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Catalonia’s Town Councils To Be Constituted For 2023-2027 Term Amid Political Party Agreements

ERC candidate for mayor of Barcelona, Ernest Maragall (left), and former mayor of Barcelona and Junts candidate for mayor, Xavier Trias (right), during the presentation of the PRO BCN 2023 project at the historic Llotja de Mar building in Barcelona, on March 3, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The agreement between Trias and Maragall gives the former 16 votes for the investiture, but he still lacks five for the majority that would make it certain. DAVID ZORRAKINO/EUROPA PRESS VIA GETTY IMAGES

With less than 24 hours left until the more than 940 town councils in Catalonia are constituted for the 2023-2027 term, the political parties are working against the clock to finalize governance deals in several key municipalities around the country. 

However, while work continues on resolving these unknowns in some cities and towns, the rest of the map is beginning to be coloured in by the different parties that will assume mayoralties. The Catalan Socialist Party (PSC) was the winner of the municipal elections in terms of votes, the Catalan Republican Left (ERC) prevailed in terms of the total number of councillors won and Together for Catalonia (Junts) was the party that came first in the most municipalities around the country.

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