Podemos and IU have formed alliances for the autonomous elections on May 28th in nine autonomous communities and are racing against time to try to come to an agreement in La Rioja, now the main uncertainty surrounding the possibility of a joint list before the deadline for presenting coalitions ends. In Aragon and Asturias they will probably run separately, as they have done since 2015. According to data collected by Europa Press, the two main forces of the confederal space already have electoral agreements in the Valencian Community, Madrid, Murcia, the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, Navarra, Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, and Cantabria, both at the autonomous level and to a large extent at the local level.

In addition, they have also forged pacts in regions where there are no autonomous elections and only municipal ones, such as Catalonia (under the umbrella of the 'comunes'), and in the Basque Country (also for the county council elections), which also includes Alianza Verde and Equo (the UP's ecological party).

In large municipalities in Galicia and Castilla y León, joint candidacies are the general trend, while in Andalusia, there are agreements in Cádiz, Huelva, Almería, Córdoba, Málaga, and Seville (in the latter three with a broad front of forces already comprising the coalition 'Por Andalucía'), with the note that Granada and Jaén are approaching a fragmented scenario.

Meanwhile, in some municipal areas, the convergence is broader and even includes Más País, the party led by Íñigo Errejón, as is the case in Ciudad Real, Córdoba, Málaga, or Seville, but not in regional alliances where Podemos is present.

The tension generated by the negotiation of the 'Por Andalucía' coalition in the last election in this autonomous community, as well as the Sumar process, did not affect the convergence of Podemos and IU for the 28M, as they have strengthened their alliances with positive assessments in both directions.

Thus, the electoral map on the independent left of the PSOE is almost defined with autonomous level coalitions whose lists are mainly headed by the purple party. The main uncertainty now is La Rioja, which is now the focus of contacts between Podemos and IU to achieve a final attempt at a unitary list, both at the regional and municipal levels.

Paradoxically, La Rioja was one of the first autonomous communities where the will to converge was announced, but it has not yet been finalised pending the deadline for registering coalitions for the 28M at midnight this Friday.

In Aragon, it is almost certain that Podemos and IU will run separately, and the scenario will be one of fragmentation on the left, where, in addition, the Chunta Aragonesista competes. Both formations will also compete in Asturias, where IU has articulated a convergence with Más País, while Podemos, immersed in a deep internal crisis, accuses the party of not responding to their offer of unity.

However, the electoral appointment of the 28M has led to an increase in the territorial convergences of Podemos and IU. There are already existing alliances and have been amplified in Murcia, Navarra, the Canary Islands, and Cantabria.

In the case of Navarre, a unity list has been achieved between Podemos, IU, Batzarre, Alianza Verde, Verdes Equo, and a group of independents, under the brand 'Contigo Navarra'. In Extremadura, the coalition is re-run (under the name Unidas por Extremadura) and will also be the main ballot to the left of the PSOE, as in Cantabria and Castilla-La Mancha.

Meanwhile, on the Canary Islands, the attempt at a unitary candidacy failed, leading to an alliance between Podemos, IU, and 'Sí se puede', who will compete electorally with Proyecto Drago, the brand promoted by the former leader of the purple party, Alberto Rodríguez, which in turn has an agreement with Verdes Equo.

In Murcia, the two main forces of the confederal space form a candidacy, which will compete with the PSOE's left to Más Región, the regional brand of Más País, which will run in coalition with Verdes Equo.

The splintering of the left will also be present in two relevant places, such as Madrid, where Unidas Podemos is fighting for voters against Más Madrid, led by Mónica García. Thus, in the Valencian Community, Compromís and Podemos and IU will also measure in the progressive space. In the Balearic Islands, there will also be two candidacies to the left of the PSOE, Més per Mallorca and the one made up of the two main parties of Unidas Podemos.

In municipalities, the trend of alliances continues in Castilla y León with pacts in Burgos, León, Ávila, Palencia, Salamanca, and Valladolid (under the brand 'Valladolid toma la palabra'), while in Soria it has not yet been completed. In addition, there is the singular case of Zamora, where IU governs the town and will run independently with a list that will be headed by the mayor, Francisco Guarido.

Regarding Galicia, Podemos and IU also show a connection in the main urban areas and will run together, for example, in Coruña, Lugo, Orense, and Vigo.

In a tense atmosphere between Podemos and the second vice-president, Yolanda Díaz, after the launch of her candidacy, the purples will hold a big rally this Saturday in Zaragoza where Ione Belarra and Irene Montero will support a large group of Podemos candidates for these elections.

In addition, the party has requested Díaz's support for the candidates of the space for the 28M election campaign, where they will rival parties with which Sumar maintains contact for a broad-based convergence in the general elections.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Labour stated yesterday that her team is studying the cities to which they will go during the election campaign since they have "hundreds and hundreds of requests to go to 8,000 places," although she lamented that the fractures on the left in some territories do not make "things easy for people."