United and Alternative Left (, EUiA) is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members, and until 2019 was the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left (IU).
It was formed in 1998 as a schism from Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV). It comprises an alliance of Party of the Communists of Catalonia, Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, POR, PRT-IR, PASOC, CEA, and CLI. After competing in a series of elections with their former colleagues at Iniciativa, the two parties agreed to run together as an electoral coalition. In 2015, the party joined the electoral coalition En Comú Podem. In 2017, it was one of the founding parties of Catalunya en Comú, being expelled from the organization two years later as it was no longer the Catalan correspondent of United Left. Since 2023 it has participated in the Republican Left of Catalonia lists at the local level.
Composition Current members Party Notes Communists of Catalonia (Comunistes.Cat) Founded in November 2014.
Former members Party Notes Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC) Dissolved in November 2014. Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC viu) Left in June 2019 for United Left Catalonia. La Aurora Marxist Organization (La Aurora (OM)) Left in June 2019 for United Left Catalonia.
Electoral performance Parliament of Catalonia
Date Votes Seats Status Size # % ±pp # ± 1999 44,454 1.4% — — N/A 6th 2003 241,163 7.3% +5.9 1 Government * 2006 282,693 9.5% +2.2 1 Government * 2010 230,824 7.4% –2.1 0 Opposition * 2012 359,705 9.9% +2.5 1 Opposition * 2015 367,613 8.9% –1.0 2 Opposition ** 2017 326,360 7.5% –1.4 0 Opposition ***
* Within Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left. ** Within Catalunya Sí que es Pot. *** Within Catalunya en Comú–Podem.
Cortes Generales Catalonia + Congress of Deputies Date Votes Seats Size # % ±pp # ± 2000 75,019 2.2% — – 6th 2004 234,790 5.8% +3.6 0 * 2008 183,338 4.9% –0.9 0 * 2011 280,152 8.1% +3.2 1 * 2015 929,880 24.7% +16.6 1 ** 2016 853,102 24.5% –0.2 0 ** + Senate Date Seats Size # ± 2000 — 4th 2004 0 *** 2008 0 *** 2011 0 *** 2015 0 ** 2016 0 **
* Within Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left. ** Within En Comú Podem. *** Within Catalan Agreement of Progress.
European Parliament + Spain Date Votes Seats Size # % ±pp # ± 1999 1,221,565 5.8% – – * 2004 643,136 4.1% –1.7 0 * 2009 588,241 3.7% –0.4 0 ** 2014 1,575,308 10.0% +6.3 0 *** + Catalonia Date Votes Size # % ±pp 1999 58,977 2.0% – 6th 2004 151,871 7.2% +5.2 **** 2009 119,755 6.1% –1.1 **** 2014 259,152 10.3% +4.2 ****
* Within United Left. ** Within The Left. *** Within Plural Left. **** Within Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left.
See also List of political parties in Catalonia
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