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Madrid, Spain – The ruling Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) won the general elections with 123 seats after 99.9% of the vote.
The Popular Party (PP), the historical rival of the PSOE, won 66 seats in Sunday's elections in Spain.
Sending to supporters in Madrid, PSOE leader and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that "the future was winning" after his party won about 30% of the vote. The participation rate was about 75%.
The fans chanted "With Rivera, no!" at the rally, referring to Albert Rivera, the leader of the citizens, a party that considers itself centrist but combines with PP and Vox, which has led to other critics that it is d & # 39; 39, far right.
PP won 66 seats, down 71 seats from the previous government.
PP leader Pablo Casado said Sunday night to his supporters that the party "will continue to lead the opposition and center-right" of Spain.
Citizens won 57 seats, a gain of 25, while Vox achieved historic gains with 24 seats representing the return of the far right to Spanish national politics.
Sanchez announced the forthcoming opening of negotiations with other political parties to form a coalition.
Catalan question
In Catalonia, which has its own language, voters have exceeded all expectations.
The Catalan Republican Left (ERC) – led by Oriol Junqueras, who is facing a trial for sedition, rebellion and embezzlement of public funds following the 2017 referendum on the independence of the Catalonia – should win 13 or 14 seats.
This number is unprecedented for the Catalan nationalist party. If ERC agrees to form a coalition with PSOE and UP, a government could probably be formed.
However, the leader of the PSOE, Pedro Sanchez, took a firm stand against the independence of Catalonia, saying that there would be "no referendum and no independence" when from a rally in Barcelona on Friday.
Gerardo Rodriguez, 42, lunching in front of a church, said he had voted for the PSOE in part at Sanchez's tough stance on the independence of Catalonia.
"Politically, I'm in the center, I've already voted for PP and PSOE," Rodriguez said.
"I did not want to vote PP because of Vox, but I was concerned about Sanchez's attitude towards the independence of Catalonia," he continued. "When he said that there would be no independence, I was convinced."
Far right gains
Rodriguez said that he admired the hard attitude of the PP leader, Pablo Casado, vis-à-vis the independence of Catalonia, but that he was disappointed by his willingness to badociate with the far right Vox.
"I grew up hearing about my family's stories about the horror" of the fascist dictator Franco.
Vox members spoke warmly of Franco. "I could not vote for anyone who would work with them," Rodriguez said.
The final results are expected Monday morning.
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