Galician Left
Esquerda Galega
LeaderCamilo Nogueira
Founded1 December 1980 (1980-12-01)
Dissolved6 December 1984 (1984-24-06)
IdeologyGalician nationalism
Left-wing nationalism
Democratic socialism
Ecologism
Pacifism

Galician Left (EG, Esquerda Galega in Galician language) was a Galician nationalist and leftist political party of Galicia.

History

It was founded in December 1980 as a refoundation of the Galician Workers Party, integrating the majority of the members of the self-dissolved Galician Workers Party and members of the BN-PG, Galician Socialist Party, Communist Party of Galicia and the Communist Movement of Galicia. The party celebrated its First Congress[1] in March 1981, accepting the constitutional framework and the autonomous institutions as a valid framework to achieve the self-determination of Galicia.

In the Galician elections of 1981 EG obtained 33,497 votes (3.32%)[2] and a seat for its leader, Camilo Nogueira, who achieved great prominence in the Galician Parliament, although the party suffered a sharp setback in the 1982 general elections with only 22,310 votes (1.72%).

In 1984 the party merged with the Galician Socialist Party to create the Galician Socialist Party-Galician Left (PSG-EG).[3]

Elections

Election Votes % Seats
Galician parliamentary election, 1981 33,497 3.32%
1 / 71
Spanish general election, 1982 22,310 1.57%
0 / 350
Spanish municipal elections, 1983 19,173 1.57%
22 / 4,033

References

  1. ^ With the slogan Galicia e socialismo (Galicia and socialism, in English language).
  2. ^ "Espectacular triunfo de Alianza Popular en Galicia a costa de UCD". El País. 20 October 1981.
  3. ^ Porteiro, Maria José (23 June 1984). "Congreso para la fusión de dos partidos nacionalistas gallegos". El País.


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