EH Bildu is once again the leading force in Gipuzkoa and relegates the PNV to second place
eh Bildu has once again been the leading force in Gipuzkoaafter obtaining eleven parliamentarians, two more than four years ago, and relegates the PNV, which has obtained nine seats, to second place.
The socialists have increased their representation to four parliamentarians, one more than in 2020, while the PP retains its seat and no other party obtains a seat in this territory. This electoral Sunday, the Abertzale coalition has managed to clearly win in Gipuzkoa, where it was not the leading force in the regional elections since 2012. EH Bildu has obtained 30,274 more votes than four years ago, raising the total sum to 136,301 (40.28%), which gives it eleven seats. In this territory, EH Bildu is 1,360 votes away from winning the last parliamentarian, now in the hands of the PSE-EE.
The sovereigntist coalition, which has achieved its greatest support in some regional elections, has given the ‘sorpasso’ to the PNV in this Territory, which has surpassed by 28,778 votes, since the jeltzales have obtained 107,523 votes (31.78%)around 2,000 less than four years ago when it achieved 109,554, so it is left with nine seats, one less.
EH Bildu has managed to surpass the PNV in Gipuzkoa in the last electoral elections, both in the municipal and regional elections of 2023 and in the general elections last year. Specific, The sovereigntist coalition has already been closing the gap with the Jeltzales since the last regional elections, in which it came in second position with 106,027 votes.only 3,527 ballots from the PNV.
Three years later, in the municipal and regional elections, the sovereigntist coalition “sped up“and was the force with the most votes in this territory, while the jeltzale formation dropped to second place.
In the municipal elections, EH Bildu won with 122,911 votes, compared to 94,598 for the PNV and 55,006 for the Basque socialists. Meanwhile, in the General Meetings, EH Bildu was the winning party with 120,587 votes, followed by PNV with 105,460 and PSE with 51,596.
Although PNV and PSE-EE govern the City Council of the capital of Gipuzkoa with an absolute majority, in the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, they needed a popular vote to form a government, to unseat the EH Bildu candidate, Maddalen Iriarte. Months later, in the call for general elections in July, EH Bildu was the winner in the Territory after collecting 117,321 votes, well above the PNV, with 87,709 ballots, which came in third place, after the PSE, for which 85,026 Gipuzkoans voted. .
He PNV has usually been the first force in Gipuzkoa. In 1980 it won first place, followed by HB and PSE, as well as in 1984, with the socialists and the formation of the nationalist left in second and third place. It remained a hegemonic force also in 2001 and 2005, –in elections in coalition with EA– and later in 2016 and 2020. However, the party now led by Andoni Ortuzar was only surpassed in Gipuzkoa in 1986 by EA — whose victory dropped him to fourth place– and by EH Bildu in 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2012. For its part, EA won in 1986.
The socialists have gained one more seat, up to four, after winning 45,887 votes (13.56%)7,092 more than in the 2020 regional elections. For its part, the PP has also improved its support in votes, going from 14,086 (4.68%) to 21,722 (6.42%) and maintains its representative.
Elkarrekin Podemos has lost two seats, just those that EH Bildu has managed to increase, after the purple coalition has been penalized by the division of the confederal left and has only achieved 2.18% of the votes (7,384) compared to 7.17% of four years ago (21,568).
For its part, Sumar, with whom they did not reach an agreement to participate in a coalition, has not won a seat for this Territory and has received 10,479 votes (3.1%). Vox has not won a seat either with 5,122 votes (1.5%).
