Por Andalucía

For Andalusia
Por Andalucía
Founded25 April 2022 (2022-04-25)
Merger ofUnidas Podemos por Andalucía
Andaluces Levantaos
Preceded byAdelante Andalucía
IdeologyProgressivism
Green politics
Regionalism
Political positionLeft-wing
MembersSee list of members
Parliament of Andalusia
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Website
porandalucia.org

Por Andalucía (English: "For Andalusia") is the name of two different Andalusian-based electoral alliances created to contest the 2022 and the 2026 Andalusian regional elections.[1][2][3][4]

2022 regional election

In its first iteration, the alliance was launched after over two months of negotiations between the parties to the left of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A), in an attempt to form a joint list that avoided wasted votes; however, both the new Adelante Andalucía party of Teresa Rodríguez, as well as Andalucía por Sí (AxSí)—which had been a founding member of the Andaluces Levantaos alliance between Más País, IdPA and itself—rejected joining in.[5][6]

An early agreement was concluded in late March 2022,[7] and by April 2022 the new joint alliance of all these parties (with the exception of Adelante Andalucía and AxSí) was given the name Por Andalucía (Spanish for "For Andalusia"),.[8] Controversy ensued as the role Podemos would play in the coalition, if any, became unclear. This conflict became more evident when the party presented its own prospective candidate, Juan Antonio Delgado, with no guarantees of participating in the coalition being given.[9][10] A last-minute electoral coalition was reached between Podemos, IULV–CA, Greens Equo, Green Alliance (AV), Más País and Andalusian People's Initiative (IdPA), but because Podemos and AV failed to file the required documentation ahead of the legal deadline, both parties found themselves unable to be awarded full party rights within the coalition. The coalition partners downplayed the impact of that administrative decision as a 'technicality' that would not affect the course of the campaign.[11][12]

The alliance obtained 7.68 per cent of the vote and 5 seats in the Andalusian Parliament. Three of them went for Podemos candidates, elected as independents in Cádiz, Córdoba and Granada due to the administrative delays in the legal formation of the coalition, one for Más País Andalucía in Seville and another one for IULV-CA in Cádiz. The seat totals were the worst ever for the Andalusian federation of United Left, with the Communist Party of Andalusia losing all parliamentary representation for the first time since the 1982 regional elections.[13]

2026 regional election

The creation of Sumar, a platform including most of the constituent parties of Por Andalucía, had no immediate effect on the alliance's internal affairs and political action, in spite of the tensions and the eventual split between Podemos and the rest of the coalition on a national level in December 2023.[14][15]

In July 2025, Más País Andalucía disbanded and became the regional affiliate of Movimiento Sumar (SMR).[16] In October 2025, SMR and IULV-CA registered a political party under the Por Andalucía banner to gain ownership of the brand in anticipation of early elections,[17][18][19] which led to further tensions and the threat of a definitive split between those groups and Podemos.[20][21] The alliance collapsed after IULV-CA, SMR and IdPA announced their intention to coalesce around Antonio Maíllo, chosen as their lead candidate, on 20 November 2025. Nine days later, Podemos confirmed it would field separate lists in all provinces and that Juan Antonio Delgado would be the party's candidate for regional president[22]; on 1 December, he called for the exclusion of Movimiento Sumar as a precondition for the participation of Podemos in any electoral alliance.[23][24]

The new alliance's first political event took place on 13 February 2026; Maíllo was officially introduced as the coalition's candidate and an updated graphic identity combining the rainbow-shaped symbol of the 2022 election and the flag of Andalusia was unveiled.[25][26] On 19 February 2026, the alliance announced that Republican Alternative (ALTER) would also be a part of the coalition.[27]

After a snap election was called by regional president Juanma Moreno on 23 March 2026,[28] Verdes Equo announced its participation in the alliance on 31 March.[29][30] Meanwhile, and as a result of the party's poor performance in the 2026 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Podemos launched an internal election in order to decide whether the party should contest the election under the Por Andalucía banner, with 81.7 per cent of party members supporting the participation in the alliance.[31][32][33]

Composition

Party Notes
United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA)
More Country Andalusia (Más País–Andalucía) Dissolved in 2024[34]
Greens Equo (Verdes Equo)
Andalusian People's Initiative (IdPA)
We Can (Podemos)
Green Alliance (AV)
Unite Movement (MS) Joined in 2024[34]
Republican Alternative (ALTER) Joined in 2026[35]

Electoral performance

Parliament of Andalusia

Parliament of Andalusia
Election Leading candidate Votes % Seats Gov.
2022 Inmaculada Nieto 284,027 7.7 (#4)
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 No
2026 Antonio Maíllo 266,213 6.3 (#5)
5 / 109
 TBD

Symbols

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Cela, Daniel (25 April 2022). "Las izquierdas andaluzas lanzan su candidatura única con la marca 'Por Andalucía' pese al reparo de Podemos". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Las izquierdas consiguen un acuerdo para concurrir a las elecciones bajo la marca Por Andalucía". El Mundo (in Spanish). Seville. EFE. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Rivero, Carla (2026-04-03). "IU y Sumar alcanzan un acuerdo con Podemos para integrarlo en la coalición Por Andalucía". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-04-08.
  4. ↑ Lucio, Lourdes (2026-04-03). "IU, Sumar y Podemos alcanzan un acuerdo para concurrir juntos a las elecciones en Andalucía". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-04-08.
  5. ↑ "Andalucía Por Sí se desmarca del "frente amplio" al que sí se abren sus socios en 'Andaluces Levantaos' y Unidas Podemos" (in Spanish). Seville: Europa Press. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Podemos agrupa a todas las confluencias de izquierda contra Teresa Rodríguez". El Imparcial (in Spanish). 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  7. ↑ Cela, Daniel (28 March 2022). "Podemos, IU, Más País, Equo y dos partidos andalucistas pactan una candidatura única de izquierdas en Andalucía". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Las izquierdas consiguen un acuerdo para concurrir a las elecciones bajo la marca Por Andalucía". El Mundo (in Spanish). Seville. EFE. 25 April 2022. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  9. ↑ P. Chávarri, Inés (21 April 2022). "Podemos presenta a su candidato al margen de las negociaciones para la confluencia de izquierdas". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  10. ↑ Cela, Daniel (25 April 2022). "Las izquierdas andaluzas lanzan su candidatura única con la marca 'Por Andalucía' pese al reparo de Podemos". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Podemos, IU y Más País acuerdan in extremis una coalición con Inmaculada Nieto (IU) como candidata a la Junta" (in Spanish). Seville: Europa Press. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  12. ↑ Cela, Daniel (2022-05-07). "La candidatura de izquierdas andaluza afronta un litigio por la ausencia de la firma de Podemos en el registro". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  13. ↑ "Los 5 escaños de Por Andalucía: 3 de Podemos, 1 de Más País y otro de IU". Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  14. ↑ Chouza, Paula (5 December 2023). "Podemos oficializa su ruptura con Sumar y pasa al Grupo Mixto". El País. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  15. ↑ López Pavón, Teresa (7 December 2023). "La coalición andaluza de izquierdas intenta blindarse para que la ruptura de Sumar no la haga saltar también por los aires". El Mundo. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  16. ↑ "Sumar crea la delegación andaluza del partido de Yolanda Díaz". Canal Sur. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  17. ↑ "Registro de Partidos Políticos". Ministerio del Interior (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 January 2026. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  18. ↑ "IU y Sumar registran sin Podemos el partido político 'Por Andalucía' de cara a las próximas elecciones". Público. 28 October 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  19. ↑ "IU y Sumar registran sin Podemos el partido político 'Por Andalucía'". elDiario.es. 28 October 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  20. ↑ Ortiz, Alberto (29 September 2025). "La dirección estatal de Podemos confirma que habrá una papeleta con sus siglas en Andalucía aunque no vaya en coalición". elDiario.es. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  21. ↑ Rocha, Carlos (28 October 2025). "Se consuma la ruptura: IU y Sumar registran Por Andalucía como partido ante el silencio de Podemos". El Confidencial. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  22. ↑ Moreno, Silvia (29 November 2025). "Podemos elige al ex guardia civil Juan Antonio Delgado como cabeza de cartel para las elecciones andaluzas y se aleja aún más la unión de las izquierdas". El Mundo. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  23. ↑ "Podemos descarta replicar el modelo "fracasado" de Sumar en Andalucía". Canal Sur. 1 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  24. ↑ González Quiles, Miguel (2 December 2025). "Podemos oficializa su divorcio con Sumar en Andalucía". La Razón. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  25. ↑ Benítez, Mercedes (13 February 2026). "Antonio Maíllo, en su proclamación: «Soy el candidato de los que no se resignan a que el pescado esté vendido»". ABC. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  26. ↑ Bocanegra, Raúl (13 February 2026). "Maíllo lanza su campaña en Andalucía con una llamada a "romper el guion" de las derechas". Público. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  27. ↑ "Alternativa Republicana se incorpora a la coalición Por Andalucía". Europa Press. 19 February 2026. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  28. ↑ Doñate Mazcuñán, Félix (23 March 2026). "Juanma Moreno convoca elecciones autonómicas en Andalucía el próximo 17 de mayo". RTVE. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  29. ↑ Bocanegra, Raúl (31 March 2026). "Verdes Equo se suma a Por Andalucía tras una consulta a su militancia". Público. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  30. ↑ "El Partido Verde se integra en la coalición Por Andalucía". elDiario.es. 31 March 2026. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  31. ↑ Carvajal, Álvaro (16 March 2026). "Podemos anuncia una "reflexión" sobre su estrategia que se conocerá "en los próximos días"". El Mundo. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  32. ↑ "Podemos tiende ahora "la mano" a IU en Andalucía y acepta compartir alianza con Sumar ante otro posible batacazo electoral". 20 minutos. 30 March 2026. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  33. ↑ Cabrera, Àlex (1 April 2026). "Las bases de Podemos avalan ir bajo la candidatura de Por Andalucía en las elecciones del 17 de mayo". RTVE. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  34. 1 2 Bocanegra, Raúl (20 October 2024). "Sumar absorbe Más País en Andalucía". Público (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  35. ↑ "Alternativa Republicana se incorpora a la coalición Por Andalucía" (in Spanish). Málaga. Europa Press. 19 February 2026. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
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