The Diplomat
The recount of the votes deposited by the Spanish voters residing abroad begins to be counted today and must conclude, at the latest, on the 31st. The recount can affect up to a total of nine deputies at stake, which can alter the majorities who met on Sunday after the general elections of 23J.
Specifically, the ‘popular’, who won the elections with 136 seats, could add another three deputies in Cantabria, Girona and Madrid in the event that the vote known as ‘CERA’ turns out to be favorable, although there is also the possibility of losing another three seats in Salamanca, Teruel and Ceuta.
Taking into account the few votes that separate the parties in these new provinces at stake, the CERA vote could remove a seat from Vox to give it to the PP in Cantabria, while the ‘popular’ would reap a deputy in Girona to the detriment of Junts and in Madrid to the detriment of the PSOE.
In the case of the Socialists, who won 122 seats after the ballot on Sunday, they could keep a deputy for Tarragona, taking it from Junts, and in Salamanca
In the rest of the cases, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife there would be a seat at stake that could go from PSOE to Sumar, while in Teruel, the Teruel Existe platform could snatch a deputy from the PP. In Albacete, the PSOE could lose a seat to Vox.
This final count may be decisive in the majorities necessary to form the next government, since, for example, if the PP seizes the seat from Junts in Girona, the PSOE would need the ‘yes’ from Carles Puigdemont’s party for a hypothetical investiture of Pedro Sánchez, since it would not be worth it just with abstention.
Although the participation of this ‘CERA’ vote is not yet known, it must be taken into account that in these general elections there were a total of 2,325,310 voters residing abroad and who had the possibility of depositing their suffrage in these general elections of 23J. The majority live in Argentina (434,599 people), France (237,599), the United States (157,969), Cuba (152,791) and Germany (142,537).
The Central Electoral Board (JEC) has reminded the boards in charge of the general scrutiny that for this process, the minutes sent by the electoral medas must be consulted, in which the first count carried out in the polls is recorded and not the provincial results. released on election night by the Ministry of the Interior.
