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| Spanish election: deadlock remains as centre left tops poll and far right surges – live updates | Spanish election: deadlock remains as centre left tops poll and far right surges – live updates |
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| All the news, reaction and comment from Spain’s fourth general election in as many years | All the news, reaction and comment from Spain’s fourth general election in as many years |
| Pedro Sanchez tells PSOE supporters the party has won a clear victory and assures those urging him not to cooperate with the conservative People’s party that “this time, yes, we will have a progressive government”. | Pedro Sanchez tells PSOE supporters the party has won a clear victory and assures those urging him not to cooperate with the conservative People’s party that “this time, yes, we will have a progressive government”. |
| He called on all the country’s other parties to be “generous” in helping to break the gridlock, and promised the PSOE would be too. It might be easier said than done. | |
| The leading daily El Pais sums up the results of a vote that was meant to break the deadlock in which Spanish politics has found itself since the last one seven months ago: | The leading daily El Pais sums up the results of a vote that was meant to break the deadlock in which Spanish politics has found itself since the last one seven months ago: |
| A poll that was meant to unblock the political situation in Spain has served only to complicate it, with losses for the left, a recovery for the PP and a huge boost for the far-right | A poll that was meant to unblock the political situation in Spain has served only to complicate it, with losses for the left, a recovery for the PP and a huge boost for the far-right |
| Pablo Casado, leader of the centre-right People’s party which made good much of the losses it suffered in April’s election, has also appeared before party supporters: | Pablo Casado, leader of the centre-right People’s party which made good much of the losses it suffered in April’s election, has also appeared before party supporters: |
| Albert Rivera, whose liberal Citizens party has lost 47 of its 57 deputies, says Spain had voted to “validate the PSOE’s victory. Spain wanted more Sanchez, but also more Vox - and less of the centre.” | Albert Rivera, whose liberal Citizens party has lost 47 of its 57 deputies, says Spain had voted to “validate the PSOE’s victory. Spain wanted more Sanchez, but also more Vox - and less of the centre.” |
| Rivera added that his future was in the hands of the party’s members: | Rivera added that his future was in the hands of the party’s members: |
| So what coalitions might be theoretically possible to form a majority government in Spain’s seemingly intractably hung parliament? El Pais columnist Jorge Galindo lists some of the options here - while noting that they may be mathematically feasible, but politically, probably not so much ... | So what coalitions might be theoretically possible to form a majority government in Spain’s seemingly intractably hung parliament? El Pais columnist Jorge Galindo lists some of the options here - while noting that they may be mathematically feasible, but politically, probably not so much ... |
| With more than 99% of votes now counted, the centre-left PSOE party of prime minister Petro Sánchez remains Spain’s largest party after the country’s fourth general election in as many years - but his left bloc has fallen well short of the 176 seats needed for a majority in parliament. | With more than 99% of votes now counted, the centre-left PSOE party of prime minister Petro Sánchez remains Spain’s largest party after the country’s fourth general election in as many years - but his left bloc has fallen well short of the 176 seats needed for a majority in parliament. |
| Despite the far-right, anti-immigration Vox party more than doubling its previous score and the conservative People’s party making sizeable gains, the right, too, was left without enough seats to form a government after the liberal Citizens party was all but wiped out. | Despite the far-right, anti-immigration Vox party more than doubling its previous score and the conservative People’s party making sizeable gains, the right, too, was left without enough seats to form a government after the liberal Citizens party was all but wiped out. |
| Having been ruled since April’s inconclusive poll by Sánchez’s caretaker administration, which failed to forge a coalition with either Citizens or the anti-austerity Podemos, the country now faces many more weeks - or months - of political deadlock and uncertainty. | Having been ruled since April’s inconclusive poll by Sánchez’s caretaker administration, which failed to forge a coalition with either Citizens or the anti-austerity Podemos, the country now faces many more weeks - or months - of political deadlock and uncertainty. |
| The major national parties’ final scores, compared with their tallies in April’s elections, were as follows: | The major national parties’ final scores, compared with their tallies in April’s elections, were as follows: |
| Left 157 seats | Left 157 seats |
| PSOE: 120 (down 3) | PSOE: 120 (down 3) |
| Podemos: 35 (down 7) | Podemos: 35 (down 7) |
| Mas Pais: 2 | Mas Pais: 2 |
| Right 149 seats | Right 149 seats |
| PP: 87 (up 21) | PP: 87 (up 21) |
| Vox: 52 (up 28) | Vox: 52 (up 28) |
| Citizens: 10 (down 47) | Citizens: 10 (down 47) |
| The far-right Vox party’s leader, Santiago Abascal, is currently addressing crowds of supporters after its leap from 24 parliamentary seats to 52, making it the country’s third largest party. | The far-right Vox party’s leader, Santiago Abascal, is currently addressing crowds of supporters after its leap from 24 parliamentary seats to 52, making it the country’s third largest party. |
| “Let’s go get them!” the party’s supporters roar, as Abascal put its performance down to the fact it had “led a cultural and political change by opening up all the forbidden debates and told the left that the story isn’t over yet.” | “Let’s go get them!” the party’s supporters roar, as Abascal put its performance down to the fact it had “led a cultural and political change by opening up all the forbidden debates and told the left that the story isn’t over yet.” |
| Abascal added: “They don’t have any moral superiority, and we have the same right to defend our ideas without being stigmatised and insulted as we still are by the media.” | Abascal added: “They don’t have any moral superiority, and we have the same right to defend our ideas without being stigmatised and insulted as we still are by the media.” |
| Not to be outdone, Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italy’s far-right League party, has also congratulated Vox, adding: | Not to be outdone, Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italy’s far-right League party, has also congratulated Vox, adding: |
| Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far right National Rally, has congratulated Vox and its leader Santiago Abascal for the party’s “spectacular advance”: | Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far right National Rally, has congratulated Vox and its leader Santiago Abascal for the party’s “spectacular advance”: |
| Since its return to democracy in 1975, Spain had been considered immune to the advance of the populist, anti-immigrant and far-right parties that have seen such electoral success in much of continental Europe. | Since its return to democracy in 1975, Spain had been considered immune to the advance of the populist, anti-immigrant and far-right parties that have seen such electoral success in much of continental Europe. |
| Respected El Pais columnist Jorge Galindo says that era has now come to an end: the 10 November elections “confirm the end of the Spanish exception in Europe: the Vox vote is already similar to that of the far right in Austria or the Netherlands”, he says. | Respected El Pais columnist Jorge Galindo says that era has now come to an end: the 10 November elections “confirm the end of the Spanish exception in Europe: the Vox vote is already similar to that of the far right in Austria or the Netherlands”, he says. |
| With more than 50% of votes counted, it looks like a pretty good night for the centre-left PSOE; a very good one for the centre right PP; a spectacular one for the far-right Vox; a disappointing one for the anti-austerity Podemos and a truly dreadful one for the liberal Citizens. | With more than 50% of votes counted, it looks like a pretty good night for the centre-left PSOE; a very good one for the centre right PP; a spectacular one for the far-right Vox; a disappointing one for the anti-austerity Podemos and a truly dreadful one for the liberal Citizens. |
| But above all, nether left the left nor the right bloc are anywhere near an absolute majority in the 350-seat parliament. The Guardian is now running live result updates which you can follow here. | But above all, nether left the left nor the right bloc are anywhere near an absolute majority in the 350-seat parliament. The Guardian is now running live result updates which you can follow here. |
| Here’s Spain and Latin America specialist Michael Reid of the Economist with his view of the results so far: | Here’s Spain and Latin America specialist Michael Reid of the Economist with his view of the results so far: |
| Results are now starting to come in - and Spain counts votes fast ... | Results are now starting to come in - and Spain counts votes fast ... |
| With nearly 23% of votes counted, the parties’ scores and seats in the 350-seat parliament look like this: | With nearly 23% of votes counted, the parties’ scores and seats in the 350-seat parliament look like this: |
| PSOE (centre left) 29.2% : 121 seats | PSOE (centre left) 29.2% : 121 seats |
| PP (conservative) 20.4% : 81 seats | PP (conservative) 20.4% : 81 seats |
| VOX (far right) 13.6% : 46 seats | VOX (far right) 13.6% : 46 seats |
| Podemos (anti-austerity) 12.4% : 32 seats | Podemos (anti-austerity) 12.4% : 32 seats |
| Citizens (liberal) 35.6% : 10 seats | Citizens (liberal) 35.6% : 10 seats |
| Mas Pais (breakaway left) 1.6% : three seats | Mas Pais (breakaway left) 1.6% : three seats |