US EditionSpanish voters go to polls in close-run Galicia election
- Polls are open for closely contested elections in Spain's Galicia region, dominated by the People's Party, with 2.7 million voters summoned.
- The conservatives are expected to win over left-wing parties in the election, seen as a measure of the country's stance on amnesty laws and the incumbent's legacy.
- Turnout is crucial, with regional polls historically experiencing high abstention rates, and 18% of voters residing abroad.
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The turnout in the Galician elections at 17.00 is 49.17%, with almost 100% of the polls communicating. The figure for this Sunday afternoon is six points higher than the last three electoral calls: in 2020 it was 43%, in 2016 it was 42.5% and in 2012 it was also 42.5%. In 2009, the most contested recent elections, it was 49.3%. In 2005, the year of the victory of the bipartisan party formed by PSdeG and BNG, the figure at this time reached 46.7%…
Polling stations open for tight election in Spain’s Galicia region - La Prensa Latina Media
Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Feb 18 (EFE).- Polls were open on Sunday for what is expected to be one of the most closely contested elections in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region in the past 15 years. Some 2.7 million voters have been summoned, of whom more than 18% live abroad – many of them in Latin America – to elect a new parliament and president of the region which has for decades been dominated by the People’s Party (PP). The conservati…
29.300 gallegos en el extranjero han emitido su voto, un 6,15% del total
Un total de 29.300 gallegos residentes en el extranjero han votado en estas elecciones autonómicas de 2024, lo que supone un 6,15% de los 476.514 que forman parte del Censo Electoral de los Residentes Ausentes (CERA). Así lo ha confirmado el director xeral de Emerxencias, Santiago Villanueva, en rueda de prensa este domingo en el Centro de Datos de la Xunta instalado en San Caetano. Los resultados de este voto, que por primera vez después de tre…
A total of 29,300 Galicians living abroad have voted in these regional elections of 2024. The figure, which was confirmed at a press conference by the general director of Emergencies, Santiago Villanueva, represents 6.15% of the 476,514 that are part of the Electoral Census of Absent Residents (CERA). Four years ago, in 2020, 5,404 people had voted, just 1.17%. In 2016, the figure stood at 10,777 (2.41%). And in 2012, 12,954 (3.26%). During thos…
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