Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity
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|secretary_general = Santiago Carrillo
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|split = Communist Party of Spain
|merged = PSOE[http://elpais.com/diario/1991/10/27/espana/688518006_850215.html El partido de Carrillo celebra su último congreso antes de integrarse hoy en el PSOE]
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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.
History
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 authorities,[http://www.elecciones.mir.es/partidos/r_partidos_p.htm Partidos políticos. MIR. PCE (M-R)] 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 Communists' Unity Board (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 votes and had 179 town councillors 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 tendency called Left Unity (Unidad de la Izquierda). Its president Santiago Carrillo withdrew from politics.
Election results
= Cortes Generales =
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! Leading candidate ! width="70"| Votes ! width="70"| % ! Seats ! width="35"| +/– |
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| 1986
| 229,695 | 1.14 (#8) | {{Composition bar|0|350|hex={{party color|Vox (political party)}}}} | New |
| 1989
| 86,257 | 0.42 (#15) | {{Composition bar|0|350|hex={{party color|Vox (political party)}}}} | – |
= European Parliament =
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| width="75"| Election
! Leading candidate ! width="70"| Votes ! width="70"| % ! Seats ! width="35"| +/– ! EP Group |
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| 1987
| rowspan="2" | Santiago Carrillo | 222,680 | 1.16 (#11) | {{Composition bar|0|60|hex={{party color|Vox (political party)}}}} | New | rowspan="2" | – |
| 1989
|197,095 |1.24 (#12) |{{Composition bar|0|60}} |– |
= Local elections =
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! width="70"| Votes ! width="70"| % ! Seats !Provincial deputies |
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| 1987
| 185,104 | 0.95 (#11) | {{Composition bar|179|65577|hex={{party color|Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity}}}} |{{Composition bar|1|1208|{{party color|Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity}}}} |
References
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Category:1985 establishments in Spain
Category:1991 disestablishments in Spain
Category:Defunct communist parties in Spain
Category:Political parties disestablished in 1991
Category:Political parties established in 1985
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