United Left of Asturias

United Left of Asturias Izquierda Xunida d'Asturies
General Coordinator	Ovidio Zapico
Founded	1993 (1993)
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
Youth wing	IU Mocedá
Membership (2014)	2,300 official members[1] and 2,100 sympathizers[2]
Ideology	Socialism Anticapitalism Communism Republicanism Asturianism Feminism Federalism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	United Left
General Junta	2 / 45
Mayors[3]	9 / 78
Local seats[a]	119 / 928
Website
izquierdaxunida.com
Politics of Asturias Political parties

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. Ovidio Zapico is the current General Coordinator. The Communist Party of Asturias (PCA, Asturian federation of PCE) is the major member of the coalition.

It has 2 deputies in the Assembly of the Principality.Asturies was the autonomy were IU achieved the best results in the general elections of 2011, with the 13.27% of the vote. For the 2023 regional elections, IU took part in the Convocatoria por Asturies coalition (among Más País and IAS). Since 2023 it has also participated in a regional coalition government with Ovidio Zapico as minister for Territorial and Urban Planning, Housing and Citizen's Rights.

Electoral performance

General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

Election	Votes			Seats			Status in legislature
	#	%	±pp	#	±	Size	Status	Period
1987	69,175	12.1%	+1.0	4 / 45	1	4th	Opposition	1987–1991
1991	78,982	14.8%	+2.7	6 / 45	2	3rd	Confidence and supply	1991–1993
								1993–2003
1995	106,538	16.4%	+1.6	6 / 45	0	3rd	Opposition
1999	55,747	9.0%	–7.4	3 / 45	3	3rd
2003^a	68,360	11.0%	+2.0	4 / 45	1	3rd	Government	2003–2007
2007^b	58,144	9.7%	–1.3	4 / 45	0	3rd	Opposition	2007–2008
							Government	2008–2011
2011^c	61,703	10.3%	+0.6	4 / 45	0	4th	Opposition	2011–2012
2012	69,118	13.8%	+3.5	5 / 45	1	4th	Confidence and supply	2012–2013
							Opposition	2013–2015
2015	64,868	11.9%	–1.9	5 / 45	0	4th	Confidence and supply	2015–2019
2019^d	34,776	6.6%	–5.3	2 / 45	3	5th	Opposition	2019–2023
2023^e	40,774	7.6%	+1.0	3 / 45	0	4th	Government	2023–
^(a) In coalition with Bloc for Asturies. ^(b) In coalition with Bloc for Asturies and The Greens of Asturias. ^(c) In coalition with The Greens of Asturias. ^(d) In coalition with Asturian Left. ^(e) In coalition with Asturian Left and More Asturies.

References

1. "Podemos ya cuenta con 19.773 afiliados en Madrid, por encima de los 15.000 del PSM y los 5.000 de IU, Qué!, 7 de septiembre de 2014". Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
2. "Más de 2.100 simpatizantes votarán en las primarias de IU, La Nueva España, 17 de diciembre de 2014". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
3. Pactos y mayorías: estos son los nuevos alcaldes de los concejos de Asturias Archived 2024-06-17 at the Wayback Machine. La Voz de Asturias, 18 jun 2023.

Notes

1. Not including those gained in coalitions with Podemos Asturias or Compromisu por Asturies.

External links

• Official page