Here’s how Madrid’s new parliament would be formed according to exit polls

The Conservative Popular Party (PP) on Tuesday won a large victory in the regional elections in Madrid and could govern alone with the abstention of the far-right Vox, according to polls from Spanish public television (TVE) and the region Autonomous Region of Madrid. (Telemadrid).

According to these surveys, the PP would obtain between 62 and 65 seats, four of the absolute majority and more than double in the 2019 elections. Socialist Party (PSOE), which would remain with a maximum of 28, nine less than in the previous elections, while leftist Más Madrid could have between 21 and 24 MPs compared to the 20 I had so far.

Vox could add up to two more seats, up to 14 – now it has 12-, while United We Can, the formation of Pablo Iglesias, would rebound and take between 10 and 11 against seven in 2019, while the liberal Ciudadanos would remain out of the Parliament in Madrid and lose the 26 MPs he had so far.

If these results are confirmed, Isabel Díaz Ayuso (PP) would renew her functions as President of the Madrid region, improve its results, after an electoral campaign based on its management of the coronavirus pandemic, with much more permissive measures than the rest of the Spanish regions.

Among the most controversial decisions of the regional president is the maintenance of the hotel industry and her opposition to the closure of the perimeter of the region or to prolonged curfews, against the recommendations of the government of socialist Pedro Sánchez.

Madrid polling stations closed at 8:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. GMT) after a day of voting without notable incidents, but with long queues to go to the polls.

Turnout in those elections jumped 11 points from those of 2019, despite taking place for the first time on a working day and amid strong protective measures due to the pandemic.

More than five million citizens were called upon to vote in elections in the region, which is the country’s economic engine and the third largest with the largest population, around 6.7 million.

With information from EFE

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