Pedro Sánchez’s short of majority

Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE) won the country’s election on Sunday and gained the most votes, but fell short of a majority in the snap election and now must seek backing from smaller parties to maintain power.

Their win comes as far-right party Vox rode an unprecedented surge of support to enter the lower house of parliament for the first time in four decades.

The Socialists, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, won 29 per cent of the vote, capturing 123 seats in the 350-seat Congress of Deputies.Vox rode an unprecedented surge of support to enter the lower house of parliament for the first time in four decades.

The Socialists, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, won 29 per cent of the vote, capturing 123 seats in the 350-seat Congress of Deputies.

The Socialists, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, won 29 per cent of the vote, capturing 123 seats in the 350-seat Congress of Deputies.

Vox party made its national breakthrough, though, by capturing 10 per cent of the votes, gaining 24 seats.

Mr Sanchez announced  he would soon open talks with other political parties, telling crowds gathered at the gates of his party headquarters in central Madrid that “the future has won and the past has lost”.

He hinted at a preference for a left-wing governing alliance but also sent a warning to Catalan separatists, whose support he may need, that any post-electoral pact must respect the country’s 1978 constitution, which bans regions from seceding.
Vox’s success came at the expense of the once-dominant conservative Popular Party, which fell to 66 seats, losing more than half of its representation since the last election in 2016. Vox Santiago Abascal  leader  to retain opposition leader or be the partner to ruling with 24 seats