List of political parties in Spain

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;^[1] 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

	Ideology	Leader	Deputies	Senators	MEPs	Regional dep.	Councillors	Status
People's Party (PP) Partido Popular	Conservatism Christian democracy	Alberto Núñez Feijóo	137 / 350	140 / 265	22 / 61	452 / 1,258	23,412 / 66,979	Opposition
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Partido Socialista Obrero Español	Social democracy	Pedro Sánchez	120 / 350	88 / 265	20 / 61	354 / 1,258	20,784 / 66,979	Government
Vox (Vox) Vox	National conservatism Right-wing populism	Santiago Abascal	33 / 350	3 / 265	6 / 61	119 / 1,258	1,695 / 66,979	Opposition
Unite (Sumar) Sumar	Progressivism Social democracy Green politics	Ernest Urtasun	27 / 350	2 / 265	3 / 61	38 / 1,258	1,995 / 66,979	Government
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya	Catalan independence Left-wing nationalism Social democracy	Oriol Junqueras	7 / 350	6 / 265	1 / 61	33 / 1,258	2,903 / 66,979	Support
Together for Catalonia (JxCat) Junts per Catalunya	Catalan independence Populism	Carles Puigdemont	7 / 350	3 / 265	1 / 61	35 / 1,258	2,683 / 66,979	Support
Basque Country Unite (EH Bildu) Euskal Herria Bildu	Basque independence Abertzale left Socialism	Arnaldo Otegi	6 / 350	5 / 265	1 / 61	30 / 1,258	1,399 / 66,979	Support
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea Partido Nacionalista Vasco	Basque nationalism Christian democracy Social democracy	Andoni Ortuzar	5 / 350	5 / 265	1 / 61	31 / 1,258	986 / 66,979	Support
We can (Podemos) Podemos	Left-wing populism	Ione Belarra	4 / 350	0 / 265	2 / 61	17 / 1,258	1,995 / 66,979	Support
Canarian Coalition (CCa) Coalición Canaria	Regionalism Canarian nationalism Centrism	Fernando Clavijo	1 / 350	1 / 265	0 / 61	19 / 1,258	304 / 66,979
Commitment Coalition (Compromís) Coalició Compromís	Valencian nationalism Eco-socialism Green politics	Joan Baldoví	1 / 350	1 / 265	1 / 61	15 / 1,258	662 / 66,979
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) Bloque Nacionalista Galego	Galician nationalism Left-wing nationalism Socialism	Ana Pontón	1 / 350	1 / 265	1 / 61	19 / 1,258	590 / 66,979
Navarrese People's Union (UPN) Unión del Pueblo Navarro	Conservatism Christian democracy Regionalism	Javier Esparza	1 / 350	1 / 265	0 / 61	15 / 1,258	298 / 66,979	Opposition
More for Majorca (Més) Més per Mallorca	Left-wing nationalism Democratic socialism Green politics	Lluís Apesteguia	0 / 350	1 / 265	0 / 61	4 / 1,258	118 / 66,979
Yes to the Future (GBai) Geroa Bai	Basque nationalism Social democracy	Uxue Barkos	0 / 350	1 / 265	0 / 61	7 / 50	50 / 66,979
Gomera Socialist Group (ASG) Agrupación Socialista Gomera	Insularism Social democracy	Casimiro Curbelo	0 / 350	1 / 265	0 / 61	3 / 1,258	34 / 66,979
Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) Agrupación Herreña Independiente	Insularism Canarian nationalism Centrism	Narvay Quintero	0 / 350	1 / 265	0 / 61	1 / 70	9 / 66,979

Represented in regional parliaments

	Ideology	Leader	Regional dep.	Councillors	Region
Empty Spain (EV) España Vaciada	Localism Ruralism	Tomás Guitarte	6 / 1,258	262 / 66,979
Forward Andalusia (AA) Adelante Andalucía	Andalusian nationalism Left-wing populism Anti-capitalism	Teresa Rodríguez	2 / 109	8 / 9,067	Andalusia
Aragonese Party (PAR) Partido Aragonés	Regionalism Centrism	Alberto Izquierdo	1 / 67	334 / 4,155	Aragón
Aragonese Union (CHA) Chunta Aragonesista	Aragonese nationalism Eco-socialism	Joaquín Palacín	3 / 67	131 / 4,155	Aragón
Asturias Forum (Foro) Foro Asturias	Regionalism Conservatism	Carmen Moriyón	1 / 45	38 / 928	Asturias
More for Menorca (MxMe) Més per Menorca	Left-wing nationalism Democratic socialism Green politics	Manel Martí	2 / 59	20 / 66,979	Balearic Islands
The Union of Formentera (Sa Unió) Sa Unió de Formentera	Conservatism	Llorenç Córdoba	1 / 59	9 / 66,979	Balearic Islands
New Canaries–Canarian Bloc (NC–BC) Nueva Canarias–Bloque Canarista	Canarian nationalism Social democracy	Román Rodríguez	5 / 70	105 / 66,979	Canary Islands
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) Partido Regionalista de Cantabria	Regionalism Centrism	Miguel Ángel Revilla	8 / 35	298 / 1,041	Cantabria
Leonese People's Union (UPL) Unión del Pueblo Leonés	Regionalism Autonomism	Luis Mariano Santos	3 / 81	234 / 5,194	Castile and León (León)
Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) Candidatura d'Unitat Popular	Catalan independence Anti-capitalism Socialism	Mireia Vehí	4 / 135	313 / 15,837	Catalonia
Catalan Alliance (AC)	Catalan independence Right-wing populism	Sílvia Orriols	2 / 135	8 / 9,139	Catalonia
Movement for Dignity and Citizenship (MDyC) Movimiento por la Dignidad y la Ciudadanía	Ceutan autonomism Regionalism	Fatima Hamed	3 / 25		Ceuta
Ceuta Now! (CY!) Ceuta Ya!	Democratic socialism Ceutan autonomism	Mohamed Mustafa	2 / 25		Ceuta
Coalition for Melilla (CpM) Coalición por Melilla	Social democracy Progressivism Regionalism	Mustafa Aberchán	5 / 25		Melilla
We Are Melilla (SML) Somos Melilla	Regionalism	Amin Azmani	1 / 25		Melilla

Represented in the European Parliament only

Se Acabó La Fiesta was founded right before the 2024 European Parliament election and won 3 seats. It is designated as a grouping of electors rather than as an official political party.

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

Communist parties

Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) (1973–present)
Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE) (1973–present)
Revolutionary Workers' Party (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)
Actúa (2017–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 Environment^[2] (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)

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)

Galicia

Galician People's Front (1986–present)
Convergence XXI (2009-present)
Land Party (Partido da Terra) (2011–present)
Pirates of Galicia (2011-present)
Commitment to Galicia (2012–present)

Madrid

The Greens of the Community of Madrid (1995–present)
Municipalist Bench (Bancada municipalista) (2018-present)
Recover Madrid (2021–present)

Navarre

Batzarre (1987–present)

Valencia

Valencian Democrats (2013–present)

Other parties

Los Parados
Nuevo Partido por la Democracia^[3]^[4]
Partido Mutuo Apoyo Romántico
National Bolshevik Party (Partido Nacional Bolquevique)
Muerte al Sistema (+MAS+)^[5]
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^[6] 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.^[7] 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;^[8] 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^[9] while endorsing anti-LGBT rhetoric abroad,^[10]^[11] rejects European federalism^[12] and defends narrowing the naturalisation of immigrant individuals of Maghrebi origin.^[13] It has allied to similar political parties from Latin America,^[14]^[15] the Italian Brothers of Italy^[16] and the Hungarian Fidesz.^[17]
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^[18] 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.^[19]^[20] The party didn't contest the latest general elections.