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Baza Prepares for Andalusian Elections with PP Aiming to Retain Leadership

The Granada town, traditionally socialist, saw the Popular Party surpass the PSOE in the last regional and municipal elections.

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Weeks before the regional elections, Baza is gearing up for another electoral event, where the Popular Party aims to consolidate its victory from the last elections, which marked a shift in the town's historical political trend.

The province of Granada, like the rest of Andalusia, is preparing for the upcoming regional elections on May 17. In this context, the town of Baza stands out as a point of interest, as the Popular Party seeks to revalidate the majority achieved in the previous call, a milestone that, in Baza's case, means maintaining an unprecedented victory this century.
Historically, Baza has been a stronghold of the PSOE. However, in the 2023 municipal elections, the socialist party tied in seats with the PP, leading to an alternation in local government. This situation was replicated in the last regional elections in 2022, when the PP obtained 46.4% of the votes, becoming the most voted force for the first time since 2000, surpassing the PSOE, which secured 25.4%.
In those 2022 elections, the PSOE was closer to Vox, which positioned itself as the third force with 14.8% of the votes. Ciudadanos and Por Andalucía, with approximately 3% of the votes each, took the fourth and fifth positions, respectively. The case of Ciudadanos is notable, as in 2019 it became the second force at the local level, and in 2018, in the regional context, it was also the second most voted party in Baza, with 22.1% of the votes, very close to the PSOE.
The 2018 elections were the last to show some surprise in the results, as previous electoral events in the town usually yielded more predictable scenarios. For example, in 2015, emerging parties like Podemos and Ciudadanos failed to exceed 10% of the votes. That year, the PSOE and the PP concentrated most of the votes, with the PSOE exceeding 40% and the PP obtaining 29%.
A result similar to 2023 was seen in 2012, when the PP and PSOE tied at 42% of the votes, although the PSOE had a slight advantage in total votes. This was the Popular Party's best result in regional elections this century, excluding the most recent one. In 2008, the PSOE won with 49.7% against the PP's 41%, and in 2004 the difference was even greater, with 53% for the PSOE and 31% for the PP, a trend that had been maintained since 2000.
These figures reflect that, as in many Granada municipalities, bipartisanship was the dominant trend in the first decade of the 21st century, with other formations such as IU and the Partido Andalucista alternating in secondary positions, but without coming close to competing with the hegemonic parties.

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