Spain’s radical left surge in poll

A leftist coalition led by anti-austerity force Podemos is making big gains ahead of Spain’s general election re-run on June 26, a closely-watched opinion poll shows, casting doubts over the colour of the country’s next government

Partido Popular (PP) Centre-right party of acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy would still win

Unidos Podemos “Together We Can” Anti-austerity coalition led by Pablo Iglesias

Socialist Party (PSOE) Centre-left party of Pedro Sanchez would fall to third place

Ciudadanos “Citizens” Centrist, market- friendly party led by 36-year-old lawyer Albert Rivera

OPINION POLL RESULTS*

118-121 seats 29.2% of vote

88-92 25.6%

78-80 21.2%

38-39 14.6%

Others 22-24 6.3%

DECEMBER 2015

123 28.7%

90 22%

69 20.7%

40 13.9%

28 10.7%

CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS 350 seats

*Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) survey of 17.488 people, between May 4-22. Margin of error ± 0.76 points

Source: CIS

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