Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes

Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes^[1] (Catalan: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya–Catalunya Sí, ERC–CatSí) was a Catalan pro-independence electoral alliance. The alliance was formed by Republican Left of Catalonia, Catalonia Yes and independents, and in the 2015 and 2016 Spanish general elections it was led by Gabriel Rufián.

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Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya–Catalunya Sí

Abbreviation	ERC–CatSí
Leader	Oriol Junqueras
Founded	8 October 2011; 13 years ago (2011-10-08)
Dissolved	c. 2020
Headquarters	C/ Calàbria, 166 08015, Barcelona
Ideology	Catalan independence
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
Members	See list of members
Politics of Catalonia Political parties Elections

For general elections, the alliance was succeeded by Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists.

History

The alliance was originally formed on 8 October 2011 to contest the 2011 Spanish general election by Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Catalonia Yes (CatSí) and Independence Rally (RI.cat), after talks with Catalan Solidarity for Independence (SI) to join the coalition failed to materialize.^[2]^[3] The alliance with RI.cat would be discontinued ahead of the 2012 Catalan regional election, as the party would support Artur Mas's Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) list,^[4] then sign a collaboration agreement with CDC in March 2014 to run together in subsequent elections.^[5]^[6] The ERC–CatSí alliance would be temporally discontinued for the 2015 Catalan regional election, as ERC joined the Junts pel Sí list together with CDC and other parties, but it would be re-established ahead of the 2015 and 2016 Spanish general elections with Gabriel Rufián as its leading candidate.^[7]

The alliance was maintained for the 2017 regional election, this time joined by Democrats of Catalonia (DC) and Left Movement (MES).^[8]^[9]

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Composition

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Party	Notes
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)
	Catalonia Yes (CatSí)
	Left Movement (MES)	Joined in November 2017,^[9] left in December 2020.^[10]
	Democrats of Catalonia (DC)	Joined in November 2017,^[8] expelled in December 2020.^[11]
	Independence Rally (RI.cat)	Left in October 2012.^[4]

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Electoral performance

Parliament of Catalonia

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Parliament of Catalonia
Election	Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Leading candidate	Status in legislature
2012	498,124	13.70%	3rd	21 / 135	11	Oriol Junqueras	Opposition
2017	935,861	21.38%	3rd	32 / 135	6^[a]	Oriol Junqueras^[b]	Coalition (JxCat–ERC)

Cortes Generales

Nationwide

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Cortes Generales
Election	Congress	Senate	Leading candidate	Status in legislature
Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
2011	256,985	1.06%	8th	3 / 350	0	0 / 208	3	Alfred Bosch	Opposition
2015	601,782	2.39%	6th	9 / 350	6	6 / 208	6	Gabriel Rufián	Opposition
2016	632,234	2.63%	5th	9 / 350	0	10 / 208	10	Gabriel Rufián	Opposition

Regional breakdown

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Election	Catalonia
Congress	Senate
Votes	%	#	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
2011	244,854	7.07%	5th	3 / 47	0	0 / 16	3
2015	601,782	15.99%	2nd	9 / 47	6	6 / 16	6
2016	632,234	18.18%	2nd	9 / 47	0	10 / 16	10

Notes