The Centre-right Popular Party (PP) achieved victory in Sunday’s general elections, but fell short of the absolute majority required to form a new government, the preliminary results showed.
After counting 97 percent of the votes, the results, published on the Interior Ministry’s website, showed that the Popular Party won 136 out of 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies (the absolute majority is 176 seats), followed by the the governing Socialist Party (PSOE), led by Pedro Sanchez, with 122 seats.
The PP led by Alberto Viejo won 47 more seats compared to the results of the last elections, held in November of 2019, but supporters are disappointed as they were expecting a landslide victory. The PSOE obtained only two seats more than the last elections.
In the third place came the far-right Vox Party, with 33 seats (19 less than in 2019), while the Sumar (a grouping of 15 small socialist parties) was ranked with 31 seats.
The PP and far-right Vox together now have 169 seats, while the PSOE and Sumar have a combined 153 seats.
The turnout reached 70.33, up four points higher compared with 2019 elections turnout.
Source: Kuwait News Agency