Valencian Socialist Party (in Valencian: ''Partit Socialista del País Valencià'') was a

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. It existed between 1974 and 1978, during the Francoist dictatorship and the early

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, which had banned all the political organizations other than those in the Movimiento Nacional. The party wasn't legalized until the 9 of April 1977.

Ideology

The party considered that

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were a "singular people", part of the cultural and national unity of the

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. The PSPV defended confederalism as the best solution to the internal organization of

History

Its founders came from different left-wing currents, but the majority were members or had been close to the historic

Valencian Socialist Party Valencian Socialist Party ( ca-valencia, Partit Socialista Valencià) was a political party in Valencia, Spain. It existed informally between 1962 and 1968, during the Francoist State, which had banned all the political organizations other than th ...

. The party experimented a significant growth in 1975, specially in Horta Nord, the stronghold of the PSPV. The party was legalized in April 1977, presenting a common candidacy with the People's Socialist Party called Socialist Unity. The coalition gained 1 MP and 1 senator in the 1977 elections, the first democratic ones since 1936. Due to the good results of the

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, that won in the

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, a sector in the PSPV defended joining that party. Finally, in 1978, the majority sector of the PSPV voted in favour of joining the Valencian federation of the PSOE, forming the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country-PSOE. The other sector decided to join other political movements, including the Communist Party of the Valencian Country and the

Nationalist Party of the Valencian Country The Nationalist Party of the Valencian Country (in Valencian: ''Partit Nacionalista del País Valencià'', PNPV) was a political party created in 1978 by ex-members of the Democratic Union of the Valencian Country. In 1984 the party merged with the ...

References

*Benito Sanz Díaz and Miquel Nadal i Tàrrega: ''Tradició i modernitat en el valencianisme''. València, Edicions Tres i Quatre, 1996 *Santacreu Soler and José Miguel: ''La transició democràtica al País Valencià''. La Xara edicions, 2002, p. 158. . {{Authority control 1974 establishments in Spain 1978 disestablishments in Spain Defunct socialist parties in Spain Political parties disestablished in 1978 Political parties established in 1974 Political parties in the Valencian Community Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

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