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Democratic Pact for Catalonia

Democratic Pact for Catalonia
Pacte Democràtic per Catalunya
AbbreviationPDC, PDpC
LeaderJordi Pujol
Founded3 January 1977 (1977-01-03) (Democratic Front)
11 March 1977 (1977-03-11) (Left Front)
3 May 1977 (1977-05-03) (Democratic Pact)
Dissolved1978 (1978)
Succeeded byConvergence and Union
IdeologyCatalan nationalism
Autonomism
Liberalism
Social liberalism
Political positionCentre to centre-left
MembersSee list of members

The Democratic Pact for Catalonia (Catalan: Pacte Democràtic per Catalunya, PDC or PDpC) was a Catalan electoral alliance established in May 1977 ahead of the Spanish Congress of Deputies 15 June election.[1] It ran on a political platform emphasizing the need of approving a statute of autonomy for Catalonia.[2] The coalition comprised members from two separate, previously established alliances: Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and Democratic Left of Catalonia (EDC) from the Democratic Front for Catalonia (Catalan: Front Democràtic per Catalunya, FDC),[3] and the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping (PSC–R) and the National Front of Catalonia (FNC) from the Left Front (Catalan: Front d'Esquerres, FdE).[1][4][5]

It obtained 514,647 votes (16.88% of the vote in Catalonia, 2.81% of the votes in Spain) and 11 deputies, of which 5 were for CDC, 4 for PSC–R and 2 for EDC. Its leader was Jordi Pujol. Shortly after the election, the coalition dissolved, as the PSC–R joined the Catalan Federation of the PSOE and the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress to form the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), while CDC (into which EDC was merged in 1978) joined with Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) to form Convergence and Union (CiU).

  1. ^ a b "Pacte Democràtic per Catalunya". www.enciclopedia.cat (in Catalan). Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. ^ Sáenz-Díez, Margarita (4 May 1977). "Con la formación de siete coaliciones se clarifica el panorama catalán". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Front Democràtic per Catalunya". www.enciclopedia.cat (in Catalan). Diccionari dels Partits Polítics de Catalunya, segle XX. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Coaliciones de ámbito regional". ABC (in Spanish). 5 May 1977. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Cataluña: domina la autonomía". ABC (in Spanish). 25 May 1977. Retrieved 27 December 2019.

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