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{{Short description|Political party in Spain}}
{{Expand Spanish|topic=hist|Unión Democrática de Cataluña|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox political party
| colorcode = {{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}
| name = Democratic Union of Catalonia
| native_name= Unió Democràtica de Catalunya
| logo = [[File:Logo unio 2015.png|200px]]
| abbreviation = UDC, unio.cat
| president = 
| secretary = 
| founded = {{Start date|df=yes|1931|11|07}}
| registered = {{Start date|df=yes|1977|03|03}}
| dissolved = {{End date|df=yes|2017|03|24}}
| merger =
| predecessor =
| successor = [[United to Advance]]
| headquarters = C/ Nàpols, 35-39<br>08018, [[Barcelona]]
| ideology = {{ubl|[[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]|[[Christian&nbsp;democracy]]|[[Pro-Europeanism]]}}
| position = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
| national = {{ubl|[[Union of the Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia]] (1976–77)|[[Democracy and Catalonia]] (1977–78)|[[Convergence and Union]] (1978–2015)|[[Catalonia in the Senate]] (1982–83)}}
| international = [[Centrist Democrat International]]<br>'''Historical:'''<br>[[International Secretariat of Democratic Parties of Christian Inspiration|White International]]
| europarl = [[European People's Party group|European People's Party]]
| european = [[European People's Party]]
| colors = {{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}|border=darkgray}} [[Blue]]<br>{{Color box|#FFFFFF|border=darkgray}} [[White]]
| website = {{url|http://www.unio.cat/}}
| country2 = Spain
| state = Catalonia
}}
{{Conservatism in Spain|Parties}}
The '''Democratic Union of Catalonia''' ({{langx|ca|Unió Democràtica de Catalunya}}; {{IPA|ca|uniˈo ðəmuˈkɾatikə ðə kətəˈluɲə|IPA}}, '''UDC'''), frequently shortened as '''Union''' ({{langx|ca|Unió}}; {{IPA|ca|uniˈo|IPA}}), was a [[regionalism (politics)|regionalist]], [[Christian democracy|Christian-democratic]] [[list of political parties in Catalonia|political party]] in the [[Catalonia]] region of [[Spain]] existing between 1931 and 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last=Nordsieck |first=Wolfram |year=2015 |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/catalonia.html |title=Catalonia/Spain |website=Parties and Elections in Europe |access-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111105350/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/catalonia.html |archive-date=11 November 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Together with [[Democratic Convergence of Catalonia]] (CDC), they formed the [[Convergence and Union]] (CiU) alliance and federation from 1978 until its dissolution in 2015, under which they would rule the [[Generalitat de Catalunya|government of Catalonia]] for almost three decades during the recent Spanish democratic period.

It described itself as [[Catalan nationalist]] and [[Christian-democratic]] and was a member of the [[European People's Party]] (EPP). It advocated for centrist and moderate Catalanism without explicitly renouncing independence, aiming for the constitution of a confederal state in Spain made up of sovereign entities (including Catalonia) that could become independent but rejecting [[unilateralism]] as a viable political philosophy.

After the breakup of CiU, a [[Democrats of Catalonia|party split that took away half of its membership]],<ref>{{cite news |date=11 November 2017 |url=https://www.naiz.eus/es/hemeroteca/gara/editions/2017-11-11/hemeroteca_articles/donde-estan-los-restos-de-ciu |title=¿Dónde están los restos de CiU? |language=es |newspaper=Gara |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref> and UDC's failure in securing parliamentary representation in the [[2015 Catalan regional election|2015 Catalan]] and [[2015 Spanish general election|Spanish general]] elections, the party's mounting debts brought it to [[bankruptcy]], leading to its dissolution on 24 March 2017.<ref name="EM240317">{{cite news |date=24 March 2017 |url=https://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2017/03/24/58d552d3ca47415a428b45c4.html |title=Unió inicia el proceso de liquidación de partido |language=es |newspaper=El Mundo |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="LV240317">{{cite news |date=24 March 2017 |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20170324/421152016470/unio-udc-disolucion-quiebra.html |title=Unió afronta su disolución tras 86 años de actividad política |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref>

==History==
===Transition to democracy===
Ahead of the [[1977 Spanish general election]], Unió joined the [[Union of the Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia]] (UCiDCC) alliance together with the [[Catalan Centre]] (CC) for the [[Congress of Deputies]],<ref>{{cite news |date=29 December 1976 |url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1976/12/29/pagina-26/33634026/pdf.html |title=Centre Català y Unió Democràtica de Catalunya hacen público un programa electoral común |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Llorens Pascual |first=F. |date=5 January 1977 |url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1977/01/01/pagina-21/33635265/pdf.html |title="El anuncio de nuestro pacto es importante para Cataluña ya que obliga a que otros partidos decidan su espacio político" |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref> which received the support of the [[Christian Democratic Team of the Spanish State]] (EDCEE). Both parties also joined the [[Democracy and Catalonia]] coalition for the [[Senate of Spain|Senate]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Sáenz-Díez |first=Margarita |date=4 May 1977 |url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1977/05/04/pagina-24/33741995/pdf.html |title=Con la formación de siete coaliciones se clarifica el panorama catalán |language=es |newspaper=[[La Vanguardia]] |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Roses |first=Joan |date=5 May 1977 |url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1977/05/05/pagina-28/33742079/pdf.html |title=Se perfilan las opciones para el Senado |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref> whereas talks for Unió to join the [[Democratic Front (Catalonia)|Democratic Front]] coalition formed by [[Democratic Convergence of Catalonia]] (CDC) and [[Democratic Left of Catalonia]] (EDC) failed to materialize.<ref>{{cite news |last=Roses |first=Joan |date=13 April 1977 |url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1977/04/13/pagina-21/33628465/pdf.html |title=U.D.C. propone un programa electoral al Front Democrátic |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=23 April 1977 |url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1977/04/23/pagina-24/33641182/pdf.html |title=Cada vez más remota la posibilidad de pacto entre Unió Democrática y Convergencia y Esquerra Democrática |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref> Election results were disappointing: the UCiDCC secured only two seats in Congress, one for each party, and the platform's nationwide referent the EDCEE failed to gain any parliamentary representation. This led to both Unió and CC breaking their alliance and going into different parliamentary groups.<ref name="Enciclopèdia">{{cite web |url=https://www.enciclopedia.cat/ec-partits-720.xml |title=Unió Democràtica de Catalunya |language=ca |website=enciclopedia.cat |publisher=Diccionari dels Partits Polítics de Catalunya, segle XX |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref>

After the election, an internal party crisis ensued as Unió found itself in need of seeking collaboration with other political parties to ensure its electoral viability in the future, with the question on the direction of such alliances dividing the party in two sectors: a more Catalan nationalist and progressive, centre-left one, and another more conservative one, attracted to the UCD's government halo and sympathetic to a merger with their former ally CC.<ref name="Culla">{{cite journal |last=Culla i Clarà |first=Joan B. |date=1989 |title=L'evolució de l'espai centrista a Catalunya (1976-1982) |url=https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/worpap/1989/hdl_2072_1479/ICPS4.pdf |journal=Working Papers |issue=4 |language=ca |location=Barcelona |publisher=Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> The internal support for each position would be revealed ahead of the 6th Unió congress in September 1977, with the pro-UCD sector being in the minority, resulting in a group of 17 members led by Josep Miró i Ardèvol splitting into the Union of the Christian Democrats of Catalonia–Jacques Maritain Club, which would merge with other parties into the [[Union of the Centre of Catalonia]] (UCC) in March 1978 to join into a joint platform with the UCD.<ref name="Culla"/> However, and despite the 6th congress resulting in a reinforcement of the party's identity as well as its more progressive turn, the internal crisis continued as Unió deputy in Congress Antón Cañellas kept advocating for a "large Catalan centre" that included the UCD.<ref>{{cite news |date=30 September 1978 |title=Cañellas: "Es un error oponerse a un gran centro catalán" |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1978/09/30/espana/275954422_850215.html |language=es |newspaper=El País |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> This position—which only garnered the support of about 15–20% of party members—was in clear contrast with the majority position of favouring a centre-left federation of parties that included CDC while rejecting any kind of election agreement with the regional branches of national parties.<ref name="Culla"/>

In September 1978, Unió would sign an agreement with CDC to form [[Convergence and Union]] (CiU),<ref>{{cite news |date=17 September 1978 |url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1978/09/17/pagina-6/33746475/pdf.html |title=Hubo acuerdo entre Convergència y Unió Democrática |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=19 September 1978 |url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1978/09/19/pagina-11/33746576/pdf.html |title=Hoy, Convergència y Unió firman el acuerdo electoral |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=20 September 1978 |url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1978/09/20/pagina-3/33748962/pdf.html |title=Convergencia y Unió quieren vertebrar el centro-izquierda catalán |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> an alliance initially appealing to the Catalan centre-left that would end up becoming a [[big tent]] platform lasting for the next 37 years.<ref>{{cite news |date=17 June 2015 |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20150617/54432887642/unio-ciu.html |title=Las fechas clave de CiU |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> The CiU negotiations had seen political clashing ensue between Unió and Cañellas because of the latter's courtship of the UCD–UCC platform.<ref>{{cite news |last=Canals |first=Enric |date=16 September 1978 |title=La integración de Cañellas en UCD parece inminente |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1978/09/16/espana/274744823_850215.html |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Canals |first=Enric |date=19 September 1978 |title=Cañellas insiste en vertebrar a todos los partidos del centro catalán |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1978/09/19/espana/275004024_850215.html |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Canals |first=Enric |date=3 October 1978 |title=UDC suspende la militancia de Antón Cañellas en el partido |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1978/10/03/espana/276217213_850215.html |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> In the 7th Unió congress held in November 1978, Cañellas was expelled from the party, prompting him together with other party members to establish the [[Democratic Union–Broad Centre]] (UDCA), an instrumental party that would join the UCD and UCC into the newly established [[Centrists of Catalonia]] coalition.<ref name="Culla"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Canals |first=Enric |date=14 November 1978 |title=Antón Cañellas, expulsado de Unió Democrática de Catalunya |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1978/11/14/espana/279846029_850215.html |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Llorens Pascual |first=F. |date=25 November 1978 |url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1978/11/25/pagina-9/33737018/pdf.html |title="Hem fet una Constitució per a l'autonomia: aprofitem-la" |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref>

===CiU breakup and dissolution===
From 2013 and until 2015 tensions within the two parties forming the [[Convergence and Union]] (CiU) federation reached an all-time high over differences between the positions of the UDC leadership and [[Democratic Convergence of Catalonia]] (CDC) leader [[Artur Mas]] over the sovereignty process, as well as on the opportunity of forming a joint, pro-independence electoral list with [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] (ERC). CDC was in favour of outright independence even if it meant breaking the established Spanish legality, while UDC was against doing it without agreement with the Spanish government.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pi |first=Jaume |date=22 January 2013 |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20130122/54362240872/maxima-tension-cdc-udc.html |title=Máxima tensión entre CDC y UDC |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=11 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=17 October 2014 |url=https://cronicaglobal.elespanol.com/politica/duran-carga-contra-cdc-por-plantear-plebiscitarias-con-una-lista-unitaria-y-por-hacer-seguidismo-de-la-anc-y-omnium_12213_102.html |title=Duran carga contra CDC por plantear plebiscitarias con una lista unitaria y por hacer seguidismo de la ANC y Òmnium |language=es |newspaper=Crónica Global |access-date=11 July 2020}}</ref>

As a result, a referendum of UDC members was held on 14 June 2015, asking whether UDC should commit itself to continue with the process but with under certain conditions, including not violating the legality in force through [[unilateral]] independence declarations or starting a constituent process at the margin of Spanish legal norms.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fernández Guerrero |first=David |date=21 February 2015 |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2015/02/21/catalunya/1424521330_178625.html |title=Unió consultará a sus militantes para definirse sobre el proceso soberanista |language=es |newspaper=El País |location= Barcelona |access-date=11 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Noguer |first=Miquel |date=14 June 2015 |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2015/06/14/catalunya/1434263162_590061.html |title=Unió somete a votación el compromiso con el plan soberanista |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=11 July 2020}}</ref> Such a position, supported by UDC leaders and contrary to the signed agreements between CDC, ERC and sovereignty entities, was approved by UDC members with an adjusted 50.9%.<ref>{{cite news |last=Noguer |first=Miquel |date=14 June 2015 |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2015/06/14/catalunya/1434308479_670174.html |title=Duran logra un ajustado apoyo para condicionar el plan de Mas |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref> After this, meetings between CiU leaders led to an ultimatum from CDC to UDC for the latter to decide within "two or three days" whether it committed itself to the independence plan.<ref>{{cite news |last=Noguer |first=Miquel |date=15 June 2015 |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2015/06/15/catalunya/1434394333_288680.html |title=Mas da tres días a Duran para que decida si apoya la independencia |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=11 July 2020}}</ref> This led to UDC withdrawing all three of its members from Mas's cabinet, although they agreed to maintain parliamentary stability until the end of the legislature.<ref>{{cite news |last=Noguer |first=Miquel |date=17 June 2015 |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2015/06/17/catalunya/1434548973_329314.html |title=Unió sale del Gobierno de Mas como rechazo al plan de independencia |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref> That CDC leadership subsequently confirmed in a press conference the next day that UDC and CDC would not stand together in the [[2015 Catalan regional election]], and that the political project of the CiU federation was over, signalling the end of 37 years of cooperation between both parties.<ref>{{cite news |last=Oms |first=Javier |date=18 June 2015 |url=https://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2015/06/18/55829b7a22601d1a5c8b457f.html |title=CiU se desintegra: 'El proyecto político de la federación se ha acabado' |language=es |newspaper=El Mundo |location=Barcelona |access-date=11 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Noguer |first=Miquel |date=18 June 2015 |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2015/06/18/catalunya/1434618723_909552.html |title=La ruptura de CiU da vía libre a Mas para volcarse en su plan soberanista |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=11 July 2020}}</ref>

Later in July 2015, a pro-independence faction within UDC—including historical members Antoni Castellà, [[Núria de Gispert]], [[Rosa Maria Carrasco Azemar]] and [[Joan Rigol]]—broke away from the party to found the [[Democrats of Catalonia]] (DC),<ref>{{cite news |last=Tort |first=Àlex |date=12 July 2015 |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20150712/54433364702/criticos-unio-fundan-democrates-de-catalunya.html |title=Nace Demòcrates de Catalunya, nuevo partido político independentista escindido de Unió |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=11 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |agency=ACN |date=12 July 2015 |url=https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/4435272/20150712/neix-democrates-catalunya-refundacio-independentista-dunio.html |title=Neix Demòcrates de Catalunya, la refundació independentista d'Unió |language=ca |publisher=VilaWeb |access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref> and by August the new DC party claimed to have taken away 1,600 UDC volunteers, 23 out of the 43 UDC city mayors and 118 out of UDC's 191 city councillors.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 August 2015 |url=https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/castella-defensa-que-amb-68-escons-hi-ha-legitimitat-per-comencar-el-proces-cap-a-la-independencia/ |title=Castellà defensa que amb 68 escons hi ha 'legitimitat' per començar el procés cap a la independència |language=ca |publisher=VilaWeb |access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref> In the regional election held on 27 September, UDC would fall short of the 3% threshold to secure parliamentary representation, meaning the party was to be expelled from the [[Parliament of Catalonia]] for the first time since 1980.<ref>{{cite news |last=Baquero |first=Camilo Sixto |date=27 September 2015 |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2015/09/27/catalunya/1443371178_297764.html |title=Unió se queda fuera del Parlament |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=11 July 2020}}</ref> The party would also fail in its attempt to maintain its presence in the [[Cortes Generales]] in the [[2015 Spanish general election]], with party's spokesman [[Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida]] losing his seat.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 November 2015 |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2615289/0/ficha/unio/elecciones-20-diciembre/ |title=Unió llega a las elecciones generales con el peligro de desaparecer del Congreso |language=es |newspaper=20 minutos |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Pérez |first=Aldara |date=20 December 2015 |url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20151220/unio-se-queda-fuera-del-congreso-primera-vez-democracia/1276359.shtml |title=Unió se queda fuera del Congreso por primera vez en democracia |language=es |publisher=RTVE |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref>

On 24 March 2017, UDC was dissolved by its last secretary general, [[Ramon Espadaler]], because of mounting economic debts and the lack of public funding resulting from UDC's various election defeats bringing the party to [[bankruptcy]].<ref name="EM240317"/><ref name="LV240317"/> Some of its former members, including Espalader, founded a new catalanist political party called [[United to Advance]],<ref>{{cite news |agency=EFE |date=19 June 2017 |url=https://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2017/06/19/59480ad246163f15318b45f4.html |title=Nace Units per Avançar, partido catalanista y liberal que rechaza el referéndum |language=es |newspaper=El Mundo |access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref> which eventually joined an electoral alliance with the [[Socialists' Party of Catalonia]] (PSC) in order to contest the [[2017 Catalan regional election]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Pascual |first=Roger |date=7 November 2017 |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20171107/psc-ultima-acuerdo-units-per-avancar-6407826 |title=El PSC cierra un acuerdo para ir al 21-D con Units per avançar |language=es |newspaper=El Periódico de Catalunya |access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=8 November 2017 |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20171108/432717102955/ramon-espadaler-psc-lista-numero-tres-miquel-iceta.html |title=Ramon Espadaler irá de número tres de la lista del PSC liderada por Iceta |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref>

==Electoral performance==

===Parliament of Catalonia===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:left;"
|-
| colspan="8" align="center"| [[Parliament of Catalonia]]
|-
! width="75"| Election
! width="70"| Votes
! width="35"| %
! width="25"| #
! Seats
! width="40"| +/–
! Leading candidate
! Status in legislature
|-
! [[1980 Catalan regional election|1980]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|8|135|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| —
| [[Jordi Pujol]]
| style="background:#cfc;"| Minority
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[1984 Catalan regional election|1984]]
| rowspan="2" colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|16|135|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]8
| rowspan="2"| [[Jordi Pujol]]
| style="background:#cfc;"| Coalition {{small|(CiU–[[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]])}}
|-
| style="background:#cfc;"| Majority {{small|(from Feb. 1987)}}
|-
! [[1988 Catalan regional election|1988]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|15|135|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| [[Jordi Pujol]]
| style="background:#cfc;"| Majority
|-
! [[1992 Catalan regional election|1992]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|16|135|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| [[Jordi Pujol]]
| style="background:#cfc;"| Majority
|-
! [[1995 Catalan regional election|1995]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|14|135|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]2
| [[Jordi Pujol]]
| style="background:#cfc;"| Minority
|-
! [[1999 Catalan regional election|1999]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|13|135|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| [[Jordi Pujol]]
| style="background:#cfc;"| Minority
|-
! [[2003 Catalan regional election|2003]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|13|135|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| [[Artur Mas]]
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[2006 Catalan regional election|2006]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|14|135|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| [[Artur Mas]]
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[2010 Catalan regional election|2010]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|17|135|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]3
| [[Artur Mas]]
| style="background:#cfc;"| Minority
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[2012 Catalan regional election|2012]]
| rowspan="2" colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|13|135|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]4
| rowspan="2"| [[Artur Mas]]
| style="background:#cfc;"| Minority {{small|([[Democratic Convergence of Catalonia|CDC]]–UDC)}}
|-
| style="background:#cfc;"| Minority {{small|([[Democratic Convergence of Catalonia|CDC]]; from Jun. 2015)}}
|-
! [[2015 Catalan regional election|2015]]
| 103,293
| 2.51%
| 7th
| {{Composition bar|0|135|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]13
| [[Ramon Espadaler]]
| style="background:#ddd;"| No seats
|}

===Cortes Generales===
====Nationwide====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:left;"
|-
| colspan="10" align="center"| [[Cortes Generales]]
|-
! rowspan="2" width="75"| Election
! colspan="5"| Congress
! colspan="2"| Senate
! rowspan="2"| Leading candidate
! rowspan="2"| Status in legislature
|-
! width="70"| Votes
! width="35"| %
! width="25"| #
! Seats
! width="35"| +/–
! Seats
! width="35"| +/–
|-
! [[1977 Spanish general election|1977]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Union of the Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia|UCiDCC]]/[[Democracy and Catalonia|DiC]]
| {{Composition bar|1|350|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| —
| {{Composition bar|0|207|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| —
| [[Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez]]
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[1979 Spanish general election|1979]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|1|350|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|208|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| [[Jordi Pujol]]
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[1982 Spanish general election|1982]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]/[[Catalonia in the Senate|CatSen]]
| {{Composition bar|3|350|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| {{Composition bar|1|208|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| [[Miquel Roca]]
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[1986 Spanish general election|1986]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|5|350|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| {{Composition bar|1|208|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| [[Miquel Roca]]
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[1989 Spanish general election|1989]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|5|350|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|2|208|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| [[Miquel Roca]]
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[1993 Spanish general election|1993]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|5|350|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|3|208|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| [[Miquel Roca]]
| style="background:#efb;"| Confidence and supply
|-
! [[1996 Spanish general election|1996]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|5|350|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|2|208|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| [[Joaquim Molins]]
| style="background:#efb;"| Confidence and supply
|-
! [[2000 Spanish general election|2000]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|4|350|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|2|208|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| [[Xavier Trias]]
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[2004 Spanish general election|2004]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|4|350|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|208|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]2
| [[Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida]]
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[2008 Spanish general election|2008]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|4|350|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|208|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| [[Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida]]
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[2011 Spanish general election|2011]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|6|350|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| {{Composition bar|2|208|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| [[Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida]]
| style="background:#fcc;"| Opposition
|-
! [[2015 Spanish general election|2015]]
| 65,388
| 0.26%
| 14th
| {{Composition bar|0|350|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]6
| {{Composition bar|0|208|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]2
| [[Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida]]
| style="background:#ddd;"| No seats
|}

====Regional breakdown====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:left;"
|-
! rowspan="3" width="75"| Election
! colspan="7"| Catalonia
|-
! 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)#Catalonia|1977]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Union of the Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia|UCiDCC]]/[[Democracy and Catalonia|DiC]]
| {{Composition bar|1|47|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| —
| {{Composition bar|0|16|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| —
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1979 Spanish general election (Congress)#Catalonia|1979]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|1|47|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|16|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1982 Spanish general election (Congress)#Catalonia|1982]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]/[[Catalonia in the Senate|CatSen]]
| {{Composition bar|3|47|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| {{Composition bar|1|16|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1986 Spanish general election (Congress)#Catalonia|1986]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|5|47|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| {{Composition bar|1|16|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1989 Spanish general election (Congress)#Catalonia|1989]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|5|46|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|2|16|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1993 Spanish general election (Congress)#Catalonia|1993]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|5|47|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|3|16|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 1996 Spanish general election (Congress)#Catalonia|1996]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|5|46|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|2|16|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2000 Spanish general election (Congress)#Catalonia|2000]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|4|46|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
| {{Composition bar|2|16|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2004 Spanish general election (Congress)#Catalonia|2004]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|4|47|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|16|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]2
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2008 Spanish general election (Congress)#Catalonia|2008]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|4|47|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| {{Composition bar|0|16|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2011 Spanish general election (Congress)#Catalonia|2011]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|6|47|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
| {{Composition bar|2|16|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]2
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the 2015 Spanish general election (Congress)#Catalonia|2015]]
| 65,388
| 1.74%
| 7th
| {{Composition bar|0|47|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]6
| {{Composition bar|0|16|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]2
|}

===European Parliament===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:left;"
|-
| colspan="6" align="center"| [[European Parliament]]
|-
! rowspan="2" width="75"| Election
! colspan="5"| Total
|-
! width="70"| Votes
! width="35"| %
! width="25"| #
! Seats
! width="35"| +/–
|-
! [[1987 European Parliament election in Spain|1987]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|1|60|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| —
|-
! [[1989 European Parliament election in Spain|1989]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|1|60|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[1994 European Parliament election in Spain|1994]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|1|64|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[1999 European Parliament election in Spain|1999]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]]
| {{Composition bar|1|64|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|-
! [[2004 European Parliament election in Spain|2004]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]] ([[Galeusca–Peoples of Europe|Galeusca]])
| {{Composition bar|0|54|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]1
|-
! [[2009 European Parliament election in Spain|2009]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]] ([[Coalition for Europe (2009)|CEU]])
| {{Composition bar|1|54|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in Spain|2014]]
| colspan="3"| Within [[Convergence and Union|CiU]] ([[Coalition for Europe (2014)|CEU]])
| {{Composition bar|1|54|hex={{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}}}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
|}

==References==
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