The coalition aimed at promoting a degree of
autonomy and
self-governance of
Galicia from Spain equal to that of
Catalonia and the
Basque Country, other
autonomous communities of Spain. The coalition also promoted the adoption of a
statute of autonomy for Galicia (like the
1978 Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country and the
1979 Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia). This goal was achieved with the
Galician Statute of Autonomy of 1981. UG obtained more than 58,000 votes in the
1979 Spanish general election, but failed to gain any parliamentary representation in the
Cortes Generales. In the
municipal elections of 1979, UG candidate
Domingos Merino was elected mayor of
A Coruña, the second largest city of Galicia. UG candidates were also elected mayors in
Cambados,
Narón,
Rairiz de Veiga,
Redondela,
As Pontes de García Rodríguez,
Touro,
Vilaboa and
Malpica de Bergantiños. Galician Unity was partially absorbed into the
Bloque Nacionalista Galego in 1982. ==Elections==