Communist Party of Galicia

Political party in Spain

Communist Part of Galicia

Partido Comunista de Galicia

Secretary-General| Jorge Crego
Founded| 1968 (1968)
Newspaper| A Voz do Pobo
Youth wing| Xuventude Comunista Galega (XC)
Ideology| Communism
Galicianism
Republicanism
Revolutionary marxism
National affiliation| Communist Party of Spain
United Left
Colors| Red
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Website
www.pcgalicia.org

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The Communist Party of Galicia (Galician: Partido Comunista de Galicia, PCG), is the affiliate of the Communist Party of Spain in Galicia.

## History

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It was founded by Santiago Álvarez Gómez (1913–2002).[1] During the late years of Francoism and the Spanish democratic transition the party lost influence, with some sectors of its traditional social base joining the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) or the Galician People's Union (UPG).

In the local elections of 1979 the party gained 70 town councillors[2] and 3 mayors (Cangas do Morrazo, O Grove and Mugardos). In the Galician elections of 1981 the PCG won a seat in the Parliament of Galicia for the Province of A Coruña. In 1985 the party lost its representation in parliament, not gaining any seat again until the Galician elections of 2012, when the coalition Galician Left Alternative 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 party[3]

## Election results

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Year and type of election  | Votes  | Percentage  | Deputies/Town councillors

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1977 Spanish legislative election | 34,188  | 3.03  | 0
1979 Spanish municipal elections | 48,482  | 4.53  | 70
1979 Spanish legislative election | 42,594  | 4.16  | 0
1981 Galician parliamentary election | 28,927  | 2.93  | 1

## References

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1. ^ El Pais - Los papeles de un comunista; La familia de Santiago Álvarez, fundador del PCG, dona a Comisiones Obreras todo su archivo personal
2. ^ "Infoelectoral.es". Archived from the original on 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
3. ^ Eva Solla, nueva líder del Partido Comunista de Galicia. Faro de Vigo, 04.10.2014

## External links

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* PCG official page Archived 2018-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
* PCG Twitter

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Communist Party of Spain

Secretaries-General|

* Antonio García (1921–1923)
* César Rodríguez (1923–1925)
* José Bullejos (1925–1932)
* José Díaz (1932–1942)
* Dolores Ibárruri (1942–1960)
* Santiago Carrillo (1960–1982)
* Gerardo Iglesias (1982–1988)
* Julio Anguita (1988–1998)
* Francisco Frutos (1998–2009)
* José Luis Centella (2009–2017)
* Enrique Santiago (2018–present)

Organization|

| Regional branches|

* Andalusia
* Aragon
* Asturias
* Balearic Islands
* Basque Country/Navarre
* Canary Islands
* Cantabria
* Castile and León
* Castilla–La Mancha
* Catalonia
* Extremadura
* Galicia
* Madrid
* Murcia
* La Rioja
* Valencian Country

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Affiliated organisations|

* Communist Youth Union of Spain
* Mundo Obrero

Assemblies|

* 1st (1922)
* 2nd (1923)
* 3rd (1929)
* 4th (1932)
* 5th (1954)
* 6th (1959–60)
* 7th (1965)
* 8th (1972)
* 9th (1978)
* 10th (1981)
* 11th (1983)
* 12th (1988)
* 13th (1991)
* 14th (1995)
* 15th (1998)
* 16th (2002)
* 17th (2005)
* 18th (2009)
* 19th (2013)
* 20th (2017)
* 21st (2022)

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