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{{Infobox political party
| name = United and Alternative Left
| native_name = Esquerra Unida i Alternativa
| logo = Logotip d'EUiA.svg
| logo_size = 125px
| colorcode = {{Political party data|color}}
| general_secretary = Mercedes Vidal Lago
| foundation = {{start date|1998}}
| ideology = {{ubl|[[Socialism]]<ref name="PEE">{{cite web |last=Nordsieck |first=Wolfram |year=2017 |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/catalonia.html |title=Catalonia/Spain |website=Parties and Elections in Europe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125184713/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/catalonia.html|archive-date=25 January 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref>|[[Communism]]<ref name="PEE"/>|[[Catalan independence|Catalan self-determination]]|[[Republicanism in Spain|Republicanism]]}}
| headquarters = C/Doctor Aiguader,10 <br /> 08003 [[Barcelona]]
| international =
| website = {{Political party data|website}}
| country = Catalonia
| merger = {{ubl|[[Party of the Communists of Catalonia]]|[[Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia]]|[[Revolutionary Workers' Party (Spain)|Revolutionary Workers' Party]]}}
| position = [[Far-left politics|Far-left]]
| colours = {{color box|{{party color|United and Alternative Left}}}} [[Crimson]]
| members =
| national = [[United Left (Spain)|United Left]] (1998–2019)
| regional = [[ICV–EUiA]] (2003–2015)<br>[[Catalunya Sí que es Pot]] (2015–2017)<br>[[En Comú Podem]] (2015–2019){{efn|Since 2017 integrated within [[Catalunya en Comú]]}}<br>[[Catalunya en Comú]] (2017–2019)<br>[[Republican Left of Catalonia]] (since 2023)
| european = {{ubl|class=nowrap|[[Party of the European Left]]|[[European Anti-Capitalist Left]]}}
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| seats1_title     = [[Congress of Deputies]]
| seats1           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house}}
| seats2_title     = [[Senate of Spain|Senate]]
| seats2           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-upper-house}}
| seats3_title     = [[European Parliament]]
| seats3           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP}}
}}

'''United and Alternative Left''' ({{langx|ca|Esquerra Unida i Alternativa}}, EUiA) is a [[List of political parties in Catalonia|political party]] in [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]]. EUiA has 4000 members, and until 2019 was the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide [[United Left (Spain)|United Left]] (IU).

[[File:Sopareuia.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Annual EUiA dinner party, 2007]]
It was formed in 1998 as a schism from [[Initiative for Catalonia Greens]] (ICV). It comprises an alliance of [[Party of the Communists of Catalonia]], [[Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia]], POR, PRT-IR, PASOC, CEA, and CLI. After competing in a series of elections with their former colleagues at ''Iniciativa'', the two parties agreed to run together as an [[ICV–EUiA|electoral coalition]]. In 2015, the party joined the electoral coalition [[En Comú Podem]]. In 2017, it was one of the founding parties of [[Catalunya en Comú]], being expelled from the organization two years later as it was no longer the Catalan correspondent of [[United Left (Spain)|United Left]]. Since 2023 it has participated in the [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] lists at the local level.

==Composition==
===Current members===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%;"
|-
! colspan="2"| Party
! Notes
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Communists of Catalonia}}"|
| [[Communists of Catalonia]] (Comunistes.Cat)
| Founded in November 2014.
|}

===Former members===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%;"
|-
! colspan="2"| Party
! Notes
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Party of the Communists of Catalonia}}"|
| [[Party of the Communists of Catalonia]] (PCC)
| Dissolved in November 2014.
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia}}"|
| [[Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia]] (PSUC viu)
| Left in June 2019 for [[United Left Catalonia]].
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Revolutionary Workers' Party (Spain)}}"|
| [[Revolutionary Workers' Party (Spain)|Revolutionary Workers Party]] (POR) 
| Left in June 2024.
|}

==Electoral performance==
===[[Parliament of Catalonia]]===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%;"
|-
! width="65" rowspan="2"| Date
! colspan="3"| Votes
! colspan="2"| Seats
! rowspan="2"| Status
! rowspan="2"| Size
|-
! width="75"| #
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! #
! ±
|-
! [[1999 Catalan regional election|1999]]
| 44,454
| 1.4%
| —
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|0|135|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| —
| style="background-color:#ddd;"| N/A
| 6th
|-
! [[2003 Catalan regional election|2003]]
| 241,163
| 7.3%
| +5.9
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|1|135|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| style="background-color:#cfc;"| Government
| *
|-
! [[2006 Catalan regional election|2006]]
| 282,693
| 9.5%
| +2.2
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|2|135|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| style="background-color:#cfc;"| Government
| *
|-
! [[2010 Catalan regional election|2010]]
| 230,824
| 7.4%
| –2.1
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|2|135|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| style="background-color:#fcc;"| Opposition
| *
|-
! [[2012 Catalan regional election|2012]]
| 359,705
| 9.9%
| +2.5
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|3|135|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| style="background-color:#fcc;"| Opposition
| *
|-
! [[2015 Catalan regional election|2015]]
| 367,613
| 8.9%
| –1.0
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|1|135|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]2
| style="background-color:#fcc;"| Opposition
| **
|-
! [[2017 Catalan regional election|2017]]
| 326,360
| 7.5%
| –1.4
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|1|135|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| style="background-color:#fcc;"| Opposition
| ***
|}

* * Within [[Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left]].
* ** Within [[Catalunya Sí que es Pot]].
* *** Within [[Catalunya en Comú–Podem]].

===[[Cortes Generales]]===
====Catalonia====
{|
| style="vertical-align:top"|

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%;"
|+ [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|Congress of Deputies]]
|-
! width="65" rowspan="2"| Date
! colspan="3"| Votes
! colspan="2"| Seats
! rowspan="2"| Size
|-
! width="75"| #
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! #
! ±
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the Spanish general election, 2000 (Congress)#Catalonia|2000]]
| 75,019
| 2.2%
| —
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|0|46|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| –
| 6th
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the Spanish general election, 2004 (Congress)#Catalonia|2004]]
| 234,790
| 5.8%
| +3.6
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|0|47|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| *
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the Spanish general election, 2008 (Congress)#Catalonia|2008]]
| 183,338
| 4.9%
| –0.9
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|0|47|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| *
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the Spanish general election, 2011 (Congress)#Catalonia|2011]]
| 280,152
| 8.1%
| +3.2
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|1|47|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| *
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the Spanish general election, 2015 (Congress)#Catalonia|2015]]
| 929,880
| 24.7%
| +16.6
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|2|47|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]1
| **
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the Spanish general election, 2016 (Congress)#Catalonia|2016]]
| 853,102
| 24.5%
| –0.2
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|2|47|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| **
|}

| colwidth="1em"| &nbsp;
| style="vertical-align:top"|

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%;"
|+ [[Senate of Spain|Senate]]
|-
! width="65" rowspan="2"| Date
! colspan="2"| Seats
! rowspan="2"| Size
|-
! #
! ±
|-
! [[2000 Spanish general election|2000]]
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|0|16|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| —
| 4th
|-
! [[2004 Spanish general election|2004]]
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|0|16|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| ***
|-
! [[2008 Spanish general election|2008]]
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|0|16|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| ***
|-
! [[2011 Spanish general election|2011]]
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|0|16|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| ***
|-
! [[2015 Spanish general election|2015]]
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|0|16|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| **
|-
! [[2016 Spanish general election|2016]]
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|0|16|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| **
|}
|}

* * Within [[Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left]].
* ** Within [[En Comú Podem]].
* *** Within [[Catalan Agreement of Progress]].

===[[European Parliament]]===
{|
| style="vertical-align:top"|

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%;"
|+ Spain
|-
! width="65" rowspan="2"| Date
! colspan="3"| Votes
! colspan="2"| Seats
! rowspan="2"| Size
|-
! width="75"| #
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! #
! ±
|-
! [[1999 European Parliament election in Spain|1999]]
| 1,221,565
| 5.8%
| –
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|0|64|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| –
| *
|-
! [[2004 European Parliament election in Spain|2004]]
| 643,136
| 4.1%
| –1.7
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|0|54|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| *
|-
! [[2009 European Parliament election in Spain|2009]]
| 588,241
| 3.7%
| –0.4
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|0|54|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| **
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in Spain|2014]]
| 1,575,308
| 10.0%
| +6.3
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|0|54|hex={{party color|United and Alternative Left}}|color=#000|text-shadow=no}}
| [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|10px]]0
| ***
|}

| colwidth="1em"| &nbsp;
| style="vertical-align:top"|

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%;"
|+ Catalonia
|-
! width="65" rowspan="2"| Date
! colspan="3"| Votes
! rowspan="2"| Size
|-
! width="75"| #
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the European Parliament election in Spain, 1999#Catalonia|1999]]
| 58,977
| 2.0%
| –
| 6th
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the European Parliament election in Spain, 2004#Catalonia|2004]]
| 151,871
| 7.2%
| +5.2
| ****
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the European Parliament election in Spain, 2009#Catalonia|2009]]
| 119,755
| 6.1%
| –1.1
| ****
|-
! [[Results breakdown of the European Parliament election in Spain, 2014#Catalonia|2014]]
| 259,152
| 10.3%
| +4.2
| ****
|}
|}

* * Within [[United Left (Spain)|United Left]].
* ** Within [[The Left (Spain)|The Left]].
* *** Within [[Plural Left (Spain, 2014)|Plural Left]].
* **** Within [[Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left]].

==See also==
*[[List of political parties in Catalonia]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official Website}} {{in lang|ca}}

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{{Spanish political parties}}
{{Party of the European Left}}
{{United Left (Spain)}}
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[[Category:Party of the European Left member parties]]
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