No 971 Monday 15th - Sunday 21st May 2023
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PIOC EXPECTED TO PICK UP SEATS ACCORDING TO INDEPENDENT SURVEY 2
11
3
COMPARISON WITH 2019 ELECTIONS PP
+2
PSOE
=
PIOC
+1
VOX
=
CAMBIEMOS PODEMOS -1
C’s 2
1
-2
Opinion Poll forecasts PP victory in Orihuela According to a poll carried out between May 5 and 9, 2023, by Demoscopia y Servicios for the Spanish digital newspaper El Diario, in the Orihuela Municipal elections the Partido Popular (PP) would increase the number of their councillors to 11 while the ruling PSOE would remain at 6. Ciudadanos would take 3 seats, a loss of 2 councillors from their current 5, Vox would remain at 2, while the Cambiemos/Podemos coalition would also lose 1 seat, holding just 2. However, according to the poll, the surprise entry would be the independentistas from the coast, PIOC Orihuela Costa Independence Party, a party that advocates independence of the Orihuela Costa, which would achieve 1 councillor by obtaining 5.7% of the votes. So, if the poll is to be believed, once again the forming Orihuela government would need to be made up of a coalition. Following two indecisive legislatures and two mayors Emilio Bascuñana of the PP and Carolina Gracia of the PSOE - and change of alliances with Ciudadanos acting as the constant, the outcome of the election would force new agreements. The PP would win the election again with its new leader, José Vegara, and would improve it’s result by increasing from 9 to 11 councillors with 38.9% of the votes, 4.8 points more than what it obtained in 2019. However José Vegara would remain two councillors from an absolute majority, but unlike 2019, this time with the support of the two Vox councilors -13, he would achieve an absolute majority, unless of course, all other parties opposed his appointment as mayor.
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