This article lists the political parties in Catalonia, their ideologies, leaders, number of MPs and their positions on Catalan independence. As of 2026, there are eight main political parties in Catalonia, each having political party representation in either the Parliament of Catalonia or at local government level.
Parties represented in the Catalan Parliament
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! colspan="4" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Party
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Ideology
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Political position
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Catalan independence
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Leader
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |MPs
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| Socialists' Party of Catalonia<br/>
| PSC–PSOE
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| Centre-left
| <br><small>Nominally defends the<br/>right of self-determination.<br/>Opposed in practice</small>
| Salvador Illa
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| align="center"| 80px
| Together for Catalonia<br/>
| Junts
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| Centre-right
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| Josep Rull
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| align="center"| frameless|151x151px
| Republican Left of Catalonia<br/>
| ERC
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| Centre-left to left-wing
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| Oriol Junqueras
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| align="center"| 80px
| People's Party of Catalonia<br/>
| PPC
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| Centre-right to right-wing
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| Alejandro Fernández
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|-
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| align="center"| 80px
| Vox<br/>
| VOX
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| Far-right
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| Ignacio Garriga
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|-
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| align="center"| 80px
| Commons Unite<br/>
| Comuns Sumar
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| Left-wing
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| Jéssica Albiach
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| align="center"| frameless|80x80px
| Popular Unity Candidacy<br/>
| CUP
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| Left-wing to far-left
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| Xavier Pellicer
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| align="center"| 80px
| Catalan Alliance<br/>
| AC
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| Far-right
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| Sílvia Orriols
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Parties in coalition represented in the Catalan Parliament
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" | Party
! Ideology
! Political position
! Catalan independence
! Plattform / Senior party
! MPs
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| bgcolor=""|
| align="center"| 100px
| Catalonia in Common<br/>
| CatComú
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| Left-wing
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| Comuns Sumar
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| bgcolor=""|
| align="center"| 100px
| Forward–Socialist Organisation of National Liberation<br/>
| Endavant
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| Left-wing to far-left
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| CUP
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|-
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| align="center"|
| Free People<br/>
| PL
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| Left-wing to far-left
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| CUP
|
|-
| bgcolor=""|
| align="center"| 100px
| United to Advance<br/>
| UA
|
| Centre-right
| <br><small>Nominally defends the<br/>right of self-determination</small>
| PSC–PSOE
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|-
| bgcolor=""|
| align="center"| 80px
| Left Movement<br/>
| MES
|
| Centre-left
|
| Junts
|
|}
Minor parties
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! colspan="4" | Party
! Ideology
! Political position
! Catalan independence
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| align="center" |
| Animalist Party with the Environment<br><small>Partit Animalista Amb el Medi Ambient</small>
| PACMA
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| Centre-left
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| align="center" | 100x100px
| Citizens<br/>
| Cs
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| Centre-right
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|-
! style="background-color: " |
| align="center" | 80px
| Communists of Catalonia<br><small>Comunistes de Catalunya</small>
| Comunistes.cat
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| Left-wing to far-left
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|-
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| Republican Alternative<br><small>Partit Republicà d'Esquerra - Alternativa Republicana de Catalunya</small>
| PRE - ALTER
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| Left-wing
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| Zero Cuts–Green Group<br><small>Recortes Cero–Grupo Verde</small>
| Recortes Cero–GV
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| Centre-left
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| National Front of Catalonia<br><small>Front Nacional de Catalunya</small>
| FNC
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| Far-right
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| Pirates of Catalonia<br><small>Pirates de Catalunya</small>
| PIRATA.CAT
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| Left-wing
| <br><small>Since 2017 supports independence based on the results of the Catalan independence referendum</small>
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Defunct parties
- Catalan Action (AC, 1922–1939): Catalan nationalism, Social liberalism.
- Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC, 1936–1997): Communism, Catalanism.
- Socialist Party of National Liberation (PSAN, 1968–2015): Communism, Catalan independence.
- Convergence and Union (CiU, 1978–2015): Catalanism, Liberalism.
- Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC, 1974–2016): Catalanism, Conservative liberalism.
- Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC, 1931–2017): Catalanism, Christian democracy.
- Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV, 1987-2021): Eco-socialism, Catalanism, Republicanism.
- Platform for Catalonia (PxC, 2002–2019): Spanish unionism, Nativism.
See also
- History of political Catalanism