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Communist Party of the Workers of Spain

The Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (Spanish: Partido Comunista de los Trabajadores de España, abbreviated PCTE) is a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Spain. The PCTE was founded on March 3, 2019 as the result of a split in the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE).[2] The youth organization of the PCTE is called the Collectives of Communist Youth.[2]

Communist Party of the Workers of Spain
Partido Comunista de los Trabajadores de España
General SecretaryÁstor García
Founded3 March 2019
Split fromPCPE
HeadquartersC. de Peñas Largas 10, Madrid, Spain
NewspaperNuevo Rumbo
Youth wingCollectives of Communist Youth
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
Political positionFar-left
European affiliationINITIATIVE (2019–2023)
ECA (2023–)[1]
International affiliationIMCWP
Colours  Red
Congress of Deputies
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Local Government (2023-2027)
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Website
www.pcte.es

History

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The PCTE contested both the April 2019 Spanish general election (14,189 votes, 0.05%) and the election for the European Parliament (19,081, 0.09%).[3][4][5] On the same day of the European parliament election, the PCTE competed in five regional elections and in sixteen municipalities. The party won in total 4,368 votes and two seats in the former mining municipality of Degaña in southwestern Asturias. It also supported the local list Asamblea Ciudadana Por Torrelavega (ACPT), which also won two seats.[6]

At the November 2019 election, the PCTE is fielding candidates in 37 provinces, compared to the 27 provinces the party contested at the previous election.[7]

At the 2023 Spanish regional and local elections, the party has fielded candidates in four autonomies and twenty-one municipalities.[8] Despite winning more votes than in 2019 (7,186 votes overall), the party lost both seats in Degaña. The party only obtained one seat in the Mallorcan town of Bunyola through the broad leftist coalition "Esquerra Oberta de Bunyola".[9][10]

Election results

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Cortes Generales
Year Votes %
April 2019 14,189 0.05%
November 2019 13,828 0.06%
July 2023 17,918 0.07%
European elections
Year Votes %
2019 19,081 0.09%
2024 15,281 0.09%
Spanish regional elections
Autonomy Year Votes %
Aragon 2019 559 0.08%
Asturias 2019 1,082 0.21%
Cantabria 2019 774 0.15%
Castile and León 2019 1,147 0.08%
Basque Country 2020 546 0.06%
Galicia 2020 885 0.07%
Catalonia 2021 4,504 0.16%
Community of Madrid 2021 1,653 0.05%
Castile and León 2022 1.344 0.11%
Asturias 2023 1,314 0.25%
Aragon 2023 843 0.13%
Community of Madrid 2023 4,765 0.14%
Cantabria 2023 733 0.23%
Basque Country 2024 660 0.06%
Local Elections 2019
Municipality Autonomy Votes % Seats
Avilés Asturias 236 0.62% 0
Córdoba Andalusia 380 0.26% 0
Degaña Asturias 147 24.54% 2
Gijon Asturias 289 0.21% 0
Langreo Asturias 106 0.56% 0
León Castile and León 119 0.18% 0
Madrid Community of Madrid 791 0.05% 0
Málaga Andalusia 188 0.08% 0
Mieres Asturias 74 0.38% 0
Oviedo Asturias 163 0.15% 0
Salamanca Castile and León 233 0.31% 0
San Juan de Aznalfarache Andalusia 110 1.32% 0
Valladolid Castile and León 229 0.14% 0
Vigo Galicia 267 0.18% 0
Zaragoza Aragon 229 0.07% 0
Local Elections 2023
Municipality Autonomy Votes % Seats
Alcañiz Aragon 23 0.30% 0
Avilés Asturias 343 0.90% 0
Barcelona Catalonia 727 0.10% 0
Bilbao Basque Country 315 0.21% 0
Burgos Castille and León 239 0.28% 0
Degaña Asturias 42 8.10% 0
Ermua Basque Country 186 2.44% 0
Gijón Asturias 454 0.32% 0
León Castille and León 210 0.36% 0
Madrid Community of Madrid 1,192 0.07% 0
Mieres Asturias 123 0.66% 0
Oviedo Asturias 309 0.28% 0
Salamanca Castille and León 145 0.21% 0
San Juan de Aznalfarache Andalusia 321 3.60% 0
Santander Cantabria 176 0.20% 0
Sevilla Andalusia 557 0.17% 0
Tarragona Catalonia 179 0.37% 0
Terrassa Catalonia 212 0.26% 0
Valladolid Castille and León 253 0.15% 0
Vigo Galicia 481 0.35% 0
Zaragoza Aragon 699 0.21% 0

References

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  1. ^ "European Communist Action's Founding Declaration". 27 November 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b agitprop (2019-03-03). "Resolución del Comité Central". PCTE (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  3. ^ "Resultados provisionales Elecciones Europeas 2019" [Provisional results European Elections 2019]. resultados.eleccioneslocaleseuropeas19.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  4. ^ "Elecciones Generales España 2019" [General Elections Spain 2019]. www.resultados.eleccionesgenerales19.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  5. ^ "En plena batalla electoral" [In the middle of the electoral battle] (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  6. ^ "Solidnet | CP of the Workers of Spain, The PCTE stands for the European, local and autonomic elections on May 26". www.solidnet.org. Archived from the original on 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  7. ^ Oficina de Prensa del PCTE (2019-10-08). "El PCTE presenta 37 candidaturas para el 10N, 10 más que en abril" [The PCTE presents 37 candidacies for the 10N, 10 more than in April]. PCTE (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  8. ^ "El PCTE estará presente en cuatro elecciones autonómicas y en 21 candidaturas municipales". PCTE. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Regidors a l'Oposició | Ajuntament de Bunyola". ajbunyola.net. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  10. ^ "@LunaMateu". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
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