Spanish election results: What do the possible governing deals look like?
The Socialist Party and Unidas Podemos won a collective 165 seats at Sunday’s polls but are still 11 short of an absolute majority in Congress
Socialist victory
Pedro Sánchez’s party may have won most votes at Sunday’s election, but there are several alternatives that lay ahead, with upcoming local, regional and European polls likely to be key
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El Roto cartoon, April 29, 2019
Vox enters Congress for the first time but falls short of expectations
Far-right leader Santiago Abascal admitted the election result was a source of “joy but also concern” after the right-wing bloc failed to secure enough votes to form a government
Analysis: How did Sunday’s elections change Spain’s political landscape?
As support for the Popular Party crumbles, the PSOE took the highest number of seats but will need to reach a deal with Podemos and other smaller groups if it is to govern