The big question now is what consequences this spectacular result will have on the national scene. Supporters of the Popular Party celebrate the results outside the party‘s headquarters in Madrid. With less than 5% of the vote, the party did not gain enough support to even enter into the regional assembly. Ciudadanos, meanwhile, lost all of its 26 seats. This was far from what was needed to compensate for the PSOE’s result. Unidas Podemos, meanwhile, gained just two points. The leftist Más Madrid party gained support at Tuesday’s polls, but only by a point, which was less than expected. The result will also be damaging for the central government, which is headed up by the PSOE in coalition with junior partner Unidas Podemos. He was unable to form a government and Ayuso instead took power, in coalition with center-right Ciudadanos (Citizens) and with the support of Vox. The key to this failure was the poor showing for the PSOE, which in just two years has lost a large part of the support that saw its candidate, Ángel Gabilondo, win the election in 2019, albeit without a majority. The leftist parties failed on Tuesday in their attempt to turn around the predictions of the polls thanks to a high voter turnout. Vox leader Santiago Abascal said on Tuesday night that “our seats will be at the disposition of Ayuso to facilitate her investiture.” It is yet to be seen as to whether the far-right group will want to enter into the Madrid government, but the strong result for the PP suggests that this will be a remote possibility. The result was a terrible one for the PSOE, which recently won the regional elections in Catalonia (albeit falling short of a majority) but in Madrid suffered a loss of more than 10 points on 2019.Īyuso fell short of an absolute majority, but will only need the abstention of Vox in order to form a government. Tuesday’s election saw record turnout after a bitterly fought campaign, coming in a full 11 points higher than in 2019.
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