Socialist Party of Navarre

Socialist Party of Navarre
Partido Socialista de Navarra
Membership (2014) 1,634[1]
Ideology Social democracy[2]
Spanish unionism
Political position Centre-left
National affiliation Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Parliament of Navarre
7 / 50
Congress of Deputies
1 / 5
(Navarrese seats)
Local seats
208 / 1,889
Website
www.psn-psoe.org/navarra/

The Socialist Party of Navarre (official Spanish language name: Partido Socialista de Navarra) is a regional branch of the mainstream Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the main centre-left party in Spain since the 1970s.

History

The party can trace its history to the founding of a socialist support group for like-minded men in Pamplona in August 1902. The Socialist Group of Navarre was subsumed in the PSOE's Basque branch up to 1980, but then it veered towards a Navarre-only stance, refusing to support a referendum on the inclusion of Navarre in a Basque community (December 1979) and aligning itself in this particular point with rightist forces (UCD, UPN).

The former Secretary-General was Roberto Jiménez, who won 70.5% of the vote in an election at the ninth regional congress on June 28, 2008. He took over from Carlos Chivite after the latter's death earlier that same year. In the 2008 elections for the Parliament of Navarre the party received 115,837 votes, placing second behind the governing UPN. Since December 2014, Maria Chivite, niece of Carlos Chivite, is the Secretary-General of the PSN.

In February 2014, during the latest crisis affecting the credit of UPN high-ranking officials in government,[3] PSN refused to impeach regional president Yolanda Barcina despite the clarity of the allegations and wide consensus among Navarrese political forces on the severity of the institutional crisis. Instead, the PSN leader Roberto Jimenez focused on "thoroughly condemning" and extensively elaborating on verbal abuse hurled by a crowd of protesters voicing their anger at Y. Barcina and other UPN officials in Tafalla.[4][5] In 2011 members disaffected with PSN's alliance policy contributed to the foundation of the coalition Izquierda-Ezkerra—2 MPs in the Parliament of Navarre (July 2015).

Electoral performance

Parliament of Navarre

Parliament of Navarre
Election Vote % Seats Status Leader Notes
1979 48,289 (#2) 18.94
15 / 70
 Government Jesús Malón
1983 94,737 (#1) 35.63
20 / 50
 Government Gabriel Urralburu
1987 78,453 (#1) 27.68
15 / 50
 Government Gabriel Urralburu
1991 91,645 (#2) 33.36
19 / 50
 Opposition Gabriel Urralburu
1995 62,021 (#2) 20.87
11 / 50
 Government Javier Otano opposition from Sep 1996
1999 61,531 (#2) 20.28
11 / 50
 Opposition Juan José Lizarbe
2003 65,003 (#2) 21.15
11 / 50
 Opposition Juan José Lizarbe
2007 74,157 (#3) 22.49
12 / 50
 Opposition Fernando Puras
2011 51,238 (#2) 15.85
9 / 50
 Government Roberto Jiménez opposition from Jun 2012
2015 45,164 (#5) 13.37
7 / 50
 Opposition María Chivite

Cortes Generales

Congress of Deputies
Election Navarre
Vote % Seats
1977 54,720 (#2) 21.17
2 / 5
1979 55,399 (#2) 21.90
1 / 5
1982 112,186 (#1) 37.64
3 / 5
1986 97,010 (#1) 35.52
2 / 5
1989 86,677 (#2) 31.19
2 / 5
1993 108,305 (#2) 34.87
2 / 5
1996 98,102 (#2) 30.26
2 / 5
2000 82,688 (#2) 27.32
2 / 5
2004 113,906 (#2) 33.55
2 / 5
2008 117,920 (#2) 34.76
2 / 5
2011 72,892 (#2) 22.02
1 / 5
2015 54,856 (#3) 15.52
1 / 5
2016 58,173 (#3) 17.35
1 / 5
  
Senate
Election Navarre
Vote % Seats
1977 with FA –
0 / 4
1979 58,070 (#2) 23.48
1 / 4
1982 110,910 (#1) 37.70
3 / 4
1986 92,044 (#1) 35.03
3 / 4
1989 81,718 (#2) 30.71
1 / 4
1993 103,120 (#2) 34.30
1 / 4
1996 90,961 (#2) 29.79
1 / 4
2000 90,906 (#2) 30.68
1 / 4
2004 105,767 (#2) 31.94
1 / 4
2008 109,141 (#2) 32.95
1 / 4
2011 68,452 (#2) 21.42
1 / 4
2015 63,253 (#3) 19.15
0 / 4
2016 57,619 (#3) 17.51
0 / 4

European Parliament

European Parliament
Election Navarre
Vote %
1987 83,111 (#1) 29.49
1989 65,540 (#1) 28.60
1994 57,102 (#2) 24.80
1999 74,004 (#2) 24.78
2004 69,833 (#2) 34.94
2009 63,848 (#2) 31.48
2014 31,629 (#3) 14.48

References

  1. ↑ Unos 197.400 militantes elegirán al líder del PSOE, 45.600 en Andalucía. Canal Sur, 13/06/2014.
  2. ↑ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Navarre/Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 4 October 2018
  3. ↑ "Rubalcaba pide al PP que deje de utilizar a Bildu en el escándalo de Navarra". Publico. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Barcina respalda a su consejera de Hacienda y niega la corrupción en Navarra". Publico. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "PSN y PP condenan los incidentes registrados en el acto de UPN en Tafalla". Noticias de Navarra. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
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