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{{Short description|Political party in the Basque Country}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left
| native_name = Euskadiko Alderdi Sozialista – Euskadiko Ezkerra
| logo = Logotipo PSE-EE.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| leader = [[Eneko Andueza]]
| foundation = {{Start date|df=yes|1977|03|26}} {{small|(PSE)}}<br />{{nowrap|{{Start date|df=yes|1993|04|27}} {{small|(PSE–EE)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://servicio.mir.es/nfrontal/webpartido_politico.html |title=Registro de Partidos Políticos |language=es |website=servicio.mir.es |access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref>}}
| headquarters = C/ Alameda de Rekalde, 27, 4ª<br/>48009, [[Bilbao]]
| membership_year = 2014
| membership = 5,250<ref>[http://www.canalsur.es/portada/unos-197400-militantes-elegiran-al-lider-del-psoe-45600-en-andalucia/404461.html Unos 197.400 militantes elegirán al líder del PSOE, 45.600 en Andalucía.] [[Canal Sur]], 13/06/2014.</ref>
| ideology = [[Social democracy]]<br />[[National and regional identity in Spain|Basque regionalism]]<br />[[Federalism]]
| national = [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]]
| position = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]
| colours = Red, White
| colorcode = {{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}
| seats1_title = [[Basque Parliament]]
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|10|75|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| seats2_title = [[Congreso de los Diputados]] (Basque seats)
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|5|18|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| seats3_title = [[Spanish Senate]] (Basque seats)
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|4|15|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| seats4_title = [[Juntas Generales]]
| seats4 = {{Composition bar|21|153|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| seats5_title = [[Municipalities of Spain|Local seats]] ([[2015 Spanish municipal elections|2015-2019]])
| seats5 = {{Composition bar|203|2628|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| seats6_title = [[Municipalities of Spain|Mayors]]
| seats6 = {{Composition bar|9|251|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}<ref>[http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2015/06/13/paisvasco/1434202061_858436.html El nuevo escenario municipal en Euskadi.] El País. San Sebastián 13 JUN 2015.</ref>
| website = {{ConditionalURL}}
| country = Spain
| state = Basque Country
}}
The '''Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left''' ({{langx|eu|Euskadiko Alderdi Sozialista – Euskadiko Ezkerra}}, {{langx|es|Partido Socialista de Euskadi – Euskadiko Ezkerra}}, '''PSE-EE''') is a [[Social democracy|social-democratic]]<ref name="GattiIrazuzta2005">{{cite book|author1=Gabriel Gatti|author2=Ignacio Irazuzta|author3=Iñaki Martínez de Albeniz|title=Basque Society: Structures, Institutions, and Contemporary Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jMzBK_wWRPkC&pg=PA177|date=1 January 2005|publisher=University of Nevada Press|isbn=978-1-877802-25-6|pages=177–}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://parties-and-elections.eu/basquecountry.html|title=Basque Country/Spain|first=Wolfram|last=Nordsieck|year=2020|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref> [[List of political parties in the Basque Country|political party]] in the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]] that acts as the regional affiliate of the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] (PSOE).
==History==
Although local Socialist groups had been active since 1886, and many affiliated with the PSOE (being [[Biscay]] one of the strongholds of Spanish social democracy, along with [[Madrid]] and [[Asturias]]), the PSE was actually established as a branch of the main party only in 1977, during the [[Spanish transition to democracy]], initiated by King [[Juan Carlos I of Spain]].
[[Image:PSE san Francisco.jpg|thumb|PSE-EE offices have been targeted by undercover attackers, like this one in Bilbao.]]
During the violent years of the 1980s in the [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque Country]], mid- and high-ranking party officials held government positions in Spain and the region, as civil governors. The Basque nationalist left&mdash;[[Herri Batasuna]] and related groups&mdash;denounced during that period the collusion of the party with police abuses&mdash;especially pointing to the Guardia Civil&mdash;and in early 1984 blamed directly the Socialists for the [[state terrorism]] of the [[GAL (paramilitary group)|GAL]] death squads (1984-1987).<ref>{{cite news|title=Dirigentes de Herri Batasuna relacionan a altos funcionarios policiales con los GAL|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1984/01/04/espana/442018810_850215.html|publisher=El País|date=4 January 1984}}</ref>
In the early 1990s, some of them were convicted for their participation in it.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juicio por el secuestro de Segundo Marey|url=http://www.elmundo.es/nacional/gal/marey/sentencia/fallo.html|publisher=El Mundo}}</ref> Ricardo Damborenea, head of the party in Biscay, even confessed in a press release to his involvement in the criminal pursuit in the early 1990s. All of them have been released from prison much earlier than their due term without apologising for their illegal actions; Damborenea currently gets a substantial monthly allowance from the Spanish state.<ref>{{cite news|title=Más de 2,5 millones al año en pensiones y complementos|url=http://www.publico.es/espana/395399/mas-de-2-5-millones-al-ano-en-pensiones-y-complementos|publisher=Público|date=9 September 2011}}</ref>
It has local associations in [[Gipuzkoa]], [[Biscay]], and [[Álava]]. Before June 1982, it also included a [[Navarre]] branch - which formed the [[Socialist Party of Navarre]], PSN (PSOE).
Initially in a close alliance with the [[Euskadiko Ezkerra|Basque Country Left]] (EE), a party connected with [[Basque nationalism]], begun in 1991 with a move promoted by the respective secretaries - [[Ramón Jáuregui]] for the PSE and [[Mario Onaindia]] for the EE. It aimed to become the major Basque force in the [[1993 Spanish general election|1993 election]]. The fusion of the two groups was made possible by the split of [[Euskal Ezkerra|Basque Left]] from EE: prepared by the leadership of [[Nicolás Redondo Terreros]] (1998–2002), it was confirmed with the mandate of [[Patxi López]] in 2002.
During the 2012 elections to the parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community, the PSE-EE came up third in number of MPs (16), lagging behind the [[Basque Nationalist Party]] and [[EH Bildu]]. Throughout its recent history, it fluctuated between second and third, depending on the success of the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] or the [[Batasuna|''Abertzale'' Left]]).
==Electoral performance==
===Basque Parliament===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
| colspan="7" align="center"| [[Basque Parliament]]
|-
! width="75"| Election
! Leading candidate
! width="70" | Votes
! width="70"| %
! Seats
! width="40"| +/–
! Government
|-
! [[1980 Basque regional election|1980]]
| rowspan="3" align="left"| [[Txiki Benegas]]
| 130,221
| 14.16 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|9|60|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]9
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1984 Basque regional election|1984]]
| 247,786
| 22.96 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|19|75|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]10
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1986 Basque regional election|1986]]
| 252,233
| 21.95 (#'''1''')
| {{Composition bar|19|75|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[1990 Basque regional election|1990]]
| rowspan="4" align="left"| [[Ramón Jáuregui]]
| rowspan="2"| 202,736
| rowspan="2"| 19.79 (#2)
| rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|16|75|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]3
| {{no2|Opposition<br/>{{small|(1990–1991)}}}}
|-
| {{yes2|Coalition<br/>{{small|(1991–1994)}}}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[1994 Basque regional election|1994]]
| rowspan="2"| 174,682
| rowspan="2"| 16.83 (#2)
| rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|12|75|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]10{{efn|Compared to the combined totals of the [[Socialist Party of the Basque Country]] and [[Euskadiko Ezkerra]] in the [[1990 Basque regional election|1990 regional election]].}}
| {{yes2|Coalition<br/>{{small|(1994–1998)}}}}
|-
| {{no2|Opposition<br/>{{small|(1998)}}}}
|-
! [[1998 Basque regional election|1998]]
| rowspan="2" align="left"| Nicolás Redondo
| 220,052
| 17.35 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|14|75|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2001 Basque regional election|2001]]
| 253,195
| 17.76 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|13|75|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2005 Basque regional election|2005]]
| rowspan="3" align="left"| [[Patxi López]]
| 274,546
| 22.51 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|18|75|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]5
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2009 Basque regional election|2009]]
| 318,112
| 30.36 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|25|75|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]7
| {{yes2|Minority}}
|-
! [[2012 Basque regional election|2012]]
| 212,809
| 18.89 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|16|75|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]9
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2016 Basque regional election|2016]]
| rowspan="2" align="left"| [[Idoia Mendia]]
| 126,420
| 11.86 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|9|75|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]7
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2020 Basque regional election|2020]]
| 122,248
| 13.52 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|10|75|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2024 Basque regional election|2024]]
| align="left"| [[Eneko Andueza]]
| 150,752
| 14.09 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|12|75|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| {{partial|TBD}}
|}
===Cortes Generales===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
| colspan="8" align="center"| [[Cortes Generales]]
|-
! rowspan="3" width="75"| Election
! colspan="7"| Basque Country
|-
! colspan="5"| Congress
! colspan="2"| Senate
|-
! width="70"| Votes
! width="35"| %
! width="25"| #
! Seats
! width="35"| +/–
! Seats
! width="35"| +/–
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1977 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|1977]]
| 267,897
| 26.48%
| 2nd
| {{Composition bar|7|21|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| —
| {{Composition bar|1|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| —
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1979 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|1979]]
| 190,235
| 19.05%
| 2nd
| {{Composition bar|5|21|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]2
| {{Composition bar|1|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1982 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|1982]]
| 348,620
| 29.16%
| 2nd
| {{Composition bar|8|21|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]3
| {{Composition bar|5|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]4
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1986 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|1986]]
| 287,918
| 26.29%
| 2nd
| {{Composition bar|7|21|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|4|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1989 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|1989]]
| 233,650
| 21.11%
| 2nd
| {{Composition bar|6|21|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|5|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1993 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|1993]]
| 293,442
| 24.52%
| '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|7|19|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1{{efn|name="EE"|Compared to the combined totals of the [[Socialist Party of the Basque Country]] and [[Euskadiko Ezkerra]] in the [[1989 Spanish general election|1989 general election]].}}
| {{Composition bar|7|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2{{efn|name="EE"}}
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1996 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|1996]]
| 298,499
| 23.67%
| 2nd
| {{Composition bar|5|19|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]2
| {{Composition bar|5|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]2
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2000 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2000]]
| 266,583
| 23.31%
| 3rd
| {{Composition bar|4|19|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|1|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]4
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2004 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2004]]
| 339,751
| 27.22%
| 2nd
| {{Composition bar|7|19|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]3
| {{Composition bar|5|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]4
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2008 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2008]]
| 430,690
| 38.14%
| '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|9|18|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| {{Composition bar|9|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]4
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2011 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2011]]
| 255,013
| 21.55%
| 3rd
| {{Composition bar|4|18|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]5
| {{Composition bar|2|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]7
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2015 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2015]]
| 161,988
| 13.25%
| 4th
| {{Composition bar|3|18|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]2
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2016 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2016]]
| 164,255
| 14.23%
| 3rd
| {{Composition bar|3|18|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the April 2019 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2019 (Apr)]]
| 253,989
| 19.90%
| 2nd
| {{Composition bar|4|18|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|2|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the November 2019 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|2019 (Nov)]]
| 227,396
| 19.21%
| 2nd
| {{Composition bar|4|18|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|2|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
![[2023 Spanish general election|2023]]
|289,826
|25.27%
|'''1st'''
|{{Composition bar|5|18|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
|[[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
|{{Composition bar|4|12|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}}}
|[[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
|}
===European Parliament===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
| colspan="4" align="center"| [[European Parliament]]
|-
! rowspan="2" width="75"| Election
! colspan="3"| Basque Country
|-
! width="70"| Votes
! width="35"| %
! width="25"| #
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1987 European Parliament election in Spain#Basque Country|1987]]
| 204,522
| 19.05%
| 3rd
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1989 European Parliament election in Spain#Basque Country|1989]]
| 175,776
| 18.25%
| 3rd
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1994 European Parliament election in Spain#Basque Country|1994]]
| 165,063
| 18.26%
| 2nd
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1999 European Parliament election in Spain#Basque Country|1999]]
| 226,187
| 19.54%
| 3rd
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2004 European Parliament election in Spain#Basque Country|2004]]
| 199,341
| 28.23%
| 2nd
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2009 European Parliament election in Spain#Basque Country|2009]]
| 202,885
| 27.78%
| 2nd
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2014 European Parliament election in Spain#Basque Country|2014]]
| 105,043
| 13.81%
| 3rd
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2019 European Parliament election in Spain#Basque Country|2019]]
| 212,881
| 18.98%
| 3rd
|}
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Official website}}
{{Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}
{{Basque political parties}}
{{Spanish political parties}}
{{Authority control}}
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