Democratic Left Front (in

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: ''Frente Democrático de Izquierdas'', FDI), was a left-wing

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. The coalition was formed by the

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(PTE), the Independent Socialist Party, Independent Socialist Bloc, Party of Communist Unification in the Canaries and Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) to participate in the 1977 general elections. Most of those parties were still illegal at the time of the election. FDI presented lists in all

, except in

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, were the PTE ran in a coalition with

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(ERC), called

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(EC-FED). The coalition failed to win any seat (although their Catalan counterparts won one in

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), and dissolved shortly afterwards.

Results

References

*Gonzalo Wilhelmi: ''Romper el consensp. La izquierda radical en la Transición (1975–1982)''. Siglo XXI Editores, Madrid, 2016, . {{Authority control 1977 establishments in Spain Defunct communist parties in Spain Defunct political party alliances in Spain Political parties established in 1977 Political parties with year of disestablishment missing