 It formed a coalition with the Democratic Union of the Valencian Country called Christian Democratic Team of the Spanish State (EDCEE) for the general elections of 1977.After the election failure (215,000 votes and a little more than 1% of the vote), on September 24, 1977 Democratic Left withdrew from the federation, and it merged with other political groups within the Christian Democracy in a founding congress on 4 and 5 February 1978.At the time of the 1977 elections, the Federation of Christian Democracy was composed of