Spain's ruling Socialists were considering possible partners for a new gove...
MADRID - Spain’s ruling Socialists were considering possible partners for a new government for the politically polarized country on Monday after they won a national election but failed to secure a majority.
With nearly all the votes counted, the Socialists together with the far-left Podemos were 11 seats short of a majority in the 350-seat parliament. Another possibility that Sanchez has not ruled out is an alliance with Ciudadanos. The two parties would have enough seats to govern without other partners - an alliance favored by many in the business and financial world.Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera told supporters on Sunday night his party would lead the parliamentary opposition to Sanchez.
Under Spanish electoral law, a new government requires an absolute majority in parliament to take office in a first round of voting. In any second round of voting, Sanchez would need only a simple majority to get his government voted in, which the Socialists and Podemos could do with backing of all regional parties except the Catalans, plus one abstention.Still, the left clearly won Spain’s third national election in four years as the mainstream conservative Popular Party lost votes to Vox, which benefited from anti-immigration sentiment and concerns over Catalan separatism.
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