level, the party's leadership was formally established in February 2015 after the holding of primary elections in which Daniel Ripa emerged after obtaining 68% of the support. The other candidacy was led by María José González. Turnout in these primaries was one of the highest in Spain, with more than 5,600 voters (48% of the members in Asturias). In the same primaries, the party's first leadership team was also elected. In March 2015, just two months before the elections, Podemos introduced his candidate for the presidency, Emilio León. The whole list was chosen by the party via primary, in which León won 86% of the votes. A few days after the decision, information emerged about the participation of León in lists of Asturian nationalist parties, however he denied supporting those ideas and claimed he just did it so that friends of his could run a candidacy. Results and aftermath In the regional elections of that year Podemos managed to position itself as the third force in the regional parliament, after obtaining 9 seats, two less than the PP, in second position. The most voted party was the PSOE, but without achieving an absolute majority. The PSOE quickly ruled out a coalition with any party, and Podemos made the renunciation of some privileges a condition for reaching agreements. Due to the difficulties in reaching an agreement with the PSOE and the refusal to support the People's Party, León decided to run a candidacy at the investiture session, in which he only received the support of the deputies of his party, given the refusal of the United Left to support him. He was eliminated in the first round and the party refused to support any other candidate in the following rounds. Finally, Javier Fernández (PSOE) was re-elected president with the support of United Left. 2019 regional elections At the end of July 2018, Emilio León announced his resignation as parliamentary spokesman for Podemos Asturies. From some media, this decision was linked to internal discrepancies with the general secretary of the party, Daniel Ripa. Leon denied it and said it was merely for "personal reasons." He later decided not to run again in the 2019 regional election, meaning that a primary took place to choose the list that Lorena Gil won with 78% of the votes after being supported by the regional leadership of Podemos. On that election, Podemos lost five seats but