Marea de Vigo

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Marea de Vigo
Leader Rubén Pérez Correa
Founded2015 (2015)
Merged into Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood
United Left
Independents
Ideology Participative democracy
Political position Left-wing
National affiliation SON
City council of Vigo
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Website
mareadevigo.org

Marea de Vigo (Tide of Vigo in Galician language) is a left-wing citizen movement and political alliance active in the city of Vigo, Spain.

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History

Marea de Vigo was created as a left-wing "popular unity" candidacy to the municipal elections of May 2015. [1]

Rubén Pérez Correa, a member of the United Left (EU) was elected as the candidate. The candidacy is supported by EU, Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood, independents and some members of Podemos. It's one of the many "popular unity" candidacies formed by left-wing political parties in Galicia and Spain to the Spanish local elections, 2015; like Marea Atlántica, Ahora Madrid, Barcelona en Comú, Zaragoza en Común or Málaga Ahora.

Marea de Vigo was the 3rd most voted list in the Vigo local elections of 2015 (16,227 votes, 11.5%), gaining 3 seats in the city council.

Elected councillors (2019-2023)

Electoral results

Vigo City Council
ElectionVotes %Seats won
2015 16,29211.48
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2019 10,3846.95
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References

  1. "Los coordinadores de EU y Anova vencen en las primarias de la Marea de Vigo". 15 March 2015.
  2. Candidaturas 2019. Marea de Vigo.
  3. Candidaturas da FPG. Vieiros, 2009.
  4. Mitin central da campaña en Vigo. Frente Popular Galega, 2011.