After two weeks of electoral campaign, This Sunday, May 12, the Catalan elections of 2024 will be held: more than 5.7 million Catalans are called to the polls to decide the composition of the new Parliament, which will be in charge of electing the future president of the Generalitat.
The PSC won the last catalan elections, but the agreements between the independence forces ERC, Junts and the CUP allowed the investiture of Pere Aragonès as president. Now, the polls show a clear winner and a favorite candidate, but the governance It will depend on how tight the results and the composition of the Parliament are.
This is everything you need to know Looking ahead to the next 12-M elections in Catalonia:
Candidates and parties: Puigdemont, Illa, Aragonès…
savior Illa (PSOE), Pere Aragonese (ERC), Carles Puigdemont (Junts+), Jessica Albiach (Comuns Sumar), Alejandro Fernandez (PP), Ignacio Garriga (Vox), Carlos Carrizosa (Citizens) and Laia Estrada (CUP) are the candidates of the main parties that currently have representation in the Parliament. Other parties, such as Catalan Alliance either Alhoraaspire to enter the Chamber and be decisive in the post-electoral pacts.
Consult the electoral programs of all the candidates:
Topics that have marked the campaign
The two weeks of campaigning come to an end this Friday and there have been several themes that have marked the events, debates and interviews of the candidates ahead of the May 12 elections: the threat of resignation of Pedro Sánchez and the candidacy of Carles Puigdemontwhat have you done campaign from Francehave made the president of the Government and the former Catalan president two of the proper names of the campaign.
The political proposals and projects, as well as the concerns of citizens, have also marked the discourse and tone towards 12-M: the management of taxes, a tax system reformthe independence demand for a referendumthe drought wave Catalan language They have been other of the great themes of the campaign.
What do the surveys say?
The electoral law establishes that May 7 was the last day to publish electoral polls. In the latest polls published before the elections, the majority of them agree on a clear victory for the PSC in votes and seats, although governability would not be clear.
According to the DYM survey for 20 minutes, the PSC would win the elections and would obtain between 40 and 42 seats, above Together (32-33 deputies) and CKD (24-26 deputies). They would later obtain representation PP (13-14 seats), Vox (9 seats), Common Add (6 seats), the CUP (6 seats) and Catalan Alliance (1-3 seats).
Along the same lines is the latest survey published by the CIS on May 6, which gave victory to the PSC with a percentage of the vote between 29.8% and 33.2%, followed by Junts (15.4-18.1%) and ERC (15.2- 17.9%). The PP would be fourth with 9.6-11.9% of the votes, followed by Vox (5.8-7.5%), Comuns Sumar (5.0-6.7%), the CUP (3, 2-4.6%) and Catalan Alliance (3.0-4.4% of votes).
And then, when will the new Government be formed?
After the elections, the counting of the votes and the confirmation of the final results, the constituent session of the Parliament once the corresponding seats have been assigned: it will be a maximum of 20 business days after receiving the resultsthat is, until June 10.
After that day, in which a president of the Parliament is appointed, a maximum period of two months in which the Autonomous Chamber must invest a president of the Governmentconvening investiture sessions for the candidates who are in a position to achieve majorities.
In the event that the deadline is met without the Parliament having appointed a president of the Government, new elections are calledsomething that will happen, at the latest, on August 10.
How many seats mark the absolute majority?
The Catalan Parliament is made up of 135 seatswhich are distributed as follows: 85 from Barcelona, ​​17 from Girona, 15 from Lleida and 18 from Tarragona.
To achieve the absolute majority In the Catalan elections, it is necessary to obtain at least 68 seats. The regulations also establish an electoral barrier of 3% to enter the Parliament and the distribution of seats according to the d’Hondt formula.
