Unity for Socialism ( ca, Unitat pel Socialisme) was an electoral coalition in

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, contesting the 1980 Catalan parliament election. The coalition represented the main groups of the non-parliamentary left in Catalonia at the time. It was constituted by the Workers Party of Catalonia (PTC), Communist Organization of Spain (Bandera Roja) (OCE(BR)), Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) and the Communist Movement of Catalonia (MCC). Manuel Gracia Luño (general secretary of PTC) was the top candidate in the Barcelona constituency, whilst Jordi Creixans (OCE(BR)) headed the Girona list, Francisco Javier Clavería (PTC) headed the Lleida list and José Semente Moya (MCC) was the top candidate in Tarragona.El Pais.
Dieciséis partidos y coaliciones concurren a las elecciones
' A key theme of the campaign of the coalition was the portrayal of itself as representing the authentic left-wing, as opposed to the established left-wing parties. The coalition made use of radio transmissions of its own (''Radio Unitat pel Socialisme''), broadcasting eleven hours daily. International participants in the election campaign included the Irish activist

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(former Member of the British parliament) and the

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vian left-wing parliamentarian Hugo Blanco. The coalition obtained 33,086 votes (1.22%). It won no seats.Generalitat.
Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 1980 - Resultats per candidatura. Catalunya.
'' For the PTC, which had promoted the coalition, the result was a backlash and the party was dissolved in the same year. Most of the votes for ''Unitat pel Socialisme'' came from the

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constituency, were the coalition mustered 28,499 votes (1.36%). In

Girona Girona (officially and in Catalan language, Catalan , Spanish: ''Gerona'' ) is a city in northern Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter River, Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in ...

the coalition got 1,262 votes (0.55%), in

Lleida Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...

1,070 votes (0.67%) and in

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2,255 votes (1.01%). Amongst the '' comarcas'' of Catalonia, the coalition achieved its best result in

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with 4,710 votes (2%).Generalitat.
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