Popular Unity (Spain)

Popular Unity
Unidad Popular
Abbreviation IU–UPeC
Candidate Alberto Garzón
Founded 22 October 2015
Dissolved 9 May 2016
Merger of IU
CHA
Batzarre
CLI–AS
IzCa
IAS
Segoviemos
Succeeded by Unidos Podemos
Ideology Socialism
Republicanism
Feminism
Anti-capitalism[1][2]
Political position Left-wing
Website
unidadpopular.es

Popular Unity (Spanish: Unidad Popular), also known as Popular Unity in Common (Spanish: Unidad Popular en Común) and briefly as Now in Common–Popular Unity (Spanish: Ahora en Común–Unidad Popular), was a political and electoral alliance in Spain. The alliance was organized in 2015 to contest the 2015 general election and integrates the United Left. It was founded as Now in Common (Spanish: Ahora en Común). Alberto Garzón was its lead candidate.[3][4] In the 2015 election, it won two seats in the 350 seat Congress of Deputies.[5]

Member parties

Electoral performance

Congress of Deputies

Congress of Deputies
Election Seats Vote % Status Leader
2015
2 / 350
 926,783 (#5) 3.68 Opposition Alberto Garzón

Senate

Senate
Election Seats Leader
2015
0 / 208
 Alberto Garzón

References

  1. ↑ El líder de Izquierda Unida concede a Vozpópuli una entrevista en la que habla de asuntos que van desde el marxismo hasta cómo se ha vivido, filas adentro, el durísimo año que ha enfrentado su partido ante la irrupción de Pablo Iglesias y los suyos; la partida de Tania Sánchez; los casos internos de corrupción y el descalabro electoral.
  2. ↑ Las diez propuestas de Alberto Garzón como candidato por Ahora en Común. infolibre.es Sabela Rodríguez Álvarez, 14/10/2015
  3. ↑ "Alberto Garzón's candidacy already has a name: Popular Unity" (in Spanish). El Diario. 2015-10-22.
  4. ↑ "Garzón will almost unanimously be Popular Unity's candidate" (in Spanish). Público. 2015-10-28.
  5. ↑ "Royal Decree 977/2015, of 26 October, of dissolution of the Congress of Deputies and Senate and of the calling of elections" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (257): 100784–100786. 27 October 2015. ISSN 0212-033X.
  6. ↑ "Aragonese Union supports the "confluence" against those who are "eager to entangle"" (in Spanish). infoLibre. 2015-10-20.
  7. ↑ Militantes de IU encabezarán el 72% de las candidaturas de Unidad Popular-Ahora en Común.01/11/2015 12:34:39CET. Europa Press.
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