With the mythical song of the Flea and the Lantern, the Pencil Sharpener Duo, which said “twenty-two, twenty-two, twenty-two, twenty-two”, The Line 100×100 celebrated the increase in one councilor, the absolute majority achieved in 2019. The formation led by Juan Franco achieves 22 of the 25 councilors of the municipal corporation, one more to the detriment of the PSOE, which with Gemma Araujo at the head loses one of the three councilors achieved in 2019. The PP will maintain the only record achieved in the previous elections with a few tenths above 5%which allows you to access the Town Hall.
With these results, IU, Podemos, Vox and Otra Línea is Possible they would continue without representation in the municipal arch without even approaching 5%.
Participation in the municipality has been 44,56%, somewhat lower than in 2019, when it was 47.33%. Despite the fact that fewer people voted than four years ago, Juan Franco’s party achieved more votes, going from 15,640 to 17.238. This has made him the most voted mayor in Spain, with 75% of the ballots. The mayors of Vigo and Estepona, who in 2019 achieved similar results, have remained at 60%. In addition, the localist formation becomes the key to the government of the Commonwealth and the Provincial Council, disputed by PSOE and PP.
Juan Franco arrived minutes before 11:00 p.m. at the headquarters of La Línea 100×100, where numerous militants and supporters were already celebrating the historical result. The mayor-elect melted into hugs with all those who were in his path under the sounds of We are the championsthe mythical song of song of Queenchanted by the attendees.
Between cheers and waving a benjamín of cava, between orange shirts Juan Franco addressed the attendees. “I want to give you gracias to all. This job, even though I am the visible face, if not for the team behind it, it would be impossible. We have done a great job, the result is visible and the challenge is to improve it,” he said.
The mayor-elect thanked the outgoing councilors and highlighted the renewal of the list. “New faces have entered and we have four very exciting years ahead of us. This is more pressure on our shoulders, fewer people have voted in La Línea but More people have voted for us than the previous time, this is unheard of. We compared ourselves with Estepona and Vigo, which have remained at 60%, and we have 75% support. This means that of four people who have voted, three trust the project. the challenge is shivering and I know there are many things left to do. We are going to continue working on an even better city. Thank you all very much,” Franco concluded before inviting everyone who came to the headquarters of La Línea 100×100 to a beer.
The PSOE candidate, Gemma Araujo, congratulated the “clear winner”, La Línea 100×100 and Juan Franco. “After the results achieved by the party, all that remains is to recognize the just winner, admit defeat and in the next few days we will carry out a detailed analysis of the causes that have led us to reap this bad result”, stated the socialist mayor, who stated that once the polls have spoken “the only thing left is to be in the place that the citizenship, be four years in opposition and work from now on to regain the trust of the neighbors”
“It only remains to thank those who have trusted our option and those who have worked hard trusting in the project that we had proposed for La Línea”, concluded Araujo.
The data of the elections
Almost 50.000 personas are summoned this Sunday to elect the 25 councilors that make up the local corporation of La Línea de la Concepción, with which the absolute majority is situated in 13 councilors. From this same web page you can follow the results of the 2023 municipal elections in the municipality live, with the update of the results of the elections, with the number of votes, political parties and councilors that will come out of these votes.
The political parties arrive at the municipal elections in La Línea de la Concepción with the challenge of trying to access a Corporation in which The Line 100×100of the current mayor john frankcup 21 of the 25 positions.
Franco, in turn, will seek to revalidate an absolute majority that in 2019 led him to be one of the most voted mayors in Spain, with a 67% of the votes for the independent formation with which he became Mayor in 2015. Franco presents as milestones of his management a profound urban transformation and an economic reorganization of municipal accounts, as well as an improvement in public services.
In addition to La Línea 100×100, another six electoral lists will have ballots in the booths on May 28, with five new candidates although three of them with previous government experience.
He People’s Partyfor his part, has entrusted the electoral challenge to Susana Gonzalez, who was a councilor in the first government of Juan Franco (2015-2019) in coalition with the independents. Currently the popular ones have a single mayor in the Corporation, they estimate that they will seek to improve. González has also been coordinator of the Sub-delegation of the Junta in the Campo de Gibraltar and takes over from Juan Carlos Arriaga in her party.
Juan Carlos Valenzuela leads the new local formation Another Line is Possible (OLEP), although Valenzuela was also a councilor in the first government headed by Franco, also in the ranks of the PP.
Fran Dorado He is the only one of the alternative candidates to Franco who repeats. He will do it under the acronym of Andalusia itselfas in the 2019 elections. Voxfor his part, will be represented in the elections by Alvaro Cuadroswhile We can deposit your options in Cristina Sanz.
Ciudadanos and Gil are not running this year in the elections in the city.
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