Spanish left goes as an united bloc in the 1977 election for the Constituent Cortes

I know this is a bit obscure topic outside Spain. Before the 1977 election in Spain (the first democratic election after Franco's death) for the Cortes that redacted and approved the Constitution, there where proponents of a united left bloc composed by PSOE, PCE, PSP and other minor forces on the left of the PCE like the ORT and the PTR. Due to strategical considerations (and the attitude of the respective leaderships) it never became a reality.

Now, if we see the results, it's clear that a united left-wing bloc would have had a decisive effect in the final results. Combined, the PSOE (29'32%) PCE (9'33%) and PSP (4'46%) got 43'11% of the vote or 8'5 million votes, against 7'8 million votes got by the forces of francoist reformism (UCD and AP) Then you have the half million votes got by the catalan nationalist right and almost 300.000 for the PNV

However, thanks to D'Hondt Law, this result didn't traslated in a left-wing parliament, rather the oppositie, the right-wing forces got a majority of the seats and thus a decisive voice in the new constituiton.

So, what would be the effect of a left-wing Cortes in the new constitution? Amongst the initial proposals of the PSOE, PCE and PSP there where points about direct democracy, coopearitve economy, federal state and right of self-determination... not to mention that the leader of the PSP was an actual expert in constitutionalism...

Any ideas? Would have been a break-up with francoist institutional framework instead a reform of it possible in this scenario?
 
Here's what I learned from reading books related to contemporary Spanish politics and watching some YouTube videos in relation to Spanish Transition, among others:

1. PSOE was starting to be more of social democrat party.
2. PSP, before its merger with el SOE, has a coalition of its own, formed after the elections.
3. The far left opposed PCE because of its Eurocommunism.

In short, it's pretty hard to form a united front because of ideological differences.
 
Oh yes, uniting the spanish left wouldn't be an easy task. However I think that at this point it was still remotelly possible some kind of agreement, at least at a constitutional level, and it was clear that these would be a decisive elections for the future constitution. The PSOE was still very weak in an organizative sense, since it had been non-existant during the dictatorship, it lacked militants and territorial structure. Also, at this point it was still a marxist party. The PCE was prone to pact anything with anybody as OTL shows, specially if they saw a possible gain for them (or for Carrillo) there, That's probably a bigger obstacle than PSOE's path towards the establishment, since the communist strategy was to present themselves as the party of reconciliation, responsability and restraint for the bigger good of the nation. So, in 1977 their rethorics were more moderate than the PSOE's and probably they would hesitate to sign a pact for the "ruptura".

If the two big boys in the left manage to find an agreement, as I say, at least for basic points (federalism, laicity, support for cooperative economy, redistribution and social state, and in general a constitution with more clear aims and less reliance in "future organic laws"), the PSP and probaby other left-wing parties would follow. Also, they could get the support of the basque and catalan sectors considering their terriotrial propossals.
 
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