The first advance of participation in the municipal elections this Sunday indicates that the number of voters who have gone to the polls until 2:00 p.m. has increased by more than one and a half points compared to the elections four years ago, with 36, 70% of voters in all of Spain compared to 35.10% in 2019.
Catalonia leads the drop in participation, 3.4% less than four years ago, while in the Basque Country it has dropped 1.8 points, and in the Autonomous City of Melilla, half a point less.
Among the autonomous communities where there is a greater turnout at the polls compared to four years ago, the difference in the Valencian Community stands out, with 5.17% more participation, followed by La Rioja, with 5.10% more. It has also risen 4.03 points in the Region of Murcia and just over 3 points in Aragón, Asturias, Castilla-La Mancha, Navarra, Madrid and the Balearic Islands.
Below we will tell you how the participation figures have risen or fallen with respect to the 2019 call.
In Andalusiathe participation at this time is 35.09%, compared to 33.36% attendance at the polls, 1.73 points more than in 2019.
In Aragonparticipation has risen compared to 2019, with 40.78% this year, compared to 37.06% then, 3.76 points more.
In Canary Islandswhere barely 25% of the electorate had cast their vote four years ago, 26% have participated before 2:00 p.m. on this 28M, one more point.
In Cantabria participation was lower four years ago, with 38.66%, compared to 40.73% this Sunday, so it has increased by 2.07%.
In Castile and Leon37.94% of voters have participated up to this time, compared to 36.98% who did so four years ago, almost one point more.
Castilla la Mancha, For its part, it has seen participation rise, with 40.95%, compared to 37.59% in the 2019 electoral appointment, a rise of 3.36 points.
In Catalonia however participation has dropped 3.4 points. There, attendance at the polls has fallen from 35.69% in 2019 to 32.30% of this call.
In the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla participation at 2:00 p.m. has been 27.53% and 25.71% respectively, compared to 25.02% and 26.24% in 2019. While in Ceuta it has risen 2.5 points, in Melilla It’s down just over half a point.
Participation has also increased in Navarre, 3.3 points. There, 40.67% of the electorate has already participated, compared to 37.36% in the last call.
And in Madrid Participation at 2:00 p.m. amounted to 38.81%, 3.63% more than in 2019, when until then 35.18% of the electorate had voted. It represents a rise of 3.63 points.
In the Valencian Communityparticipation has been 43.34%, compared to 38.17% in 2019, which represents a rise of 5.17 points.
Estremadura It has also seen voter turnout grow, although only 1.7 points: 41.64% of voters have participated before 2:00 p.m., compared to 39.86% four years ago.
In Galicia Participation has also grown slightly, 1.38 points, with 35.58% compared to 34.20% in 2019.
In Balearic Islands33.27% of voters have already deposited their ballot at the polls, compared to 30.07% who had participated four years ago, which represents a rise of 3.2 points.
The Rioja has seen participation rise significantly, 5.1 points with 43.99% attendance before 2:00 p.m., while in 2019 38.80% had already voted.
The opposite has happened in Basque Countrywhere 35.34% of the electorate has already cast their vote, compared to 37.15% four years ago, which represents a drop of 1.81 points.
He Principality of Asturias It is another of the communities where participation has risen, up to 3.35 points, with 36.17% of votes already deposited in the ballot box, compared to 32.82% who had voted in 2019.
Finally, the Region of Murcia has seen the number of participants rise by up to four points: 40.03%, compared to the 36% who went to the polls in 2019 before 2:00 p.m.
Nearly 35.5 million citizens are called to vote this Sunday for the representatives of some 8,100 municipalities in Spain in a very close election in which 12 autonomous governments are also renewed, in addition to the assemblies of the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla , island councils and other territorial entities. Some highly contested elections and in which political change is at stake in up to seven regions.
Participation in the municipal meetings at 2:00 p.m. in the main cities
% turnout in the 12 most populous cities in the first advance turnout for municipal elections every year since 1991
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Normality has presided over the opening of the polling stations, with 99.98% of the tables constituted without notable incidents. “The day has developed normally,” said the undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior, Isabel Goicoechea, at a press conference.
The key places on this electoral map are the Valencian Community, Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha, La Rioja, Melilla, Cantabria or the Canary Islands, while the cities of Barcelona, Seville and Valencia are also at risk of change.
