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Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity

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Workers Party of Spain-Communist Unity (in Spanish: Partido de los Trabajadores de España-Unidad Comunista) was a political party in Spain. The party was founded by Santiago Carrillo and his followers following his expulsion from the Communist Party of Spain in October 1985. Initially the party was known as Communist Party of Spain (Revolutionary Marxist) (Partido Comunista de España (Marxista-Revolucionario)), a name still registered at the election authorities[1]. The name related to the line of Carrillo in PCE during the 1970s, as the party ideology of PCE under his leadership was redefined from Marxism-Leninism to Revolutionary Marxism.

PTE-UC participated in the 1986 General Elections with the candidature Table for Unity of the Communists (Mesa para la Unidad de los Comunistas), which obtained 229 695 votes (1.1%). In the municipal elections of 1987 PTE-UC got 185 104 votos and 179 councillors elected. Carrillo stood as a candidate for the European Parliament elections 1987, and got 222 680 votes (1.1%).

The General Elections of 1989 were a complete failure, as PTE-UC only got 86 257 votes. Following the elections PTE-UC merged into PSOE in 1991 and organized itself as an internal tendeny called Left Unity (Unidad de la Izquierda). Its president, Carrillo, withdrew from politics.

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