Plurinational Unity of the Lefts

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{{Infobox political party

| country = Ecuador

| dissolved = 2014

| name = Plurinational Unity of the Lefts

| native_name = Unidad Plurinacional de la Izquierdas

| colorcode = {{party color|Plurinational Unity of the Lefts}}

| leader = Collective leadership

| foundation = 2011

| ideology = {{nowrap|Anti-capitalism
Communism
Democratic socialism
Marxism–Leninism
Progressivism}}

| position = Left-wing to far-left

}}

Plurinational Unity of the Lefts (Unidad Plurinacional de las Izquierdas) was a left-wing political coalition in Ecuador, created in 2011 and Dissolved in 2014.

History

In 2009, Pachakutik and the Democratic People's Movement (MPD) broke with the ruling PAIS Alliance over disagreements on water law and teacher evaluations. In the National Assembly, a new caucus formed called the Plurinational, Progressive, and Leftist Democratic Assembly, composed of Pachakutik and MPD assemblymen and assemblywomen.

=2011 Referendum=

Plurinational Unity of the Lefts participated in the referendum and popular consultation of 2011, advising a "no" vote on questions 1-9, and "yes" on 10. They used the slogan "Not this time, President" recognizing their past support of President Correa's proposals, but conveying their support was over.

=Protests of 2012=

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Beginning on 8 March 2012, Plurinational Unity of the Lefts participated in a series of peaceful protests, commonly called the 8-M Movement, by indigenous groups, left-wing opponents of the government, environmental groups, LGBT groups, and students, which culminated in the arrival of more than 30,000 people in the streets of Ecuador.

= 2014 Dissolution =

After a failure to consolidate for the February 2014 elections, the coalition was dissolved.{{Cite web |date=2014-08-22 |title=La Unidad de las Izquierdas se apaga |url=http://edicionimpresa.elcomercio.com/es/1923414841f65a80-3c3d-4e29-845b-d03a51d89a53 |access-date=2024-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822013449/http://edicionimpresa.elcomercio.com/es/1923414841f65a80-3c3d-4e29-845b-d03a51d89a53 |archive-date=22 August 2014 }}

Participating Parties

The coalition comprised the following ten parties (in alphabetical order):

Democratic People's Movement
Ethics and Democracy Network
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
Montecristi Lives
Movement Convocation
Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country
Participation Movement
Party of Revolutionary Socialism
Participa Movement Radical Democracy
Popular Power

Electoral Results

=National Assembly=

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colspan=6\|National Assembly
Election year ! # of overall votes ! % of overall vote ! # of overall seats won
2013 \| 4,149,243 \| 4.73 \| {{Composition bar\|5\|137\|hex=orange}}

class=wikitable

colspan=6|National Assembly

Election year

! # of
overall votes

! % of
overall vote

! # of
overall seats won

2013

| 4,149,243

| 4.73

| {{Composition bar|5|137|hex=orange}}