United Left of Asturias

United Left of Asturias Izquierda Xunida d'Asturies
General Coordinator	Manuel González Orviz
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
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]	106 / 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. 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.

Electoral performance[]

General Junta of the Principality of Asturias[]

Date	Votes			Seats		Status	Size	Notes
	#	%	±pp	#	±
1987	69,175	12.1%	+1.0	4 / 45	1	Opposition	4th
1991	78,982	14.8%	+2.7	6 / 45	2	Opposition	3rd	government support 1991–93
1995	106,538	16.4%	+1.6	6 / 45	0	Opposition	3rd
1999	55,747	9.0%	–7.4	3 / 45	3	Opposition	3rd
2003*	68,360	11.0%	+2.0	4 / 45	1	Government	3rd
2007**	58,144	9.7%	–1.3	4 / 45	0	Opposition	3rd	government 2008–11
2011***	61,703	10.3%	+0.6	4 / 45	0	Opposition	4th
2012	69,118	13.8%	+3.5	5 / 45	1	Opposition	4th	government support 2012–13
2015	64,868	11.9%	–1.9	5 / 45	0	Opposition	4th	government support
2019****	34,776	6.6%	–5.3	2 / 45	3	Opposition	5th

• * In coalition with Bloc for Asturias.
• ** In coalition with Bloc for Asturias and The Greens of Asturias.
• *** In coalition with The Greens.
• **** In coalition with Asturian Left.

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