Participation increased in Comunitat Valenciana (6.64 points), Madrid (5.65), Murcia (5.16) and Castilla-La Mancha (4.22) and decreased in Melilla (-7.76), Catalonia (- 6.46) and the Basque Country (-4.07)
Participation in the municipal elections at 6:00 p.m. stands at 51.48%, which represents an increase of 1.55 points compared to that of 2019, when it was 49.93%, with 99.9% of the votes. tables analyzed, according to data provided by the Ministry of the Interior.
Where more voters have gone to vote has been in La Rioja with a 57.83% participation, followed by Comunitat Valenciana, which registers 57.81% and Castilla-La Mancha, with 57.46%.
In Cantabria, 57.31% of the voters went to the polls and Extremadura accounts for 57.14% participation. Comunidad de Madrid (56.98%), Aragón (54.61%), Región de Murcia (54.42%), Navarra (54.37%), Castilla y León (53.72%) and Galicia (52.88%).
Below the average participation, located at 51.48%, are Asturias (50.71%), Andalusia (48.68%), the Balearic Islands (46.07%), Catalonia (44.55%) .
As usual, where fewer people have gone to the polls is in the autonomous cities and in the Canary Islands, where the schools have opened an hour later on the peninsular. Thus, in Ceuta 43.40% have already participated, in the Canary Islands 41.42% and in Melilla 36.91%.
The autonomous communities that experienced the greatest growth in participation up to 6:00 p.m. were Comunitat Valenciana (6.64 points), Madrid (5.65 points), Región de Murcia (5.16 points) and Castilla-La Mancha (4.22 points). ).
On the contrary, the autonomous communities where the participation decreased the most were Melilla (-7.76 points), Catalonia (-6.46 points) and the Basque Country (-4.07 points).
“ROBUST ELECTION SYSTEM”
The Secretary of State for Communication, Francesc Vallès, and the Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior, Isabel Goicoechea, have stressed the “absolute normality” of the process.
“We have a very robust and very secure electoral system that has been put back into operation with brilliance and success”, Vallès stressed.
