List of political parties in Spain

This article lists political parties in Spain.

Contents

• National political formations of Spain
• Political parties running for the Spanish general election 2011
• Political parties without any representation
• Social conservatism parties
• Communist parties
• Nationalist parties
• Illegal parties
• Defunct major parties
• Defunct parties
• References

Spain has a multi-party system at both the national and regional level. Nationally there are four dominant political parties, (the progressive Podemos, moderate PSOE , liberal Ciudadanos and conservative PP) which makes it extremely difficult for any other formation or coalition to achieve an electoral 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 like Catalonia and the Basque Country and are often essential for national government coalitions.