Democratizing Candidate Selection by Guillermo Cordero & Xavier Coller

Author:Guillermo Cordero & Xavier Coller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

In regions where Podemos did not run with left-wing nationalist parties, the reasons for this asymmetry are varied. The pre-electoral agreement signed with Equo accounts for two candidates presented in two districts in the Basque Country and one in Aragon. The incorporation of independent candidates accounts for the remaining cases of candidates not selected by primaries in these regions. Following the official data provided by Spanish authorities, of the total 350 candidates presented by Podemos in the electoral lists, 34 were qualified as “independent” 16 —not taking into account those candidates included by Podemos’ regional allies. To sum up, 157 (45%) out of the 350 candidates presented by Podemos and its allies had not been selected in primaries; and only in 9 (out of 52) electoral districts, all candidates had been directly elected by party members.

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