Conservative People’s Party (PP) Mariano Rajoy’s victory in Sunday’s early parliamentary elections in Spain, improving its result in comparison to the vote last December. The second position are socialists – informed the Spanish Interior Ministry.
The results of Sunday’s elections resemble those of the end of 2015. Because again no party won a majority necessary for self-government, or 176 deputies in the 350-seat lower house of parliament (Congress of Deputies). This may cause another political paralysis and the fact that the heads of groups again for many months may not be able to agree on a government – notice commentators. 
14 seats more than before
After counting more than 95.4 percent. Vote Interior Ministry reported that on Sunday, three days after the shock of the British referendum on Brexitu, PP voted 32.9 per cent. authorized, which translates into 137 seats. Rajoy’s party, which has been in power since 2011. In the previous election won 28.7 percent. of the vote and 123 seats. The turnout was 69.8 per cent., Which was slightly higher than in December (69.6 percent.).
On Sunday, Socialists suffered a historic defeat of prophecy to them by the pre-election polls and fell to third place. On the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) voted 22.7 per cent. authorized, which translates into 85 seats.
The leftist coalition called Unidos Podemos (Together we can), which a few hours ago the polls exit poll gave the second place, won 21.1 percent. votes (71 seats) and took third place. Coalition formed opposes anti-crisis austerity measures, referred to as a populist party Podemos, which was founded at the beginning of 2014. And radical United Left (IU), which is the successor of the Communist Party of Spain. Groups may have entered into an alliance to surpass the Socialists, but on Sunday it turned out that it was not impossible.
– This is not a good result, it is not the result of what we expected. This is not a good result for Spain, because it delays the process of political change – said the “number two” in the Podemos Inigo Errejon.
In fourth place was the liberal center-right Ciudadanos, gaining 12.9 percent. votes (32 seats). This group recorded the highest decline in seats compared to the December vote – experts note.
In December last year The Spaniards, tired of 21-percent unemployment, corruption scandals and unpopular crisis cuts put an end to the traditional division of parliament into two blocks – the conservatives and socialists, letting the Congress of Deputies a new group: Podemos and Ciudadanos.
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the PSOE won the 22 percent. of votes and 90 seats in the lower house, which was the worst result in the history of the grouping. Podemos led by the long-haired professor of political science Pablo Iglesias and its affiliated regional parties won 20.7 percent. votes (69 seats Podemos), and IU – 2 seats. At Ciudadanos it has cast votes 13.9 percent. authorized, which translated into 40 seats in parliament.
The minority government?
The political scientist Edurne Uriarte stressed that Sunday’s success PP “gives her greater right to demand from other parties that respected the that, as the most popular party should be her right to form a government. ” Rajoy addressed before the election to other groups that helped govern the party, which on Sunday will win the most votes, which would mean the creation of a minority government PP. – Now has more reason to ask such respect – said Uriarte television TVE.
According to the journalist Victor Arribas result of Sunday’s vote shows that “won moderately” and some voters, who in December turned from PP and supported Ciudadanos, now once again voted for the PP.
for several months, the four main formations conducted intensive negotiations on a coalition government, but when spring turned out that they are fruitless, it was necessary to hold a subsequent election. Previously, Rajoy gave up attempts to form a coalition with the lack of sufficient support. The leader of the PSOE, Pedro Sanchez failed to convince Podemos coalition, and for this reason at the beginning of March, two times did not receive a vote of confidence, which was an unprecedented situation in Spanish politics. She supported him only Ciudadanos.
The main topics of the campaign were the economic crisis and corruption. In recent days, there was also the issue of Brexitu and calls for the resignation of Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz, the media leaked recording in which the minister asks the member of the Catalan authorities that took over the investigation of local politicians to their discredit.
the economy keeps
the half-yearly political vacuum at the moment does not hurt the Spanish economy; according to government data in 2016 it projected GDP growth of 2.7 per cent., while last year it was 3.2 percent. Unemployment remains at a level 21 per cent., And worse among EU countries is only in Greece.
The new parliament will meet until July 19 and then King Philip VI will ask the head of the Conservatives to try to form a government . Before the election, the parties ensure, however, that the talks will start earlier, just after the election.
Author: mart, js, and / tr MTOM / source: PAP
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