Spain’s ruling Socialists' one-seat loss following the inclusion of overseas votes challenge their effort to form a left-wing coalition
Sanchez is likely to need at least one vote from Junts to beat the PP and its allies. / Photo: AFP
In Sunday's close-fought election, neither the left or right blocs won enough seats to form a majority and Catalan separatist parties Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya and Junts emerged as king makers, both controlling seven seats each. Sanchez called last week's election early after left-wing parties were battered in local and regional elections in May, hoping to catch the opposition off guard.
Counting of votes from over 233,000 Spaniards living abroad handed one seat in Madrid to the People's Party that had been awarded to the Socialists in the initial vote count, the PP and Socialists said on Saturday. This was not yet officially confirmed by electoral authorities.
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