This article lists the political parties in Catalonia, their ideologies, leaders, number of MPs and their positions on Catalan independence. As of 2026, there are eight main political parties in Catalonia, each having political party representation in either the Parliament of Catalonia or at local government level.
Parties represented in the Catalan Parliament PartyIdeologyPolitical positionCatalan independenceLeaderMPs Socialists' Party of Catalonia PSC–PSOE Centre-left Nominally defends theright of self-determination.Opposed in practice Salvador Illa Together for Catalonia Junts Centre-right Josep Rull Republican Left of Catalonia ERC Centre-left to left-wing Oriol Junqueras People's Party of Catalonia PPC Centre-right to right-wing Alejandro Fernández Vox VOX Far-right Ignacio Garriga Commons Unite Comuns Sumar Left-wing Jéssica Albiach Popular Unity Candidacy CUP Left-wing to far-left Xavier Pellicer Catalan Alliance AC Far-right Sílvia Orriols
Parties in coalition represented in the Catalan Parliament Party Ideology Political position Catalan independence Platform / Senior party MPs Catalonia in Common CatComú Left-wing Comuns Sumar Forward–Socialist Organisation of National Liberation Endavant Left-wing to far-left CUP Free People PL Left-wing to far-left CUP United to Advance UA Centre-right Nominally defends theright of self-determination PSC–PSOE Left Movement MES Centre-left Junts
Minor parties Party Ideology Political position Catalan independence Animalist Party with the EnvironmentPartit Animalista Amb el Medi Ambient PACMA Centre-left Citizens Cs Centre-right Communists of CataloniaComunistes de Catalunya Comunistes.cat Left-wing to far-left Republican AlternativePartit Republicà d'Esquerra - Alternativa Republicana de Catalunya PRE - ALTER Left-wing Zero Cuts–Green GroupRecortes Cero–Grupo Verde Recortes Cero–GV Centre-left National Front of CataloniaFront Nacional de Catalunya FNC Far-right Pirates of CataloniaPirates de Catalunya PIRATA.CAT Left-wing Since 2017 supports independence based on the results of the Catalan independence referendum
Defunct parties Catalan Action (AC, 1922–1939): Catalan nationalism, Social liberalism. Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC, 1936–1997): Communism, Catalanism. Socialist Party of National Liberation (PSAN, 1968–2015): Communism, Catalan independence. Convergence and Union (CiU, 1978–2015): Catalanism, Liberalism. Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC, 1974–2016): Catalanism, Conservative liberalism. Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC, 1931–2017): Catalanism, Christian democracy. Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV, 1987-2021): Eco-socialism, Catalanism, Republicanism. Platform for Catalonia (PxC, 2002–2019): Spanish unionism, Nativism.
See also
History of political Catalanism
References