Maria del Mar Vazquez (PP) She is mayor-elect of Almería. And also, the first woman to win an election in the capital. He faced the same challenge as his predecessor. Ramón Fernández-Pacheco took the lead without having won the elections after the departure of Luis Rogelio Rodríguez-Comendador. The popular needed to endorse his leadership by becoming strong at the polls. And the day has come. And how. Big door.
Not even in his wildest dreams did the number 15 appear. The second best results of the PP in the history of the city and a number of councilors that had not been reached since 2011 (when there were 18). And as then, the PP will work calmly, without the (sometimes tense) negotiations that the party was engaged in in the last elections.
María Vázquez has earned the trust of one in two voters in Almeria capital. The PP has improved its results by 5 points, achieving 48% of the support.
And it is that the vast percentage that has lost the PSOEwhich has left six thousand votes and 7% of the support along the way. Adriana Valverde, the socialist candidate, has taken another blow. Second time as a candidate and second defeat, although this one is tougher.
The PSOE of Almería capital continues to crash. Its figures are just a reflection of the internal crisis that has been going on for years in the most important city of the province. But far from solving them, each year they increase. You should make them watch the game because the setback suffered at the provincial level cries out for a severe renovation.
Vox doubles councilors
about VOXAlthough it may not seem like it, it carries a certain surprise. And it is that it doubles his presence in the city council. Juan Francisco Rojas, his candidate, has won votes from all sections and will take four councilors to plenary. Of course, he will not have much decision-making power in the capital’s politics.
The party with the least representation will be with Andalusia. He will provide a new mayor and wise man with Alejandro Lorenzo López at the helm after the expulsion of Carmen Mateos, who has not been represented with Almería Suma +.
Two farewells from the plenary
He also says goodbye Citizens. The match Rafael Burgos he has followed the constant and irremediable dynamics of his own at the national level. he was fighting to maintain representation and was incredulous at the results.
And who also disappears from the front line of Almería politics is Miguel Cazorla. After his expulsion of citizens, he returned with Almería Avanza, but he has not obtained the claimed credit. He was a government partner of the Popular Party in the last two legislatures.
The first blow of María Vázquez
María Vázquez’s first blow came when preparing the list with which he presented himself to them. The remodeling of his team was important. Important faces such as Juanjo Alonso, until recently first deputy mayor, and even Carlos Sánchez, who came from the last teams formed by Luis Rogelio, were left out.
María del Mar Vázquez obviously wanted to surround herself with the team that, in her opinion, is more prepared to face the problems and concerns of the city and the people of Almeria for the next four years.
The polls have proved his way of dealing with them right. Ahead is the largest challengemake Almería get rid of certain problems and head towards new successes.
The recent history of the elections in Almería
With this victory, the PP forces its eighth consecutive victory at the polls in the capital. The blue formation has been unstoppable since 1995. Although it is true that even having won in 1999, the pact between PSOE and IU left the socialist Martínez cabrejas as mayor. But since 2003, the blue government has been uninterrupted in the capital.
Its maximum expression was experienced in the 2011 elections with the 18 councilors and the overwhelming absolute majority obtained by the team of Luis Rogelio Rodríguez-Comendador, that he would win the elections again with 13 councilors (the number of councilors most repeated by the popular in Almería) in 2014. But Luis Rogelio would not end up as mayor this legislature. He took a step to the side so that Ramón Fernández-Pacheco took another in front. He took the command rod without having won the elections, but he did it in 2015. The result: another 13 councillors. The magic number of the popular in the capital.
Those were the elections of the Cazorlazo. PSOE, IU and Ciudadanos negotiated to come to power through a pact, but the day that Fernández-Pacheco was to be appointed as mayor, the national leadership of the orange party prevented Miguel Cazorla from sealing the pact “because the party that I wouldn’t have won the election.”
Fernández-Pacheco would arrive at the 2019 elections as the favorite in the polls. And, of course, he repeated the number of councilors. It was 13 again. And as it happened with Louis Rogelio at the time, Fernández-Pacheco announced his departure and it was María del Mar Vázquez who assumed the mayor’s office. He had to face his first general election.
And, for the first time, two women saw each other’s faces in PP and PSOE. María Vázquez and Adriana Valverde were playing to be the new mayoress of Almería.
But the PSOE resists the capital. It was his during the first democratic years. The first mayor of Almería capital after Franco was the socialist Santiago Martinez Cabrejas, who would rule for a long period. From 1979 to 1991. His victory in 1983 was also sounded, adding 18 councilors.
In 1991, Fernando Martinez He took command of the PSOE in the capital and repeated the successes of Martínez Cabrejas, obtaining twelve councilors and winning the elections. But that was the end of the socialist era in the Almería City Council. Since 1995, almost 30 years ago, the PSOE has been unable to win the elections in the capital.
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