Aldaia Explained

Aldaia
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Spain
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Spain
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Valencia
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name3:Horta Oest
Subdivision Type4:Judicial district
Subdivision Name4:Torrent
Coordinates:39.4639°N -0.4628°W
Elevation M:50
Area Total Km2:16.1
Population Demonyms:Aldaier, aldaiera
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Official language(s)
Blank Info Sec1:Valencian
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:46960
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Leader Title:Alcaldesa
Leader Name:Guillermo Luján Valero (2023)
Leader Party:PSOE

Aldaia (pronounced as /alˈdaja/) (in Spanish: Aldaya) is a municipality in the comarca of Horta Oest, province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain.[1]

Local politics

Aldaia is located in l'horta, an area known as the red belt (Spanish; Castilian: cinturón rojo) due to its tendency to vote for left wing parties.[2] Until 2011, all elections with the exception of 1995 produced an absolute majority for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). The People's Party won a majority at the 2011 local elections. A PSOE-led administration was formed after the 2015 elections, and the PSOE regained its absolute majority in 2019 and held it in 2023.

Summary of council seats won

1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 8 12 13 14 10 12 13 11 8 8 14 14
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 6
United Left (IU) 5* 3* 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
Independents 2
People's Party (PP) 3# 3# 3 6 7 7 9 11 4 3 4
Valencian Union (UV) 2 2 1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 3 3
Coalició Compromís (Compromís) 1 2 1 1
Podemos (CET) 3
Citizens (C's) 3 3
Vox (Vox) 2
Total number of seats 21

Source:[3]

  1. In 1983, the People's Alliance (AP), Democratic Popular Party (PDP), Liberal Union (UL) and Valencian Union (UV) formed a four-party electoral alliance. The electoral alliance ended in 1986 and the AP and UV contested the 1987 local elections separately. In 1989 the AP merged with the PDP and UL to form the current People's Party.

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. News: Navalón . Teresa . 15 July 2021 . L'Horta Oest tiene los días contados: auge y caída de una "subcomarca" fantasma . L'Horta Oest's days are numbered: rise and fall of a phantom sub-comarca . Spanish . Valenciaplaza.com . Valencia, Spain . 24 July 2021.
  2. http://www.lasprovincias.es/20110523/comunitatvalenciana/horta-morvedre/denominado-cinturon-rojo-afloja-201105231616.html El denominado 'cinturón rojo' se afloja más en favor del PP, que gana en Xirivella y Burjassot
  3. Web site: Alaquàs election results . 2011-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110924043300/http://www.pre.gva.es/pls/argos_elec/DMEDB_ElecMunicipios.informeElec?aNMuniId=46005&aVLengua=v . 2011-09-24 . dead .