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Madrid: No one party or bloc would win an outright majority in Spain’s snap general election, according to a late tally with around 95 per cent of votes counted on Sunday, despite the conservative People’s Party (PP) being on course to beat the ruling Socialists.

The PP was poised to win 136 parliamentary seats in the 350-seat lower house, 47 more than in the previous election in 2019, the preliminary tally released by the Interior Ministry showed.

Supporters of Spain’s mainstream conservative Popular Party supporters wave flags.Credit: AP

Far-right Vox was on 33 seats, still the third-largest force in parliament if 19 below its 2019 result, and their hypothetical tie-up with the PP falling short of an outright majority of 176 seats.

The Socialist Party of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez trailed at 122 seats, and its ally, far-left Sumar, was on 31.

Sanchez claimed victory for the left, despite the result showing a hung parliament and the conservative People’s Party (PP) winning the most seats.

“The backward-looking bloc, which proposed a total repeal of all the progress we have made over the last four years, has failed,” an elated Sanchez told supporters.

Reuters

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