Izquierda-Ezkerra

Summary

Izquierda-Ezkerra (English: "Left", I–E (n)) was an electoral alliance in Navarre formed by United Left of Navarre (IUN) and Batzarre. It was established in January 2011 after Batzarre split from the Nafarroa Bai coalition. Batzarre accepted IUN's call to form a coalition along with Socialist local figures—the Plataforma Navarra por el Cambio—disgruntled with the Socialist Party's social policies and standing support to the conservative anti-Basque Unión del Pueblo Navarro (UPN). The Los Verdes-Grupo Verde ecologists joined them too.

Left
Izquierda-Ezkerra
LeaderJosé Miguel Nuin
Founded29 January 2011[1]
Dissolved4 April 2023
Merged intoContigo Navarra
HeadquartersPamplona
IdeologySocialism[2]
Communism[2]
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationCambio-Aldaketa
Unidas Podemos
Colours  Purple
MembersSee list of members
Website
www.izquierda-ezkerra.org Edit this at Wikidata

In the elections to the Parliament of Navarre held on 22 May 2011, the coalition won three seats and 5.70% of the valid votes.[3] The coalition defended an approach of "inclusion and coexistence", as opposed to exclusion and confrontational attitudes.[4] The party also advocated for an alliance of leftist forces of Navarre and an end to UPN's on-off decades long tenure in office, as well as an understanding with leftist Basque nationalist parties. Its main strongholds lied in Pamplona and Tudela where it held the mayoralty between 2015 and 2019.

Ahead of the 2023 Navarrese regional election, IUN and Batzarre joined Contigo Navarra, a coalition with Podemos and other ecologist parties, thus effectively dissolving I–E (n).[5]

Composition edit

Party
United Left of Navarre (IUN/NEB)
Assembly (Batzarre)

Electoral performance edit

Parliament of Navarre edit

Parliament of Navarre
Election Vote % Score Seats +/– Leader Status in legislature
Status Period
2011 18,457 5.71% 6th
3 / 50
 1[a] José Miguel Nuin Opposition 2011–2015
2015 12,482 3.69% 7th
2 / 50
 1 Minority coalition (GBaiEHB–IE) 2015–2019
2019 10,472 3.01% 6th
1 / 50
 1 Marisa de Simón External support 2019–present

Cortes Generales edit

Cortes Generales
Election Navarre
Congress Senate
Vote % Score Seats +/– Seats +/–
2011 18,251 5.51% 5th
0 / 5
 0[b]
0 / 4
 0[b]
2015 14,528 4.11% 5th
0 / 5
 0
0 / 4
 0
2016 Within Unidos Podemos
0 / 5
 0
1 / 4
 1
2019 Within Unidas Podemos
0 / 5
 0
0 / 4
 1

Notes edit

  1. ^ Compared to United Left of Navarre totals in the 2007 regional election.
  2. ^ a b Compared to United Left of Navarre totals in the 2008 general election.

References edit

  1. ^ "IU y Batzarre reivindican la izquierda en la puesta de largo de su coalición". United Left of Navarre. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Navarre/Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "May 2011 Electoral Results on the website of the Government of Navarre". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  4. ^ "IUN y Batzarre presentan un proyecto para "ganar la batalla a la resignación"". Noticias de Navarra. 29 January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  5. ^ Encinas, Javier (10 April 2023). "Izquierda-Ezkerra se despide tras 12 años de satisfactoria andadura". Diario de Noticias de Navarra (in Spanish). Pamplona. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

External links edit

  • Official website   (in Basque)