Vox is considering not running for the Senate in some provinces to avoid a left-wing majority

Vox is studying the possibility of not running for the Senate in some provinces and requesting a vote for PP candidates in these constituencies to prevent there from being a left-wing majority in the upper house. Commenting on the news that the PSOE and the Frente Amplio will present a joint candidacy for the Senate in 45 provinces under the Senate of Progress brand, Abascal this Saturday sent a “message of tranquility” to his voters and has assured that he will act “with high vision” and do “whatever is necessary” to prevent a future and hypothetical coalition government between the PP and Vox “depending on Sánchez and his henchmen.” "Sánchez is capable of anything to destroy Spain. But we are also capable of everything to save it," he emphasized in X.

The general secretary of Vox, Ignacio Garriga, anticipated this Saturday in El Escorial (Madrid) that "difficult decisions" will have to be made, while a spokesperson for the party has limited itself to pointing out that "all options are open" and has referred to the decision adopted by the National Executive Committee (CEN), the party's highest decision-making body.

It is no longer possible to present a coalition as the PSOE and the Frente Amplio have done, since the deadline to do so ended at midnight this Friday. However, the deadline for submitting applications is from October 21 to 26 and lists already submitted can even be withdrawn at the last minute. The options that Abascal has on the table are to present Vox candidates under the PP acronym, which is considered unlikely, or not to present a list in provinces where the ultra party has no chance of winning a seat.

This is a very risky decision for Vox, since asking for a vote for the PP in the upper house could accentuate the effect of the useful vote and cause a drag on the Congressional ballot. Furthermore, in some constituencies, such as Ceuta, the ultras are openly opposed to the president of the city, the popular Juan Jesús Vivas. But if the pact does not materialize, Vox could be accused of handing control of the Senate to the PSOE and its partners. In the 2023 general elections, the ultra party did not obtain any senator, so the more than 2.7 million votes that its best-placed candidates received ended up in the trash. At that time, the loss of these votes had no practical effects for the right, since the PP achieved an absolute majority in the Senate. Now the situation could be different.