This article serves as a list of the political parties in Spain.
Spain has a multi-party system at both the national and regional level, the major parties nationwide being the People's Party (PP) and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
Spain was formerly considered to have a two-party system dominated by the PSOE and the PP; however, the current makeup has no formation or coalition with enough seats to claim a parliamentary majority in the bicameral Cortes Generales (consisting of both the national Congress of Deputies and regional representation in the Senate). Regional parties can be strong in autonomous communities, notably Catalonia and the Basque Country, and are often essential for national government coalitions.
Political parties with parliamentary representation
Represented in Cortes Generales Party or coalition Ideology Leader Deputies Senators MEPs Regional dep. CouncillorsStatus Alberto Núñez Feijóo Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Social democracy Pedro Sánchez Santiago Abascal Vacant Oriol Junqueras Carles Puigdemont Arnaldo Otegi Andoni Ortuzar Left-wing populism Ione Belarra Joan Baldoví Fernando Clavijo Batlle Ana Pontón Javier Esparza Uxue Barkos Casimiro Curbelo Narvay Quintero
Represented in regional parliaments Party or coalition Ideology Leader Regional dep. Councillors Region Tomás Guitarte Teresa Rodríguez Andalusia Alberto Izquierdo Aragón Joaquín Palacín Carmen Moriyón Asturias Lluís Apesteguia Balearic Islands Manel Martí Conservatism Llorenç Córdoba Román Rodríguez Canary Islands Miguel Ángel Revilla Cantabria Luis Mariano Santos Castile and León (León) Mireia Vehí Catalonia Catalan Alliance (AC)Sílvia Orriols Fatima Hamed Ceuta Mohamed Mustafa Mustafa Aberchán Melilla Regionalism Amin Azmani
Represented in the European Parliament only
Party or coalition Ideology Leader MEPs Alvise Pérez
Political parties without representation
Single issue parties Party of the Democratic Karma (Partido del Karma Democrático) (2000–present) Internet Party (Partido de Internet) (2009–present) Escaños en Blanco [es] (2010–present) X Party (Partido X) (2012) Overwhelmed and Annoyed Citizens Partido Ibérico Partido de los Autónomos Jubilados y Viudas Partido de culto al Fary
Communist parties Communist Party of Spain (PCE) (1921-present) Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) (1973–present) Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE) (1973–present) La Aurora Marxist Organization (1974–present) Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) (1980–present) Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) (1984–present) Anticapitalists (1995–present) Internationalist Struggle (LI) (1999–present) Corriente Roja (CR) (2002–present) Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) (PCE (M–L)) (2006–present) Marxist–Leninist Party (Communist Reconstruction) (PML(RC)) (2014–present) Revolutionary Anticapitalist Left (IZAR) (2015–present) Workers' Revolutionary Current (CRT) (2017–present) Revolutionary Left (IR) (2017–present) Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) (2019–present)
Leftist parties Workers' Front (2018–present) For a Fairer World (Por un Mundo Más Justo, PM+J) (2004–present) Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero) (2014–present) Republican Alternative (Alternativa Republicana) (2013–present) Humanist Party (Partido Humanista) (1984–present) Carlist Party (Partido Carlista) (1970–present) Iniciativa Socialista de Izquierdas Nueva Izquierda Verde Solidaridad y Autogestión Internacionalista (SAIn)
Progressive parties Animalist Party with the EnvironmentA centre-left party focused on the fight for animal rights, the environment and social justice. The party seeks to ban all sorts of bullfighting events. (Partido Animalista Con el Medio Ambiente, PACMA) (2003–present) The Greens–Green Group (Los Verdes–Grupo Verde) (1994–present) Confederation of the Greens (Confederación de los Verdes) (1984–present) Cannabis Party (Partido Cannabis por la Legalización y la Normalización) (2003–present) The Eco-pacifist Greens (Los Verdes Ecopacifistas) (1988–present) Izquierda Española (2023–present) Alianza para el Desarrollo y la Naturaleza
Liberal parties Citizens - Party of the Citizenry (Ciudadanos-Partido de la Ciudadanía, CS) (2006–present) Libertarian Party (Partido Libertario) (2009–present) Volt Spain (2018–present) Foro Centro y Democracia (CYD)
Conservative parties Partido Familia y Vida Comunión Tradicionalista Carlista [es] (1986–present)
Nationalist parties Falange Española de las JONS (1976–present) Spanish Catholic Movement (1981–present) National Democracy (1995–present) National Workers' Party (Spain) (1999–present) España 2000 (2002–present) Authentic Phalanx (Falange Auténtica) (2002–present) Spanish Alternative (2003–present) National Alliance (2006–present) Party for Freedom (2013–present) Hacer Nación (2020–present) National November (2026–present)
Regionalist parties Andalusia Andalusian Left (1998–present) Andalusian Nation (1999–present) Andalusia by Itself (2016–present) Andalusi Party (2023–present) Partido Regionalista por Andalucía Oriental (PRAO) [es]
Aragon Puyalón de Cuchas (2008–present)
Asturias Partíu Asturianista (1985–present) Andecha Astur (1990–present) Asturian Left (1992–present) Asturian Renewal Union (1998–present) Bloc for Asturias (2003–present) Unidá (2007–present) Conceyu Abiertu (2011–present) Compromisu por Asturies (2011–present)
Baleric Islands El Pi-Proposal for the islands
Basque Country Zornotza Eginez (local)
Cantabria Cantabrian Nationalist Council (1995–present)
Castile and León Partido de El Bierzo (1979–present) Partido Regionalista del País Leonés (1980–present) Unidad Regionalista de Castilla y León (1992–present) Izquierda Castellana (2002–present) Agrupación de Electores Independientes Zamoranos Partido de Castilla y León (PCAL) [es]
Catalonia The Greens–Green Alternative (1999–present) Catalan Republic Party (2006–present) Pirate Party of Catalonia (2010–present) Catalan Solidarity for Independence (2010–present) National Front of Catalonia (2013–present) Som Catalans (2014–present) Communists of Catalonia (2014–present) Convergents (2017–present) We Are Alternative (2017–present) Democratic League (2019–present) Nationalist Party of Catalonia (2020–present) Alhora (2023–present)
Extremadura United Extremadura (1980–present) Extremaduran Coalition (1995–present)
Galicia Galician People's Front (1986–present) Land Party (Partido da Terra) (2011–present) Pirates of Galicia (2011–present) Commitment to Galicia (2012–present)
Madrid Municipalist Bench (Bancada municipalista) (2018–present) Recover Madrid (2021–present)
Navarre Batzarre (1987–present)
Other parties Los Parados Nuevo Partido por la Democracia Partido Mutuo Apoyo Romántico National Bolshevik Party (Partido Nacional Bolquevique) Muerte al Sistema (+MAS+) SOMOS España
National political formations of Spain People's Party (Partido Popular, PP) — mainstream centre-right party that is liberal conservative and Christian democratic, which conforms the largest group in the Congress and the Senate, and leads the parliamentary opposition. The People's Party originates from the People's Alliance (Alianza Popular, AP), which refounded in 1989. The party has governed from 1996 to 2004 and from 2011 to 2018. Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español, PSOE) — mainstream centre-left social democratic party linked to General Union of Workers (Unión General de Trabajadores, UGT) trade union. The Socialists' Party of Catalonia (Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya, PSC) acts as the party's instance in Catalonia. The party has governed from 1982 to 1996, from 2004 to 2011 and since 2018. Vox — a right-wing to far-right party that split from the PP in 2014; its main ideologies are social and national conservatism, economic liberalism and centralism (i.e. strong opposition to Spain's peripheral nationalisms). Vox opposes LGBT movements in Spain while endorsing anti-LGBT rhetoric abroad, rejects European federalism and defends narrowing the naturalisation of immigrant individuals of Maghrebi origin. It has allied to similar political parties from Latin America, the Italian Brothers of Italy and the Hungarian Fidesz. Sumar — a left-wing and progressive electoral platform established in 2022, constituted as an instrumental political party. It conforms an alliance of left-wing formations, some of them formerly comprising the Unidas Podemos and Más País political alliances, including nationwide United Left, Más Madrid, Greens Equo and regional Compromís, Chunta and Batzarre, among others. Like preceding Unidas Podemos, Sumar forms a coalition with governing PSOE. We can (Podemos) — a left-wing populist political party founded in 2014 in the aftermath of the 15-M Movement. It was in government as junior partner of the PSOE from 2020 to 2023, within the alliance Unidas Podemos. Citizens (Ciudadanos, Cs) — a centre-right liberal and pro-european party. It supports a high degree of political decentralization, but rejects autonomous communities' right to self-determination. Once the third-largest force in Congress, its popular support sharply declined in the November 2019 general election. The party didn't contest the latest general elections.
Defunct parties
Defunct major parties Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (1935–1980) People's Socialist Party (1968–1978) People's Alliance (1976–1989) Liberal Party, absorbed into the People's Party (1976–1989) People's Democratic Party, absorbed into the People's Party (1982–1989) Union of the Democratic Centre (1977–1983) National Union (1979–1982) Democratic and Social Centre (1982–2006) Democratic Reformist Party (1983–1986) Workers' Party of Spain - Communist Unity (1985–1991) Ruiz-Mateos Group (1989–1995) Liberal Independent Group (1991–2007) Democratic Party of the New Left (1996-2001) Union, Progress and Democracy (2007–2020)
Andalusia Andalusian Party (1965–2015)
Aragon Upper Aragon in Common (2015-2023)
Basque Country Communist Movement of Euskadi (1966–1991) Euskadiko Ezkerra (1977–1993) Herri Batasuna (1978–2001) Batasuna (2001–2013) Euskal Herritarrok (1998–2003) Aralar (2000–2017) Amaiur (2011–2015)
Catalonia Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) (1936–1997) Union of the Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia (1976-1977) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (1977-2016) Democratic Union of Catalonia (1977–2017) Convergence and Union (1978–2015) Initiative for Catalonia Greens (1987–2019) Agreement for Catalonia Progress (2000-2015) Catalan European Democratic Party (2016–2023) National Call for the Republic (2018–2020) Sobiranistes (2019–2023)
Ceuta Caballas Coalition (2011-2021)
Galicia En Marea (2015-2020)
Madrid Madrid Now (2015–2019)
Navarre Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (1995-2011) Nafarroa Bai (2004–2015) Sum Navarre (2019–2022)
Valencia Valencian People's Union (1982-1998) Valencian Union (1982–2014) Valencian Nationalist Bloc (1999–2021) Commitment for the Valencian Country (2006-2008) It is Time (2015-2016) The Valencian Way (2016)
Defunct minor parties Communist Organization of Spain (Red Flag) (1970-1994) Revolutionary Communist League (1971–1991) Communist Movement (1972–1991) Socialist Action Party (1972–2001) Communist Workers League (1973–1999) Spanish Democratic Socialist Party (1975-1978) People's Party (Spain, 1976) (1976-1977) Democratic Socialist Alliance (1976-1977) Spanish Social Reform (1976-1977) Federation of Democratic and Liberal Parties (1976-1978) Liberal Progressive Party (1976-1978) National Alliance July 18 (1977) Independent Spanish Phalanx (1977-2004) Liberal Citizens Action (1977-1979) Progressive Democratic Party (1978–1980)