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560 delegates in the 12th Federal Assembly of IU Plurality of delegates needed to win | |||||||||||||
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| Registered | 18,036 (primary) | ||||||||||||
| Turnout | 7,467 (41.4%) (primary) | ||||||||||||
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The 12th Federal Assembly of United Left was held in Madrid from 26 March to 27 March 2021, to renovate the governing bodies of the United Left (IU) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. The federal assembly was initially scheduled for July 2020, but it was postponed as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]
The congress was held following the November 2019 Spanish general election when the alliance managed to enter the government for the first time since the Second Republic. The incumbent general coordinator and Minister of Consumer Affairs Alberto Garzón was reelected for a second term with 76.3% of the vote, thus defeating the candidacy of José Antonio García Rubio; who was supported by former leading figures of IU against the alliance with Podemos and got 20.8% of the vote.[3]
The approved political document called for a bigger integration of IU within the Unidas Podemos alliance, eventually leading to an organizational convergence with Podemos. However, these plans were halted by the establishment of the Sumar platform led by Yolanda Díaz, former member of IU, ahead of the 2023 Spanish general election.[4][5]
- ^ "IU aplaza hasta finales de marzo la asamblea que marcará el rumbo del partido". Público (in Spanish). Madrid. Europa Press. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Partido Comunista de España / Izquierda Unida / P.S.U.C. / Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Alberto Garzón será reelegido como líder de IU al lograr su candidatura más del 76% de los votos de los militantes" (in Spanish). Madrid. Europa Press. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "PCE defenderá "superar" IU en su asamblea federal y converger en Unidas Podemos" (in Spanish). Madrid. Europa Press. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ Frauca, José Antonio (2 June 2023). "Alberto Garzón va a romper ya con Podemos y pondrá a disposición de Yolanda Díaz las sedes y estructura de IU". El Confidencial Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2023.