Communist Party of Galicia (Revolutionary Marxist) (in Galician: '' Partido Comunista de Galicia (Marxista-Revolucionario)'', PCG-MR) was a communist

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, founded by the followers of

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after their expulsion from the Communist Party of Galicia (PCG) in October 1985.

History

PCG-MR participated in the 1985 Galician elections, gaining 8,318 votes (0.66%) and failing to win any seat. In the municipal elections of 1987, PCG-MR had 8 town councillors elected. In the general elections of 1986, the party gained 12,072 votes and, again, no seats. Following the bad result of the 1989 general elections, PCG-MR merged into the

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in 1991, and organized itself as an internal tendency called Left Unity (''Unidade da Esquerda'').

Election results

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1985 establishments in Spain Defunct communist parties in Spain Defunct socialist parties in Galicia (Spain) Political parties disestablished in 1989 Political parties established in 1985 {{Spain-party-stub