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Left Maintains Stronghold in Los Palacios and Villafranca in Andalusia Municipal Elections

The blue sea seems to have stained the map of Andalusia, however, the Left has remained strong in Los Palacios and Villafranca at the hands of with Andalusiahaving reached the absolute majority with a total of 9,371 and 11 councilors.

He PSOE he relinquished control of the Left and was left with only three councilors and 2,769 votes. He PPFor his part, he is left with seven councilors, taking all the weight of the Right and leaving Ciudadanos and Vox without councilors.

Municipal elections in Los Palacios and Villafranca

Los Palaces and Villafranca have been throughout their history PSOE stronghold indisputable. The socialists have had the rod of command between 1991 and 2011. Sixteen consecutive years and five terms of absolute majority. However, in the municipal elections twelve years ago IULV-CA turned these historic results upside down and managed to unseat the palatial City Hall from Antonio Maestremayor since 2004, and remove the socialists from the local government after years of power.

In the 2011 elections, socialism lost all the strength it had historically had in the municipality and ended up ceding power to Juan Manuel del Valle (IULV-CA). In these elections, 1,041 votes separated the PSOE from the left-wing federation that managed to reach the palace command and break with the hegemony of the 16 socialist years.

In the 2015 municipal elections in Los Palacios there was another historic result and Juan Manuel del Valle revalidated the local government, even achieving an absolute majority with 10,340 supports54.11% of the total valid votes cast in the municipality.

In the 2019 elections, Valle repeated the absolute majority by obtaining 11 of the 21 councilors, 48.51% of the votes. This time he did it under the umbrella of the formation Left and Progress-Izquierda Unida Andalucia-Adelante (Forward). Participation in Los Palacios and Villafranca in 2019 was 64.13%, 2 points less than that reached in 2015: 66.32%, 14% less than in 2011: 78.81%.

The number of people who exercised their right to vote was 18,667. Abstention rose to 35.87%. There were 227 invalid votes and 162 blank.

Results of the municipal elections in the towns of Seville, 2023

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