June 1977 Democratic Left A general election was held in spain on 15 june 1977 to elect the members of the spanish cortes. all 350 seats in the congress of deputies were up for election, as well as all 207 seats in the senate. Democratic left is the magazine of the democratic socialists of america. signed articles do not necessarily express the position of the organization.
Moving On July 1977 Democratic Left Results in the spanish elections early this morning indicated that the left was well in the lead in the cities. in madrid the socialist workers' party (psoe) was ahead of the centre democratic. 1977. the poll represented the first since 1936 which was contested by a full range of political pa. ties. over 6,000 candidates and 156 political groups participated in the three week cam. aign. major parties lined up in 10 national coalitions and 12 regional alli. June 15th 1977 was a turning point in spanish history as the people went to the polls to vote for a government for the first time after a dictatorship that had lasted nearly 40 years. On june 15, 1977, just a year and a half after the death of generalissimo francisco franco, spaniards elected a new, bicameral cortes with the authority to write a constitution for spain.
Moving On June 1977 Democratic Left Nlr i 103, may–june 1977. includes articles by göran therborn, edward thompson, tariq ali, raymond plant, michael postan, willard wolfe and valentino gerratana. The first democratic elections were held on june 15, 1977. suárez’s union of the democratic center (ucd) won with 34 percent of the votes. the socialist party came close to 30 percent and. On june 15, 1977, spain held its first free elections in four decades; the union of the democratic center won the highest number of seats in the congress of deputies. For the time being, the right was eliminated as a parliamentary force in spain, leaving the moderate conservatism of the ucd as the only real alternative to the left.
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