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United Left of Asturias

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General Coordinator
  
Manuel González Orviz

Founded
  
1993 (1993)

United Left of Asturias

Merger of
  
Communist Party of Asturias Izquierda Abierta Communist Youth of Asturies Republican Left Independents Lliberación(1991-2010) Party of Socialist Action (1986-2001) Progressive Federation (1986-1988) Carlist Party of Asturies (1986-1987) Humanist Party (1986)

Headquarters
  
Plaza Alfonso II el Casto 3, 2º Oviedo, Asturies

Membership  (2014)
  
2,300 official members and 2,100 sympathizers

Ideology
  
Socialism Anticapitalism Communism Republicanism Asturianism Feminism Federalism

United Left of Asturias (Asturian: Izquierda Xunida d'Asturies, Spanish: Izquierda Unida de Asturias. IU-IX) is the Asturian federation of the Spanish left wing political and social movement United Left. Manuel González Orviz is the current General Coordinator. The Communist Party of Asturias (PCA, Asturian federation of PCE) and Izquierda Abierta (led by the Asturian MP Gaspar Llamazares) are the major members of the coalition.

It has 5 deputies in the Assembly of the Principality of Asturias and one MP (Gaspar Llamazares) in the Congreso de los Diputados, which is integrated in the Parliamentary Group of the Plural Left. Asturies was the autonomy were IU achieved the best results in the general elections of 2011, with the 13.27% of the vote.

References

United Left of Asturias Wikipedia