The Electoral Leftist Alliance or Left is a movement of Marxist-Leninist, Maoist and Trotskyist organisations in Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 which was founded by the Communist Initiative

Communist Initiative (Austria)

The Communist Initiative is an orthodox Marxist-Leninist organisation in Austria. It was founded in 2004 as a faction of the Communist Party of Austria . It left the party in 2005. It was a candidate in the parliamentary elections in 2008 as a part of the alliance "The Left"...

, the Socialist Left Party

Socialist Left Party (Austria)

The Socialist Left Party is a Trotskyist political party in Austria. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. The party originated in the 1980's, when the forerunner "Sozialistische Offensive Vorwärts" emerged from the far-left wing of the Socialist Youth of Austria...

, the League of the Socialist Revolution and other left-wing movements and activists in the run-up to the 2008 election

Austrian legislative election, 2008

A legislative snap election for the National Council in Austria was held on 28 September 2008. The previous election was held on 1 October 2006. The election was caused by the withdrawal of Austrian People's Party leader Wilhelm Molterer from the governing grand coalition on 7 July 2008...

. The Communist Party of Austria

Communist Party of Austria

The Communist Party of Austria is a communist party based in Austria. Established in 1918, it was banned between 1933 and 1945 under both the Austrofascist regime, and German control of Austria during World War II...

was also invited to participate, but it stated that the timeframe was too short and that it would stand on its own instead, while supporting the unification of the left in principle.