Joan Tardà

Joan Tardà i Coma (born 26 September 1953) is a Catalan teacher and politician from Spain. He is a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.

Early life and family Tardà was born on 26 September 1953 in Cornellà de Llobregat, Catalonia. He is the son a bricklayer and a cinema ticket seller from Cornellà de Llobregat. From the age of twelve Tardà worked at the same cinema as his mother.

Tardà was a member of Red Flag until 1974. He was re-elected at the 2003 local election. He resigned in September 2004. He was re-elected at the 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016 general elections.

In March 2019 Tardà announced that he would not seek re-election at the next general election and would quit national politics. At the 2019 general election Tardà was placed 32nd on the Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win eight seats in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected to the Congress of Deputies.

Personal life Tardà's partner Empar Fernández is a history teacher. They have two children.

Electoral history + Electoral history of Joan TardàElectionConstituencyPartyAllianceNo.Result 1979 local Cornellà de Llobregat Independent Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia Elected 1999 local Cornellà de Llobregat Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal 1 Elected 2003 local Cornellà de Llobregat Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal 1 Elected 2004 general Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia 3 Elected 2008 general Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia 2 Elected 2011 general Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes 2 Elected 2015 general Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes 2 Elected 2016 general Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes 2 Elected 2019 general Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists 32 Not elected