Socialists' Party of Catalonia

The Socialists' Party of Catalonia (Catalan: Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya, PSC–PSOE) is a social democratic^{[citation needed]} political party in Catalonia, Spain, resulting from the merger of three parties: the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping, led by Josep Pallach i Carolà, the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress, and the Catalan Federation of the PSOE. It is the Catalan instance of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), and its Aranese section is Unity of Aran. The party had also been allied with federalist and republican political platform Citizens for Change (Ciutadans pel Canvi) until the 2010 election. PSC–PSOE has its power base in the Barcelona metropolitan area and the comarques of Tarragonès, Montsià, and Val d'Aran.

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Socialists' Party of Catalonia Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya

First Secretary	Salvador Illa
President	Miquel Iceta
Vice President	Núria Marín
Founded	16 July 1978 (1978-07-16)
Merger of	Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping Catalan Federation of the PSOE
Headquarters	c/ Nicaragua, 75–77 08029 Barcelona
Newspaper	Endavant Digital
Youth wing	Socialist Youth of Catalonia
Membership (2023)	12,000^[1]
Ideology	Social democracy^{[citation needed]} Federalism^[2] Catalanism^[3]
Political position	Centre-left^[4]
National affiliation	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
European affiliation	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Congress of Deputies	19 / 48 (Catalan seats)
Spanish Senate	15 / 24 (Catalan seats)
Parliament of Catalonia	41 / 135
European Parliament (Spanish seats)	2 / 59
Mayors	130 / 947
Local government	1,453 / 9,139
County councils	8 / 40
County councilors	198 / 1,028
Website
www.socialistes.cat
Politics of Catalonia Political parties Elections

Political positions

Economic and social issues

Environment

The party advocates for the preservation of the natural environment by implementing sustainable development strategies that promote economic advancement and the welfare of everyone.^[5]

Market

The Socialists' Party of Catalonia promotes individual initiative, entrepreneurial freedom, and innovation within the context of a socially accountable market.^[5]

Foreign policy

European Union

The PSC promotes the European Union and its expansion to the Mediterranean. They believe in a reform policy in the goal to achieve an inclusive and cohesive society.^[5]

Electoral performance

Parliament of Catalonia

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Election	Leading candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
Parliament of Catalonia
1980	Joan Reventós	606,717	22.43 (#2)	33 / 135	—	Opposition
1984	Raimon Obiols	866,281	30.11 (#2)	41 / 135	8	Opposition
1988		802,828	29.78 (#2)	42 / 135	1	Opposition
1992		728,311	27.55 (#2)	40 / 135	2	Opposition
1995	Joaquim Nadal	802,252	24.89 (#2)	34 / 135	6	Opposition
1999^[a]	Pasqual Maragall	1,183,299	37.85 (#1)	52 / 135	18	Opposition
2003^[b]	Pasqual Maragall	1,031,454	31.16 (#1)	42 / 135	10	Coalition
2006^[b]	José Montilla	796,173	26.82 (#2)	37 / 135	5	Coalition
2010	José Montilla	575,233	18.38 (#2)	28 / 135	9	Opposition
2012	Pere Navarro	524,707	14.43 (#2)	20 / 135	8	Opposition
2015	Miquel Iceta	523,283	12.72 (#3)	16 / 135	4	Opposition
2017	Miquel Iceta	606,659	13.86 (#4)	17 / 135	1	Opposition
2021	Salvador Illa	654,766	23.03 (#1)	33 / 135	16	Opposition
2024	Salvador Illa	882,589	27.96 (#1)	42 / 135	9	Minority

Cortes Generales

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Election	Catalonia
Cortes Generales
	Congress				Senate
	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
1979	875,529	29.67 (#1)	17 / 47	2^[c]	6 / 16	1
1982	1,575,601	45.83 (#1)	25 / 47	8	9 / 16	3
1986	1,299,733	41.00 (#1)	21 / 47	4	8 / 16	1
1989	1,123,975	35.59 (#1)	20 / 46	1	6 / 16	2
1993	1,277,838	34.87 (#1)	18 / 47	2	6 / 16	0
1996	1,531,143	39.36 (#1)	19 / 46	1	8 / 16	2
2000	1,150,533	34.13 (#1)	17 / 46	2	7 / 16	1
2004	1,586,748	39.47 (#1)	21 / 47	4	8 / 16	1
2008	1,689,911	45.39 (#1)	25 / 47	4	8 / 16	0
2011	922,547	26.66 (#2)	14 / 47	11	6 / 16	2
2015	590,274	15.69 (#3)	8 / 47	6	0 / 16	6
2016	559,870	16.10 (#3)	7 / 47	1	0 / 16	0
Apr. 2019	962,257	23.21 (#2)	12 / 48	5	3 / 16	3
Nov. 2019	794,666	20.50 (#2)	12 / 48	0	2 / 16	1
2023	1,213,006	34.49 (#1)	19 / 48	7	12 / 16	10

European Parliament

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Election	Catalonia
European Parliament
Election	Votes	%	#
1987	1,116,348	36.82%	1st
1989	865,506	36.36%	1st
1994	721,374	28.17%	2nd
1999	997,311	34.64%	1st
2004	907,121	42.85%	1st
2009	708,888	36.00%	1st
2014	359,214	14.29%	3rd
2019	756,231	22.06%	2nd
2024	734,741	30.61%	1st

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Party leaders

First Secretaries

Presidents