Democratic Left Front (in

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: ''Frente Democrático de Izquierdas'', FDI), was a left-wing

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. The coalition was formed by the

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(PTE), the Independent Socialist Party, Independent Socialist Bloc,

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and

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(UCE) to participate in the 1977 general elections. Most of those parties were still illegal at the time of the election. FDI presented lists in all

, except in

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, were the PTE ran in a coalition with

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(ERC), called

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(EC-FED). The coalition failed to win any seat (although their Catalan counterparts won one in

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), and dissolved shortly afterwards.

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References

*Gonzalo Wilhelmi: ''Romper el consensp. La izquierda radical en la Transición (1975–1982)''. Siglo XXI Editores, Madrid, 2016, . {{Authority control 1977 establishments in Spain Defunct communist parties in Spain Defunct political party alliances in Spain Political parties established in 1977 Political parties with year of disestablishment missing