Left of Catalonia–Electoral Democratic Front ( ca, Esquerra de Catalunya–Front Electoral Democràtic, EC–FED), often shortened as just Left of Catalonia ( ca, Esquerra de Catalunya), was a left-wing

political platform A political party platform (US English), party program, or party manifesto (preferential term in British & often Commonwealth English) is a formal set of principle goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, in order ...

in Catalonia, formed by Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), the

Party of Labour of Catalonia The Party of Labour of Catalonia ( ca, Partit del Treball de Catalunya) was a communist party in Catalonia, Spain. PTC was formed in 1979 following a split from the Party of Labour of Spain (PTE). The leader of PTC was Joan Sánchez Carreté. ...

(PTC) and Catalan State (EC) to contest the

1977 Spanish general election The 1977 Spanish general election was held on Wednesday, 15 June 1977, to elect the Spanish Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as all 207 seats in the Senate. It was the first ...

. The alliance was formed to allow the three parties to run for election, as they had not been yet legalized at the time. The alliance ran lists in all four Catalan constituencies for the Congress of Deputies, whereas for the

Spanish Senate The Senate ( es, Senado) is the upper house of the Cortes Generales, which along with the Congress of Deputies – the lower chamber – comprises the Parliament of the Kingdom of Spain. The Senate meets in the Palace of the Senate in Madrid. Th ...

it supported the

Agreement of the Catalans Agreement of the Catalans ( ca, Entesa dels Catalans) was a Catalan electoral alliance formed by the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress (PSC–C), the Catalan Socialist Federation (FSC), the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) and th ...

coalition. Its referent at the Spanish level was the Democratic Left Front (FDI). EC–FED obtained the 143,954 votes (4.72% of the total) and 1 seat for Barcelona, and was dissolved shortly after the election.

Composition

Electoral performance

Congress of Deputies

References

*Gonzalo Wilhelmi: ''Romper el consenso. La izquierda radical en la Transición (1975–1982)''. Siglo XXI Editores, Madrid, 2016, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Left of Catalonia-Democratic Electoral Front 1977 establishments in Spain 1977 disestablishments in Spain Defunct political party alliances in Spain Political parties established in 1977 Political parties disestablished in 1977