Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left Explained

Galician Socialist Party-Galician Left
Native Name:Partido Socialista Galego-Esquerda Galega
Leader:Camilo Nogueira
Merger:Galician Left
Galician Socialist Party
Youth Wing:Youth Collectives of the PSG-EG
Membership:1,130 (1993)[1]
Ideology:Democratic socialism
Galician nationalism
Left-wing nationalism
Pacifism
Ecologism
Colors:Green
Country:Spain
State:Galicia

The Galician Socialist Party–Galician Left (PSG-EG, Partido Socialista Galego-Esquerda Galega in Galician language) was a Galician nationalist and left-wing party of Galiza.

History

It was founded in 1984 with the union of the Galician Socialist Party (PSG) and Galician Left, led by Camilo Nogueira Román. In 1993 the PSG-EG formed with nationalist centre-left sectors a new Galician Unity coalition. In the general and autonomic elections of 1993 the party concurred with the United Left (EU) coalition, forming the Galician Unity-United Left (UG-EU) coalition. After the defeat in the elections, some members of the party converged with EU forming the Galician Left-United Left and the others joined the Galician Nationalist Bloc as Galician Unity. The party had 2 mayors: Narón (1985-1993) and Porqueira (1984-1987).

In 1993 it had 1,130 members in 67 local chapters, Vigo being the largest, with 160 members.

Electoral results

Elections

ElectionVotes%SeatsMayors
Spanish municipal elections, 1983[2] 28,995 2.21%
Galician parliamentary election, 198571,5995.71%-
Spanish general election, 198645,574 3.57%-
Spanish municipal elections, 198757,062 4.25%
Galician parliamentary election, 198950,0473.79%-
Spanish general election, 198934,131 2.59%-
Spanish municipal elections, 199139,116 2.83%
Galician parliamentary election, 199344,902 3.09%-
Spanish general election, 199374,605 4.75%-

References

Notes and References

  1. Beramendi, X.G. and Núñez Seixas, X.M. (1996): O nacionalismo galego. A Nosa Terra, Vigo.
  2. The local elections were held in 1983, when the party didn't exist. The results are the combination of the scores and representatives of the PSG and EG, along with the Narón Group of Galician Nationalists, that joined the party in 1985. After the foundation of the party in 1984 all those local representatives joined the PSG-EG.