United Left of Asturias (, . IU–IX) is the Asturian federation of the Spanish

left wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

political and

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United Left. Manuel González Orviz is the current General Coordinator. The

Communist Party of Asturias Communist Party of Asturias (in Spanish: ''Partido Comunista de Asturias''), is the federation of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) in Asturias. The current general secretary is Francisco de Asís Fernández Junquera-Huergo. In the 2011 Asturia ...

(PCA, Asturian federation of PCE) and

Izquierda Abierta Izquierda Abierta ( en, Open Left, IA) is a left-wing political party that was founded in 2012. The party was formed by an internal tendency of United Left (Spain), United Left of the same name and Ezker Batua – Berdeak. XTenerife, Green Network ...

(led by the Asturian MP

Gaspar Llamazares Gaspar Llamazares Trigo (; born 28 November 1957) is a Spanish politician. He was the leader of the leftist coalition Izquierda Unida (IU, ''United Left'') from 2001 to 2008, in the post of General Coordinator. Early years and career Llamaza ...

) are the major members of the coalition. It has 5 deputies in the Assembly of the Principality of Asturias and one MP (

) in the

Congreso de los Diputados The Congress of Deputies ( es, link=no, Congreso de los Diputados, italic=unset) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. The Congress meets in the Palace of the Parliament () in Madrid. It has 350 members elect ...

, which is integrated in the Parliamentary Group of the

Plural Left The Gauche Plurielle (French for ''Plural Left'') was a left-wing coalition in France, composed of the Socialist Party (''Parti socialiste'' or PS), the French Communist Party (''Parti communiste français'' or PCF), the Greens, the Left Radi ...

Asturies Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive ...

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 The General Junta of the Principality of Asturias (in Spanish: ''Junta General del Principado de Asturias'', in Asturian: ''Xunta Xeneral del Principáu d'Asturies'') is the parliament of Asturias, an autonomous community of Spain. Its Statute of ...

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

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. * **** In coalition with

Asturian Left Izquierda Asturiana (IAS; en, Asturian Left) is an Asturian nationalist leftist political party of Asturias, Spain. History Izquierda Asturiana was founded in 1992 by former members of the Unidá Nacionalista Asturiana. In the European Parliam ...

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Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in nor ...

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