Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain

Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España
Leader	Carmelo Suárez
Founded	15 December 1984
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
Youth wing	Collectives of Communist Youth
Ideology	Communism Marxism-Leninism Euroscepticism Republicanism
Political position	Far-left
European affiliation	Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties
International affiliation	International Conference of Communist and Workers' Parties International Communist Seminar
Colours	Red
Local Government	8 / 67,611
Website
pcpe.es
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Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (Spanish: Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España) is a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Spain. PCPE was founded out of the unification of several Marxist-Leninist factions. The youth organization is called the Collectives of Communist Youth.

From 13–15 December 1984 a "Communist Unity Congress" was held in Madrid. Partido Comunista de España Unificado (PCEU, Unified Communist Party of Spain), Movimiento de Recuperación del PCE (MRPCE, Movement for the Recuperation of the PCE), Movimiento para la Recuperación y Unificación del PCE (MRUPCE, Movement for the Recuperation and Unification of the PCE), Candidatura Comunista (CC, Communist Candidature), and some minor groups unified themselves, thus creating Partido Comunista (renamed PCPE in 1986).

All these groups had surged from splits from the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) during the 1970s and 1980s. Quickly after its foundation, PCPE was recognized by some other parties, such as the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other statebearing Eastern bloc parties. The party was formed by those who were against Santiago Carrillo's Eurocommunist line in the PCE. The Catalan referent of PCPE was initially Party of Communists of Catalonia (PCC), but it later broke with PCPE and now the Catalan referent is the Communist Party of the Peoples of Catalonia.

PCPE briefly joined Izquierda Unida in 1987. In 2000, the Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE) merged with PCPE, and the publication of the united party became Unidad y Lucha.

PCPE publishes Unidad y Lucha and Propuesta Comunista (a theoretical journal). Before the PCOE-PCPE merger, the main publication of the party was Nuevo Rumbo.

Electoral performance

Cortes Generales

Election	Leader	Votes	%	#	Seats		Outcome	Notes
					Congress	Senate
1986	Ignacio Gallego	935,504	4.63	#5	1 / 350	0 / 208	PSOE majority	Within United Left
1989	Juan Ramos Camarero	62,664	0.31	#20	0 / 350	0 / 208	PSOE minority
1993		10,233	0.04	#31	0 / 350	0 / 208	PSOE minority
1996		14,513	0.06	#21	0 / 350	0 / 208	PP minority
2000		12,898	0.06	#29	0 / 350	0 / 208	PP majority
2004	Carmelo Suárez	12,979	0.05	#29	0 / 350	0 / 208	PSOE minority
2008		20,030	0.08	#26	0 / 350	0 / 208	PSOE minority
2011		26,254	0.11	#21	0 / 350	0 / 208	PP majority
2015		31,179	0.12	#18	0 / 350	0 / 208	New election
2016		26,627	0.11	#15	0 / 350	0 / 208	PP minority

Gallery

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  NR sticker of 1988
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  PCPE sticker of 1999

See also

List of political parties in Spain

External links

• PCPE website
• CJC website