# Ayuso wins Madrid snap election

Date: 2021

On 4 May 2021 [Isabel Díaz Ayuso](/people/isabel-diaz-ayuso)'s People's Party won the Madrid regional snap election, nearly doubling its seats to 65 of 136 with 44.7% of the vote, short of a majority, so she would need the far-right Vox. Her main left-wing rival, [Pablo Iglesias](/people/pablo-iglesias) of [Unidas Podemos](/organizations/unidas-podemos), later announced he was leaving politics.

## People

- Isabel Díaz Ayuso: https://factrail.ai/people/isabel-diaz-ayuso

## Sources

- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56978343
- https://www.euronews.com/2021/05/04/madrid-elections-right-wing-opposition-to-increase-seats-in-regional-assembly
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/30/spain-trump-like-madrid-governor-set-for-election-win
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/29/madrid-leader-takes-issue-with-popes-apology-for-painful-errors-in-mexico

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ayuso-wins-madrid-election-2021-05-04