Las elections in Extremadura They were held this Sunday normally, although with low participation compared to 2023. Nearly 900,000 Extremadurans were called to decide their future at the polls in unprecedented elections, as they were the first to be called in advance and separated from the rest of the autonomies.
From their votes will come the 65 representatives of the regional Assembly for a period, presumably, of four years, as well as the future government of the region. These are the best images of a day in which the main candidates have called for participation despite the cold and the threat of rain:
Polling stations open normally
The ballots, placed first thing in the morning in a school in Plasencia. EFE/ Eduardo Palomo
As planned, the Polling stations in Extremadura have opened at 9.00 in the morning without notable incidents. There they are called nearly 900,000 citizens with the right to vote to choose between the different ballots. Currently, the only ones that have representation in the Assembly of Extremadura are the PSOE, PP, Vox and Unidas por Extremadura.
Constitution of a polling station at the Suaárez Somonte School in Mérida EFE/ Jero Morales
At the moment before the constitution of the polling stations, at 08.00 in the morning, some sleepy and cold faces have been seen among their members, who have received an instruction manual on how to proceed.
Instruction manual for the people who make up the polling stations Javier Cintas Javier Cintas / Europa Press
Get up early and find the polling station
A man votes early in the morning at the IES Sáenz de Buruaga in Mérida RTVE News
At 09:00 the early risers voted. Some of them, as reported on TVE, voted at that time, taking advantage of the fact that they had been called as substitutes to the polling stations. As always, citizens have been able to consult the section and table where to vote in the census lists.
A woman looks for her polling station at the CEIP Trajano in Mérida. RTVE News
The candidates vote and call to “fill the ballot boxes”
The four main candidates voted in the morning and called for “filling the ballot boxes” with “excitement” in a day that they described as “historic.” Miguel Ángel Gallardo (PSOE) He has voted in Villanueva de la Serena, a town where he was mayor for 21 years. The Extremaduran president, Maria Guardiola (PP)was the last to cast her vote and did so in x. The earliest riser has been Óscar Fernández (Vox), who voted in the Castra Caecilia school in Cáceres. For its part, Irene de Miguel (United for Extremadura) He has done it in Mérida.
The main candidates vote in the Extremadura elections RTVE
Schools decorated with Christmas motifs
A school in Almendralejo, Badajoz EFE/ Ana Picón
791 schools, many of them decorated with children’s and even Christmas motifsthey have exchanged students for voters. Extremadurans have been able to see the paintings on the walls and children’s drawings, like in this school in Almendralejo, while the little ones are already on Christmas vacation.
The Christmas decoration, very present in the polling stations of these elections EFE/ Jero Morales
Accessibility for all
A man in a wheelchair receives help to go to vote at one of the schools in Mérida EFE/ Jero Morales
Elections are a right for everyone and accessibility must be guaranteed for those people who may have difficulty voting, as in this case, where a man in a wheelchair is helped to cast his ballot at a school in Mérida.
