People's Party of Catalonia

People's Party of Catalonia Partit Popular de Catalunya
President	Alicia Sánchez-Camacho
Secretary-General	Jordi Cornet i Serra
Founded	January 1989
Headquarters	Calle Urgell, 249 08036 Barcelona
Youth wing	Noves Generacions de Catalunya
Ideology	Conservatism, Christian democracy, Liberal conservatism, Spanish nationalism, Spanish unionism^[1]
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	People's Party
Parliament of Catalonia	11 / 135
Congress of Deputies	5 / 47
Senate	1 / 24
Local Government (2015)	214 / 9,132
Website
www.ppcatalunya.com
Politics of Catalonia Political parties Elections

The People's Party of Catalonia (Catalan: Partit Popular de Catalunya, Spanish: Partido Popular de Cataluña, PPC) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Catalonia. It is the Catalan affiliate of the Spanish People's Party.

Election results

Parliament of Catalonia

Parliament of Catalonia
Election	Votes	%	±pp	Seats won	+/−	Rank	Government	Leader
1992	157,772	6.0%	0.7	7 / 135	1	#5	Opposition	Alejo Vidal-Quadras
1995	421,752	13.1%	7.1	17 / 135	10	#3	Gov't support	Alejo Vidal-Quadras
1999	297,265	9.5%	3.6	12 / 135	5	#3	Gov't support	Alberto Fernández Díaz
2003	393,499	11.9%	2.4	15 / 135	3	#4	Opposition	Josep Piqué
2006	316,222	10.7%	1.2	14 / 135	1	#4	Opposition	Josep Piqué
2010	387,066	12.4%	1.7	18 / 135	4	#3	Opposition	Alicia Sánchez-Camacho
2012	471,681	13.0%	0.6	19 / 135	1	#4	Opposition	Alicia Sánchez-Camacho
2015	348,444	8.5%	4.5	11 / 135	8	#5	Opposition	Xavier García Albiol

References

↑ El PP se presenta como el único partido 'unionista' de Cataluña frente a la autodeterminación anunciada por Mas, eldiario.es (Spanish)

External links

Official website

Political parties in Catalonia

Represented in the Parliament of Catalonia (135)	Together for Yes (62) CDC (29) ERC (18) Independent (11) DC (3) MES (1) Citizens – Party of the Citizenry (25) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (16) Catalonia Yes We Can (11) ICV (4) Podemos (4) Independent (2) EUiA (1) People's Party of Catalonia (11) Popular Unity Candidates (10)

Represented in the Spanish Congress of Deputies (47)	In Common We Can* (12) Podemos BC ICV EUiA Republican Left of Catalonia – Catalonia Yes (9) ERC CatSí Socialists' Party of Catalonia* (8) Democracy and Freedom (8) CDC DC Reagrupament Citizens – Party of the Citizenry* (5) People's Party of Catalonia* (5)

Represented in the Spanish Senate (24)	Republican Left of Catalonia – Catalonia Yes (8) ERC CatSí Democracy and Freedom (8) CDC (7) DC (1) In Common We Can* (4) Podemos BC ICV EUiA Citizens – Party of the Citizenry* (1) Socialists' Party of Catalonia* (1) Catalonia Yes We Can* (1) People's Party of Catalonia* (1)

(*) With an asterisk, candidates who do not have their own parliamentary group. Politics of Catalonia List of political parties in Spain

People's Party of Spain

Leaders	Manuel Fraga Iribarne José María Aznar Mariano Rajoy

Secretary Generals	Francisco Álvarez Cascos Javier Arenas Mariano Rajoy Ángel Acebes María Dolores de Cospedal

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Congresses	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII

Affiliated organizations	New Generations FAES

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