Overview
- Final results leave the PP on 29 of 33 seats, short of an absolute majority and reliant on Vox to form a stable government and pass budgets.
- The PP and Vox combined vote share reached about 60.08%, an unusually high total for the right in Spain, according to the latest tallies.
- The PSOE suffered steep losses across the region, including a drop of 10,112 votes in Badajoz city, with higher abstention and vote transfers to PP, Podemos and Vox.
- Vox recorded the largest gains in several localities and moved into second place in Badajoz, underscoring its surge in the region.
- With PP–Vox negotiations now pivotal, PSOE leaders rejected calls for an abstention to block Vox, and Pedro Sánchez told his executive that voters will return in the general election.