Since 1985 Cornellà de Llobregat has had a PSC mayor. First it was José Montilla and then, since 2004, Antonio Balmón, who on Sunday faces his fifth electoral revalidation with the aim of reissuing his absolute majority. His political adversaries – there are eleven candidates in the running – will try to break the socialist political hegemony in the heart of Baix Llobregat. But they won’t have it easy. To do so, the results should vary greatly compared to 2019: the PSC got 14 councilors and ERC, the second most voted force, four.
In this campaign, the PSC talks about aspects such as, for example, measures against unwanted loneliness and during its mandate it has fought against the perception of insecurity by creating night watchmen and reinforcing the Guà rdia Urbana. The Socialists are also betting on creating some 3,000 subsidized homes before the year 2030. Adding those promoted by private companies, a growth of more than 4,800 floors is structured. His plans also include rehabilitating apartments in the Sant Ildefons neighborhood.
89,039 residents already live in Cornellà and some environmental groups, such as the Ribera-Salinas platform, oppose some urban plans.
Raquel Albiol is the ERC candidate, who is running with Esquerra Unida i Alternativa. In the central act of her electoral campaign, she affirmed that May 28 is an opportunity to “say goodbye to the absolute majority of speculation and clientelism.”
On the right and center right there are several voting alternatives. Ciudadanos, currently with three councilors, presents Daniel MartÃnez as a candidate. But he will have to fight with the PP, Valents and Vox.
There is also division to the left of the PSC: En Comú Podem, led by Claudio Carmona; and Podemos, by Mari Carmen López, are presented separately. Although the Socialists did not need them as they had an absolute majority, this mandate incorporated En Comú into the municipal government. Carmona has been deputy mayor. Both spaces were tied to two councilors in 2019.
