The Communist Party of Galicia ( gl, Partido Comunista de Galicia, PCG), is the affiliate of the

Communist Party of Spain The Communist Party of Spain ( es, Partido Comunista de España; PCE) is a Marxist-Leninist party that, since 1986, has been part of the United Left coalition, which is part of Unidas Podemos. It currently has two of its politicians serving as ...

in Galicia.

History

It was founded by Santiago Álvarez Gómez (1913–2002). During the late years of

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and the

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the party lost influence, with some sectors of its traditional social base joining the

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(PSOE) or the

Galician People's Union The Galician People's Union ( gl, Unión do Povo Galego) is a Galician nationalist and communist political party, and is one of the registered political parties of Spain. The party publishes the magazine ''Terra e Tempo'', and the secretary genera ...

(UPG). In the local elections of 1979 the party gained 70 town councillors and 3 mayors (

Cangas do Morrazo Cangas, also known as Cangas do Morrazo, is a seaside resort in southwestern Galicia, Spain. It is both a town and municipality in the province of Pontevedra. Its area is about 38,1 km² and has a population of around 26,087 inhabitants. ...

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and

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). In the Galician elections of 1981 the PCG won a seat in the

Parliament of Galicia The Parliament of Galicia () is the unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. It is formed by 75 deputies (). Deputies are elected every four years in ordinary period, or extraordinarily upon dissolut ...

for the

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. In

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the party lost its representation in

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, not gaining any seat again until the Galician elections of 2012, when the coalition

Galician Left Alternative The Galician Alternative of the Left ( gl, Alternativa Galega de Esquerda, AGE) was an electoral alliance of left-wing independentist and federalist political parties in Galicia, Spain. History It was formed in early 2012, following a schism wit ...

won 9 deputies (5 - later 4 - of them were PCG members): The current general secretary is Eva Solla, elected in 2014, being the first woman to lead the partyEva Solla, nueva líder del Partido Comunista de Galicia.

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, 04.10.2014

Election results

References

External links

PCG official page

PCG Twitter
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