Overview
- Extremadura delivered a sharp setback for the PSOE, which fell from about 40% to 26% of the vote and lost 10 of its 28 seats as Vox roughly doubled its representation.
- Cuca Gamarra declared the result "the beginning of the end" for Pedro Sánchez’s project, with the PP pointing to upcoming votes in Aragón on 8 February, Castilla y León on 15 March and Andalucía in June.
- María Guardiola’s path to governing Extremadura runs through a deal with Vox, underscoring that PP control in several regions will hinge on agreements with Santiago Abascal’s party.
- PSOE figures acknowledge unease but insist Sánchez remains the party’s main asset, as he fields close allies as regional candidates including Pilar Alegría in Aragón, María Jesús Montero in Andalucía and Carlos Martínez in Castilla y León.
- The Supreme Court has blocked applying the amnesty to Carles Puigdemont and Oriol Junqueras, keeping key pro-independence leaders out of play while further judicial decisions are anticipated in early 2026.