After the municipal elections on May 28, the next scheduled date on the calendar was this Saturday. The day on which, with few exceptions, the more than 8,000 town halls in Spain are constituted.

In just over 2,800 municipalities, the Popular Party achieved an absolute majority. Among its main squares are Madrid, Malaga, Murcia or Córdoba. The PSOE, for its part, reaped the same success in nearly 2,000 towns, including Vigo, Sabadell and Fuenlabrada..

But 28-M left governance in the air in 103 municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants, where more than 15 million people reside. There, the absence of absolute majorities has made it necessary to confirm agreements between different formations. Only in Utrera (Seville) did the PP get rid of the negotiations when it was discovered that there had been an error in the counting of the votes, which gave the mayor of the PP guarantees to be able to be sworn in without agreeing.

In the following table you can consult which party will hold the mayoralty in the 153 main cities of the country and with whom each government has agreed, according to the information available.

With the consolidated pacts, the shift of municipal power towards the Popular Party is confirmed. In addition to the change of color in the mayors compared to 2019, the pacts between PP and Vox have wrested cities such as Valladolid, Elche or Alcalá de Henares from the PSOE, since, despite being the most voted force, the right-wing parties had a majority absolute.

Also conversely, the sum of the left has stolen the mayoralty from the popular in A Coruña, Alcorcón, Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Pontevedra, Sanlúcar de Barrameda or Torrelavega, where they had won on 28-M. The big surprise of the day took place in Barcelona. The socialist candidate, Jaume Collboni, has snatched the mayorship from Xavier Trias (Junts) at the last minute, with the support of Barcelonaen Comú and the Popular Party.

The 28-M elections have left a scenario of debacle in the PSOE while the PP has been supported and Vox has expanded its territorial map. From the ultra-right formation they affirm that they will touch power in about 140 municipalities, in 26 of which they achieved an absolute majority. Among the main cities, those of Abascal have agreed with the Popular Party to enter the government, in addition to the aforementioned towns, in Castellón, Burgos, Albacete or Torrent.