Spanish Political Parties (“a soup of acronyms”)

	Right
JONS	Falange Española de las JONS/Juntas des Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalists (Falangist Party) – last contested elections 2004
PP	Partido Popular (Popular Party) – 123 out of 350 Congress seats, 20 December 2015 national elections

	Nationalist Right
CiU	Convergencia/Unió (Catalan Convergence and Union Party)
EAJ/PNV	Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea/Partido Nacionalista Vasco (Basque Nationalist Party) – 9 Congress seats, 20 December 2015
CC	BNG should end with 7/75 “regional parliament”…See RW6 above – 1 Congress seat, 20 December 2015
DiL	Democràcia i Llibertat (Catalan Democracy and Freedom) – 8 out of 350 Congress seats, 20 December 2015
FAC	Foro Asturias (Asturian Forum) – 8/45 regional parliament
PA	Partido Aragonés (Aragonese Party) – 6/67 regional parliament
UPN	Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarese People’s Union) – 15/50 regional parliament

	Nationalist Center
Junts per Si	Together for Yes!/Catalan Independence Party – 62/135 regional parliament
PRC	Partido Regionalista de Cantabria – 12/35 regional parliament

	Center Right
C’s	Ciudadanos (Citizens/Party of the Citizenry) – 40 Congress seats, 20 December 2015
UPyD	Partido Unión, Progreso y Democracia (Union, Progress and Democracy Party) – 0 Congress seats, 20 December 2015

	Center Left
PSOE	Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Socialist Workers Party), affiliated with labor confederation UGT (Unión General de Trabajadores – General Workers’ Union) – 90 out of 350 Congress seats, 20 December 2015
PDNI	Partido Democrática de la Nueva Izquierda (Party of the Democratic Left), aligned with PSOE
GBai	Geroa Bai (Yes to the Future Party) (Basque) – 9/50 regional parliament

	Nationalist Left
AGE/Anova	Alternative Galega de Esquerda (Galician Alternative of the Left) – 6/75 regional parliament
Amaiur	Amaiur/Ezker Abertzala (Basque Nationalist Party)
BNG	Bloque Nacionalista Galego 7/75 (regional and national parliament)
Catalonia Sí que es Pot!/En Comú Podem
	Catalonia Yes We Can! Modeled after Barcelona en Comú. Composed of Podemos, ICV: Initiative for Catalonia Greens, and EUiA: United Alternative – 11/135 regional parliament
CHC	Chunta Aragonesista (Aragonese Union)
Compromís	Coalició Compromís (Valencia Commitment Coalition), aligned with Podemos – 1 Congress seat, 20 December 2015 national elections and 4/33 regional parliament
CUP	Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (Popular Unity Candidacy for Catalonia) – 10/135 regional parliament
ERC	Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (Republican Left of Catalonia)
ICV	Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds (Initiative for Catalan Greens)
I-E	Izquierd-Eskerra/Plataforma Navarra por el Cambio – S2/50 regional parliament
IzAb	Izquierda Abierta Madrid/Open Left (Gaspar Llamarzes) within Izquierda Unida de Asturias

	Left
AeC	Ahora en Común/Confluence (Now in Common/Confluence), renamed Unidad Popular (Popular Unity) – 2 out of 350 Congress seats, 20 December 2015
(A)	Anarkosindikalismoa (Anarchosyndicalists), affiliated with the syndicalist-oriented CNT (Confederación Nacional Trabajo)
eQuo	Equo/Confederation of 30 Spanish Green Parties, aligned with Podemos – 3 out of 350 Congress seats, 20 December 2015
IU	Izquierda Unida (United Left), successor to PCE/Plural Left – 2 out of 350 Congress seats, 20 December 2015 (Izquierda Anticapitalista, formerly Espacio Alternativo).
PCE	Partido Communista de España (former Spanish Communist Party), affiliated with CC.OO. (Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreros – Workers’ Commissions)
PCE (r)	Partido Communista de España (Reconstituido) (Spanish Communist Party Reconstituted)
(P)	Podemos (Yes We Can!/Circles), aligned with En Comú Podem – 69 out of 350 Congress seats, 20 December 2015 (41 purely Podemos)