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| Spanish election: Deadlock as PP still short of a majority | Spanish election: Deadlock as PP still short of a majority |
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| The conservative People's Party (PP) of acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has won most seats in Spain's parliamentary election but is short of a majority. | |
| Spain's other main party, the Socialist PSOE, is in second place. | Spain's other main party, the Socialist PSOE, is in second place. |
| The left-wing Unidos Podemos coalition and centre-right Ciudadanos are third and fourth. | |
| The vote has apparently failed to break six months of deadlock since December's inconclusive poll. But Mr Rajoy said he had a right to govern. | |
| Official results give the PP 137 seats in the 350-seat parliament and the PSOE 85 - confounding an earlier exit poll suggesting the Socialists had slipped into third place. | |
| Unidos Podemos have won 71 and Ciudadanos 32. Both parties are relative newcomers to the Spanish political scene. | |
| The Spanish election came days after the UK voted to leave the EU. | The Spanish election came days after the UK voted to leave the EU. |
| Mr Rajoy had sought to portray the election as a choice between economic stability and the uncertainty offered by Unidos Podemos ("Together We Can"), a coalition led by anti-austerity party Podemos that emerged just two years ago in protest against austerity measures demanded by Brussels. | |
| Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias has denied his party is Eurosceptic, telling the BBC he was "sad" at the outcome from Britain's referendum. | Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias has denied his party is Eurosceptic, telling the BBC he was "sad" at the outcome from Britain's referendum. |
| "We hope for a different Europe, we will fight for a Europe with social rights as a reality and we are for Europe and the people in Europe." | "We hope for a different Europe, we will fight for a Europe with social rights as a reality and we are for Europe and the people in Europe." |
| December's election was a watershed for Spain, because the PP and the PSOE had previously alternated in power since the restoration of democracy in the 1970s. | December's election was a watershed for Spain, because the PP and the PSOE had previously alternated in power since the restoration of democracy in the 1970s. |
| But after months of talks no party was able to form a coalition or minority government. | But after months of talks no party was able to form a coalition or minority government. |
| Unidos Podemos and other left-wing groups argued that the PP, under Mr Rajoy, had been discredited because of austerity and the chronic unemployment that has plagued Spain since the 2008 financial crisis. | Unidos Podemos and other left-wing groups argued that the PP, under Mr Rajoy, had been discredited because of austerity and the chronic unemployment that has plagued Spain since the 2008 financial crisis. |
| The PP, however, says Spain's improved economic performance is proof that its policies have worked. | The PP, however, says Spain's improved economic performance is proof that its policies have worked. |
| Casting his vote on Sunday, Mr Rajoy urged Spaniards who "love and feel for their country" to make their voices heard. | Casting his vote on Sunday, Mr Rajoy urged Spaniards who "love and feel for their country" to make their voices heard. |
| "Spain will be what the Spanish people want it to be, it will have the government and the members of parliament the people want," he said. | "Spain will be what the Spanish people want it to be, it will have the government and the members of parliament the people want," he said. |