First elections give victory to the People’s Party

With 98% of the votes counted, the People’s Party wins the Spanish legislative elections, but does not win an absolute majority with the help of VOX. The PR with 136 deputies and the VOKS with 33 cannot get the 176 needed for an absolute majority. The Socialists, PSOE with 122 deputies and Somar with 31, may have more deputies than the right with the allies of the last legislature.

According to polls released at the close of the polls, the People’s Party emerged as a big winner in this legislative election with 34.2% of the vote, between 145 and 150 deputies. The values ​​were revealed in the Sigma Dos survey for RTVE and regional TV channels, cited World. The PSOE appeared with 28.9% of the vote, between 113 and 118 deputies. The Vox party is gaining 11.2% of the vote and has between 24 and 27 deputies.

However, the GAD3 poll for Mediaset gave the People’s Party (150 deputies) and Vox (31 deputies) only 181 deputies, which guaranteed an absolute majority.

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“We have shown the world that we are a strong and pure democracy, a great democracy,” Pedro Sanchez said in a speech from the PSOE headquarters, reports World. “We got more votes, more seats and more percentages than in 2019,” he recalled. Sánchez stated that “PP’s involutionist bloc with Vox has failed”. “There are many more of us who want Spain to move forward, and it will continue to be so,” he concluded.

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With 97% of votes counted, the turnout was 70.33%, up 4.1% from the 2019 elections, ahead of the Interior Ministry.

Voter turnout in Spain’s legislative elections this Sunday was 53.11% at 5:00 pm, nearly four percentage points down from 56.85% in 2019, the Spanish newspaper writes. World.

In accordance with World, Cantabria, Canary Islands, Galicia, Extremadura, Balearic Islands and Asturias were the only regions where voter turnout increased. In this election, the number of votes sent by mail reached an all-time high. About 2.5 million votes will be counted, representing 7.03% of the census of voters residing in Spain.

Delayed closing of polling stations

One of the polling stations in Roquetas de Mar in Almería will run 17 minutes longer than the others because the president had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance, Efe quotes. World.

In the city of Besen, polling stations will only close at 21:00 (20:00 in Lisbon) due to the lack of ballot papers from the Workers’ Front, promotes World. In other cities, polling stations will be open until 20:00 (19:00 in Lisbon).

ABOUT a country writes that the People’s Party of Seville has asked the Electoral Commission to extend the closing hours of polling stations so that citizens stuck on the access roads to the Andalusian capital from the beaches of the provinces of Huelva and Cadiz can vote.

Pedro Sanchez will accompany the election night in Ferras. In accordance with WorldThe current prime minister will be joined by many ministers: Nadia Calvinho, Felix Bolaños, Terea Ribera, Pilar Alegria, José Manuel Albarez, Margarita Robles, Diana Morant, Hector Gomez and Pilar Llop.

The power struggle includes Pedro Sánchez, the current Prime Minister and leader of the PSOE, Alberto Feijoo, the People’s Party candidate listed as a possible winner, Santiago Abascal, leader of the far-right VOX party, and Yolanda Diaz, candidate of the Sumar party.

Previously scheduled for December, Pedro Sanchez called early elections after the Socialist Party was defeated in municipal elections. This Sunday the winner of the Spanish Legislative Assembly will be known.