United Left ( it, Sinistra Unita, SU) was a

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. It was founded as a coalition on 2 August 2006, by the Sammarinese Communist Refoundation, formed by those who did not agree with the transformation of the Sammarinese Communist Party into the Sammarinese Democratic Progressive Party in 1992, and the Left Party, a split from the

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in 2005. Its Italian counterpart was

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. In the

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, the alliance won 8.67% of the votes cast and took five seats. The United Left was part of the governing coalition that governed San Marino from 2006 to 2008 along with the Party of Socialists and Democrats and the Popular Alliance of Sammarinese Democrats for the Republic until tensions between itself and the latter caused the coalition to disintegrate. For the 2008 general election United Left was part of the Reforms and Freedom electoral coalition which won 25 seats out of 60 in the

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gaining 45.78% of the national vote. The United Left itself gained 5 seats and 8.57% of the national vote. Looking to the good results of the alliance, the two parties merged in a single one in 2012. During the election of 2012, SU created a

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alliance with

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called

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which obtained the 16% of votes. SU itself maintained its five seats. On 10 November 2017, the party is dissolved and merged into the new party Democratic Socialist Left.San Marino: si scioglie Sinistra Unita. D'Ambrosio, le persone fanno la differenza
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References

External links

Official website
{{Party of the European Left Defunct political parties in San Marino 2006 establishments in San Marino 2017 disestablishments in San Marino Communist parties in San Marino Defunct communist parties Defunct socialist parties in Europe