Catalan pro independence parties grow in MPs, % and votes

The Spanish snap elections have been a setback for pro Spanish parties in Catalonia. Between April 2019 and November 2019 they lose 282,000 votes. The parties who demand a referendum grow from 54,28 % to 57,85 %. Catalonia’s Republican Left wins again the elections in Catalonia for the second time. In spite of this they lose 150,000 votes. The turnout as 72 %, a drop of 5 points respect April (77 %). Meanwhile Together for Catalonia wins moret han 26,000 votes and the Candidacy for Popular Unity almost 131,000. This is the biggest win of all the Catalonia’s parties. Spanish right forces lose 83,000 votes in Catalonia (from 829,000 to 745,000) and the Spanish ruling party, the Socialist one, loses 171,000 votes: from 23 % to 20 %. With this the difference between ERC and PSOE is even bigger than in April.

Catalan pro independence parties win in 36 out of 42 Catalan regions and in 863 out of 942 villages meaning a 91,61 %. This is the biggest victory of pro independence parties ever in a Spanish elections where usually pro annexionists parties get better scores. CUP wins 2 MPs, the same that ERC loses but Together for Catalonia wins a MP as well as a Senator and pro independence parties grow from 22 to 23 MPs and get 14 out of the 16 senators of Catalonia. In spite of the final results (the vote abroad is still to be counted) pro independence parties grow from 1,634,986 votes to 1,642,063 in only seven months. In the other side PSOE, PP, Vox and C’anos lose from 1,791,416 to 1,536,283. The forces who are not clear around independence (but whose candidate was a pro independence person) but defend a referendum keep a 15 %.