Narrow Gap Between Socialists and PP with just over Half the Votes Counted-Spain

Voters in Spain today went to the polls for a snap general election, called by the Socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez. His main rival, the People’s Party, may only be able to form a government in coalition with the far-right Vox.

We now have slightly more than 55% of the votes counted and live results published by the Spanish government suggest point to a very narrow gap between the Socialists and the PP.

The PP – widely tipped to win the most seats in this snap election – have 130. The Socialists are closely behind them with 129.

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

This suggests that the PP-Vox together would have 163 seats – a result that falls short of the 176 seats needed for a majority in the country’s 350-seat parliament.

These are still early results, however, so they could change as more votes are counted.

In past elections, the variation over the course of the count has not tended to be very large, but it could increase or decrease by a handful of seats, leading to changes in the balance of power.