Union of the Catalan Left explained

Union of the Catalan Left
Native Name:	Unió de l'Esquerra Catalana
Founded:	1986
Dissolved:	1987
Ideology:	Socialism Catalan nationalism
State:	Catalonia

Catalan Left Union (Catalan; Valencian: Unió de l'Esquerra Catalana, UEC) was an electoral coalition in Catalonia, Spain, formed by the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) and Agreement of Left Nationalists (ENE) in 1986.

History

UEC contested the 1986 election, and received 123,912 votes (0.6% of the votes in Spain, 3.9% of the votes in Catalonia) and one seat in the Spanish parliament. The following year, PSUC formed a new alliance, Initiative for Catalonia.^[1] The elected MP was Ramon Espasa i Oliver from Barcelona.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Winter, Lieven de/Türsan, Huri (ed.). Regionalist parties in Western Europe. London: Routledge, 1998. p. 71
   - Web site: Generales de 1986. 2008-05-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060504231255/http://www.pre.gva.es/archivo/docs/pdfc/Agrupac.pdf . 2006-05-04 . es.
   - Archivo Histórico Electoral - Informe sobre España
2. Web site: Eleccions. https://web.archive.org/web/20060823234957/http://www10.gencat.net/pls/gov_eleccions/p14.consultar_compo_auto?v_tipus_eleccio=G&v_any_eleccio=1986&v_num_eleccio=1 . 2006-08-23 . es.