The Official State Gazette (BOE) has released this Wednesday the provisional candidacies of Basque parties and coalitions for the general elections of next November 29. In total, 15 lists are registered for Álava, 12 for Bizkaia and 11 for Gipuzkoa for the Congress of Deputies, in addition to ten candidacies for the Senate.
In the three Basque historical territories, PNV, Socialist Party, EH Bildu, Popular Party, Vox, Podemos, Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA), Communist Party of the Workers of Euskadi (PCTE/ELAK), Workers' Front and Broad Front-Fronte Zabala are running for Congress. To these formations are added other forces with partial presence: Se Acabó la Fiesta (SALF), the party of Alvise Pérez, is only presenting itself in Álava; Feminists to Congress and For a Fairer World are doing so in Álava and Bizkaia; Blank Seats to leave seats empty appears in Álava and Gipuzkoa, while Justice and Law only appears in the Álava territory.
In the Upper Chamber, PNV, EH Bildu, Senate of Progress (PSOE-EZAN IU-MS), Vox, Podemos and Communist Party repeat in the three territories. Blank Seats appears again in Álava and Gipuzkoa; the Popular Party and For a Fairer World present lists in Álava and Bizkaia, and the Animalist Party (PACMA) only does so in Gipuzkoa.
Head of list for Congress by PNV, EH Bildu and PSE-EE
In the PNV, the current spokesperson in Congress, Maribel Vaquero, leads the jeltzale candidacy for Gipuzkoa, while the deputy Idoia Sagastizabal heads the list for Bizkaia and the former mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz Gorka Urtaran does the same in Álava. After Vaquero, the second place for Gipuzkoa is occupied by the former mayor of Donostia/San Sebastián, Eneko Goia, and the third by Olatz Peon. In Bizkaia, number two is the until now senator Igotz Lopez, followed by Nerea Renteria, and in Álava Urtaran is accompanied by Ibone Santos and Txerra Molinuevo, in second and third place.
The EH Bildu list for Congress for Bizkaia is headed by Oskar Matute, who will serve as spokesperson for the parliamentary group, with Marije Fullaondo Andoni and Garazi Zalbidea in the second and third positions. For Gipuzkoa, the candidacy is led by Oihana Etxebarrieta, followed by Gorka Elejebarrieta, until now spokesperson in the Senate, and in third place Aizpea Otaegi, mayor of Errenteria. In Álava, first place goes to Mikel Otero, followed by Eba Blanco, general secretary of EA, and Jon Ruiz de Pinedo.
On the part of the PSE-EE, in Bizkaia the current spokesperson in the Congress of Deputies, Patxi López, repeats as head of the list, once again accompanied by María Guijarro and Gabriel Blanco, general secretary of JSE-Egaz. In Gipuzkoa, the candidacy is once again headed by Rafaela Romero, with the general secretary of the PSE-EE of Gipuzkoa, José Ignacio Asensio, in second place and the director of Spatial Planning of the Gipuzkoan Executive, Lore Suárez, in third. In Álava, the list is led by its general secretary, Javier Hurtado, until recently Minister of Tourism, Commerce and Consumption, followed by the councilor in the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council Ana López de Uralde and the managing director of the public company Arabat, Igor Salazar.
Lists of the PP, Frente Amplio-Fronte Zabala, Podemos and Vox for Congress
In the Popular Party, the general secretary in Euskadi, Esther Martínez, heads the list for Bizkaia, accompanied by Pablo Gómez-Guadalupe and Nerea Llanos. In Álava, the president of the Alava populars, Iñaki Oyarzabal, appears as number one, with Eva Iglesias and Guillermo Sáez in the following positions. For Gipuzkoa, the PP places at the front the young influencer Jon Echeverría, 22 years old, followed by Vanesa Vélez de Pablos and Adrián Ortúñez.
The Frente Amplio-Fronte Zabala coalition, made up of Sumar Mugimendua, Ezker Anitza-IU, Berdeak and other organizations, presents as head of the list for Bizkaia Lander Martínez, current deputy of Sumar; for Gipuzkoa Rosa Rubio and for Álava José Damián García.
In Podemos, the candidacies for Congress are headed in Gipuzkoa by Maite Gartzia, with Alberto Villarreal and Nagore Basurto next; in Álava by Garbiñe Ruiz, followed by Rubén Rico and María Lourdes García de Garayo; and in Bizkaia by José Manuel de Pablos, with Soraya Pereira and Luis Miguel Lapeña in second and third place.
In the case of Vox, the head of the list for Bizkaia is Marco Moreno Asla, accompanied by Laura Gánzabal and Félix Esteve. In Gipuzkoa, the candidacy is led by Juan de Dios Dávila, with María del Mar Martija and Pedro Ignacio Gandásegui in the following positions. In Álava, the list is headed by Jonathan Romero, followed by Giulana Souza da Silva and Manuel García.
Candidacies for the Senate by PNV, EH Bildu and Senado de Progreso
In the Senate, the PNV list for Bizkaia is made up, in this order, of Nerea Ahedo, Kepa Lambarri and María Dolores Etxano. In Gipuzkoa, the jeltzale candidates are Luke Uribe-Etxebarria, Bittori Zabala and Xabier Insausti, while in Álava Saray Zarate, Angel Marcos and Arantza Yarza are running.
The EH Bildu candidacy for the Upper House is led by Idurre Bideguren, who will be spokesperson for the group, accompanied by Martin Arrasate and Aitziber Ibaibarriaga. In Gipuzkoa, the list is made up of Sonia Jacinto, EH Bildu's Organization secretary, Mario Zubiaga and Olaia Duarte. In Álava, Josu Estarrona repeats in first place, followed by Ainhize Solaun Mendiguren and Manu Martinez Agirre.
Under the name of "Senado de Progreso/Aurrera doan Senatua", the PSE-EE and Frente Amplio-Frente Zabala are running in Bizkaia with socialist Txema Oleaga as head of the list. The second place is occupied by Alba Gutiérrez (of Frente Amplio), who halfway through the legislature will be replaced by Sergitz Moreno (of the same coalition), and third place goes to Juan Carlos Abascal, also from the Partido Socialista. In Gipuzkoa, the candidacy is led by Alberto Albistegui (PSE-EE), followed by Samira Raiss (of Frente Amplio), who will be replaced after two years by Alejandro del Pozo (of the same coalition), and in third place appears socialist Iñigo García. In Álava, Frente Amplio is not presenting a list, while the PSE-EE proposes Daniel Senderos as head of the candidacy, accompanied by Paula Somalo and Adolfo Lander.
PP, Vox and Podemos Euskadi in the Upper House
For the PP to the Senate in Álava, the mayor of Labastida, Dani García, heads the slate, along with the councilwoman in Vitoria-Gasteiz Marta Alaña and the tax advisor Mikel Rogado. By virtue of the agreement reached with Vox, this formation presents a single candidate to the Upper House, Amaia Martínez, its representative in the Basque Parliament. In Gipuzkoa, the pact means that the Partido Popular does not register a candidacy, while Vox is running with a list headed by economist Andrés Paramio Junquera, followed by Alejandra Moreno Miguel, coordinator of the party in Irún, and Jesús María García-Conde del Castillo, also an economist.
In Bizkaia, territory not affected by that agreement, the PP presents Jon Albisu as head of the list, with Paula Garagalza and Luis Peña in second and third place. Vox, for its part, proposes Ángel Martínez as its sole candidate.
Finally, for Podemos Euskadi, the candidates for the Senate are headed by Yolanda Martín for Gipuzkoa, accompanied by Iñigo Oliveros and Gloria Miguel; Juan Miller for Álava, together with Esther San Martín and Txomin Valluerca; and Miguel Fernández Marcos for Bizkaia, with María Teresa Junquera and Miguel Ángel Carpintero in the second and third positions.