The PSOE sinks to its worst historical result in Galicia and Sánchez fails to wear down Feijóo

The PSOE sinks to its worst historical result in Galicia and Sánchez fails to wear down Feijóo

Sumar, a coalition partner, does not achieve representation in the first electoral test they undergo after accepting the amnesty

The PSOE has suffered its worst historical result in the Galician regional elections by winning only nine seats and has made the change to unseat the PP from the Xunta impossible. Despite the national character that the campaign acquired and that this appointment with the polls represented a test for the national president of the PP, the Galician Alberto Núñez Feijóo, they have not managed to cause wear and tear on him.

The coalition partner, Sumar, led by the second vice president, Yolanda Díaz, has also obtained a negative result by not obtaining representation in the Galician parliament. A failure for the two parties that form the Government in the first electoral test to which they are subjected after agreeing on the amnesty law with the pro-independence parties.

In Ferraz, however, they downplay the impact of the amnesty on the electoral result and believe that Galicians have voted autonomously, according to socialist sources. In this sense, they point out that the PP has obtained two fewer deputies than in the previous elections, while the parties that support the amnesty (PSOE and BNG) have one more deputy than four years ago.

The socialists knew that these elections were key for Feijóo, who risked a good part of his credit as leader of the PP in a community in which he himself had swept in the last decade, with four absolute majorities in a row as ‘popular’ leader in Galicia. .

The PSOE was clear that losing this bastion could have consequences at the national level and call into question Feijóo’s leadership and from the beginning they were willing to give their support to the BNG, if the numbers were right, to dislodge the PP from the Xunta.

In fact, the PSOE contributed to the campaign acquiring a national character, Sánchez held rallies in the four provinces and in the last week he launched himself against Feijóo due to the amnesty law and the revelations published last weekend.

According to sources from the PP, Feijóo was willing to grant a conditional pardon to the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, the amnesty was considered for 24 hours and he saw it as difficult for an accusation against him to succeed for the crime of terrorism and Sánchez took the opportunity to accuse him of defending something in public and the opposite in private, which he considers a gesture of “hypocrisy”.

This matter marked the last week of the campaign and the President of the Government also stated that the PP has been left without a speech and considered deactivated the continuous criticism launched from Genoa against the amnesty: “They only had one speech and it was a big lie,” he stated. at the closing of the campaign at a rally in Santiago de Compostela.

However, socialist sources admit that these PP revelations have not affected the PP’s result and consider that Rueda’s supporters have been helped by the expectation of losing the Government. They consider that right-wing voters have become more mobilized after some polls pointed to the possibility of falling short of an absolute majority.

This fall of the socialists therefore occurs in full negotiations with Junts to carry out the amnesty law that benefits those involved in the process. The PSOE was counting on reaching the Galician elections with the amnesty situation already over, but the vote against Junts in the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies delayed the approval of the norm and fully included the amnesty in the Galician campaign.

COLLAPSE OF FIVE SEATS

The socialists were already starting from their historic ground, obtained in the July 2020 elections where they achieved only 14 seats and 253,750 votes, 3,000 less support than in the previous regional elections of 2016 in which they also achieved 14 seats.

Now they collapse and lose five seats (9) and more than 50,000 votes, while Ana Pontón’s Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) wins six (25), but they are very far from the PP (40) which achieves its fifth consecutive absolute majority .

The PSOE also sinks in votes compared to the general elections of July 23 in which they were second only to the PP, with 486,832 votes and 30% of support. Now they have achieved just over 200,000 supports, 14%, thus confirming the tendency towards dual voting in this community. The socialists obtain support in Galicia in general elections that they are not able to capitalize on in the regional elections.

IN DECLINE SINCE THE COALITION WITH THE BNG

It is therefore confirmed that they are the third political force in Galicia and widen their distance with respect to the BNG, which historically has had less support than the PSOE. In fact, the only time the two parties governed in coalition, between 2005 and 2009, the president was the socialist Emilio Pérez Touriño and his number two was Anxo Quintana.

Since then, the PP has been chaining absolute majorities with Alberto Núñez Feijóo (2009, 2012, 2016 and 2020) and now with Alfonso Rueda. On the contrary, the socialists have been progressively in decline after the government experience with the nationalists.

In 2009 it maintained 25 seats but the BNG lost one and it was enough for the PP to achieve absolute victory. In 2012 the PSOE dropped to 18; Four years later it sank to 14 seats and became the third force surpassed in votes by En Marea, which also obtained 14 seats.

The next regional elections, July 2020 in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, were those of the BNG’s defeat of the PSOE. The nationalists, already with Ana Pontón at the helm, achieved their best historical result until that moment with 19 deputies, five more than the PSOE, by retaining practically all of the support of En Marea, which disappeared from the political board.

The PSOE was clear that losing this bastion could have consequences at the national level and call into question Feijóo’s leadership and from the beginning they were willing to give their support to the BNG, if the numbers were right, to dislodge the PP from the Xunta.

In fact, the PSOE contributed to the campaign acquiring a national character, Sánchez held rallies in the four provinces and in the last week he launched himself against Feijóo due to the amnesty law and the revelations published last weekend.

According to sources from the PP, Feijóo was willing to grant a conditional pardon to the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, the amnesty was considered for 24 hours and he saw it as difficult for an accusation against him to succeed for the crime of terrorism and Sánchez took the opportunity to accuse him of defending something in public and the opposite in private, which he considers a gesture of “hypocrisy”.

This matter marked the last week of the campaign and the President of the Government also stated that the PP has been left without a speech and considered deactivated the continuous criticism launched from Genoa against the amnesty: “They only had one speech and it was a big lie,” he stated. at the closing of the campaign at a rally in Santiago de Compostela.

This fall of the socialists therefore occurs in full negotiations with Junts to carry out the amnesty law that benefits those involved in the process. The PSOE was counting on reaching the Galician elections with the amnesty situation already over, but the vote against Junts in the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies delayed the approval of the norm and fully included the amnesty in the Galician campaign.

The socialists were already starting from their historic ground, obtained in the July 2020 elections where they achieved only 14 seats and 253,750 votes, 3,000 less support than in the previous regional elections of 2016 in which they also achieved 14 seats.

Now they collapse and lose five seats (9) and more than 50,000 votes, while Ana Pontón’s Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) wins six (25), but they are very far from the PP (40) which achieves its fifth consecutive absolute majority .

The PSOE also sinks in votes compared to the general elections of July 23 in which they were second only to the PP, with 486,832 votes and 30% of support. Now they have achieved just over 200,000 supports, 14%, thus confirming the tendency towards dual voting in this community. The socialists obtain support in Galicia in general elections that they are not able to capitalize on in the regional elections.

It is therefore confirmed that they are the third political force in Galicia and widen their distance with respect to the BNG, which historically has had less support than the PSOE. In fact, the only time the two parties governed in coalition, between 2005 and 2009, the president was the socialist Emilio Pérez Touriño and his number two was Anxo Quintana.

Since then, the PP has been chaining absolute majorities with Alberto Núñez Feijóo (2009, 2012, 2016 and 2020) and now with Alfonso Rueda. On the contrary, the socialists have been progressively in decline after the government experience with the nationalists.

In 2009 it maintained 25 seats but the BNG lost one and it was enough for the PP to achieve absolute victory. In 2012 the PSOE dropped to 18; Four years later it sank to 14 seats and became the third force surpassed in votes by En Marea, which also obtained 14 seats.

The next regional elections, July 2020 in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, were those of the BNG’s defeat of the PSOE. The nationalists, already with Ana Pontón at the helm, achieved their best historical result until that moment with 19 deputies, five more than the PSOE, by retaining practically all of the support of En Marea, which disappeared from the political board.