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ISSUE NO. 1744
6 - 12 December 2018
Newspaper in Spain 2017 & 2018
COSTA DE ALMERÍA YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
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Almeria shifts further right THE far-right Vox party has changed the political landscape in Almeria, winning nearly 17 per cent of the vote in Sunday’s elections for the Andalucia regional government and becoming the province’s third most popular political force. The new nationalist party came in first in El Ejido, chosen by more than 29 per cent of voters, and in Roquetas de Mar Vox managed second place. The results in Almeria were the
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SEISMIC: Some commentators described the far-right Vox party’s significant gains in Almeria as a political earthquake. party’s best among the eight Andalucian provinces, and give it 12 representatives in
total in the regional legislature. The significant success of
Voxin Almeria represents a marked shift further right for the traditionally conservative
province. The centre-right Popular Party lost nearly 30,000 votes, although it remains the most voted for political formation overall. PP gained just over 27 per cent of ballots cast, giving it four deputies, one less than in the 2015 elections. The Socialist Party polled the second highest number of votes across the province, just behind the PP on nearly 26 per cent, but was more than 22,000 down on 2015 and now has three deputies, down from five in 2015. Voz squeezed Ciudadanos into fourth position, with just over 16 per cent of the vote and two seats in the Andalucian parliament, up from one last time. The left-wing Adelante Andalucia coalition has just one Almeria representative in the Andalucian parliament after gaining less than 10 per cent of the provincial vote.