The Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (. , PSPV–PSOE) is a social-democratic political party in the Valencian Community, and is a regional branch of the national Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
The PSPV was originally a small nationalist and leftist Valencian party, mostly confined to the academic world within the University of Valencia. In 1978, they decided to merge with the much larger national PSOE, to which they integrated. Their name remains in the name of the Valencian branch of the PSOE, officially called PSPV-PSOE, even though it is usually reduced to PSOE only by the party itself. This Valencian branch of the PSOE, unlike its Catalan counterpart, does not have a record of having acted independently from the national executive of the Spanish-wide PSOE.
History The PSPV-PSOE was the ruling party in the Valencian Country from 1983 through 1995. The People's Party (PP) won the elections since 1995 until 2015, when the PSPV-PSOE won the elections and ended the 20-year tenure of the PP. The PSPV-PSOE remains the main opposition party of the PP from 1995 to date.
In their general meeting held in September 2008, the party was scheduled to officially drop the PSPV line in their name and change it to PSCV to adjust it to the official name of the territory (Comunitat Valenciana, CV) but, eventually, this proposal was discarded and the name was not changed. However, talk of a name change for the party keeps lingering on, as its new leader is said to support a different name in order to be in synch with the current Valencian situation. (for further information, see Names of the Valencian Community)
Electoral performance
Corts Valencianes Corts Valencianes Election Votes % # Seats +/– Leading candidate Status in legislature 1983 982,567 51.41% 1st — Joan Lerma Government 1987 828,961 41.28% 1st 9 Joan Lerma Government 1991 860,429 42.85% 1st 3 Joan Lerma Government 1995 804,463 33.98% 2nd 13 Joan Lerma Opposition 1999 768,548 33.91% 2nd 3 Antoni Asunción Opposition 2003 874,288 35.96% 2nd 0 Joan Ignasi Pla Opposition 2007 838,987 34.49% 2nd 3 Joan Ignasi Pla Opposition 2011 687,141 28.04% 2nd 5 Jorge Alarte Opposition 2015 509,098 20.57% 2nd 10 Ximo Puig Coalition 2019 643,909 24.21% 1st 4 Ximo Puig Coalition2023691,71528.70%2nd4Ximo Puig Opposition
Cortes Generales Cortes Generales Election Valencian Community Congress Senate Votes % # Seats +/– Seats +/– 1977 678,429 36.33% 1st — — 1979 698,677 37.31% 1st 0 2 1982 1,118,354 53.11% 1st 6 3 1986 993,439 47.49% 1st 1 0 1989 878,377 41.46% 1st 2 0 1993 935,325 38.35% 2nd 4 5 1996 990,993 38.32% 2nd 1 1 2000 826,595 34.00% 2nd 1 0 2004 1,127,700 42.45% 2nd 2 0 2008 1,124,414 40.97% 2nd 0 0 2011 697,474 26.75% 2nd 4 0 2015 531,489 19.83% 3rd 3 1 2016 539,278 20.79% 3rd 1 2 2019 (Apr) 746,486 27.78% 1st 4 9 2019 (Nov) 700,159 27.60% 1st 0 3
European Parliament European Parliament Election Valencian Community Votes % # 1987 845,517 42.08% 1st 1989 732,602 42.67% 1st 1994 608,897 30.49% 2nd 1999 807,299 35.61% 2nd 2004 737,669 42.21% 2nd 2009 708,244 37.59% 2nd 2014 379,541 21.56% 2nd 2019 763,120 32.97% 1st
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