Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists Party wins Spain's national election with 120 seats but falls short of absolute majority of 176 needed to form government alone
People queue to cast their votes inside a polling station during the general election in Barcelona, Spain, November 10, 2019.
In April, the Socialists won 123 seats in the parliament's lower house, 53 seats short of a majority.The survey also shows that the far-right Vox party is poised to become Spain's third-biggest political force only six months after it debuted in the country's parliament. Spain's United We Can party leader Pablo Iglesias said he will offer assistance to the Socialists, led by interim Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, to form a stable leftist government.
Polls suggest that turnout could be a factor, with voter fatigue looming. As of 6 pm, 56.8 percent of eligible voters had cast ballots, down from 60.7 percent in the April 28 election.After casting his ballot in Madrid, Sanchez urged Spaniards to head to the polls, saying "it is very important that we all participate to strengthen our democracy" and that the country "has the needed stability to be able to form a government".
More than 600 people were injured in the protests, which saw demonstrators torching barricades and throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at police.
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