United and Alternative Left

United and Alternative Left (Catalan: Esquerra Unida i Alternativa, EUiA) is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members, and until 2019 was the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left (IU).

Annual EUiA dinner party, 2007

United and Alternative Left Esquerra Unida i Alternativa
General Secretary	Mercedes Vidal Lago
Founded	1998 (1998)
Merger of	Party of the Communists of Catalonia Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia Revolutionary Workers' Party
Headquarters	C/Doctor Aiguader,10 08003 Barcelona
Ideology	Socialism[1] Communism[1] Catalan self-determination Republicanism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	United Left (1998–2019)
Regional affiliation	ICV–EUiA (2003–2015) Catalunya Sí que es Pot (2015–2017) En Comú Podem (2015–2019)[a] Catalunya en Comú (2017–2019) Republican Left of Catalonia (since 2023)
European affiliation	Party of the European Left European Anti-Capitalist Left
Colours	Crimson
Congress of Deputies	0 / 350
Senate	0 / 266
European Parliament	0 / 59
Website
semprealesquerra.cat
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It was formed in 1998 as a schism from Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV). It comprises an alliance of Party of the Communists of Catalonia, Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, POR, PRT-IR, PASOC, CEA, and CLI. After competing in a series of elections with their former colleagues at Iniciativa, the two parties agreed to run together as an electoral coalition. In 2015, the party joined the electoral coalition En Comú Podem. In 2017, it was one of the founding parties of Catalunya en Comú, being expelled from the organization two years later as it was no longer the Catalan correspondent of United Left. Since 2023 it has participated in the Republican Left of Catalonia lists at the local level.

Composition

Current members

Party		Notes
	Communists of Catalonia (Comunistes.Cat)	Founded in November 2014.

Former members

Party		Notes
	Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC)	Dissolved in November 2014.
	Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC viu)	Left in June 2019 for United Left Catalonia.
	Revolutionary Workers Party (POR)	Left in June 2024.

Electoral performance

Parliament of Catalonia

Date	Votes			Seats		Status	Size
	#	%	±pp	#	±
1999	44,454	1.4%	—	0 / 135	—	N/A	6th
2003	241,163	7.3%	+5.9	1 / 135	1	Government	*
2006	282,693	9.5%	+2.2	2 / 135	1	Government	*
2010	230,824	7.4%	–2.1	2 / 135	0	Opposition	*
2012	359,705	9.9%	+2.5	3 / 135	1	Opposition	*
2015	367,613	8.9%	–1.0	1 / 135	2	Opposition	**
2017	326,360	7.5%	–1.4	1 / 135	0	Opposition	***

• * Within Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left.
• ** Within Catalunya Sí que es Pot.
• *** Within Catalunya en Comú–Podem.

Cortes Generales

Catalonia

Congress of Deputies Date Votes Seats Size #  % ±pp # ± 2000 75,019 2.2% — 0 / 46 – 6th 2004 234,790 5.8% +3.6 0 / 47 0 * 2008 183,338 4.9% –0.9 0 / 47 0 * 2011 280,152 8.1% +3.2 1 / 47 1 * 2015 929,880 24.7% +16.6 2 / 47 1 ** 2016 853,102 24.5% –0.2 2 / 47 0 **

Senate Date Seats Size # ± 2000 0 / 16 — 4th 2004 0 / 16 0 *** 2008 0 / 16 0 *** 2011 0 / 16 0 *** 2015 0 / 16 0 ** 2016 0 / 16 0 **

• * Within Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left.
• ** Within En Comú Podem.
• *** Within Catalan Agreement of Progress.

European Parliament

Spain Date Votes Seats Size #  % ±pp # ± 1999 1,221,565 5.8% – 0 / 64 – * 2004 643,136 4.1% –1.7 0 / 54 0 * 2009 588,241 3.7% –0.4 0 / 54 0 ** 2014 1,575,308 10.0% +6.3 0 / 54 0 ***

Catalonia Date Votes Size #  % ±pp 1999 58,977 2.0% – 6th 2004 151,871 7.2% +5.2 **** 2009 119,755 6.1% –1.1 **** 2014 259,152 10.3% +4.2 ****

• * Within United Left.
• ** Within The Left.
• *** Within Plural Left.
• **** Within Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left.

See also

• List of political parties in Catalonia

Notes

1. Since 2017 integrated within Catalunya en Comú