Catalan Left Union was an electoral coalition in Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

, Spain

Spain

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, formed by the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia

Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia

The Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia , was formed on July 23, 1936 through the unification of four left-wing groups; the Catalan Federation of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , the Partit Comunista de Catalunya , the Unió Socialista de Catalunya and the...

 (PSUC) and Entesa dels Nacionalistes d'Esquerra (ENE) in 1986. UEC contested the 1986 election, and got 123 912 votes (0.62% 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. The elected MP was Ramon Espasa i Oliver from Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

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