The PSOE won the elections in the Canary Islands again yesterday after being the most voted force, as in the 2015 and 2019 elections, although it is losing strength. Although he resists – he takes out 23 deputies, two less than in 2019 – the Socialists could lose the Government of the islands due to the setback of their partners in the flower pact. Nueva Canarias (NC) and Unidas Podemos lost yesterday, with 50% counted, six seats and although ASG remains at three in 2019, the four formations do not reach the 36 deputies necessary to form a government and reissue the agreement of four years ago . They would add 29 compared to 37 in 2019.
The PP joins the national wave on the islands and is growing strongly in the archipelago. The popular ones achieve 16 deputies, five more than four years ago, partly due to the shipwreck of Ciudadanos that disappears from the Parliament of the Canary Islands. In 2019 he released two. His place is occupied by Vox, who manages to enter the regional Chamber for the first time. Late yesterday, with almost 50% scrutinized, it obtained four deputies.
The rise of the PP is not enough to surprise the Canary Islands Coalition (CC), which remains the second political force in the archipelago while the popular ones remain as third parties. In 2019 the flower pact managed to wrest power from him after 26 years in government and in the last four years it has weakened. Get 19 deputies, one less than in 2019.
CC could return to the government in a pact with the PP, to which Vox or ASG could be added. From the outset it is difficult because the nationalists have insisted in the campaign that they would not enter a government with Vox, but everything is negotiable. CC would also join the PSOE. Tomorrow the pact dance will begin on a very open stage.
