PP picks up new seats in election re-run win, while PSOE hangs on in second
Podemos fails to capitalize on its agreement with United Left and is left far from overtaking the Socialists. But uncertainty remains on the possible formation of a government
Pedro Sánchez, Mariano Rajoy, Albert Rivera and Pablo Iglesias cast their votes
Pedro Sánchez, Mariano Rajoy, Albert Rivera and Pablo Iglesias cast their votes Video: uly martín / claudio álvarez / albert garcia / bernardo pérez
Spaniards returned to the polls this Sunday. A total of 36,518,100 voters were called upon to cast their ballot, for the second time in six months after the inconclusive vote in December and subsequent failure of Spain’s political parties to reach an agreement to form a government. Despite expectations to the contrary, the Podemos-United Left coalition failed to knock the Socialists off the second spot, and the PP once again won most seats, but still fell short of a majority.
That concludes our live blog of today"s general elections. We"ll be back on Monday morning with the latest news and analysis in English. Thanks for reading!
Pedro Sánchez (PSOE): "I am not satisfied. The Socialists wanted to win these elections and we have not achieved that, but we are still the biggest political force on the left."
PSOE candidate Pedro Sánchez thanks voters and acknowledges PP win. "In spite of the extraordinary difficulties and expectations, the PSOE has once again confirmed its place as the hegemonic party of the left."
Corruption cases don"t seem to have affected the PP in Valencia, where they have gone from 11 to 13 deputies with 35.5% of the vote (four points more than in December with 96% of vote counted. In the photo, voters in Valencia city. Photo: Mònica Torres
EL PAIS journalist Antonio J. Mora: “With 88% of the vote counted, the PP has won in Andalusia, a traditional Socialist stronghold:, which delivers 23 seats to the conservatives and 20 to the PSOE.”
EL PAIS journalist Carlos E. Cué: “Low turnout and the failure of an attempted center-left pact have clearly benefited the PP. Will there be a government. The PSOE will decide that.”
EL PAIS journalist Berna González: “With 84% of votes counted, the left is not beating the right, contradicting surveys that said the opposite. Stay tuned for the results of the postal vote.”
“Someone who was handing out resignation rulings might have to start applying them to himself”: PP Senator Xavier García-Albiol, alluding to calls for the resignation of the acting interior minister over a political persecution scandal in Catalonia
First Senate results are in: with 7.34% of votes counted, the PP holds on to its absolute majority with 109 of the 208 seats being contested. That’s 15 fewer than on December 20. The PSOE gains 12 senators, rising from 47 to 59.
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