The chronicle of a debacle foretold started at the closing of the polling stations and only a minute later, was taken by the PSOE. The socialist electoral committee spokesman, Elena Valenciano, did not hesitate to foresee at 20:01 hours that it would not be "good night " in Ferraz, which would lead to the loss of regional and municipal governments as a the result of the economic crisis and its impact on society and the collective mood.
But, perhaps, this pessimism had not yet sensed the magnitude of the fall taken in the first person by the Prime Minister and General Secretary of PSOE, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
Which had become the mother of all battles and advance of the national change in 2012 for the two major parties, Castilla La Mancha, was a clear defeat for the PSOE's José María Barreda, superior even to what was expected by the previous polls.
The General Secretary of the PP and one of the closest people to Mariano Rajoy, María Dolores de Cospedal, stands with 28 seats at the end of this year compared to 21 seats for PSOE. PP conquered its victory at the expense of the community in which Barreda discouraged the presence of national party leaders because he played that could drag his fall, but the truth is Cospedal has blurred national debate and has achieved a reinforcing victory.
