Sumar, the formation that aims to embody the bulk of that space on the left of the PSOE - or transformative left, as some prefer - sank to a paltry 1.9%. The temperature has dropped significantly for that political conglomerate that one day threatened to corner traditional social democracy.

Now that Podemos is flying on its own, not even a hint of internal reckoning has been seen. “In Galicia in the last eight years we have been a joke,” an IU member crudely concludes.