Key facts
- Sánchez told supporters in Seville: "We're here to vote, we're here to win, we're here to govern."
- A GAD3 poll cited by POLITICO puts the People's Party ahead of the Socialists in most Andalusian provinces.
- Socialist candidate Francisco Toscano said Andalusia elects 60 of the 350 seats in the Madrid parliament.
- Political scientist Ángel Cazorla said younger left-wing voters feel little identification with the Socialists.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez launched his reelection campaign in Seville on November 12, 2026, telling Socialist supporters: "We're here to vote, we're here to win, we're here to govern." The rally was held in Andalusia, the southern region where the Socialists dominated politics for 36 years before losing the regional government in 2018.
A GAD3 poll cited by POLITICO puts the center-right People's Party ahead of the Socialists in most Andalusian provinces, including Seville, where the Socialists have never lost a general election. Spain votes on November 29.
Socialist congressional candidate Francisco Toscano told POLITICO that Andalusia remains a Socialist bastion and that the region elects 60 of the 350 lawmakers in Madrid. He acknowledged "shortcomings in our management in recent years" but argued the party remains competitive in parts of the region.
Ángel Cazorla, a political scientist at the University of Granada, said the Socialists face a generational problem, with younger left-wing voters feeling little identification with a regional leadership associated with past administrations. He also cited two deadly train accidents this year on the Madrid-Seville rail line as emblematic of the party's decline.