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| Spanish elections: Podemos and Ciudadanos 'make gains' | Spanish elections: Podemos and Ciudadanos 'make gains' |
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| Early results from Spain's local and regional elections suggest gains for new anti-corruption movements, at the expense of traditional main parties. | |
| The governing People's Party (PP) seems to have won the most votes, but it may have lost Madrid city council for the first time in 20 years. | The governing People's Party (PP) seems to have won the most votes, but it may have lost Madrid city council for the first time in 20 years. |
| Full results are expected shortly. | |
| The Spanish economy has been a key concern for voters, and many are enraged over public spending cuts and reports of political corruption. | |
| Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's administration and the previous Socialist (PSOE) government are both seen as being to blame. | |
| Spain has now officially come out of recession. | Spain has now officially come out of recession. |
| Preliminary results show that the PP is on course to win the most votes nationally with 26.2%. The PSOE is expected to come a close second with 25.5% of the vote. | |
| In the capital, the PP won the municipal election but could still lose control of the city council. | |
| The ruling party took 21 seats but Ahora Madrid, backed by the leftist anti-corruption party Podemos, took 20. Ahora Madrid could now form a coalition with the Socialists who came third. | |
| Anti-eviction activist Ada Colau has also won the most votes in the mayoral race for Barcelona, Spain's second largest city. | |
| "I want to be a mayor at the service of the people, so there will never again be first-class citizens and second-class citizens in this town," she said, as quoted by El Pais newspaper. | |
| Last year was the first time there has been full-year economic growth in Spain since 2008, when a property bubble burst, putting millions of people out of work and pushing the country to the brink of a bail-out. | |
| But unemployment remains high - nearly one in four workers is without a job - boosted by the government's labour reforms which reduced the cost of hiring and firing. | But unemployment remains high - nearly one in four workers is without a job - boosted by the government's labour reforms which reduced the cost of hiring and firing. |
| Like Podemos, pro-business Ciudadanos campaigned on an anti-corruption platform. | Like Podemos, pro-business Ciudadanos campaigned on an anti-corruption platform. |
| More than 8,000 councils are up for grabs, with the vote seen as a key indicator for national elections later this year. | More than 8,000 councils are up for grabs, with the vote seen as a key indicator for national elections later this year. |
| Turnout was marginally higher than in the last election, in 2007. | Turnout was marginally higher than in the last election, in 2007. |
| Few parties are expected to win majorities, meaning many localities could have governing coalitions, something unfamiliar in Spain, where the PP and the Socialists have dominated for decades. | Few parties are expected to win majorities, meaning many localities could have governing coalitions, something unfamiliar in Spain, where the PP and the Socialists have dominated for decades. |