Despite securing the most votes in Alicante among foreigners living in the province, the PSPV-PSOE candidate for the Valencian Courts did not stay in the middle of the race. This seat ultimately went to Vox, shifting the balance as the far-right gained five deputies in Alicante and securing María Teresa Ramírez a seat in the regional Parliament. The final tally in the province reflected a composition of fifteen MPs for the People’s Party, eleven for the PSPV, five for Vox, and four for Parliament loyalty. In the foreign vote, the PSPV added 895 votes, while the PP collected 800, Vox 392, Compromís 336, Unides Podem 267, and Ciudadanos 98.
number twelve
At the start of Friday, it was announced that the contested MP would support the Socialists against Vox, thereby elevating the twelfth nomination led by Josefina Bueno. Jose Antonio Diaz Berenguer, a lawyer and associate professor at the University of Alicante Law School, is tied to the Eva Montesinos faction within Alicante socialism. The confusion arose because the PSPV-Vox gap was razor-thin, yet the Socialists won 503 more foreign votes than the far-right party. Still, D’Hondt’s rule allowed Vox to keep its fifth seat for Alicante.
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This final seat in the province had tied to the Vox side for a period. A 283-vote margin separated the PSPV from Vox. The PP was not far behind the far-right and the Socialists, and awaited the foreign vote count for the possibility of adding a 16th MP to the province. That deputy would have represented Ciudadanos in Alicante, according to the State Council, Javier Gutierrez. If that development had occurred, the Populars would have increased to 41 MPs out of 99 in the Valencian Parliament, a level their regional leaders indicated would grant more leverage for governing alone. Carlos Mazón attended two public events on Thursday in Benidorm and Alicante, where he was a prominent figure.
Fifth day
The vote counting on the fifth day clarified the law: the far right gained another seat, and the left could not increase its tally. The result kept the bloc balance tilted toward PP and Vox, holding 53 of the 99 Cortes seats. The Populars stood at 40, with Abascal’s party at 13. PSPV and Compromís together held 46 MPs, comprising 31 Socialists and 15 Valencians. Ciudadanos and Unides Podem exited Parliament in the previous legislature, reducing their representation to a total of four seats out of six groups.