Terra Galega (TeGa, in

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: ''Galician Land'') is a coalition of centrist and

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political parties; it was established on November 4, 2005; but the name has been registered since May 2005.

History

It was formed by Centro Democrático Independente (CDI), Iniciativa Galega, Coalición Galega, Unidade por Narón and other local political forces that have elected 4

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s and 64

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s in 32 Galician municipalities. The coalition held a Constituent Congress on May 20, 2006; with the participation of 500 future members that chose Pablo Padín, former minister of Health of Galicia, as president; and Xoán Gato, mayor of

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, as General Coordinator. Guillermo Sánchez Fojo was named "Vice-Coordinator of the Northern Zone", Xosé Luis Vilas Martín was named "Vice-Coordinator of the South Zone" and Marian Ferreiro Díaz was named "National Coordinator of Youth". The youth members of TeGa are named ''Mocedade de Terra Galega'' (Youth Of Galician Land). In October 2006, Unión Ourensana joined the coalition and along with 6 of the 12 councilors from the

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Arteixo Arteixo () is a municipality in the Province of A Coruña, part of the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. Its area is 93.76 km2 and its population is 31,005 (2013). Its population density is 317.43 people/km2. It is an i ...

. In the municipal elections of 2007 the coalition presented 63 candidatures, mainly in the

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, and they obtained 66 councillors. In 2010 a sector of the party split and formed a new organization,

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. In the local elections of 2011 TeGa only gained 23 town councillors and 1 mayor (in

) In the local elections of 2015 TeGa won 29 town councillors and 2 mayors (

and

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).Full results

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, 2011.

Electoral results

Galician elections

Local elections

References

External links

Web of Terra Galega
( gl) {{Authority control Political parties in Galicia (Spain) Political parties established in 2005 Galician nationalism