The vote from abroad, that is, from the Census of Absent Resident Spaniards (CERA), could undo an eventual absolute majority of the so-called tripartite, that is, the sum of the PSC, ERC and Comuns Sumar, which with the recount of the election count Parliament of Catalonia held yesterday is precisely at the 68 seats that mark this milestone.
In Lleida, Junts, which has won the district by ten points, is only 761 votes away from winning its sixth deputy to the detriment of the PSC, which would go from having four to three seats in the province.
If this were to happen, the socialists would be left with 41 deputies in the general count instead of the 42 they currently have, which added to the 20 of Esquerra and the six of the commons would leave them with 67 deputies. One seat away from the absolute majority. In fact, this seat was dancing throughout the count yesterday, but at the last minute it ended up opting for the PSC.
In any case, the possibility of finally re-editing a tripartite in Catalonia similar to those that occurred in the first decade of the century is remote after the Esquerra candidate and acting president, Pere Aragonès, indicated last night that ERC would become the opposition.
In Catalonia as a whole, 24,233 people have used this type of vote in yesterday’s elections, as explained last Saturday by the vice president of the Government, Laura Vilagrà, something more than in previous electoral processes due to the disappearance of the requested vote.
Once received, the CERA vote – these voters had until May 7 to vote by mail or until the 9th to deposit their ballot in the consular sections – is counted five days after the elections, which is when according to the Electoral Law (LOREG), the general scrutiny of the votes cast on election day is carried out. This new count that will reveal the final result will take place on May 17 at 8:00 a.m.
