13th Parliament of Catalonia explained

13th Parliament of Catalonia
Before:	12th
After:	15th
Body:	Parliament of Catalonia
Term:	12 March 2021 – 19 March 2024
Election:	14 February 2021
Government:	Aragonès
Website:	www.parlament.cat
Chamber1:	Deputies
Chamber1 Image:	Composició Parlament de Catalunya 2021.svg
Membership1:	135
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:	President
Chamber1 Leader1:	Laura Borràs (JxCat, until 28 July 2022) Alba Vergés (ERC, acting 28 July 2022 to 9 June 2023) Anna Erra (JxCat, since 9 June 2023)
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:	First Vice President
Chamber1 Leader2:	Anna Caula (ERC, until 15 June 2021) Alba Vergés (ERC, since 16 June 2021)
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:	Second Vice President
Chamber1 Leader3:	Eva Granados (PSC, until 5 October 2021) Assumpta Escarp (PSC, since 5 October 2021)
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:	First Secretary
Chamber1 Leader4:	Ferran Pedret (PSC)
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:	Second Secretary
Chamber1 Leader5:	Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas (JxCat, until 7 April 2021) Aurora Madaula (JxCat, since 19 April 2021)
Chamber1 Leader6 Type:	Third Secretary
Chamber1 Leader6:	Pau Juvillà (CUP-G, until 28 January 2022) Carles Riera (CUP-G, since 22 February 2022)
Chamber1 Leader7 Type:	Fourth Secretary
Chamber1 Leader7:	Ruben Wagensberg (ERC)

The 13th Parliament of Catalonia, after 4 June 2021 known as the 14th Parliament of Catalonia, was the meeting of the Parliament of Catalonia, with the membership determined by the results of the regional election held on 14 February 2021. The congress met for the first time on 12 March 2021 and was dissolved on 19 March 2024 due to the snap election that Pere Aragonès announced would take place on 12 May 2024.^[1] ^[2]

It is the thirteenth meeting of the Parliament of Catalonia since the falling of Franco's regime, however, during this session the numbering was changed in order to consider as the first meeting the one from the regional parliament established as a result of the 1932 Statue of Autonomy, whose duration was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War. Effectively, that meant that officially the 13th Parliament is skipped, as the decision didn't alter the numbering of the previous meetings.^[3] ^[4]

Election

The 14th Catalan regional election was held on 14 February 2021. At the election the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC-PSOE) and Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) became the largest party in the parliament with 33 seats each. In a close second place, Together for Catalonia (JxCat) won 32 seats. The parties supporting the independence of Catalonia won an overall majority, and for the first time, they got over 50% of the votes (if included those without representation).

Alliance		Votes	%	Seats	+/-
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)	654,766	23.0%	33	16
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	605,581	21.3%	33	1
	Together for Catalonia (JxCat)	570,539	20.1%	32	12
	Vox (Vox)	218,121	7.7%	11	11
	Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP)	189,924	6.7%	9	5
	In Common We Can−We Can In Common (ECP-PEC)	195,345	6.9%	8
	Citizens (Cs)	158,606	5.6%	6	30
	People's Party of Catalonia (PP)	109,452	3.8%	3	1
	Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT)	77,229	2.7%	0	14
	Others/blanks	63,851	1.4%	0
Total		2,884,845	100.00%	135

History

The new parliament met for the first time on 12 March 2021 and after two rounds, Laura Borràs (JxCat) was elected as President of the Parliament of Catalonia with the support of ERC.^[5]

President
Candidate		Votes
Candidate		Round 1	Round 2
Laura Borràs	JxCat	65	64
Eva Granados	PSC-PSOE	42	50
María Elisa García	Vox	11	Eliminated
Joan Carles Gallego	ECP-PEC	8	Eliminated
Blank		8	18
Null		0	2
Total		134^[6]	134

Members

scope=col	Name	scope=col	Constituency	scope=col	No.	scope=col colspan="2"	Party	scope=col colspan="2"	Alliance	scope=col	Group	scope=col	Took office	scope=col	Left office	scope=col width="200"	Notes
		6					Together for Catalonia			Replaces Carles Garcia.
		7					Vox
		15					Republican
		1					En Comú Podem
		8					Together for Catalonia			Replaces Gemma Geis.
		2					Socialists
		5					Together for Catalonia
		6					Citizens
		2					Socialists
		3					Republican
		1					Republican
		4					Together for Catalonia			Replaced by Judit Guàrdia.
		18					Republican
		1					Together for Catalonia
		5					Together for Catalonia
		22					Socialists
		6					Vox
		2					Together for Catalonia
		4					Citizens
		6					Together for Catalonia			Replaced by David Saldoni.
		8					Republican			Replaces Teresa Jordà
		11					Together for Catalonia			Replaced by Lourdes Ciuró.
		3					Together for Catalonia			Replaced by Joaquim Catalayud.
		20					Republican			Replaces Ester Capella.
		3					Together for Catalonia
		18					Socialists
		8					Republican			Replaced by Alba Camps.
		4					Socialists
		1					Citizens
		2					Together for Catalonia
		4					Republican
		5					Together for Catalonia			Replaces Eusebi Campdepadrós.
		3					Republican
		5					CUP
		5					En Comú Podem
		20					Together for Catalonia			Replaces Francesc Damià Calvet. Replaced by Josep Riera.
		4					Republican
		1					CUP
		15					Together for Catalonia
		20					Socialists
		10					Republican
		24					Socialists			Replaces Eva Granados.
		4					Republican
		9					Republican
		8					Together for Catalonia
		8					Socialists
		3					Socialists
		12					Together for Catalonia
		1					CUP
		19					Republican
		3					Together for Catalonia
		4					Together for Catalonia
		1					People's
		17					Republican
		4					Republican		22 May 2023^[7]
		5					Republican
		3					Republican
		2					Vox
		2					En Comú Podem
		5					Citizens
		5					Together for Catalonia			Replaced by Jeannine Abella.
		4					Vox
		23					Socialists
		16					Socialists
		1					Vox
		3					Vox
		1					Together for Catalonia			Replaced by Pere Albó.
		9					Socialists
		17					Socialists
		21					Socialists
		3					En Comú Podem
		23					Together for Catalonia			Replaces Elsa Artadi.
		2					Socialists			Replaced by Mireia Dionisio.
		2					Citizens
		1					Socialists
		1					Socialists
		1					Republican			Replaced by Jaume Butinyà
		1					En Comú Podem
		5					Republican
		23					Together for Catalonia			Replaces Josep Riera.
		16					Together for Catalonia
		1					Vox
		4					Socialists
		22					Republican			Replaces Laura Vilagrà.
		16					Republican
		1					CUP
		1					Vox
		5					Vox
		2					Vox
		10					Together for Catalonia
		2					Together for Catalonia
		7					Republican
		3					Citizens
		11					Republican
		11					Socialists
		14					Socialists
		7					Together for Catalonia
		6					Together for Catalonia			Replaces Maria Teresa Pallarès.
		10					Socialists
		1					Socialists
		6					Republican			Replaces Alba Vergès.
		14					Republican
		3					Socialists
		4					Together for Catalonia			Replaced by Irene Negre.
		11					Socialists
		3					People's			Replaced by Daniel Serrano.
		7					En Comú Podem
		5					Socialists
		4					CUP
		7					Socialists
		12					Republican			Replaced by José Rodríguez.
		9					Together for Catalonia
		1					Together for Catalonia
		7					Together for Catalonia			Replaced by Ester Vallès.
		3					CUP
		19					Socialists
		2					CUP
		21					Together for Catalonia			Replaces Lourdes Ciuró. Replaced by Joaquim Jurbert.
		3					Socialists
		13					Together for Catalonia
		23					Republican			Replaces Núri Picas.
		2					People's
		6					Socialists
		3					Socialists
		6					Together for Catalonia			Replaced by Maite Selva.
		15					Socialists
		1					CUP
		2					Republican			Replaced by Anna Torrentà.
		19					Together for Catalonia			Replaces Meritxell Budó.
		2					Together for Catalonia
		2					Republican
		1					Republican
		6					En Comú Podem
		9					Together for Catalonia			Replaces Ferran Roquer.
		4					People's			Replaces Eva Parera.
		2					Republican
		12					Socialists
		4					En Comú Podem
		1					Vox
		4					Together for Catalonia
		13					Socialists
		14					Together for Catalonia
		3					Republican			Replaced by Eugeni Villabí.
		7					Republican			Replaces Sergi Sabrià.
		1					Together for Catalonia
	Barcelona	22		JxCat		JxCat	Together for Catalonia			Replaces Jordi Puigneró.
	Barcelona	6		ERC		ERC	Republican			Replaced by Jordi Orobitg.
	Girona	3		JxCat		JxCat	Together for Catalonia
	Barcelona	2		ERC		ERC	Republican			Replaced by Ángeles Llive.
	Lleida	1		ERC		ERC	Republican
	Barcelona	21		ERC		ERC	Republican			Replaces Roger Torrent.
	Tarragona	5		ERC		ERC	Republican
	Tarragona	2		PSC		PSC	Socialists			Run as an independent but later joined PSC.
		2					CUP
	Barcelona	13		Independent		ERC	Republican

External links

Official website of the Parliament of Catalonia (in Catalan)
Members of the 14th Parliament (in Catalan)
List of candidates for the 14th Parliament in the 2021 regional elections in Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona (in Spanish)

Notes and References

Web site: Parlament de Catalunya enciclopedia.cat . 2024-05-20 . www.enciclopedia.cat.
Web site: ACN . 2024-03-19 . El DOGC publica el decret de convocatòria de les eleccions i el Parlament queda dissolt . 2024-05-20 . Regió7 . es.
News: Regué . Júlia . 2 June 2021 . El Parlament acuerda pasar de la 13ª legislatura a la 14ª . . 23 April 2022.
https://www.parlament.cat/document/bopc/195458323.pdf#page=4 Resolució 9/XIII del Parlament de Catalunya, sobre el canvi de denominació de la legislatura
News: 12 March 2021 . Laura Borràs, elegida presidenta del Parlament de Catalunya . catalan . . 29 April 2022.
Lluís Puig (JxCat) couldn't assist the session and he wasn't allowed to vote from home.
Web site: Periódico . El . 2023-05-22 . Muere el diputado de ERC en el Parlament Antoni Flores . 2023-05-25 . elperiodico . es.