Popular Unity ( es, Unidad Popular) is a

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and

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. Previously known as Popular Assembly, they were born out of dissatisfaction with the Broad Front since it became the party in charge of the government, accusing it of being "not leftist enough". In 2013 they changed to the current name. They took part in the

2014 Uruguayan general election General elections were held in Uruguay on 26 October 2014, alongside a constitutional referendum. As no presidential candidate received an absolute majority in the first round of voting, a runoff took place on 30 November. Primary elections to de ...

, when they got their first representative at the Chamber of Deputies, who has been a vocal critic of the

centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The c ...

government. Their candidate to the

2019 Uruguayan general election General elections were held in Uruguay on Sunday, 27 October 2019 to elect the President and General Assembly. As no presidential candidate received a majority in the first round of voting, a runoff election took place on 24 November. In the 2 ...

was once again Gonzalo Abella, with an anti-oligarchy and

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platform.Popular Unity's presidential candidate
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Composition

*Avanzar Movement *Bolshevik Party of Uruguay *Communist Refoundation * *

March 26 Movement The March 26 Movement (''Movimiento 26 de Marzo'' – M26) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist party in Uruguay, which emerged out the Tupamaros, Tupamaros – National Liberation Movement. Since its foundation in 1971 until ...

*National Group ProUNIR *

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*Retirement Defense Movement *

Revolutionary Communist Party of Uruguay The Revolutionary Communist Party ( es, Partido Comunista Revolucionario) is a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist political party from Uruguay. Established in 1972, nowadays it is part of the leftist Popular Unity. It takes part in the International Conf ...

*Socialist Compromise *Socialist Intransigence *Workers' and Peasants' Party of Uruguay

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections

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