People's Party of Catalonia
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People's Party of Catalonia Partit Popular de Catalunya | |
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| President | Xavier García Albiol |
| Secretary-General | Jordi Cornet i Serra |
| Founded | January 1989 |
| Headquarters | Calle Urgell, 249 08036, Barcelona |
| Youth wing | New Generations of Catalonia |
| Ideology | Conservatism[1] Christian democracy[1] Liberal conservatism[2] Spanish unionism[3] |
| Political position | Centre-right[4][5][6][7] to right-wing[8][9][10][11] |
| National affiliation | People's Party |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Parliament of Catalonia | 4 / 135 |
| Congress of Deputies | 5 / 47 |
| Senate | 1 / 24 |
| Local Government (2015-2019) | 214 / 9,132 |
| Mayors (2015-2019) | 1 / 946 |
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The People's Party of Catalonia (Catalan: Partit Popular de Catalunya, Spanish: Partido Popular de Cataluña, PP or PPC) is a conservative and Christian democratic political party in Catalonia. It is the Catalan affiliate of the Spanish People's Party.
Electoral performance
Parliament of Catalonia
| Date | Votes | Seats | Status | Size | Notes | |||
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| # | % | ±pp | # | ± | ||||
| 1992 | 157,772 | 6.0% | +0.7 | 7 / 135 |
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Opposition | 5th | |
| 1995 | 421,752 | 13.1% | +7.1 | 17 / 135 |
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Opposition | 3rd | government support 1996−99 |
| 1999 | 297,265 | 9.5% | −3.6 | 12 / 135 |
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Opposition | 3rd | government support |
| 2003 | 393,499 | 11.9% | +2.4 | 15 / 135 |
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Opposition | 4th | |
| 2006 | 316,222 | 10.7% | −1.2 | 14 / 135 |
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Opposition | 4th | |
| 2010 | 387,066 | 12.4% | +1.7 | 18 / 135 |
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Opposition | 3rd | government support 2011−12 |
| 2012 | 471,681 | 13.0% | +0.6 | 19 / 135 |
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Opposition | 4th | |
| 2015 | 349,193 | 8.5% | −4.5 | 11 / 135 |
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Opposition | 5th | |
| 2017 | 184,108 | 4.2% | −4.3 | 3 / 135 |
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TBD | 7th | |
Cortes Generales
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European Parliament
| Date | Votes | Size | ||
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| # | % | ±pp | ||
| 1989 | 204,624 | 8.6% | –2.6 | 3rd |
| 1994 | 473,716 | 18.5% | +9.9 | 3rd |
| 1999 | 486,471 | 16.9% | –1.6 | 3rd |
| 2004 | 377,104 | 17.8% | +0.9 | 2nd |
| 2009 | 354,876 | 18.0% | +0.2 | 3rd |
| 2014 | 246,698 | 9.8% | −8.2 | 5th |
References
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram. "Parties and Elections in Europe". parties-and-elections.eu. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
- ^ Annesley, Claire (2005), A Political And Economic Dictionary Of Western Europe, Routledge, p. 260
- ^ El PP se presenta como el único partido 'unionista' de Cataluña frente a la autodeterminación anunciada por Mas, eldiario.es Template:Es icon
- ^ Jansen, Thomas; Van Hecke, Steven (2011). At Europe's Service: The Origins and Evolution of the European People's Party. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 53. ISBN 9783642194146.
The right-wing Conservative AP was now transformed into a party of the centre-right: it was renamed People's Party (Partido Popular, PP) in the spring of 1989.
- ^ Newton, Michael T. (1997). Institutions of Modern Spain: A Political and Economic Guide. Cambridge University Press. p. 200. ISBN 9780521575089.
Since the 're-launch' of 1989, the party has established itself clearly as a party of the centre-right...
- ^ Meyer Resende, Madalena (2014). Catholicism and Nationalism: Changing Nature of Party Politics. Routledge. p. xix. ISBN 9781317610618.
In 1989 the AP transformed into the Partido Popular (PP) – a coalition of center-right forces...
- ^ Matuschek, Peter (2004). "Who Learns from Whom: The Failure of Spanish Christian Democracy and the Success of the Partido Popular". In Steven Van Hecke, Emmanuel Gerard (ed.). Christian Democratic Parties in Europe Since the End of the Cold War. Leuven University Press. p. 243. ISBN 9789058673770.
- ^ Ferreiro, Jesus; Serrano, Felipe (2001). Philip Arestis; Malcolm C. Sawyer (eds.). The economic policy of the Spanish Socialist governments: 1982–1996. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 155. ISBN 1843762838. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Encarnación, Omar G. (2008). Spanish Politics: Democracy After Dictatorship. Polity. pp. 61–64. ISBN 0745639925. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
- ^ Íñigo-Mora, Isabel (2010). Cornelia Ilie (ed.). Rhetorical strategies in the British and Spanish parliaments. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 332. ISBN 9027206295. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ DiGiacomo, Susan M. (2008). Sharon R. Roseman; Shawn S. Parkhurst (eds.). Re-presenting the Fascist Classroom: Education as a Space of Memory in Contemporary Spain. SUNY Press. p. 121. ISBN 0791479013. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
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External links
| Represented in the Parliament of Catalonia (135) |
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| Represented in the Spanish Congress of Deputies (47) |
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| Represented in the Spanish Senate (24) | |
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