The Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (, abbreviated PCTE) is a Marxist–Leninist party in Spain. The PCTE was founded on 3 March 2019 as the result of a split in the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE). The youth organization of the PCTE is called the Collectives of Communist Youth.
History The PCTE contested both the April 2019 Spanish general election (14,189 votes, 0.05%) and the election for the European Parliament (19,081, 0.09%). On the same day of the European parliament election, the PCTE competed in five regional elections and in sixteen municipalities. The party won in total 4,368 votes and two seats in the former mining municipality of Degaña in southwestern Asturias. It also supported the local list (ACPT), which also won two seats.
At the November 2019 election, the PCTE is fielding candidates in 37 provinces, compared to the 27 provinces the party contested at the previous election.
At the 2023 Spanish regional and local elections, the party has fielded candidates in four autonomies and twenty-one municipalities. Despite winning more votes than in 2019 (7,186 votes overall), the party lost both seats in Degaña. The party only obtained one seat in the Mallorcan town of Bunyola through the broad leftist coalition "Esquerra Oberta de Bunyola".
Election results +Cortes GeneralesYearVotes%April 201914,1890.05%November 201913,8280.06%July 202317,9180.07% +European electionsYearVotes%201919,0810.09%202415,2810.09% +Spanish regional electionsAutonomyYearVotes%Aragon20195590.08%Asturias20191,0820.21%Cantabria20197740.15%Castile and León20191,1470.08%Basque Country20205460.06%Galicia20208850.07%Catalonia20214,5040.16%Community of Madrid20211,6530.05%Castile and León20221.3440.11%Asturias20231,3140.25%Aragon20238430.13%Community of Madrid20234,7650.14%Cantabria20237330.23%Basque Country20246600.06%Castile and León20261,6880.14% +Local Elections 2019MunicipalityAutonomyVotes%SeatsAvilésAsturias2360.62%0CórdobaAndalusia3800.26%0DegañaAsturias14724.54%2GijonAsturias2890.21%0LangreoAsturias1060.56%0LeónCastile and León1190.18%0MadridCommunity of Madrid7910.05%0MálagaAndalusia1880.08%0MieresAsturias740.38%0OviedoAsturias1630.15%0SalamancaCastile and León2330.31%0San Juan de AznalfaracheAndalusia1101.32%0ValladolidCastile and León2290.14%0VigoGalicia2670.18%0ZaragozaAragon2290.07%0 +Local Elections 2023MunicipalityAutonomyVotes%SeatsAlcañizAragon230.30%0AvilésAsturias3430.90%0BarcelonaCatalonia7270.10%0BilbaoBasque Country3150.21%0BurgosCastille and León2390.28%0DegañaAsturias428.10%0ErmuaBasque Country1862.44%0GijónAsturias4540.32%0LeónCastille and León2100.36%0MadridCommunity of Madrid1,1920.07%0MieresAsturias1230.66%0OviedoAsturias3090.28%0SalamancaCastille and León1450.21%0San Juan de AznalfaracheAndalusia3213.60%0SantanderCantabria1760.20%0SevillaAndalusia5570.17%0TarragonaCatalonia1790.37%0TerrassaCatalonia2120.26%0ValladolidCastille and León2530.15%0VigoGalicia4810.35%0ZaragozaAragon6990.21%0BunyolaBalearic Islands91624.69%1 (Inside Esquerra Oberta de Bunyola coalition)
References
External links Party website