may 21, 1936 - 1936 Spanish General Elections

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This time the elections in the Spanish republic finally fell towards the left after THEY created a successful coalition consisting of: Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Republican Left (Spain) (IR), Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), Republican Union (UR), Communist Party of Spain (PCE), Acció Catalana (AC) and others. This election was definitely initiated by the collapse of the government led by Alejandro Lerroux. A big amount of citizens did not vote likely due to political violence, the right used Nazi propaganda techniques in their politics.

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