PSOE in Andalusia celebrates its results at 23-J despite a string of three electoral failures

PSOE Andalusia lived on the night of July 23rd as a party, despite its third electoral defeat in 13 months. The Secretary General of the Andalusian Socialists, Juan Espadas, considers the fact that they have stopped the vast majority of PP and Vox to be a success and estimates that last Sunday’s narration, which the Socialist leaders refer to, is what they give at headquarters “be an alternative government and win in the 20 24 European and regional planned for 2026.

This party has had few joys Since the Andalusian Junta’s loss in 2018, the biggest a company from the community, after nearly 37 consecutive years in power. Since then, everything has gotten worse and worse. In June 2022, The People’s Party prevailed with an absolute majority in the independent parliament; In the municipal elections of May 28, the People’s Party of Juan Manuel Moreno consolidated this change and It runs municipal governments in the eight capital cities the presidencies of six of the eight councils; On July 23, the People’s Bench added 25 (another 10 seats) to the Chamber of Deputies, while the Socialist Socialist Party won 21, four fewer. Andalusia is the society that elects the most representatives (61).

Neither PP nor PSOE expected these data. Most Popular: They were hoping to get to thirty based on their polls. And the Socialists hypothetically: They didn’t give a penny to hold on to 25 seats in November 2019, so the four different seats the People’s Party took from them tastes good.

Espadas looks at the 564,224 votes that the Socialist Workers Party of Andalusia has recovered since the independent elections in June 2022, when with him as a candidate for the presidency of the board it gained 888,325 votes, its electoral territory. And he said now: “We are not cheerful, but we are not lost either.” In the municipal elections two months ago, Espadas justified the victory of the People’s Party of Andalusia by “the success of the strategy of harassing Pedro Sánchez”, an argument that is now no longer valid. Some of the dismissed mayors, such as Antonio Muñoz, of Seville, have also sought explanations for their defeat in Pedro Sánchez’s coalition government. This smear strategy has penetrated the municipal authorities. And now the people who remained silent have mobilized and got involved,” he said. Turnout in the general elections in Andalusia was 68.9%, seven and a half points higher than the local elections.

Another electoral argument that has now succeeded and is being destroyed in Andalusia by the Socialist Workers Party is the warning against the People’s Party allying with the extreme right to form the central government. When the federal command launched it, some Andalusian regional officials frowned. They differed in the validity of this message because they had the Andalusian experience very fresh in their memory. About 16% of socialist voters preferred to vote for Juan Manuel Moreno rather than Espadas to prevent Vox from entering the Andalusian government, according to a CIS post-election poll.

But not only did the same thing happen to Pedro Sánchez, it worked for him after PP and Vox reached agreements in various autonomous communities such as Extremadura or the Valencian Community. “The circumstances are different, the moments are different, and now the citizens are very clear about that,” the socialist leader said.

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Espadas disdain for voices demanding leadership changes in PSOE Andalusia. Before his meeting with his regional executive, he stressed that he would maintain his “constructive opposition” to the Andalusian government, although he would raise the level of demand from September. He still believes that the strategy he followed in the Seville City Council when he won the mayoralty is the right way to go, although not everyone in the PSOE shares this view.

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