People’s party pulls ahead of the Socialists with three-quarters of the vote counted

 

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People’s party pulls ahead of the Socialists with three-quarters of the vote counted

 

Just over 75% of the votes have been counted and live results published by the Spanish government continue to show a narrow gap between the Socialists and the PP.

 

The PP – who polls had suggested would win the election by a substantial margin – have 132 seats. The Socialists trail slightly behind at 126.

 

The far-right Vox party has 33 seats while the leftwing movement Sumar has 30.

 

The preliminary count suggests that PP and Vox together would have 165 seats – just shy of the 176 seats needed for a majority in the country’s 350-seat parliament.

 

With a quarter of the vote left to count, the results could still increase or decrease by a handful of seats.