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Plural Left Izquierda Plural | |
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Abbreviation | IP |
Leader | Willy Meyer |
Founded | 2014 |
Dissolved | 2019 |
Merger of | IU ICV–EUiA AGE EVPV GM–LV CLI–AS I–E EKI–Iratzarri |
Preceded by | The Left |
Ideology | Socialism Anti-capitalism Feminism Environmentalism |
European affiliation | European United Left–Nordic Green Left The Greens–European Free Alliance |
European Parliament (Spanish seats) | 6 / 54 |
Plural Left (Spanish : La Izquierda Plural, IP) was a Spanish electoral coalition in the 2014 European Parliament election made up from both national and regional left-wing parties. [1]
Its list obtained 10.03% and 1.575.308 votes, achieving 6 seats distributed as follows: [2] [3] [4]
Party | Scope | |
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United Left (IU) | — | |
Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left (ICV–EUiA) | Catalonia | |
Galician Left Alternative (AGE) | Galicia | |
The Greens of the Valencian Country (EVPV) | Valencian Community | |
Tour Madrid–The Greens (GM–LV) | Madrid | |
Building the Left–Socialist Alternative (CLI–AS) | — | |
Left (I–E) | Navarre | |
Left Initiative–Awake (EKI–Iratzarri) | Basque Country |
European Parliament | |||
Election | Seats | Vote | % |
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2014 | 6 / 54 | 1,575,308 (#3) | 10.03 |
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