ICV–EUiA

Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left (Catalan: Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds–Esquerra Unida i Alternativa, ICV–EUiA) was an electoral alliance formed by Initiative for Catalonia Greens and United and Alternative Left to contest elections in Catalonia. Since 2015 both parties have participated in several coalitions: En Comú Podem for the 2015 and 2016 general elections, Catalunya Sí que es Pot for the 2015 Catalan regional election, and Catalunya en Comú for the 2017 Catalan regional election. Currently, they are represented in the Spanish Congress of Deputies within En Comú Podem and in the Parliament of Catalonia within Catalunya en Comú–Podem.

Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds–Esquerra Unida i Alternativa
Founded	2003
Dissolved	2015
Merger of	ICV EUiA
Ideology	Republicanism Federalism Socialism Communism Eco-socialism Laicism Ecologism Progressivism Catalanism
Political position	Left-wing
Website
www.icveuia.cat
Politics of Catalonia Political parties Elections

Composition

Party		Notes
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV)
	United and Alternative Left (EUiA)
	The Greens–Green Option (EV–OV)	Joined in October 2011 (within Plural Left).[1][2]

Electoral performance

Parliament of Catalonia

Parliament of Catalonia
Election	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Leading candidate	Status in legislature
2003	241,163	7.28%	5th	9 / 135	6[lower-alpha 1]	Joan Saura	Coalition (PSC–ERC–ICV–EUiA)
2006	282,693	9.52%	5th	12 / 135	3	Joan Saura	Coalition (PSC–ERC–ICV–EUiA)
2010	230,824	7.37%	4th	10 / 135	2	Joan Herrera	Opposition
2012	359,705	9.90%	5th	13 / 135	3	Joan Herrera	Opposition

Cortes Generales

Cortes Generales
Election	Catalonia
	Congress					Senate
	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
2004	234,790	5.84%	5th	2 / 47	1	1 / 16	1[lower-alpha 2]
2008	183,338	4.92%	5th	1 / 47	1	1 / 16	0[lower-alpha 2]
2011	280,152	8.09%	4th	3 / 47	2	1 / 16	0[lower-alpha 2]

Notes

1. Compared to Initiative for Catalonia–Greens totals in the 1999 regional election.
2. All Senate seats in the 2004–2011 period were elected within the Catalan Agreement of Progress alliance.

References

1. "IU irá al 20-N con otros 12 partidos y aspira a ser la voz de la calle". El País (in Spanish). 8 October 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
2. "IU irá al 20-N con 12 grupos y promete ser 'la voz de la calle en el Parlamento'". El Mundo (in Spanish). 8 October 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2020.