After 99.9% of the votes were counted, the People’s Party secures 136 seats, 47 more than four years ago, beating the Socialist party which will take 122.
The People’s Party (PP, right) of Alberto Núñez Feijo secures the largest number of seats in Parliament in the early elections held yesterday Sunday in Spain, ahead of the Socialists (PSOE, center-left) of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, without, however, a majority that would enable him to form an independent government, according to the almost final results.
With 99.9% of the ballots counted, the PP secures 136 seats in the Congreso de los Diputados, Spain’s parliament, 47 more than the incumbent, according to Spanish public radio and television network RTVE.
On the other side, the Socialists (PSOE) of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez occupy 122 seats (+2).
In other words, the PP could not secure an absolute majority, 176 of the 350 seats in the Spanish national delegation, and is obliged to form a coalition to govern. The far-right party Vox looks like its natural partner.
Santiago Avascal’s Vox remained the third party with 12.4% and 33 seats, much less than in the previous election, in 2019 (52).
Even if a right-far-right alliance is formed, he will need the support of smaller factions to govern, since he will lack 7 seats to have an absolute majority.
In the coalition, the Sumar alliance, in which Unidas Podemos was absorbed, secures 31 seats.
It is not excluded that weeks of negotiations will be needed, nor the possibility of the much-discussed bloqueo, or political deadlock, as has already happened twice (2015, 2019) when Spain was led to second elections.
Source :Skai
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