Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal
President	Javier Luna Sánchez[1]
Founded	24 February 2003
Headquarters	Madrid
Ideology	Animal welfare Animal rights Environmentalism Participatory democracy Pacifism Social justice[2] Veganism
Political position	Centre-left[3]
European affiliation	Animal Politics EU
Colours	Green
Website
www.pacma.es
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

The Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals^[4] (Spanish: Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal; PACMA) is a Spanish political party^[5] founded in Bilbao on 24 February 2003. It is focused on animal rights and animal welfare, as a part of the requirement of respect for the right to life.^[6] Although its headquarters were initially in Barcelona, it is now established in Madrid.

During the Spanish elections in December 2015, PACMA received 1,034,617 votes for the Senate and 219,000 for the Congress, but did not have any representatives elected due to particularities of the Spanish Electoral Law. By number of votes, PACMA widely overcame other parties that did win seats in the Congress and Senate. In order to achieve a law in which every vote is worth the same, PACMA is now campaigning for electoral reform.^[7]

Electoral performance

Cortes Generales

Cortes Generales
Election	Congress					Senate		Leader	Status
	Vote	%	Score	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
2008	44,795	0.2	15th	0 / 350	0	0 / 208	0	Ángel Esteban	No seats
2011	102,144	0.4	13th	0 / 350	0	0 / 208	0	Antonio Ignacio Valle	No seats
2015	220,369	0.9	9th	0 / 350	0	0 / 208	0	Silvia Barquero	No seats
2016	286,702	1.2	8th	0 / 350	0	0 / 208	0	Silvia Barquero	No seats
2019 (Apr)	326,045	1.3	9th	0 / 350	0	0 / 208	0	Laura Duarte	No seats
2019 (Nov)	226,376	0.9	12th	0 / 350	0	0 / 208	0	Laura Duarte	No seats

European Parliament

European Parliament
Election	Vote	%	Score	Seats	+/–
2009	41,913	0.3	9th	0 / 54	0
2014	177,499	1.1	12th	0 / 54	0
2019	294,657	1.3	10th	0 / 54	0