Galician Left (EG, ''Esquerda Galega'' in Galician language) was a

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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,

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and the

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of Galicia. The party celebrated its First Congress in March 1981, accepting the constitutional framework and the autonomous institutions as a valid framework to achieve the

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of Galicia. In the Galician elections of 1981 EG obtained 33,497 votes (3.32%) and a seat for its leader,

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, who achieved great prominence in the

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, 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

to create the Galician Socialist Party-Galician Left (PSG-EG).

Elections

References

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