Vox has managed to keep its only deputy in the Basque Parliament and thus retain representation for the next legislature. The far-right formation has improved its results and has added more than 3,000 votes compared to the last elections in 2020, reaching more than 21,000 ballots.
For the first time since Vox began to have representation, the party led by Santiago Abascal could be left out of an institution in which it was already present, but Amaia Martínez, who already obtained more than 4,700 votes in 2020, has managed to improve her results and repeat as deputy for Álava.
Two months ago, the party led by Santiago Abascal failed to obtain representation in the Galician Parliament despite gaining more than 5,000 votes, but after the elections in Euskadi in which it maintains its seat, Vox achieves a respite in the face of the Catalan elections of the next 12-M.
In total, Vox has obtained a total of 21,291 votes, which represents a total of 2.04%, thus exceeding the figure from four years ago (1.96%). In Álava, where it has obtained its only deputy, Vox has obtained 5,623 votes, exceeding by more than half a point the 3% necessary to have representation for this district. In Gipúzkoa, where he obtained 4,020 votes in 2020, the figure improves by more than a thousand votes. Finally, the far-right party has obtained 10,601 votes in Bizkaia, also surpassing the ballots it collected in the previous elections.
The increase in votes and seats of the Popular Party in these elections (more than 30,000 votes and 1 more deputy) has not prevented Vox from maintaining its seat, thus validating the strategy of Abascal’s party during the campaign, where it raised the tone against of the PP accusing them of “moving like the PNV and talking like the PNV.”
Although no poll guaranteed them a seat, the loss of the party’s only deputy in the Basque Parliament would have been a severe political setback for the party leader, Santiago Abascal, who was born in Álava and began his political career in Euskadi. However, the retention of the seat and the increase in votes represents an improvement compared to the last elections, where he did not manage to enter the Galician Parliament and lost 19 seats in the last general elections in 2023.
Santiago Abascal, visibly happy in his appearance after the results, assured that “Vox is not a fad”, and has celebrated “the growth and endurance” of his training. “It is the seed of reconquest,” Abascal assured. However, the leader of Vox has regretted that the results “are bad for Spain.”
At her side, and after the cries of “only Vox left” from those present at the headquarters, Amaia Martínez thanked Vox voters and representatives for their “trust” and promised them that she would “defend their voice.”
Amaia Martínez, the only Vox deputy in the Basque Parliament, is 56 years old and is a journalist, with a degree in Information Sciences from the University of the Basque Country and before becoming a deputy she ran a gun store with her partner.
