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Legislative elections: Parliament of Catalonia, 4-year term, 3% threshold (constituency-based), party-list proportional representation system
           President: Artur Mas i Gavarró (CiU) · Government: CiU

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2010 Seats 2006 Seats
Convergència i Unió (CiU)
Convergence and Union
Regionalism; Liberalism, Christian democracy -
1978
38,5% 62 31,5% 48
Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC)
Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
Regionalism; Liberalism
 
ELDR
1974
- 45 - 34
Unió Democràtica de Catalunya (UDC)
Democratic Union of Catalonia
Regionalism; Christian democracy
 
EPP, CDI
1931
- 17 - 14
Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (PSC)
Socialists' Party of Catalonia
Social democracy
  
PES, SI
1978
18,3% 28 26,8% 37
Partit Popular (PP)
People's Party
Conservatism; Christian democracy
 
EPP, CDI, IDU
1989
12,3% 18 10,7% 14
Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds (ICV)
Initiative for Catalonia Greens
Regionalism; Green politics, Eco-socialism EGP, GG
1998
7,4% 8 9,5% 10
Esquerra Unida i Alternativa (EUiA)
United and Alternative Left
Communism; Socialism, Anti-capitalism EL
1998
2 2
Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC)
Republican Left of Catalonia
Separatism; Republicanism, Democratic socialism EFA
1931
7,0% 10 14,1% 21
Ciutadans - Partido de la Ciudadanía (C's)
Citizens - Party of the Citizenry
Social liberalism
 
-
2006
3,4% 3 3,0% 3
Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència (SI)
Catalan Solidarity for Independence
Separatism
 
-
2010
3,3% 4 - -
Others - -   9,8%  - 4,4% -
Total - -   - 135 - 135
Turnout 58,8% 56,0%

 © 2010 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Generalitat de Catalunya (http://www.parlament2010resultats.cat). Archive: Elections 1980-2003.