Popular Unity Candidacy–Constituent Call

Popular Unity Candidacy–Constituent Call (Catalan: Candidatura d'Unitat Popular–Crida Constituent, CUP–CC) is a pro-Catalan independence left-wing coalition, formed in 2015 to contest the Catalan regional election scheduled for 27 September that year.[4]

Popular Unity Candidacy–Constituent Call

Candidatura d'Unitat Popular–Crida Constituent
CandidateCarles Riera
Founded2015
Merger ofPopular Unity Candidacy
HeadquartersBarcelona
IdeologyAnti-capitalism
Socialism[1]
Catalan independence
Left-wing nationalism
Pancatalanism[2][3]
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left
Colors               Yellow, red, black
Congress of Deputies (Catalan seats)
2 / 47
Parliament of Catalonia
4 / 135
Website
cridaconstituent.cat

It is supported by Popular Unity Candidacy, Col·lectiu Drassanes, Constituents per la Ruptura, Internationalist Struggle, In Struggle, Corrent Roig, The Greens–Green Alternative, Endavant, Poble Lliure, Arran, Sindicat d'Estudiants dels Països Catalans, Coordinadora Obrera Sindical and local parties Alternativa d'Esquerres de Cornellà, Alternativa d'Esquerres del Prat, Compromís per Ripollet and Alternativa Ciutadana de Rubí. The coalition was led into the 2015 election by Antonio Baños, journalist and writer, and Anna Gabriel, community worker and professor. Its 2015 candidacy also included Julià de Jòdar, historian and writer; Manuel Delgado, art historian and anthropologist; Sergi López, actor and Oleguer Presas, economist and former footballer.

On 12 November 2017, alliance members voted in favour of contesting the 2017 Catalan regional election.[5][6]

Electoral performance

Parliament of Catalonia
Date Votes Seats Status Size Notes
# % ±pp # ±
2015 337,794 8.2% +4.7 7 Opposition 6th government support
2017 195,246 4.5% −3.7 6 Opposition 6th

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Catalonia/Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. Arrufat: «Les CUP treballem per construir, des de baix, els Països Catalans». dBalears | 19 juliol 2015.
  3. David Fernàndez: ‘Per a la CUP els Països Catalans són indestriables’ David Fernàndez: ‘Per a la CUP els Països Catalans són indestriables’ La Veu del País Valencià. Dimecres, 7 de maig de 2014 a les 17:00h.
  4. "Crida Constituent pretén "fer engrunes el sistema"". El Punt Avui (in Catalan). 11 January 2015.
  5. "La CUP decide hoy si se presenta y cómo a las elecciones". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 November 2017.
  6. "La CUP concurrirá a las elecciones del 21D en solitario con una candidatura "rupturista"". Expansión (in Spanish). 12 November 2017.
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