[6] The good results of the elections (125,000 votes) in 1984 led to coalition to transform itself into a moderate, centrist nationalist party, but maintaining a clientelist structure in rural areas of the provinces of Ourense and Lugo, inherited from the UCD.

[7] In the elections of 1985, under the leadership of Pablo González Mariñas and with the active support of CiU, CG won 163,425 votes (13%).

The sector that wanted a pact with People's Alliance (AP) was the majority, and finally CG entered the government of Xerardo Fernández Albor.

Following the departure of Xosé Luís Barreiro of the People's Party of Galicia in September 1987, CG entered the new Galician government led by the socialist Fernando González Laxe.

In 2012, Terra Galega entered Compromiso por Galicia (CxG),[8] but left months later due to the poor results in the Galician elections of the same year and disagreements in the political line.