Vox's first braking: neither government nor expectations

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The afternoon started with clouds for Vox.

The estimates, as soon as the schools closed, barely raised them a couple of seats over their current figure of 12 deputies.

They even gave them below the latest polls.

And furthermore, they pointed to a clear absolute majority for the PP.

And the night was little by little confirming the forecasts.

Have they risen compared to the previous elections?

Yes. But the feeling that remains in the formation is that «something has happened, we have entered a situation of braking.

You have to study what has happened and what needs to be improved, ”they point out from Vox.

The seriousness on the faces of the leaders was the same as that of the almost 300 supporters of the party who came to the hotel in

where the leadership of the party met to follow the election night.

The best-known faces of Vox, of its national representatives, arrived to Seville throughout the day, who came to support their candidate, Macarena Olona.

Santiago Abascal, Rocío Monasterio,

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Those of Vox repeated the same script as the electoral nights of

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But, on this occasion, the last to arrive at headquarters was the candidate herself.

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Its leaders, despite not publicly acknowledging it, did have the 20-seat barrier fixed when assessing the results.

"But for us the important thing is to have a figure that is key to governability," they insisted just as during the campaign.

Finally, with the absolute majority of the PP, the one left in a difficult political situation is the candidate herself, Macarena Olona, ​​who promised to be in Andalusia whatever the result.

In the same line, she pointed out from the rostrum, in the assessment of her results.

But Vox has been left without its great asset in

and relegated to a secondary role in the

, far from being able to enter the regional government, as it demanded.

"We will have to check if mistakes have been made during the campaign and how we can improve," they point out from the Vox management, who recognize that this result is "a slowdown" in what Vox's expectations were being, which had always been improving the previous polls in each electoral appointment.

Although they insist that the result cannot be read in a national key, the truth is that the Vox campaign has turned on many occasions looking at the national Parliament and focusing its criticism on President Pedro Sánchez.

That punishment vote has been made profitable by the PP.

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“Just the same we have not been able to transmit the messages well.

Perhaps the debates were not effective », point out some voices from Vox who undoubtedly admit that there has been an important « break ».

They were convinced in the ranks of Vox that the Olona effect was going to be decisive in what they interpreted could be the definitive catapult to face the next general elections in a situation "almost equal with the PP and with the PSOE."

In fact, some surveys published in recent weeks pointed to strong growth for Vox.

No one in Vox questions the suitability of Olona or his speech.

Although some voices in the party itself in Andalusia lamented that the community leaders did not have more weight.

But all the leaders were involved in a campaign "that has had many things that we have to review," they insist.

They still don't want to name names.

They still don't want to explain what the deficits of this training are, they have some clear ideas.

"But we have to digest results, we have to cool down, we have to see the data and study them and tonight they don't touch on that detail," these leaders insist, who after 10 p.m. had not yet made any kind of assessment of the official results.

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Since the formation of Santiago Abascal began, who has played a leading role in the development of the campaign, this is the first serious setback.

“We still have to be more humble.

We cannot lose sight of the fact that not only have we consolidated results, voters, but we have also continued to grow.

Perhaps we have to be less ambitious, ”says a leader who was still dragging his feet at the last minute.

Abascal: "A good result for Spain"

“It is not the result I wanted but it is a good result for Spain.

Vox has been far from the great ambition we had for Andalusia," Abascal said.

He welcomed the tremendous setback for the socialist party and for the Podemos space.

The leader of Vox demanded an electoral advance and confirmed that his party "continues to grow."

His candidate, Macarena Olona -she promised to stay in the Andalusian Parliament- assured that the Andalusians «have set foot against the wall and have said 'no' to the Government of Sánchez.

It has been an unmitigated historical defeat of socialism and of the extreme left».

She thanked the nearly 500,000 voters "for their support of her," and vowed, "We will not let you down."

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