Democratic Left (Spain)
The Democratic Left was a Christian left political party in Spain. It was formed by people from the anti-Francoist opposition, like Gregorio Peces-Barba or Joaquín Ruíz-Giménez. The party had two main internal factions: the social democratic one and the Christian democratic one.
History
ID was officially constituted in April 1976 at El Escorial, under the leadership of Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez and José Maria Gil-Robles. Internal differences led to a split, mainly of the more moderate sector led by Fernando Álvarez [de Miranda], shortly after the party was founded. The splitters founded Christian [Democratic Left], that would later join the Union of the [Democratic Centre (Spain)|Union of the Democratic Centre].For the 1977 general election, the party was a member of the Federation of Christian Democracy, which was also included into the Christian Democratic [Team of the Spanish State].
After the disappointing results in the Spanish [general election, 1977|Spanish general elections of 1977]. ID didn't enter the Congress, its main objective, ID got 5 senators. ID dissolved in 1979 and its members joined other parties, mainly the PSOE and UCD.