Next Catalan parliamentary election

Next Catalan parliamentary election

← 2015 No later than 11 November 2019
All 135 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia 68 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader Carles Puigdemont Inés Arrimadas Oriol Junqueras Party PDeCAT Cs ERC Leader since 10 January 2016 3 July 2015 17 September 2011 Leader's seat Girona Barcelona Barcelona Last election 29 seats, 18.5% 25 seats, 17.9% 20 seats, 12.8% Current seats 29 25 20 Seats needed 39 43 48   Leader Miquel Iceta Ada Colau Xavier García Albiol Party PSC–PSOE En Comú PP Leader since 19 July 2014 28 October 2015 28 July 2015 Leader's seat Barcelona — Barcelona Last election 16 seats, 12.7% 11 seats, 8.9% 11 seats, 8.5% Current seats 16 11 11 Seats needed 52 57 57
Incumbent President Carles Puigdemont PDeCAT (JxSí)

Carles Puigdemont
PDeCAT (JxSí)

The next Catalan parliamentary election will be held on or before Monday, 11 November 2019, as provided by the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, to elect the 12th Parliament of Catalonia, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament will be up for election.

After the 2015 election, pro-Catalan independence parties held a majority in the Parliament, but incumbent President Artur Mas and his Together for Yes (JxSí) alliance—made up primarily by Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)—required the support from the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) to get to office. However, the CUP's decision to vote against his investiture forced Mas to retire his bid at the last minute in order to prevent a new election, with mayor of Girona Carles Puigdemont being elected as President of a CDC–ERC coalition instead. Shortly thereafter, CDC was re-founded as the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT).

Puigdemont announced his will not to seek re-election in a future election, in which the JxSí aliance was not expected to be re-edited. Additionally, on 13 March 2017, Mas was barred from holding public office for a period of two years by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia for holding the 2014 self-determination referendum defying the Constitutional Court of Spain instructions against doing so, thwarting his plans to run for election as PDeCAT candidate.

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