The United Left was a political coalition

Political coalition

A political coalition or political alliance is an agreement for cooperation between different political parties on common political agenda, often for purposes of contesting an election to mutually benefit by collectively clearing election thresholds or otherwise benefiting from characteristics of...

 in Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

, launched ahead of the 1985 presidential election

Bolivian presidential election, 1985

Bolivia held a general election on 14 July 1985, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Congress.- Presidential election results :- Congressional confirmation :ADN – Nationalist Democratic Action...

. IU was founded on February 22, 1985, by Isaac Sandoval Rodríguez, Federico Hurtado and Pedro Monteciño. The United Left was composed of Eje de Convergencia, Revolutionary Workers Party Trotskyist-Posadist

Revolutionary Workers Party Trotskyist-Posadist

The Revolutionary Workers Party Trotskyist-Posadist was a small Trotskyist political party in Bolivia....

 (POR Trotskista-Posadista) and other leftwing groups.

Isaac Sandoval Rodríguez was the presidential candidate of IU, Luis Luján Ticona the candidate for vice president. The Sandoval-Luján ticket obtained 10,892 votes (0.6% of the national vote). IU obtained 4,933 votes in La Paz Department, 1,598 in Santa Cruz Department

Santa Cruz Department

Santa Cruz, with an area of 370,621 km², is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia. In the 2001 census, it reported a population of 2,029,471. The capital is the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The state is one of the wealthiest states in Bolivia with huge reserves of...

, 1,382 in Potosí Department

Potosí Department

Potosí Department is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km² with 709,013 inhabitants . The capital is the city of Potosí....

, 1,323 in Cochabamba Department

Cochabamba Department

Cochabamba is one of the nine component departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products due to Cochabamba's geographical position. It has an area of 55,631 km². Its population, in the 2007 census, was 1,750,000...

, 661 Chuquisaca Department

Chuquisaca Department

Chuquisaca is a department of Bolivia located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba, Tarija, Potosí, and Santa Cruz. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia.-Geography:...

, 519 in Oruro Department

Oruro Department

Oruro is a department in Bolivia, with an area of 53,588 km². Its capital is the city of Oruro. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 391,870.- Provinces of Oruro :...

, 286 in Tarija Department

Tarija Department

Tarija is a department in Bolivia. It is located in south-eastern Bolivia bordering Argentina to the south and Paraguay to the east. According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 391,226 inhabitants. It has an area of 37.623 km²...

, 171 in Beni Department

Beni Department

Beni, sometimes El Beni, is a northeastern department of Bolivia, in the lowlands region of the country. It is the second largest department in the country , covering 213,564 square kilometers , and it was created by supreme decree on November 18, 1842 during the administration of General José...

 and a mere 19 votes in Pando Department

Pando Department

Pando is a department of Bolivia, with an area of , adjoining the border with Brazil. Pando has a population 66,689 . Its capital is the city of Cobija....

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