After more than two decades at the head of the town hall of Villanueva de la Serena (Badajoz), where he was born on June 8, 1974, the socialist candidate in the Extremadura elections, Miguel Ángel Gallardo, saw this Sunday how much his party has suffered. a disaster … huge in his own city.
With 100% of the votes counted, Villanueva severely punished his former mayor and chose the PP as the first political force: the socialists barely obtained 30.58% of the votes, far from the 38.65% of the Popular Party. Behind Vox, which obtained 18.95% of the votes and Podemos, 8.56%.
Gallardo’s training lost almost 20 points Regarding the results of 2023, when the PSOE was the first force obtaining 50.1% of the votes and the PP remained at 33.4%.
Gallardo first became mayor of Villanueva de la Serena, a city in the Las Vegas Altas region with a population of 25,773. in 2003thus returning local power to the PSOE after eight years in opposition.
He remained at the head of this municipal council for six legislatures with successive absolute majorities. On March 20, 2024, he left the town hall in the hands of the deputy mayor, Ana Belén Fernández.
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