Monday, April 8, is the last day for parties or coalitions running for the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia called for next May 12 to register their candidacies. Some groups such as the PSC and ERC have already made all their lists public, while others have only announced the top positions.
The PSC candidate for 12-M, Salvador Illa, will be accompanied on the electoral list for Barcelona by the spokesperson of the parliamentary group, Alícia Romero, a decision that shows the confidence of the socialist leader in whom he has piloted the negotiations with the rest of the formations. in the Parliament for key agreements of the legislature and budgets with the Government of Pere Aragonès. In third place appears the leader of Units per Avançar, Ramon Espadaler; in fourth place is the deputy specialized in education issues Esther Niubó, and in fifth place is the first secretary of the Parliament's Board. Ferran Pedret. The heads of the lists of Girona, Tarragona and Lleida will be the same as in the last elections: Sílvia Paneque, Rosa Maria Ibarra and Òscar Ordeig, respectively.
Left repeat with Pere Aragonès at the top of the list for Barcelona with Laura Vilagrà second; Laia Cañigueral, for Girona; Marta Vilalta, in Lleida, and Raquel Sans, in Tarragona. Only Cañigueral is new as number one. councilors such as Joan Ignasi Elena (Interior), Ester Capella (Territory), Carles Campuzano (Social Rights) and Tània Verge (Equality and Feminism) are added to the lists. Josep Maria Jové, one of the architects of the 1-O, appears as number three for Barcelona and falls Roger Torrent, current owner of Company, former president of the Parliament and deputy from 2012 until 2021.
Junts all depends on Carles Puigdemont, who has devised a project that goes beyond the borders of training and seeks to add new profiles to his list, Junts Puigdemont per Catalunya. His number two will be Anna Navarro, an entrepreneur specializing in technology. They will almost certainly be joined by other figures such as the President of the Parliament, Anna Erra, that of former councilor Josep Rull, president of the national council of JxCat or that of the former councilor of Economy and Finance Jaume Giró, as well as that of Lluís Puig , Minister of Culture with Puigdemont in the 1-O legislature. For Girona, the number one will be the until now deputy Salvador Vergés; for Tarragona the candidate will be Mònica Sales, and for Lleida, Jeannine Abella.
Vox repeats its candidacy with Ignacio Garriga at the helm, after the good results in 2021 and the consolidation of the Catalan leader in the party structure in Spain. In Barcelona, there is a commitment to continuity with the incorporation as number 6 of Julia Calvet, former president of the S'ha Finish university association. In the provinces, the number one in Lleida is renewed, with Rafael Villafranca.
The CUP presents lists that combine continuity with renewal with candidates from municipalism, social activism or independence. Among those who continue on the lists, Laia Estrada stands out, going from leading the list in Tarragona, where she is from, to Barcelona. She will be accompanied as number two by the Sanboiana Laure Vega, who has been a deputy in the last five months of the legislature. Others who will repeat on the lists are Xavier Pellicer, fourth for Barcelona; Dani Cornellà and Montserrat Vinyets, with one and two for Girona, respectively. Sergi Saladié, who was already a deputy between 2015 and 2018, could also return to the Parliament as number 1 for Tarragona.
The list of Comuns Sumar that will be headed for the second time by Jéssica Albiach presents as the main novelty the presence of the mayor of El Prat de Llobregat, Lluís Mijoler, as number two, which is intended to highlight the environmentalist message and contrary to macroprojects such as the expansion of the airport of Barcelona. The lawyer from the Iridia firm Andrés García Berrio, a human rights specialist, appears as number three, and the deputies Susanna Segovia, David Cid, Enric Bárcena and Núria Lozano repeat, followed by the former mayor of Montcada i Reixac, Laura Campos, and the former deputy in the Alícia Ramos Congress. Ada Colau and Joan Subirats close the list for Barcelona. Yolanda López, deputy for Podem Catalunya, will repeat as head of the list for Tarragona; The deputy in Congress Eloi Badia will head that of Girona, and Elena Ferre that of Lleida.
After the breakdown of negotiations with the PP and after an internal debate in the formation with division of opinions, Ciudadanos competes in the Catalan elections with Carlos Carrizosa as number one for Barcelona, and will be followed by fellow deputy Marina Bravo. A commitment to continuity also in Tarragona with the deputy Matías Alonso. In Girona, Héctor Amelló was also a parliamentarian, and in Lleida Isaac Caballero, a neighborhood leader, joined.
After the arduous debate held in the PP around its number one, Alejandro Fernández heads the poster of the popular Catalans. With good growth expectations, the national leadership has chosen to maintain its electoral poster, regardless of the sustained differences with Alberto Núñez Feijóo. Alejandro Fernández is accompanied in Tarragona by Pere Lluís Huguet, who comes from Ciudadanos and already signed for the popular team in the general elections. In Girona it will be Jaume Veray, a “party” leader and in Lleida there is a commitment to renewal with Montse Berenguer.
