{"id":447694,"date":"2026-03-16T12:39:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/03\/16\/spagna-il-partito-popolare-trascina-la-destra-a-un-risultato-storico-54-per-cento-in-castiglia-e-leon\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:18:06","slug":"spanish-elections-peoples-party-leads-the-right-to-a-historic-result-with-54-per-cent-in-castile-and-leon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/03\/16\/spanish-elections-peoples-party-leads-the-right-to-a-historic-result-with-54-per-cent-in-castile-and-leon\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish elections: People\u2019s Party leads the right to a historic result, with 54 per cent in Castile and Le\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 The People\u2019s Party (PP) made gains, Vox advanced \u2013 though not as much as expected \u2013 and the Socialists held their ground. The polls in Castile and Le\u00f3n \u2013 a stronghold of the Spanish right, given that the PP has governed the region continuously since 1987 \u2013 have marked a slight but significant shift in the political trend that has characterised recent Spanish elections. Elections yesterday<\/a> (15 March) saw the victory of the People\u2019s Party (PP) led by the outgoing governor Alfonso Fern\u00e1ndez Ma\u00f1ueco, propelling the entire right-wing bloc to a record high of 54 per cent. <\/strong><\/p>\n

With 35.5 per cent of the vote, the PP won 33 seats<\/strong>, two more than in the 2022 election. Meanwhile, the right-wing Vox party also advanced, though without achieving the expected breakthrough: the party secured 18.9 per cent of the vote, winning 14 seats<\/strong> \u2013 one more than in the previous legislature \u2013 but falling short of its most ambitious projections. On the other side of the political divide, predictions that the Spanish Socialist Workers\u2019 Party (PSOE) was certain to suffer a crushing defeat proved to be wrong. Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez\u2019s party held its ground, securing 30.8 per cent of the vote and gaining two seats, thus increasing its total from 28 to 30 seats out of a total of 82.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 A victory now appears likely for Ma\u00f1ueco, one that will require a delicate political balancing act: on the one hand, he will need Vox\u2019s support to secure a new term; on the other, he will inevitably have to engage in dialogue with the PSOE, despite his continued categorical rejection of Madrid\u2019s national policy. \u201cWe will have to engage in dialogue, but we have already made it clear with whom we will not reach an agreement. Castile and Le\u00f3n will be a region free from Sanchism,\u201d the governor proclaimed during the celebrations.\n<\/p>\n

Despite the PP\u2019s lead, the Socialists can breathe a sigh of relief following the setbacks they suffered recently in Aragon in February 2026 and in Extremadura in December 2025. On those occasions, the PSOE suffered a clear defeat whilst Vox capitalised on overwhelming support, doubling its representation in Aragon and increasing its seats from 5 to 11 in Extremadura<\/strong>. The right-wing opposition now hopes that this positive momentum \u2014 to be confirmed in the upcoming election in Andalusia scheduled for June \u2014 will confirm the irreversible crisis of the central government and force S\u00e1nchez to resign before his term naturally expires in 2027.\n<\/p>\n

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez congratulated  Ma\u00f1ueco on X<\/a> but immediately highlighted the significance of the result, saying he was “proud of Carlos Mart\u00ednez M\u00ednguez,” the Socialist candidate for the Regional Government, because in his view, “he has shown that our party is the only alternative for change.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The right-wing party Vox emerged stronger from the polls; although it failed to achieve the expected breakthrough, it secured 18.9 per cent of the vote and 14 seats \u2013 one more than in the previous legislature. Predictions of a crushing defeat for the PSOE proved wrong: Prime Minister S\u00e1nchez\u2019s party secured 30.8 per cent of the vote and gained two seats, increasing its total from 28 to 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7896,"featured_media":447658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25708],"tags":[33365,33366,33364,11101,28890,7816,1889,19320],"class_list":["post-447694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-alfonso-fernandez-manueco","tag-carlos-martinez-minguez","tag-castiglia-e-leon","tag-pedro-sanchez","tag-popular-party-en","tag-psoe","tag-spain","tag-vox"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7896"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447695,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447694\/revisions\/447695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}