Socialists of Catalonia ( ca, Socialistes de Catalunya, PSC–PSOE) was an

electoral alliance An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political party, political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand ...

formed to contest the 1977 Spanish Congress of Deputies election in

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

, comprising both the

Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress ( ca, Partit Socialista de Catalunya–Congrés, PSC–C) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. PSC–C was founded in 1976 as a continuation of Socialist Convergence of Catalonia (CSC). It also unified ...

(PSC–C) and the Catalan Socialist Federation (PSOE). It was dissolved in 1978 when its two components merged with the

Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping ( ca, Partit Socialista de Catalunya–Reagrupament, PSC–R) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. The PSC–R was founded in 1976 as a continuation of the Socialist and Democratic Regrouping of Cata ...

(PSC–R) into the

Socialists' Party of Catalonia The Socialists' Party of Catalonia ( ca, Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya, PSC–PSOE official acronym) is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain, resulting from the merger of three parties: the Socialist Party of Catalonia ...

(PSC). For the

Senate of Spain The Senate ( es, Senado) is the upper house of the Cortes Generales, which along with the Congress of Deputies – the lower chamber – comprises the Parliament of the Kingdom of Spain. The Senate meets in the Palace of the Senate in Madrid. Th ...

, the alliance supported the aligned

Agreement of the Catalans Agreement of the Catalans ( ca, Entesa dels Catalans) was a Catalan electoral alliance formed by the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress (PSC–C), the Catalan Socialist Federation (FSC), the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) and th ...

coalition, which was participated by both the PSC–C and the PSOE.

History

The alliance was conceived within the Catalan parties' efforts at reorganizing the centre-left electoral space ahead of the

1977 Spanish general election The 1977 Spanish general election was held on Wednesday, 15 June 1977, to elect the Spanish Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as all 207 seats in the Senate. It was the first ...

. The

(PSC–C) under Joan Reventós aimed for establishing a "Candidacy of Socialist Unity" ( ca, Candidatura d'Unitat Socialista) with other similarly-aligned parties, including the

Catalan Federation of the PSOE Catalan Federation of the PSOE or Catalan Socialist Federation ( ca, Federació Catalana del PSOE, FSC) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. The FSC first groups emerged between 1880 and 1882. History In 1888, the FSC promoted the creation ...

, the

(PSC–R), the Catalan branch of the People's Socialist Party (PSP) and the Carlist Party of Catalonia (PCC), starting in February 1977 and aimed at the "instauration and consolidation of democracy, which, with respect to Catalonia, implies the restablishment of the Generalitat". Contacts took place amid advancements from the PSC–R's "Left Front" of attracting the PSC–C into their alliance, a decision rejected by the latter on the grounds that its political project and that of the Front "absolutely diverged, in terms of motivations and goals". Speculation arose in mid-March that negotiations between both the PSOE and the PSC–C were well underway, and on 29 March it was revealed that an agreement had been signed the previous day, under which both parties would advance towards their eventual merging into a single party. It also provided for the eventual incorporation of the PSC–R ahead of a future unification of the entire Catalan socialist space, but because of the agreement's permanent nature, several parties—such as the PSP, the PCC and other minor socialist groups—had been excluded from negotiations, at which these voiced their dissatisfaction by denouncing the "PSOE's hegemonic aspirations". Negotiations for the electoral lists' composition ensued throughout April, and on 4 May it was revealed that the alliance would run under the "Socialists of Catalonia" umbrella, which would score a decisive win in the election by finishing way ahead of the

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Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia The Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia ( ca, Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya, PSUC) was a communist political party active in Catalonia between 1936 and 1997. It was the Catalan branch of the Communist Party of Spain and the only party n ...

(PSUC) and the rival

Democratic Pact for Catalonia The Democratic Pact for Catalonia ( ca, Pacte Democràtic per Catalunya, PDC or PDpC) was a Catalan electoral alliance established in May 1977 ahead of the Spanish Congress of Deputies 15 June election. It ran on a political platform emphasizing t ...

(PDC).

Composition

Electoral performance

Congress of Deputies

References

{{reflist 1977 establishments in Catalonia 1978 disestablishments in Catalonia Defunct political party alliances in Spain Defunct political parties in Catalonia Defunct socialist parties in Catalonia Political parties established in 1977 Political parties disestablished in 1978