Workers Party of Spain-Communist Unity
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Workers' Party of Spain-Communist Unity (in Spanish
: Partido de los Trabajadores de España-Unidad Comunista) was a communist
political party
in Spain
, founded by Santiago Carrillo
and his followers after their expulsion from the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) in October 1985.
Initially, the party was known as Communist Party of Spain (Revolutionary Marxist) (Partido Comunista de España (Marxista-Revolucionario)), a name still registered at the election authoritieshttp://www.elecciones.mir.es/partidos/r_partidos_p.htm, and related to the line of Carrillo in the PCE throughout the 1970s, as the party ideology of PCE under his leadership was redefined from Marxism-Leninism
to Revolutionary Marxism
.
PTE-UC participated in the 1986 general election
with the candidature Table for Unity of the Communists (Mesa para la Unidad de los Comunistas), which gathered 229,695 votes (1.1%). In the municipal elections of 1987, PTE-UC got 185,104 votos and had 179 town councellors elected. Carrillo stood as a candidate for the European Parliament election
of 1987, and got 222,680 votes (1.1%).
The 1989 general elections
were a complete failure, as PTE-UC only got 86,257 votes. Following the result, PTE-UC merged into the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
in 1991, and organized itself as an internal tendeny called Left Unity (Unidad de la Izquierda). Its president Carrillo withdrew from politics.
Spanish language
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: Partido de los Trabajadores de España-Unidad Comunista) was a communist
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
political party
Political party
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in Spain
Spain
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, founded by Santiago Carrillo
Santiago Carrillo
Santiago Carrillo Solares is a Spanish politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain from 1960 to 1982.- Childhood and early youth :...
and his followers after their expulsion from the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) in October 1985.
Initially, the party was known as Communist Party of Spain (Revolutionary Marxist) (Partido Comunista de España (Marxista-Revolucionario)), a name still registered at the election authoritieshttp://www.elecciones.mir.es/partidos/r_partidos_p.htm, and related to the line of Carrillo in the PCE throughout the 1970s, as the party ideology of PCE under his leadership was redefined from Marxism-Leninism
Marxism-Leninism
Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideology, officially based upon the theories of Marxism and Vladimir Lenin, that promotes the development and creation of a international communist society through the leadership of a vanguard party over a revolutionary socialist state that represents a dictatorship...
to Revolutionary Marxism
Marxism
Marxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry that centers upon a materialist interpretation of history, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. Marxism was pioneered in the early to mid 19th...
.
PTE-UC participated in the 1986 general election
Spanish general election, 1986
General elections were held in Spain on 23 June 1986. In this election, the Communist Party of Spain merged with other minor left parties to form the coalition Izquierda Unida; in Catalonia they ran as the Catalan Left Union. Similarly, the People's Alliance merged with two other conservative...
with the candidature Table for Unity of the Communists (Mesa para la Unidad de los Comunistas), which gathered 229,695 votes (1.1%). In the municipal elections of 1987, PTE-UC got 185,104 votos and had 179 town councellors elected. Carrillo stood as a candidate for the European Parliament election
European Parliament election, 1987 (Spain)
The European Parliament election of 1987 in Spain took place on 10 June 1987. It was the election of all 60 MEPs representing the Spain constituency for the remainder of the 1984-1989 term of the European Parliament...
of 1987, and got 222,680 votes (1.1%).
The 1989 general elections
Spanish general election, 1989
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were a complete failure, as PTE-UC only got 86,257 votes. Following the result, PTE-UC merged into the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
in 1991, and organized itself as an internal tendeny called Left Unity (Unidad de la Izquierda). Its president Carrillo withdrew from politics.