Plural Left (Spain, 2011)

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United Left–The Greens: The Plural Left Izquierda Unida–Los Verdes: La Izquierda Plural

Leader	Cayo Lara
Founded	2011 (2011)
Succeeded by	Popular Unity
Ideology	Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Anti-capitalism Ecologism Federalism
Political position	Left-wing
Colours	Dark red Green
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

United Left–The Greens: Plural Left (Spanish: Izquierda Unida–Los Verdes: La Izquierda Plural) or just Plural Left (Spanish: La Izquierda Plural) was an electoral alliance organized to contest the 2011 Spanish general election. It was led by United Left, with Cayo Lara as its leading candidate.^[1]^[2]

Composition

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Party		Notes
	United Left (IU)
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV)	Within ICV–EUiA.
	United and Alternative Left (EUiA)	Within ICV–EUiA.
	Aragonese Union (CHA)
	Independent Socialists of Extremadura (SIEx)
	Assembly (Batzarre)	Within Left.
	Confederation of the Greens (LV)
	Tour Madrid–The Greens (GM–LV)
	The Greens of the Valencian Country (EVPV)
	The Greens–Green Option (EV–OV)
	Canaries for the Left	Within CVR.
	El Hierro Initiative (IpH)
	Democratic and Social Party of Ceuta (PDSC)

Electoral performance

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Cortes Generales

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Election	Congress					Senate		Leading candidate	Status in legislature
Cortes Generales
Election	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–	Leading candidate	Status in legislature
2011	1,686,040	6.92%	3rd	11 / 350	9	0 / 208	0	Cayo Lara	Opposition

References

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^ "IU irá al 20-N con otros 12 partidos y aspira a ser la voz de la calle". El País (in Spanish). 8 October 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ "IU irá al 20-N con 12 grupos y promete ser 'la voz de la calle en el Parlamento'". El Mundo (in Spanish). 8 October 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

United Left

General Coordinators

Gerardo Iglesias (1986–1989)
Julio Anguita (1989–2000)
Gaspar Llamazares (2000–2008)
Cayo Lara (2008–2016)
Alberto Garzón (2016–2023)
Antonio Maíllo (2024–present)

Organization

Current member parties	Communist Party of Spain (Communist Youth Union of Spain) Republican Left The Dawn Marxist Organization Ecosocialists of the Region of Murcia Initiative for El Hierro
Former member parties	Feminist Party of Spain Open Left Progressive Federation Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Socialist Action Party Carlist Party Humanist Party Anti-capitalist Left Unitarian Candidacy of Workers
Active regional wings	Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Menorca Basque Country Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castilla–La Mancha Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencian Country
Former regional wings	ICV–EUiA (Catalonia) United and Alternative Left (Catalonia) United Left–Greens (Basque Country) United Left of the Community of Madrid United and Republican Left (Valencia)
Active alliances	Sumar Andalusia: Por Andalucía Basque Country: Elkarrekin Podemos Catalonia: En Comú Podem Galicia: Sumar Galicia Navarra: Contigo Navarra
Defunct alliances	The Left Plural Left (2011 2014) Unidas Podemos Andalusia: Adelante Andalucía Balearic Islands: Units Podem Més Entesa de l'Esquerra de Menorca (Menorca) Basque Country: Izquierda-Ezkerra Catalonia: Catalunya Sí que es Pot Catalunya en Comú–Podem Galicia: Galician Left Alternative En Marea Galicia en Común Murcia: Ganar la Región de Murcia Valencian Community: Esquerra Unida–L'Entesa Commitment for the Valencian Country A la valenciana

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