11
    Catalan Solidarity for Independence
    Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència
    Catalan Solidarity for Independence is a political party in Catalonia, founded in the summer of 2010 as an outcome of the grassroots social movement that initiated and organized the Catalonian independence referendums of 2009 and 2010...

     (SI)
    102,197 3.28% +3.28% 4 new
    Citizens – Party of the Citizenry
    Citizens – Party of the Citizenry
    The Citizens – Party of the Citizenry is a Spanish political party which describes itself as centre-left and non-nationalist...

     (Ciutadans) (C's)
    105,827 3.40% +0.36% 3 =
    Platform for Catalonia (PxC) 75,321 2,42% +2,42% 0 new
    Independence Rally
    Reagrupament
    Reagrupament or Reagrupament Independentista is a political party in Catalonia, Spain, formally constituted on 3 October 2009. It is an umbrella group for various supporters of Catalan independence and the creation of a sovereign state for Catalonia. Currently, it has no representation in the...

     (RI)
    39,922 1,28% +1,28% 0 new
    Pirates of Catalonia
    Pirates of Catalonia
    Pirates de Catalunya is a political party in Catalonia. Based on the model of the Swedish Piratpartiet and member of the Pirate Parties International, it supports intellectual property reform, open access to culture and knowledge, transparency and Direct Democracy.The party was founded in August...

     (Pirata.cat)
    6,489 0,21% +0,21% 0 =
    All Others    
    Totals 100.0%   135

    Barcelona

    Party Party List votes Vote percentage (change) Total Seats (change)
    Convergence and Union (CiU)
    • Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
      Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
      The Democratic Convergence of Catalonia is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Together with Democratic Union of Catalonia, it forms part of the Convergence and Union coalition. It is affiliated with the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party and with the Liberal International...

       (CDC)
    • Democratic Union of Catalonia
      Democratic Union of Catalonia
      The Democratic Union of Catalonia is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Together with the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, it is part of the Convergence and Union coalition.It describes itself as Catalan nationalist and Christian Democrat....

       (UDC)
    858,188 36.85% +6.97% 35 +8
    Socialists' Party of Catalonia
    Socialists' Party of Catalonia
    The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merge of two parties PSC Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and PSC Comgres. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , and its Aranese section is...

     (PSC)
    445,448 19.12% -8.79% 18 -8
    People's Party of Catalonia
    People's Party (Spain)
    The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...

     (PPC)
    298,856 12.83% +1.69% 12 +2
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia...

    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left is a political party from Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members and it is the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left ....

     (ICV-EUiA)
    192,836 8.28% -2.14% 8 -1
    Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 148,061 6.36% -6.28% 6 -5
    Citizens – Party of the Citizenry
    Citizens – Party of the Citizenry
    The Citizens – Party of the Citizenry is a Spanish political party which describes itself as centre-left and non-nationalist...

     (C's)
    89,730 3.85% +0.3% 3 =
    Catalan Solidarity for Independence
    Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència
    Catalan Solidarity for Independence is a political party in Catalonia, founded in the summer of 2010 as an outcome of the grassroots social movement that initiated and organized the Catalonian independence referendums of 2009 and 2010...

     (SI)
    72.090 3.1% +3.1% 3 new
    Platform for Catalonia (PxC) 57.569 2.47% +2.47% 0 new
    Independence Rally
    Reagrupament
    Reagrupament or Reagrupament Independentista is a political party in Catalonia, Spain, formally constituted on 3 October 2009. It is an umbrella group for various supporters of Catalan independence and the creation of a sovereign state for Catalonia. Currently, it has no representation in the...

     (RI)
    23.299 1% +1% 0 new
    All Others    
    Totals 100.0%   85

    Girona

    Party Party List votes Vote percentage (change) Total Seats (change)
    Convergence and Union (CiU)
    • Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
      Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
      The Democratic Convergence of Catalonia is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Together with Democratic Union of Catalonia, it forms part of the Convergence and Union coalition. It is affiliated with the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party and with the Liberal International...

       (CDC)
    • Democratic Union of Catalonia
      Democratic Union of Catalonia
      The Democratic Union of Catalonia is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Together with the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, it is part of the Convergence and Union coalition.It describes itself as Catalan nationalist and Christian Democrat....

       (UDC)
    131,690 45.16% +6.9% 9 +2
    Socialists' Party of Catalonia
    Socialists' Party of Catalonia
    The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merge of two parties PSC Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and PSC Comgres. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , and its Aranese section is...

     (PSC)
    41,498 14.23% -7.38% 3 -1
    Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 26,828 9.20% -10.1% 2 -2
    People's Party of Catalonia
    People's Party (Spain)
    The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...

     (PPC)
    25,050 8.59% +1-41% 1 =
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia...

    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left is a political party from Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members and it is the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left ....

     (ICV-EUiA)
    14,057 4.82% -2.84% 1 =
    Catalan Solidarity for Independence
    Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència
    Catalan Solidarity for Independence is a political party in Catalonia, founded in the summer of 2010 as an outcome of the grassroots social movement that initiated and organized the Catalonian independence referendums of 2009 and 2010...

     (SI)
    13,845 4.75% +4.75% 1 new
    Independence Rally
    Reagrupament
    Reagrupament or Reagrupament Independentista is a political party in Catalonia, Spain, formally constituted on 3 October 2009. It is an umbrella group for various supporters of Catalan independence and the creation of a sovereign state for Catalonia. Currently, it has no representation in the...

     (RI)
    9,560 3.28% +3.28% 0 new
    Platform for Catalonia (PxC) 6,445 2.21% +2.21% 0 new
    Citizens – Party of the Citizenry
    Citizens – Party of the Citizenry
    The Citizens – Party of the Citizenry is a Spanish political party which describes itself as centre-left and non-nationalist...

     (C's)
    4,926 1.69% +0.75% 0 =
    All Others    
    Totals 100.0%   17

    Lleida

    Party Party List votes Vote percentage (change) Total Seats (change)
    Convergence and Union (CiU)
    • Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
      Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
      The Democratic Convergence of Catalonia is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Together with Democratic Union of Catalonia, it forms part of the Convergence and Union coalition. It is affiliated with the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party and with the Liberal International...

       (CDC)
    • Democratic Union of Catalonia
      Democratic Union of Catalonia
      The Democratic Union of Catalonia is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Together with the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, it is part of the Convergence and Union coalition.It describes itself as Catalan nationalist and Christian Democrat....

       (UDC)
    86,525 46.93% +6.84% 9 +2
    Socialists' Party of Catalonia
    Socialists' Party of Catalonia
    The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merge of two parties PSC Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and PSC Comgres. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , and its Aranese section is...

     (PSC)
    27,242 14.78% -7.15% 3 =
    People's Party of Catalonia
    People's Party (Spain)
    The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...

     (PPC)
    18,863 10.23% +1.14% 2 +1
    Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 16,877 9.15% -8.62% 1 -2
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia...

    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left is a political party from Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members and it is the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left ....

     (ICV-EUiA)
    7,384 4.01% -2.59% 0 -1
    Catalan Solidarity for Independence
    Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència
    Catalan Solidarity for Independence is a political party in Catalonia, founded in the summer of 2010 as an outcome of the grassroots social movement that initiated and organized the Catalonian independence referendums of 2009 and 2010...

     (SI)
    5,716 3.10% +3.1% 0 new
    Independence Rally
    Reagrupament
    Reagrupament or Reagrupament Independentista is a political party in Catalonia, Spain, formally constituted on 3 October 2009. It is an umbrella group for various supporters of Catalan independence and the creation of a sovereign state for Catalonia. Currently, it has no representation in the...

     (RI)
    4.190 2.27% +2.27% 0 new
    Platform for Catalonia (PxC) 3,291 1.79% +1.79% 0 new
    Citizens – Party of the Citizenry
    Citizens – Party of the Citizenry
    The Citizens – Party of the Citizenry is a Spanish political party which describes itself as centre-left and non-nationalist...

     (C's)
    2,744 1.49% +0.56% 0 =
    All Others    
    Totals 100.0%   15

    Tarragona

    Party Party List votes Vote percentage (change) Total Seats (change)
    Convergence and Union (CiU)
    • Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
      Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
      The Democratic Convergence of Catalonia is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Together with Democratic Union of Catalonia, it forms part of the Convergence and Union coalition. It is affiliated with the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party and with the Liberal International...

       (CDC)
    • Democratic Union of Catalonia
      Democratic Union of Catalonia
      The Democratic Union of Catalonia is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Together with the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, it is part of the Convergence and Union coalition.It describes itself as Catalan nationalist and Christian Democrat....

       (UDC)
    121,607 39.37% +6.89% 9 +2
    Socialists' Party of Catalonia
    Socialists' Party of Catalonia
    The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merge of two parties PSC Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and PSC Comgres. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , and its Aranese section is...

     (PSC)
    56,173 18.18% -7.79% 4 -1
    People's Party of Catalonia
    People's Party (Spain)
    The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...

     (PPC)
    41,250 13.35% +2.56% 3 +1
    Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 26,280 8.51% -9.15% 1 -2
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens
    Initiative for Catalonia Greens is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia...

    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left
    United and Alternative Left is a political party from Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members and it is the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left ....

     (ICV-EUiA)
    15,708 5.08% -1.44% 1 =
    Catalalonian Solidarity for Independence
    Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència
    Catalan Solidarity for Independence is a political party in Catalonia, founded in the summer of 2010 as an outcome of the grassroots social movement that initiated and organized the Catalonian independence referendums of 2009 and 2010...

     (SI)
    10,546 3.41% +3.41% 0 new
    Citizens – Party of the Citizenry
    Citizens – Party of the Citizenry
    The Citizens – Party of the Citizenry is a Spanish political party which describes itself as centre-left and non-nationalist...

     (C's)
    8,427 2.73% +0.3% 0 0
    Platform for Catalonia (PxC) 8,016 2.59% +2.59% 0 new
    Independence Rally
    Reagrupament
    Reagrupament or Reagrupament Independentista is a political party in Catalonia, Spain, formally constituted on 3 October 2009. It is an umbrella group for various supporters of Catalan independence and the creation of a sovereign state for Catalonia. Currently, it has no representation in the...

    (RI)
    2,873 0.93% +0.93% 0 new
    All Others    
    Totals 100.0%   18

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