Carlist Party (1970)

Carlist Party
Partido Carlista
Secretary-GeneralJosé Lázaro Ibáñez
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
HeadquartersC. Pozoblanco, 15bis, 31001 Pamplona
NewspaperEl Federal
Youth wingJuventudes Carlistas
Paramilitary wingCarlist Action Groups
(until 1972)
IdeologyCarlism
Confederalism
Foralism
Left-wing nationalism
Socialism
Monarchism
Catholic social teaching
Christian left
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationUnited Left (1986–1987)
Colours  Coral
Website
partidocarlista.com

The Carlist Party (Spanish: Partido Carlista, Catalan: Partit Carlí, Basque: Karlista Alderdia, Galician: Partido Carlista, Asturian: Partíu Carlista; PC) is a Spanish political party that considers itself as a successor to the historical tradition of Carlism. The party was founded in 1970, although it remained illegal until 1977 following the death of the caudillo Francisco Franco and the democratisation of Spain.

Since 2000, the general secretary of the party has been Evaristo Olcina and its official publication since is El Federal. It has a political line of the alternative left, workers' self-management and confederalism. It annually organises the acts of Montejurra. The Carlist Party holds a federal structure with the possibility of it forming sovereign Carlist parties in the associate nationalities in the Carlist Party. The youths of the different Carlist parties and Carlist groups group together in the Carlist Youths. The party is known as the left-wing of the Carlist movement since the movement itself has historically been a right-wing conservative one.

The Carlist Party was also known for supporting Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma over his brother for leading the Carlist movement.