PP and Vox Agree Senate Candidacies to Block Left
The two parties have reached a deal on Senate nominations to consolidate right-wing representation.
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Feijóo i Abascal en una fotografia d'arxiu. Kiko Huesca / EFE
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What this story says
- PP and Vox have reached an agreement on Senate candidacies.
- Vox will not present candidates in six provinces, and the PP will withdraw from three.
- The deal aims to consolidate right-wing representation and prevent the left from controlling the Senate.
- In 14 other provinces, Vox will present only one candidate.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 4 of the 13 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
60/100
Craft
60/100
Hype
40/100
13 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 9 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
The Popular Party (PP) and Vox have reached an agreement regarding their candidacies for the Senate. The deal involves Vox withdrawing its candidates from six provinces and the PP doing the same in three others. This arrangement is intended to prevent the political left from securing a majority in the upper house of parliament.
Under the terms of the agreement, Vox will not contest seats in Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Cádiz, Valencia, Castellón, and Baleares. In return, the PP will withdraw its candidates from Guipúzcoa, Girona, and Tarragona. Additionally, Vox has stated it will present only a single candidate in 14 other provinces.
Disagreement on candidate inclusion
El Confidencial reported that the PP will include an 'independent' candidate proposed by Vox in the provinces where Vox withdraws. COPE also reported that the PP campaign director, Miguel Tellado, stated his party would include an 'independent' candidate, though it did not specify if this was at Vox's proposal.
What the coverage left out
None of the centre or right-rated reports mention the specific number of provinces where Vox will present only one candidate, a detail that was present in the unrated reports from Galiciapress, The Objective, and periodistadigital.com.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 2 times, most recently on 26 Oct 2026, 14:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
4 rated outlets
- Centre-rated reports from El Confidencial, 20minutos, and informacion.es focused on the specifics of the agreement. They detailed which provinces Vox would withdraw from (six) and which the PP would withdraw from (three). El Confidencial noted that the PP would include an 'independent' candidate proposed by Vox in the provinces where Vox stepped aside. Informacion.es stated that the PP would not appear in three provinces where they have historically not won seats. 20minutos highlighted that Vox would present only one candidate in another 14 constituencies.
Right
5 rated outlets
- Right-rated reports from La Razón, OKDIARIO, abc, El Mundo, and ESdiario framed the agreement as a strategic move against the left and the current government. La Razón quoted an unnamed PP secretary general stating the pact was "very good news for Spain" and that "Sánchez will be left with the desire" to control the Senate. OKDIARIO reported Vox's organizational secretary, Ignacio Garriga, defending the pact as "a necessity to expel" Sánchez. Abc stated the agreement aimed to "protect the majority of the center of the right" against a left-wing pact. El Mundo mentioned that Vox would appoint an 'independent' candidate to include on PP lists where Vox retired. ESdiario described Vox's move as a way to "stop Sánchez in the Senate" and prevent vote dispersal.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover PP and Vox Agree Senate Candidacies to Block Left?
- Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 44% are rated centre, 56% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 13. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is PP and Vox Agree Senate Candidacies to Block Left left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of PP and Vox Agree Senate Candidacies to Block Left biased?
- PP and Vox Agree Senate Candidacies to Block Left is one event reported by 13 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting PP and Vox Agree Senate Candidacies to Block Left?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered PP and Vox Agree Senate Candidacies to Block Left?
- 13 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What is the agreement between PP and Vox for the Senate?
- PP and Vox have agreed to coordinate their candidacies for the Senate. Vox will withdraw from six provinces, and the PP will withdraw from three, with the stated goal of preventing the left from controlling the upper house. Vox will also present a single candidate in 14 other provinces.
- Which provinces are affected by the PP and Vox agreement?
- Vox will not present candidates in Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Cádiz, Valencia, Castellón, and Baleares. The PP will withdraw its candidates from Guipúzcoa, Girona, and Tarragona.
- What is the stated aim of this agreement?
- The primary aim of the agreement is to consolidate right-wing representation in the Senate and prevent the political left from gaining a majority in the upper house.
Read it at the source
13 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
4- PP-Vox Agreement: the Right-Wing Parties Agree in 23 Provinces to Defeat Sánchez in the Senate (opens Ara.cat in a new tab)
- PP and Vox Arrive at an 'Understanding' in the Senate: Those of Abascal Do Not Appear in 20 Provinces and Those of Feijóo Resign in Guipúzcoa, Tarragona and Girona (opens informacion.es in a new tab)
informacion.es — is informacion.es biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Feijóo and Abascal Close a Historic Agreement for the Senate: Vox Withdraws From Six Provinces and the PP From Three Provinces (opens El Confidencial in a new tab)
El Confidencial — is El Confidencial biased? Our profile of this outlet
- PP and Vox Reach an Agreement for the Senate: Those of Abascal Do Not Appear in Six Provinces and the PP Withdraws From Three Provinces (opens 20minutos in a new tab)
Right
5- Vox Defends the Pact with the PP for the Senate: «A Necessity to Expel Sanchez» (opens OKDIARIO in a new tab)
- Pact to Shield the Senate From 'Sanchism': Vox Resigns to Appear in Six Provinces and the PP, in Three Provinces (opens La Razón in a new tab)
- Right-Wing Agreement for Senate Elections: Vox Resigns to Stand in Six Provinces and PP in Three Other Provinces (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
- Vox Moves Tab to Stop Sánchez in the Senate: Withdraws From Six Provinces and Reduces His Candidates in Another Fourteen (opens ESdiario in a new tab)
- PP and Vox Reach an Agreement in the Senate to Face the Left (opens ABC in a new tab)
Not rated
4- Vox Agrees with the PP Not to Attend the Senate in Six Provinces and to Present only One Name in Pontevedra and 13 Others (opens Galiciapress in a new tab)
Galiciapress — is Galiciapress biased? Our profile of this outlet
- PP and Vox Reach Agreement to Nominate Candidates to the Senate (opens Noticias y radio online in a new tab)
Noticias y radio online — is Noticias y radio online biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Vox Withdraws From Six Constituencies and Will Present a Single Senate Candidate in 14 (opens The Objective in a new tab)
The Objective — is The Objective biased? Our profile of this outlet
- PP and VOX Announce a Pact to Overthrow Sánchez's Plan to Take over the Senate (opens periodistadigital.com in a new tab)
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