2022 Castilian-Leonese regional election

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A regional election was held in Castile and León on 13 February 2022 to elect the 11th Cortes of the autonomous community. All 81 seats in the Cortes were up for election. This marked the first time that a Castilian-Leonese president exercised the legal prerogative to call a snap election.

Registered2,094,623 Decrease 1.0%
Turnout1,230,599 (58.8%)
Decrease 7.0 pp
Quick facts All 81 seats in the Cortes of Castile and León 41 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...
2022 Castilian-Leonese regional election
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All 81 seats in the Cortes of Castile and León
41 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered2,094,623 Decrease 1.0%
Turnout1,230,599 (58.8%)
Decrease 7.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alfonso Fernández Mañueco Luis Tudanca Juan García-Gallardo
Party PP PSOE Vox
Leader since 1 April 2017 18 October 2014 7 January 2022
Leader's seat Salamanca Burgos Valladolid
Last election 29 seats, 31.5% 35 seats, 34.8% 1 seat, 5.5%
Seats won 31 28 13
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 7 Increase 12
Popular vote 382,157 365,434 214,668
Percentage 31.4% 30.0% 17.6%
Swing Decrease 0.1 pp Decrease 4.9 pp Increase 12.1 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Luis Mariano Santos Ángel Ceña Pablo Fernández
Party UPL EV–SY Podemos–IU–AV
Leader since 27 March 2015 10 January 2022 14 February 2015
Leader's seat León Soria Valladolid
Last election 1 seat, 2.0% Did not contest 2 seats, 7.3%[a]
Seats won 3 3 1
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 3 Decrease 1
Popular vote 52,098 39,040 62,138
Percentage 4.3% 3.2% 5.1%
Swing Increase 2.3 pp New party Decrease 2.2 pp
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Francisco Igea Pedro Pascual
Party Cs XAV
Leader since 11 March 2019 9 April 2019
Leader's seat Valladolid Ávila
Last election 12 seats, 14.9% 1 seat, 0.7%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Decrease 11 Steady 0
Popular vote 54,721 13,875
Percentage 4.5% 1.1%
Swing Decrease 10.4 pp Increase 0.4 pp
President before election

Alfonso Fernández Mañueco
PP

 President after election

Alfonso Fernández Mañueco
PP

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The previous election had seen a victory for the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) for the first time since 1983, but the ruling People's Party (PP) was able to elect its candidate, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, as new regional president by forming a coalition with the liberal Citizens (Cs). Despite this arrangement, tensions soon began to emerge between the two governing partners over the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region. In March 2021, a PSOE-tabled vote of no confidence was defeated, but it indirectly led to the defection of one Cs legislator to the opposition, leaving the PP–Cs government in minority status.[1] Subsequently, rumours rose on the possibility of Mañueco planning an early election to be held at some point between the winter of 2021 and the spring of 2022, after having grown tired of the coalition as well as to take advantage of the PP's "honeymoon" in opinion polls following the Madrilenian election in May.[2][3][4] On 20 December 2021, Mañueco expelled Cs from his government and called the election for 13 February 2022,[5] catching his coalition partner off-guard, with his (now former) deputy Francisco Igea learning of it during a live interview.[6]

Results on election night were dubbed by most media as a pyrrhic victory for the PP, which failed to materialize early expectations of a landslide win in a historical stronghold, and instead ended up obtaining its worst result ever in both votes and vote share in the region, as well as a very close result with the PSOE, which was able to secure a stronger-than-expected performance, despite losing ground compared to 2019. The vote share for Cs collapsed and the party was barely able to retain Igea's seat in Valladolid but was successful in its primary goal of preventing a total wipeout. The far-right Vox party secured its best result in an autonomous community election in Spain up until that point, with 17.6% of the vote share and 13 seats. Unidas Podemos underperformed opinion polls, whereas regionalist Leonese People's Union (UPL) and For Ávila (XAV) secured their best results to date. Soria Now (SY)—a social platform aligned to the Empty Spain movement—won in the Soria constituency in a landslide. Together, both PP and Vox commanded a majority of 44 out of 81 seats, and formed a coalition government.

Overview

Under the 2007 Statute of Autonomy, the Cortes of Castile and León was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.[7] The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.[8]

Date

The term of the Cortes of Castile and León expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 25 days before the scheduled expiration date of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of Castile and León (BOCYL), with election day taking place 54 days after the decree's publication.[9] The previous election was held on 26 May 2019, which meant that the chamber's term would have expired on 26 May 2023. The election decree was required to be published in the BOCYL no later than 2 May 2023, setting the latest possible date for election day on 25 June 2023.

The regional president had the prerogative to dissolve the Cortes of Castile and León at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or before one year after a previous one.[10] In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Cortes were to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.[11]

By 2021, the relationship between the two ruling coalition partners, the People's Party (PP) and Citizens (Cs) had become strained to the point that President Alfonso Fernández Mañueco was considering to call a snap election for late in the year or early 2022, taking advantage of the momentum gained by the PP in opinion polls as a result of its victory in the 2021 Madrilenian regional election. Mañueco was also wary that the Cs internal crisis, which had seen a number of defections from the party, could see a successful motion of no confidence being mounted on him once the PSOE was able to table a new censure motion in March 2022, one year after a previous, unsuccessful one.[2] In October 2021, it was hinted that Mañueco was considering an election to be held on either 28 November or 12 December,[12] though it later transpired that an election in the spring of 2022 was more likely.[13] Speculation on an early election in Andalusia,[4] coupled with possible snap elections in other regions—such as Aragon or the Valencian Community[14]—initially hinted at a possible simultaneous electoral call,[15] but Andalusian president Juan Manuel Moreno's announcement on 30 November that an election in Andalusia would not be held sooner than June 2022 meant that any prospective Castilian-Leonese snap election would be held earlier.[16] This was finally confirmed on 20 December 2021 when Mañueco announced a snap election for 13 February 2022.[5]

The Cortes of Castile and León was officially dissolved on 21 December 2021 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOCYL, setting election day for 13 February 2022 and scheduling for the chamber to reconvene on 10 March.[17]

Electoral system

Voting for the Cortes was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Castile and León and with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence.[18] Additionally, non-resident citizens were required to apply for voting, a system known as "begged" voting (Spanish: Voto rogado).[19][20]

The Cortes of Castile and León had three seats per each multi-member constituency—corresponding to the provinces of Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora—plus one additional seat per 45,000 inhabitants or fraction above 22,500. All were elected using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a three percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency.[21] The use of this electoral method resulted in a higher effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.[22]

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Cortes constituency was entitled the following seats:[23]

More information Seats, Constituencies ...
Seats Constituencies
15 Valladolid
13 León
11 Burgos
10 Salamanca
7 Ávila, Palencia, Zamora
6 Segovia
5 Soria
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The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.[24]

Outgoing parliament

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of dissolution.[25][26]

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Parliamentary composition in December 2021
Groups Parties Legislators
Seats Total
Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 35 35
People's Parliamentary Group PP 29 29
Citizens's Parliamentary Group Cs 11 11
Mixed Group Podemos 2 5
Vox 1
UPL 1
XAV 1
Non-Inscrits INDEP 1[b] 1
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Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list.[27] Additionally, a balanced composition of men and women was required in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition.[28]

Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election:

More information Candidacy, Parties and alliances ...
Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Vote % Seats
PSOE
List
 Luis Tudanca Social democracy 34.8% 35 No [29]
PP
List
 Alfonso Fernández Mañueco Conservatism
Christian democracy		 31.5% 29 Yes [30]
Cs
List
 Francisco Igea Liberalism 14.9% 12 No [31]
Podemos–
IU–AV
List
 Pablo Fernández Left-wing populism
Direct democracy
Democratic socialism
7.3%
[a]		 2 No [32]
[33]
Vox
List
 Juan García-Gallardo Right-wing populism
Ultranationalism
National conservatism		 5.5% 1 No [34]
UPL
List
 Luis Mariano Santos Leonesism
Regionalism
Autonomism		 2.0% 1 No [35]
XAV
List
 Pedro Pascual Regionalism 0.7% 1 No [36]
EV–SY
List
  • Soria Now! (SY)
  • Burgos Roots (Burgos Enraíza)
  • Clean Plateau (Meseta Limpia)
  • Aprodespa (Aprodespa)
Ángel Ceña Localism
Ruralism		 Did not contest No [37]
[38]
[39]
[40]
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In September 2021, citizen collectives of the so-called "Empty Spain" (Spanish: España Vacía or España Vaciada), a coined term to refer to Spain's rural and largely unpopulated interior provinces,[41] agreed to look for formulas to contest the next elections in Spain, inspired by the success of the Teruel Existe candidacy (Spanish for "Teruel Exists") in the November 2019 general election.[42] By November 2021, it was confirmed that over 160 collectives and associations from about 30 Spanish provinces had committed themselves to finalizing the electoral platform before January 2022,[43] and that it would be ready to contest any snap election in Castile and León.[44][45] This was confirmed following Mañueco's announcement of the election date for 13 February 2022,[38] with the Soria Now! (Spanish: Soria ¡Ya!),[46] Burgos Roots (Spanish: Burgos Enraíza) platforms confirming their participation.[47] On 27 December, Clean Plateau (Spanish: Meseta Limpia) and Aprodespa announced a candidacy of the Empty Spain in the province of Palencia,[48] with a candidacy for Salamanca being announced the next day,[49] and for Valladolid on 10 January.[50] However, the platform ruled out standing in Ávila, León, Segovia and Zamora.[51][52][53][54]

Campaign

Timetable

The key dates are listed below (all times are CET):[55]

  • 20 December: The election decree is issued with the countersign of the president, after deliberation in the Regional Government.
  • 21 December: Formal dissolution of parliament and start of prohibition period on the inauguration of public works, services or projects.
  • 24 December: Initial constitution of provincial and zone electoral commissions with judicial members.
  • 27 December: Division of constituencies into polling sections and stations.
  • 31 December: Deadline for parties and federations to report on their electoral alliances.
  • 3 January: Deadline for electoral register consultation for the purpose of possible corrections.
  • 10 January: Deadline for parties, federations, alliances, and groupings of electors to present electoral lists.
  • 12 January: Publication of submitted electoral lists in the Official Gazette of Castile and León (BOCyL); deadline for parties, federations, alliances, and groupings of electors to communicate their presidential candidates for the purpose of electoral debates.
  • 15 January: Deadline for non-resident citizens (electors residing abroad (CERA) and citizens temporarily absent from Spain) to apply for voting.
  • 17 January: Official proclamation of validly submitted electoral lists.
  • 18 January: Publication of proclaimed electoral lists in the BOCyL.
  • 19 January: Deadline for the selection of polling station members by sortition.
  • 27 January: Deadline for the appointment of non-judicial members to provincial and zone electoral commissions.
  • 28 January: Official start of electoral campaigning.[56]
  • 3 February: Deadline to apply for postal voting.
  • 8 February: Start of legal ban on electoral opinion polling publication; deadline for CERA citizens to vote by mail.
  • 9 February: Deadline for postal and temporarily absent voting (extended to 11 February by the Central Electoral Commission).[57]
  • 11 February: Last day of electoral campaigning;[56] deadline for CERA voting.
  • 12 February: Official election silence ("reflection day").
  • 13 February: Election day (polling stations open at 9 am and close at 8 pm or once voters present in a queue at/outside the polling station at 8 pm have cast their vote); provisional vote counting.
  • 16 February: Start of general vote counting, including CERA votes.
  • 19 February: Deadline for the general vote counting.
  • 28 February: Deadline for the proclamation of elected members.
  • 15 March: Deadline for the reconvening of parliament (date determined by the election decree, which for the 2022 election was set for 10 March).[58]
  • 9 April: Deadline for the publication of definitive election results in the BOCyL.

Party slogans

More information Party or alliance, Original slogan ...
Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Ref.
PSOE « Cambio y esperanza » "Change and hope" [59]
PP « La fuerza que nos mueve » "The force that makes us move" [60]
Cs « El valor de la palabra » "The value of the word" [61]
Podemos–IU–AV « Que tu voz se escuche » "Let your voice be heard" [62]
Vox « Siembra » "Seedtime" [63]
UPL « ¡Lo vamos a conseguir! » "We are going to make it!" [64]
XAV « Lo primero, nuestra provincia » "First of all, our province" [65]
EV « ¡Es el momento! » "It is time!" [66]
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Debates

The electoral law of Castile and León provided for the presidential candidates of the parties having a parliamentary group in the Cortes to participate in, at least, two leaders' debates to be held during the electoral campaign.[67] Only the PSOE, PP and Cs had parliamentary groups going into the 2022 election, meaning that parties such as Podemos and Vox were excluded from participating.[68]

More information Date, Organizer(s) ...
2022 Castilian-Leonese regional election debates
Date Organizer(s) Moderator(s)     P  Present[c]    S  Surrogate[d]  
 NI  Not invited   I  Invited    A  Absent invitee 
PSOE PP Cs Audience Ref.
31 January RTVE Xabier Fortes P
Tudanca		 P
Mañueco		 P
Igea		 22.1%
(193,000)[e]		 [69]
[70]
9 February CyLTV Alejandra Abad
Antonio Renedo		 P
Tudanca		 P
Mañueco		 P
Igea		 7.9%
(68,000)		 [71]
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Both debates were assigned to the regional broadcasting company (Radio Televisión de Castilla y León, RTVCyL) to be held on 31 January and 9 February.[72] However, the national public broadcaster, RTVE, demanded to hold at least one of them.[73] The regional electoral board conceded the first debate to RTVE.[74] On 29 January, Cs's candidate Francisco Igea had a positive test for COVID-19, and requested a postponement of the debate.[75] The electoral board decided that Igea would virtually attend the debate on 31 January while isolated.[76]

Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll.

Graphical summary

Local regression trend line of poll results from 26 May 2019 to 13 February 2022, with each line corresponding to a political party.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 41 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Cortes of Castile and León.

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls

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Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

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Victory preferences

The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

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Victory likelihood

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

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Preferred President

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Regional Government of Castile and León.

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Voter turnout

The table below shows registered voter turnout during the election. Figures for election day do not include non-resident citizens, while final figures do.

More information Province, Time (Election day) ...
Province Time (Election day) Final
11:30 14:00 18:00 20:00
2022 2019 2022 +/– 2019 2022 +/– 2019 2022 +/– 2019 2022 +/–
Ávila 11.90% 40.68% 34.85% −5.83 59.50% 52.62% −6.88 77.04% 63.95% −13.09 72.71% 60.22% −12.49
Burgos 11.24% 35.65% 35.08% −0.57 52.01% 51.05% −0.96 69.03% 62.80% −6.23 65.13% 59.02% −6.11
León 10.01% 35.02% 32.00% −3.02 50.95% 48.54% −2.41 68.07% 60.16% −7.91 61.02% 53.50% −7.52
Palencia 11.24% 37.19% 34.75% −2.44 54.69% 52.40% −2.29 72.94% 64.95% −7.99 69.37% 61.60% −7.77
Salamanca 11.69% 37.17% 34.84% −2.33 53.17% 51.01% −2.16 69.79% 62.74% −7.05 62.94% 56.37% −6.57
Segovia 12.23% 39.86% 35.74% −4.12 58.13% 53.31% −4.82 74.59% 64.98% −9.61 72.70% 63.15% −9.55
Soria 12.20% 35.39% 36.15% +0.76 52.00% 51.96% −0.04 69.93% 65.80% −4.13 63.93% 59.81% −4.12
Valladolid 11.90% 37.16% 37.21% +0.05 54.04% 55.06% +1.02 71.21% 66.80% −4.41 68.92% 64.72% −4.20
Zamora 10.70% 37.67% 32.24% −5.43 55.53% 48.87% −6.66 72.17% 60.80% −11.37 63.79% 53.28% −10.51
Total 11.30% 36.89% 34.73% –2.16 53.70% 51.62% –2.08 70.81% 63.44% –7.37 65.80% 58.75% −7.05
Sources[77]
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Results

Overall

More information Parties and alliances, Popular vote ...
← Summary of the 13 February 2022 Cortes of Castile and León election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 382,15731.40−0.10 31+2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 365,43430.02−4.82 28−7
Vox (Vox) 214,66817.64+12.14 13+12
United We Can Castile and León (Podemos–IU–AV)1 62,1385.11−2.18 1−1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 54,7214.50−10.44 1−11
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 52,0984.28+2.24 3+2
Empty Spain–Soria Now! (EV–SY) 39,0403.21New 3+3
Empty Spain (España Vaciada) 19,6551.61New 0±0
Soria Now! (SY) 19,3851.59New 3+3
For Ávila (XAV) 13,8751.14+0.45 1±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 6,5720.54−0.09 0±0
Castilian Party–Commoners' Land–Zero Cuts (PCAS–TC–RC) 2,8510.23New 0±0
Coalition for El Bierzo–El Bierzo Exists (CBierzo–BEX) 2,5210.21−0.06 0±0
Zamora Decides (Zamora Decide)2 2,1210.17+0.03 0±0
Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) 1,3590.11+0.04 0±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 1,1350.09+0.08 0±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) 9620.08−0.02 0±0
For Zamora (Por Zamora) 8140.07New 0±0
Blank Seats (EB) 6260.05New 0±0
Centered (centrados) 5110.04−0.03 0±0
Regionalist Union of Castile and León (Unión Regionalista) 4010.03−0.04 0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE de las JONS) 3180.03−0.02 0±0
Volt Spain (Volt) 2730.02New 0±0
You Contribute (TAB) 1490.01New 0±0
State of Spain Unionist Party (PUEDE) 1140.01New 0±0
Wake Up (Despierta) 1130.01New 0±0
Progress Party of Castile and León Cities (PPCCAL) 230.00New 0±0
Blank ballots 12,1701.00−0.06
Total 1,217,164 81±0
Valid votes 1,217,16498.91−0.10
Invalid votes 13,4351.09+0.10
Votes cast / turnout 1,230,59958.75−7.05
Abstentions 864,02441.25+7.05
Registered voters 2,094,623
Sources[25][78][79]
Footnotes:
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Popular vote
PP
 
 31.40%
PSOE
 
 30.02%
Vox
 
 17.64%
Podemos–IU–AV
 
 5.11%
Cs
 
 4.50%
UPL
 
 4.28%
EV–SY
 
 3.21%
XAV
 
 1.14%
Others
 
 1.71%
Blank ballots
 
 1.00%
Seats
PP
 
 38.27%
PSOE
 
 34.57%
Vox
 
 16.05%
UPL
 
 3.70%
EV–SY
 
 3.70%
Podemos–IU–AV
 
 1.23%
Cs
 
 1.23%
XAV
 
 1.23%

Distribution by constituency

More information Constituency, PP ...
Constituency PP PSOE Vox UP Cs UPL EV–SY XAV
% S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S
Ávila 34.0 3 24.2 2 17.4 1 3.7 − 2.4 − 16.7 1
Burgos 30.9 4 32.6 5 16.6 2 6.2 − 5.0 − 5.6 −
León 25.0 4 28.5 4 15.4 2 5.0 − 2.2 − 21.3 3
Palencia 32.9 3 33.9 3 18.0 1 4.3 − 5.5 − 2.8 −
Salamanca 38.8 5 29.6 3 18.0 2 3.5 − 4.9 − 1.0 − 1.9 −
Segovia 34.7 3 31.4 2 19.5 1 6.0 − 4.9 −
Soria 23.9 1 18.1 1 11.5 − 2.2 − 0.8 − 42.7 3
Valladolid 30.9 5 31.3 5 20.0 3 6.9 1 6.9 1 1.6 − 0.1 −
Zamora 33.6 3 32.7 3 18.9 1 3.2 − 3.6 − 2.7 −
Total 31.4 31 30.0 28 17.6 13 5.1 1 4.5 1 4.3 3 3.2 3 1.1 1
Sources[25][78][79]
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Aftermath

Government formation

Further information: Second government of Alfonso Fernández Mañueco

Although the PP emerged as the largest party in the election, their vote share and vote totals decreased from the 2019 election to their worst historical result in the region, despite early polls initially predicting a comfortable victory for the party, with close to a majority of seats in the regional parliament. Mañueco had been accused throughout the campaign of triggering the election in an attempt to emulate Isabel Díaz Ayuso's victory in the 2021 Madrilenian election.[80] On election night, Vox's national leader Santiago Abascal proclaimed his candidate, Juan García-Gallardo, as the region's next vice president, while hinting that his party would not be satisfied with less power than was given to Cs following the 2019 government negotiations,[81] and that Vox would not support Mañueco "for free".[82]

Mañueco insisted in a PP minority government and warned Vox about "not taking a single step back" regarding women and LGBT rights.[83] Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez suggested that PSOE would be willing to consider abstaining in favour of Mañueco's government to stop Vox having influence in the region, and he demanded that, for PSOE to support them, PP must explain why they did not want to rely on the far-right's support as well as terminating all PP–Vox agreements throughout Spain at all levels and forever.[84]

In March 2022, PP and Vox formed a coalition government, with Vox taking three of ten ministerial positions including vice president for Juan García-Gallardo.[85] Vox member Carlos Pollán was elected President of the Cortes of Castile and León, the position of speaker.[86] The formation of the new government was endorsed by Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the sole candidate in the PP's upcoming leadership election, although he said he would not repeat it on the national level.[87][88] Donald Tusk, leader of the European People's Party of which the Spanish party is a member, condemned the pact as "a sad surprise... I hope that it's just an incident or accident, not a trend in Spanish politics".[89]

More information Ballot →, 11 April 2022 ...
Investiture
Nomination of Alfonso Fernández Mañueco (PP)
Ballot → 11 April 2022
Required majority → 41 out of 81 checkY
Yes
  • • PP (31)
  • • Vox (13)
44 / 81
No
37 / 81
Abstentions
0 / 81
Absentees
0 / 81
Sources[25]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Results for Podemos–Equo (5.0%, 2 seats) and IU–Anticapitalistas–PCAS/TC–ALTER (2.3%, 0 seats) in the 2019 election.
  2. [b]
    María Montero, former Cs legislator.[1]
  3. [c]
    Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
  4. [d]
    Denotes a main invitee not attending the event, sending a surrogate in their place.
  5. [e]
    In Castile and León, the debate was broadcast on La 1 (125,000; 14.3%), 24 Horas (32,000; 3.7%), La 7 (25,000; 2.8%) and La 8 (11,000; 1.3%). Nationwide, the debate was broadcast on 24 Horas (129,000; 0.9%).
  6. [f]
    Within Unidas Podemos.
  7. [g]
    Does not include non-resident citizens.

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