Socialist Party of the Valencian Country

Socialist Party of the Valencian Country
Partit Socialista del País Valencià
Secretary-General Ximo Puig
Founded 1978
Headquarters C/ Blanqueries, 4
Valencia, Valencian Community
Membership (2014) 17,230[1]
Ideology Social democracy
Political position Centre-left
National affiliation Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Valencian Courts
23 / 99
Congress of Deputies
6 / 33
(Valencian seats)
Spanish Senate
1 / 16
(Valencian seats)
Provincial deputations
28 / 89
[2]
Local seats
1,832 / 5,784
[3]
Website
www.socialistesvalencians.org

The Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (Valencian: Partit Socialista del País Valencià; Spanish: Partido Socialista del País Valenciano, PSPV–PSOE) is a small nationalist and leftist Valencian party, mostly confined to the academic world within the University of Valencia.

In 1978 they decided to merge with the much larger national Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), to which they integrated. Their name remains in the name of the Valencian branch of the PSOE, officially called PSPV-PSOE, even though it is usually reduced to PSOE only by the PSPV-PSOE itself. This Valencian branch of the PSOE, unlike their Catalan counterpart, does not have a record of having acted independently from the national executive of the Spanish-wide PSOE.

History

The PSPV-PSOE was the ruling party in the Valencian Country from 1983 through 1995. The People's Party (PP) won the elections since 1995 until 2015, when the PSPV-PSOE won the elections and ended the 20 year tenure of the PP. The PSPV-PSOE remains the main opposition party of the PP from 1995 to date.

In their general meeting held in September 2008, the party was scheduled to officially drop the PSPV line in their name and change it to PSCV to adjust it to the official name of the territory (Comunitat Valenciana, CV)[4] but, eventually, this proposal was discarded and the name was not changed.[5] However, talk of a name change for the party keeps lingering on, as its new leader is said to support a different name in order to be in synch with the current Valencian situation.[6] (for further information, see Names of the Valencian Community)

Electoral performance

Corts Valencianes

Corts Valencianes
Election Vote % Seats Status Leader
1983 982,567 (#1) 51.41
51 / 89
 Government Joan Lerma
1987 828,961 (#1) 41.28
42 / 89
 Government Joan Lerma
1991 860,429 (#1) 42.85
45 / 89
 Government Joan Lerma
1995 804,463 (#2) 33.98
32 / 89
 Opposition Joan Lerma
1999 768,548 (#2) 33.91
35 / 89
 Opposition Antoni Asunción
2003 874,288 (#2) 35.96
35 / 89
 Opposition Joan Ignasi Pla
2007 838,987 (#2) 34.49
38 / 99
 Opposition Joan Ignasi Pla
2011 687,141 (#2) 28.04
33 / 99
 Opposition Jorge Alarte
2015 509,098 (#2) 20.57
23 / 99
 Government Ximo Puig

Cortes Generales

Congress of Deputies
Election Valencian Community
Vote % Seats
1977 678,429 (#1) 36.33
13 / 29
1979 698,677 (#1) 37.31
13 / 29
1982 1,118,354 (#1) 53.11
19 / 29
1986 993,439 (#1) 47.49
18 / 31
1989 878,377 (#1) 41.46
16 / 31
1993 935,325 (#2) 38.35
12 / 31
1996 990,993 (#2) 38.32
13 / 32
2000 826,595 (#2) 34.00
12 / 32
2004 1,127,700 (#2) 42.45
14 / 32
2008 1,124,414 (#2) 40.97
14 / 33
2011 697,474 (#2) 26.75
10 / 33
2015 531,489 (#3) 19.83
7 / 32
2016 539,278 (#3) 20.79
6 / 33
  
Senate
Election Valencian Community
Vote % Seats
1977
8 / 12
1979
6 / 12
1982
9 / 12
1986
9 / 12
1989
9 / 12
1993
4 / 12
1996
3 / 12
2000
3 / 12
2004
3 / 12
2008
3 / 12
2011
3 / 12
2015
2 / 12
2016
0 / 12

European Parliament

European Parliament
Election Valencian Community
Vote %
1987 845,517 (#1) 42.08
1989 732,602 (#1) 42.67
1994 608,897 (#2) 30.49
1999 807,299 (#2) 35.61
2004 737,669 (#2) 42.21
2009 708,244 (#2) 37.59
2014 379,541 (#2) 21.56

See also

References

  1. ↑ Unos 197.400 militantes elegirán al líder del PSOE, 45.600 en Andalucía. Canal Sur, 13/06/2014.
  2. ↑ Diputats provincials (suma de les tres diputacions valencianes).
  3. ↑ Ministerio del Interior - Infoelectoral.
  4. ↑
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