Socialists win Spain elections

The Socialists retained power in Spain’s third election in four years, but fell short of a majority. For the first time since military rule ended in the 1970s, a far-right party is set to enter parliament

PARLIAMENT
350 seats

Pablo Iglesias
42  Unidas Podemos

Pedro Sánchez
123 Socialist Party (PSOE)

38 Others

Albert Rivera
57 Ciudadanos “Citizens”

Pablo Casado
66 Partido Popular (PP)

Santiago Abascal
24 Vox

Ultra- nationalist party enters parliament

Sánchez likely to try to form coalition with Basque nationalists (PNV) and other regional parties to avoid contentious negotiations with Catalan secessionists, who won 22 seats and still demand right to self-determination

CATALONIA: Centre-left Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)wasregion’s big winner, with 15 seats

BASQUE COUNTRY
Barcelona
Madrid

PSOE
ERC
PNV
Navarra Suma

120 miles
200km

Sources: El País, BBC, FT
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