The Multiple Spanish Elections of April and May 2019: The Impact of Territorial and Left-right Polarisation

Pablo Simón

South European Society and Politics, 2020, vol. 25, issue 3-4, 441-474

Abstract: This article analyses the 2019 local, regional, European and April general elections in Spain. The constitutional crisis in Catalonia in 2017, the motion of no-confidence leading to the new Socialist government and the emergence of a radical right-wing party, VOX, all led to Spanish politics becoming more polarised. This paper also discusses polarisation from both the left-right and the territorial perspectives, intimately linked in Spain both for historical reasons but also because of agency decisions during the period analysed. Finally, the article shows the electoral results, government formation processes and political implications of polarisation in a non-institutionalised party system.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2020.1756612

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