Democratic Pact for Catalonia

The Democratic Pact for Catalonia (Catalan: Pacte Democràtic per Catalunya, PDC or PDpC) was a Catalan electoral coalition that contested the Spanish general election on 15 June 1977 for the Congress of Deputies. It was officially registered on 3 May 1977, and its political stance emphazised the need to approve a statute of autonomy for Catalonia. The coalition consisted of:[1][2]

Democratic Pact for Catalonia

Pacte Democràtic per Catalunya
LeaderJordi Pujol
FoundedMay 3, 1977 (1977-05-03)
Dissolved1978
HeadquartersBarcelona
IdeologyCatalan nationalism
Catalan autonomism
Political positionBig tent

It obtained 514,647 votes (16.68% of the vote in Catalonia, 2.81% of the votes in Spain) and 11 deputies, of which 5 were for CDC, 4 for PSC-R and 2 of EDC. Its leader was Jordi Pujol. Shortly after the elections the coalition broke: the PSC-R joined the PSOE and the PSC-C to form the PSC, while CDC (in which EDC was merged in 1978) joined Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) to form Convergence and Union (CiU).

Member parties

Electoral performance

Congress of Deputies
Congress of Deputies
Election Spain Catalonia Status
Vote % Seats Vote % Seats
1977 514,647 (#6) 2.81
11 / 350
 514,647 (#4) 16.88
11 / 47
 Opposition

See also

References
  1. "Con la formación de siete coaliciones se clarifica el panorama catalán". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 4 May 1977. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. "Coaliciones de ámbito regional". ABC (in Spanish). 5 May 1977. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. "Cataluña: domina la autonomía". ABC (in Spanish). 25 May 1977. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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