PP retains Galicia, PSOE collapses in initial count

The PP retains Galicia and crushes the PSOE

Absolute majority. The initial count confirms it: the PP keeps Galicia, while the PSOE crashes. The first reading, with just 0.68% of votes counted, pointed clearly in that direction, and the rest of the tally only confirmed it. Feijóo’s party holds firm. Their rivals do not. One uncomfortable nuance must not be swept aside: the PP also loses, starting with two fewer seats in the initial stages. The victory is theirs; the cost is, too.

What the initial tally stages revealed

The count began with a scene few expected. Vox, a secondary actor in Galicia until now, appeared on the verge of overtaking the PSOE. It did not happen in the known stages, but the image of the moment is worth more than any poll: right-wing tactical voting concentrated, while the socialist space bled from two fronts simultaneously.

The reaction was swift. “The PP sinks two seats, 1.77%,” someone summarized, prioritizing coverage over epic framing. The dominant reading was different: absolute majority for the PP and an opposition in a difficult position to hide. No overtakes or upheavals.

Some warned, right from the start, of a detail these live counts always reveal: the first stage’s result looks too much like the final one. Distrust of live election night reporting is a classic, repeated here with precision.

Has voters shifted from one block to another?

No, according to the numbers circulating during the count. The center-right block remained at 50.6% of the vote, while the left block stayed at 48%. The blocks barely moved: any transfer, if it exists, was internal.

The only relevant shift was within that perimeter. Voters who had backed the PSOE and Podemos opted this time for the BNG, which grew to 25 seats, adding one more MP for Lugo. The flight was not toward the right, but toward a party to its left.

Hence the calculation circulating in commentary: a 28.5% drop in the socialist tally compared to the previous benchmark. A decline that, in such rigid block politics, translates into parliamentary irrelevance faster than it appears.

The BNG grows, and Galician voters stay in Galicia

The nationalist rise has its own explanation. “People vote for what they believe is best for Galicia, not for Spanish speculations,” one message argued. The underlying point is that Galician voters reward or punish based on regional, not state, terms.

That thesis has a flip side: if the BNG keeps growing, the region could end up with a nationalist-leaning government, a scenario already seen in the Basque Country and once thought closed.

Uncertainty that never arrives

One of the night’s most discussed moments came not from polling stations, but from a microphone. Cadena SER journalist Àngels Barceló described the result as the most open in memory, speaking of total uncertainty. The problem is that polls and available data pointed to an PP absolute majority well before.

Criticism of that kind of coverage did not go unnoticed: some outlets no longer report, they broadcast the narrative that suits whoever pays. Viewers who swallow without chewing end up surprised by results that had been written for weeks.

“The PP and PSOE are the same”: the vote that doesn’t move

The most repeated conclusion on the margins of the count was that alternation changes nothing. Some argue both parties manage the same framework, with the same laws and commitments, and that voting blank is more honest than choosing between two labels.

On the other side, the counterargument: it is not comparable a party that governs with partners like Bildu, Podemos, Sumar, or Puigdemont to one that does not. And the reproach to the right is no less: they are accused of not repealing any socialist law when they had a majority, nor touching electoral law to correct the weight of regional parties.

What neither side disputes is that the underlying agenda continues. Galicia has voted, the map has shifted slightly, and the structures shaping the country’s economic policy remain intact. With these numbers, a deep shift in the PSOE’s strategy would be reasonable. Reasonable rarely happens.