Partido Galeguista (1978)

"This article is about the Partido Galeguista founded in 1978. For other political parties with the same name, see Partido Galeguista."----The Partido Galeguista ("Galicianist Party" in English) was a Galician party founded in 1978, referring to itself as the historical descendant of the Partido Galeguista in the Second Spanish Republic.

History

After the electoral failure of the coalition of the Galician People´s Party ,and the Galician Social-Democratic Party, members of both decided to re-form the Partido Galeguista, convoking a conference in November of 1978.

In the Spanish General and regional elections of 1979, the party formed a coalition called the Unidade Galega and supported a "Yes" vote in the referendum for the Statute, granting autonomy to Galicia, in 1980. At the Party conference in June 1981 , the PG's policies took a right-wing turn, and Álvarez Gándara was chosen as president,; subsequently, the left-wing faction of the Party, led by Luís Sobrado were expelled. In the Regional elections in 1981, the party obtained 32,623 votes (3'23%), and in the municipal elections of 1983 only 10,752 votes.

In the extraordinary assembly of February 1984, many militants supported the merger of the party into the Coalición Galega. After this, Manuel Beiras left the party and founded the Partido Galeguista (Nationalist)