Galician Progressive Coalition Explained

Galician Progressive Coalition
Native Name:	Coalición Progresista Galega
Merger:	Galician Coalition People's Democratic Party Liberal Party
Country:	Spain
State:	Galicia

Galician Progressive Coalition (Galician: Coalición Progresista Galega, CPG) was a centre-right Galician political coalition formed for the municipal elections of 1987.

Member parties

• • Galician Coalition People's Democratic Party
• Liberal Party

History

Coalition

CPG was born after the rupture of People's Coalition in Galicia. The smaller parties of the former coalition joined the Galician nationalist party Galician Coalition, that had just suffered the split of the Galician Nationalist Party.^[1] CPG was the third most voted party in the elections, with very good results in the Province of A Coruña. In total, the coalition won 54 mayors and 610 local seats.

Election results

Local councils

Local councils
Election	Spain			Galicia
	Votes	%	Seats won	Votes	%	Seats won
1987	148,436	0.76		148,436	10.98

References

1. A gran historia de Galicia XIV, volume 2. Edicións La Voz de Galicia, 2007, pax. 78.

• Beramendi, X.G. and Núñez Seixas, X.M. (1996): O nacionalismo galego. A Nosa Terra, Vigo
• Beramendi, X.G. (2007): De provincia a nación. Historia do galeguismo político. Xerais, Vigo