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Conservatives Win Most Seats in Spanish Elections; Podemos Comes in Third

HeadlineJun 27, 2016

In Spain, the conservative People’s Party of acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has won the largest number of seats in Parliament, but fallen short of an outright majority. The Socialist party came in second, with the left-wing Unidos Podemos alliance coming in third. Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias said the results were disappointing.

Pablo Iglesias: “I want to say that the results tonight are not satisfactory for us. We had different expectations. We are also worried about the loss of support from the progressive bloc. It’s true that we consolidated ourselves as the political option which would have a determining role in the present and future of our country. It’s true that what we have done in the past two years is historic and unprecedented in the history of our country. But it’s also true that we expected different electoral results tonight.”

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