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 (2003)
Dissolved	2015 (2015)
Merger of	ICV EUiA
Succeeded by	Catalunya Sí que es Pot En Comú Podem
Ideology	Republicanism Federalism Socialism Communism Eco-socialism Laicism Ecologism Progressivism Catalanism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	The Left (2009–2014)
Regional affiliation	Catalan Agreement of Progress (2003–2015)
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	Leading candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2003	Joan Saura	241,163	7.28 (#5)	9 / 135	6[lower-alpha 1]	Coalition
2006		282,693	9.52 (#5)	12 / 135	3	Coalition
2010	Joan Herrera	230,824	7.37 (#4)	10 / 135	2	Opposition
2012		359,705	9.90 (#5)	13 / 135	3	Opposition

Cortes Generales

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

Notes

1. Compared to Initiative for Catalonia–Greens totals in the 1999 regional election.
2. Compared to Initiative for Catalonia–Greens totals in the 2000 general election.
3. 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.