Popular Party (PP) is the big winner of the municipal and regional elections in Spain, with 400 thousand more votes than the Socialist Party (PSOE). The PP secured an absolute majority in Madrid, both in the City Council and in the Autonomous Government, and managed to steal some important feuds from the left in the rest of the country.
In the Spanish capital, the conservatives have been devastating: Isabel Díaz Ayuso, as expected, maintains the government of the region with an absolute majority and more than 70 deputies. The Madrid City Council will also be governed by the PP, with an unexpected absolute majority by José Luis Martínez-Almeida, who did not foresee such an expressive victory.
In addition to the capital, the PP also manages to take over some key governments on the left. Seville ceases to be socialist and passes into the hands of the PP and Valencia, until now governed by the leftist party Compromis, also passes to the popular ones.
The PSOE also failed to secure the City Council of Barcelona, where projections gave victory to Jaume Collboni. Against all odds, the victory went to Xavier Trias, from the independence party Junts per Catalunya.
This turn to the right in the country is also based on the consolidation of the far-right party, Vox, which enters almost all parliaments, even in traditionally left-wing regions such as Catalonia. The extreme right party could even be decisive in the formation of some governments by the PP.
Another important fact is the result of Bildu in the Basque Country, which achieved its best results ever. The Basque independence force – which is part of a faction linked to the former terrorist group ETA – was the most voted in the city of Vitória. Protagonist of one of the controversies of the campaign, when seven ex-terrorists were included in the electoral lists, forced to resign in the face of social pressure, Bildu is one of the big winners of the day, surpassing the Basque Nationalist Party, traditionally the most voted in the region .
