Overview
- Final tally: PP 29 seats, Vox 11, PSOE 18 and Unidas por Extremadura 7, leaving the conservatives four short of an absolute majority.
- Vox more than doubled its 2023 representation to 11 deputies and neared 20% of the vote, overtaking the PSOE in Badajoz and dozens of other municipalities, according to post‑election analyses.
- Guardiola celebrated victory but acknowledged she needs Vox’s support or an abstention for investiture, a scenario PP leaders note is arithmetically sufficient.
- PSOE candidate Miguel Ángel Gallardo called the result the party’s worst in the region and postponed any resignation, convening the regional executive for a “cold” internal review as high abstention was noted.
- National PP leadership met to dissect the outcome and its 2026 implications after the standalone December vote, which followed a budget impasse that prompted the early call.