The left disappears of the entire Parliament of Castilla y León. Both Izquierda Unida and Sumar and Podemos lose the only seat they have held since 2022 and attribute the electoral result to “the grouping of the useful vote in the PSOE.” From Podemos they emphasize the “disastrous result”, while from IU-Sumar they choose to highlight that part of the “working class” of the autonomous community will not have representation in the Cortes.
For their part, the popular ones, who had 31 seats in the regional parliament, rise to 33 and are the most voted force. The Popular Party is followed by the Socialists, who obtain 30 seats compared to the 28 they had in the previous legislature. The third most voted force is Vox, which obtains one more seat (14). The Leonese People’s Union (UPL) keeps its three seats that it already obtained in 2022, Por Ávila continues with one and Soria Now! goes from 3 to 1 seat.
The candidate of Izquierda Unida-Sumar (IU-Sumar) in Castilla y León, Juan Antonio Gascónhas been one of the first to appear before the media after the debacle on the left. The Podemos-IU-Sumar group disappears in these elections and loses the only seat it had in the regional parliament. Gascón regrets the result due to “the accumulation of useful votes in the PSOE due to fear of the extreme right.”
From IU-Sumar they also point out that “the working classes will not be represented in the Cortes” before the victory of the Popular Partythe most voted force in 2026. However, the Castilian leader has advocated for “giving certainty and tranquility and not apologies”, while pointing out that they will continue working for Castilla y León.
Juan Antonio Gascón has indicated that, in the coming days, the formation will analyze the causes of the result obtained, the worst since they were presented in the autonomy, while pointing out that the IU-Sumar candidacy “It is the candidacy of the unity of the left.”
The training led by Miguel Ángel Llamas In Castilla y León it disappears from the regional parliament with a “disastrous result.” Podemos goes from obtaining 53,279 votes in 2022 to 8,859 in 2026. During the media appearance, Llamas has assumed “total responsibility” for the result on this election night: “I apologize for the mistakes I have made.”
On the other hand, Podemos assures that the next few days should consist of “self-criticism.” Furthermore, Llamas wanted to end his speech by highlighting the emerging leaderships that he affirms extend throughout the territory. “The process matters, the transit matters, and at all times we have asked the vote to the best project“, they say from Podemos.
The spokesperson for the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Gabriel Rufianhas been one of the first national leaders of the left to speak out through social networks: “Not doing something (or doing the usual thing) is pure negligence.” The spokesperson also warns about the absence of representation of parties to the left of the PSOE in the recent regional elections.
In February of this year, the ERC candidate for the Congress of Deputies launched a proposal to unite the left in view of the 2027 general elections. Given the electoral result that the leftist formations now obtain in Castilla y León, Rufián urges to mobilize. In his message published on the social network
