CiU nationalists set to capture premiership in Catalan race
Socialists expected to win just above two dozen seats
Artur Mas' Catalan nationalist CiU bloc was expected to win the regional race late Sunday. Exit polls showed the CiU winning between 63 to 66 seats in Catalonia's regional parliament with the incumbent Catalan Socialist Party (PSC) getting between 24 and 27 seats.
CiU campaign manager David Madí called it an "historical victory" for the bloc, which will put an end to José Montilla's current PSC-led coalition.
Voter turnout for Sunday's election was slim, according to some estimates. An estimated 5.3 million people were eligible to vote in the regional race, in which local municipal leaders were also elected.
The PSC has governed the region for seven years and the CiU had held power for 23 years until 2003. Many analysts believe that today's vote will be seen as a punishment vote for Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's Socialist government if the PSC is thrown out of office.
Shortly after the polls closed, a man threw an egg at PSC spokesman Miquel Icetas during a news conference.
Tu suscripción se está usando en otro dispositivo
¿Quieres añadir otro usuario a tu suscripción?
Si continúas leyendo en este dispositivo, no se podrá leer en el otro.
FlechaTu suscripción se está usando en otro dispositivo y solo puedes acceder a EL PAÍS desde un dispositivo a la vez.
Si quieres compartir tu cuenta, cambia tu suscripción a la modalidad Premium, así podrás añadir otro usuario. Cada uno accederá con su propia cuenta de email, lo que os permitirá personalizar vuestra experiencia en EL PAÍS.
¿Tienes una suscripción de empresa? Accede aquí para contratar más cuentas.
En el caso de no saber quién está usando tu cuenta, te recomendamos cambiar tu contraseña aquí.
Si decides continuar compartiendo tu cuenta, este mensaje se mostrará en tu dispositivo y en el de la otra persona que está usando tu cuenta de forma indefinida, afectando a tu experiencia de lectura. Puedes consultar aquí los términos y condiciones de la suscripción digital.
Últimas noticias
United States trains to face off with ICE: ‘We’ve gone from fear to action’
How your cat ended up on your lap: A book challenges the history of the domestication of the most popular feline
Mexico’s Generation Z is growing up with precariousness, uncertainty and political distrust. And social media is their primary source of information
Armie Hammer: Hollywood’s canceled cannibal heartthrob comes back laughing at himself
Most viewed
- Liset Menéndez de la Prida, neuroscientist: ‘It’s not normal to constantly seek pleasure; it’s important to be bored, to be calm’
- Belle da Costa, the woman who concealed her origins in 1905 and ended up running New York’s most legendary library
- A mountaineer, accused of manslaughter for the death of his partner during a climb: He silenced his phone and refused a helicopter rescue
- The number of international tourists going to the US is decreasing, with one exception: Mexico
- An interstellar traveler is getting closer to Earth than ever before: How to observe comet 3I/ATLAS
