| Country: | Uruguay |
| Popular Assembly | |
| Native Name: | Asamblea Popular |
| Foundation: | 21 April 2006 |
| Headquarters: | Montevideo |
| Ideology: | Socialism Marxism–Leninism Anti-imperialism |
| Position: | Far-left |
| National: | Popular Unity |
| Seats1 Title: | Chamber of Deputies |
| Website: | http://www.asambleapopular.webcindario.com/ |
The Popular Assembly (es|Asamblea Popular) is a political party in Uruguay.[1]
The party was founded in April 2006, as a further left alternative to the Broad Front.[2] It is supported by the Revolutionary Communist Party of Uruguay, the Humanist Party of Uruguay and other left-wing groups, including several former local organisation of the Broad Left. In 2008, it gained the support of the March 26 Movement.[3]
The party's best known members include former Senator Helios Sarthou, and political activist Raúl Rodríguez. The group stood Rodriguez in the 2009 presidential election. He took 0.67% of the vote, while the party took 0.66% in the parliamentary elections and did not win any seats.[4]
Popular Assembly took part in the 2014 Uruguayan general elections under the denomination Popular Unity. The party won their first seat in the House of Deputies.