Yolanda Díaz has forced a profound renewal of Sumar's electoral lists, in which two out of three deputies with real options to be elected are new. There are only 11 candidates who were part of the United We Can group that emerged from the 2019 elections. The others would be released if a result similar to that of then was achieved.

In many cases, these are changes that are determined by the alliance policy. The new parties integrated into Sumar have proposed candidates from their formations, for whom a gap had to be made. However, there is also a very important part of this revolution that bears the stamp of Díaz, who has undertaken a policy of signing profiles of civil society to prop up the idea that Sumar is a “citizen movement” and not a “soup”. of Acronyms” on the left.

The Madrid list is the best example of that spirit of renewal that, at the same time, means cornering Podemos and relegating it to play a “modest” role -in the words of Ione Belarra- within the coalition. There are only two people from Unidas Podemos who repeat in the top seven positions. And both, Díaz and Belarra, went for other constituencies in 2019. In other words, there are no faces left from that candidacy.

Now Díaz tops that list. Number two is the Spanish ambassador to the UN, Agustín Santos Maraver; of three, the Saharawi activist Tesh Sidi (Más Madrid); of four, Íñigo Errejón (More Madrid); out of five, Belarra (Podemos); of six, the economist from CCOO, Carlos Martín Urriza; out of seven, the nurse Alda Recas (Más Madrid).

From there, the possibilities of leaving are extreme. Eighth place goes to Isa Serra, leader of Podemos and adviser in recent times to Irene Montero at the Ministry of Equality. IU does not appear until position nine, with Montserrat García. As an anecdote, José Luis Villacañas, an intellectual referent of errejonismo, appears at the end of the list.

Barcelona's candidacy also suffers a tumble. Aina Vidal debuts as a leader. Only she and Gerardo Pisarello repeat on the list. he, of two. From here Gala Pin, Lilith Verstrynge (Secretary of Podemos Organization and without ties to Catalonia), Eloi Badia and Candela López make their debut. A classic: Ada Colau closes. And a colorful note: before her are the Minister of Universities, Joan Subirats, and Jaume Asens, former number one of the communes.

In Valencia he sends Compromís with Agueda Micó and Alberto Ibáñez as referents. Both new to this ballot. Position three is for IU with Nahuel González. In the lists of the community, the one in Alicante stands out for its great options to leave, where the former deputy of Podemos Txema Guijarro repeats but not as a purple member, but as a Sumar candidate.

In Seville, he also heads Díaz's party with Francisco Sierra, professor of Communication Theory at the University of Seville.. After him, in quota IU, Engracia Rivera. It is in Andalusia where the formation led by Alberto Garzón has more presence. Among them, Enrique Santiago, who is one of the few to repeat and who moves from Madrid to lead the list for Córdoba, and Toni Valero, number one for Málaga.

Sumar provides many candidates. To those already mentioned we must add the labor inspector Verónica Martínez (Pontevedra), the councilor in Santiago Marta Lois (La Coruña), the sociologist and chirigotera Esther Gil (Cádiz), the doctor Rafael Cofiño (Asturias), the writer Violeta Serrano (León) or the former baron of Podemos Lander Martínez (Vizcaya), among others.

In the quota of the partners, the head of the list for Zaragoza stands out, the television Jorge Pueyo, who belongs to the Chunta; and the one from the Balearic Islands, senator Vicenç Vidal, who has been appointed by Ara Més. Special mention for Alberto Rodríguez, leader of the Tenerife list with Drago Canarias. Technically, he is one of the 11 repeat members of the group that came out in 2019 because then he was in Podemos. Then he lost his seat and founded that party.

In addition to Verstrynge, Podemos has its rookies in starting positions: Idoia Villanueva (Navarra), Noemí Santana (Las Palmas) and Guillermo Presa (Álava). Only four deputies repeat: Ione Belarra, Javier Sánchez Serna (Murcia), Martina Velarde (who passes from Córdoba to Granada) and Pilar Garrido (Guipúzcoa).