Spain’s Socialists have opened their campaign for the snap parliamentary election on 29 November in Seville. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called on his supporters to mobilise at a rally. The mayor of La Rinconada, Javier Fernández de los Ríos, also campaigned there for a high turnout. He leads the Socialists in the Province of Seville.
The appearance took place on 12 November, just hours before the official start of the campaign. According to the election decree, it began on 13 November and ends on 27 November. Sánchez announced the snap election on 5 October. Voters will elect the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.
La Rinconada is in Seville province and is governed by a Socialist mayor. In the Andalusian regional election on 17 May, his party remained the strongest force there but lost vote share. According to data from the regional government published by RTVE, the Socialists received 32.2 per cent. The conservative People’s Party received 27.1 per cent, Adelante Andalucía 14.9 per cent and Vox 10.3 per cent. Turnout was 67.9 per cent.
In the 2022 regional election, the Socialists had still received 38.8 per cent in La Rinconada. However, their absolute number of votes rose slightly, according to results published by El País: from 6,989 to 7,006. At the same time, more people voted in 2026. The result of the regional election does not directly indicate how the municipality will vote in the national election.
Across Seville province as a whole, by contrast, the Conservatives came out ahead in the regional election. According to the official result published by the Andalusian electoral authority, they won eight seats in the regional parliament there, and the Socialists five. Across the region, the People’s Party fell short of an absolute majority of seats.
For the election to the Congress of Deputies, Seville province forms a constituency of its own. According to the election decree, 12 MPs will be elected there. Voters choose closed party lists, whose order they cannot change. For the Senate, by contrast, they vote for individual candidates.
The People’s Party also opened its campaign on 12 November. Its leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo appeared in Badalona, near Barcelona, and called for political change. In Seville, Sánchez defended his government’s housing policy, among other things.
Editor: Phillipe Schmidt-Araguin (Article created with AI assistance).