Socialists Win Spanish Election

Spain’s ruling socialist party won on Sunday the country's third election in four years. However, the PSOE will still need to seek the support of other parties to reach the 176 seats necessary to form a government in Spain’s 350-seat congress of deputies.

"With 99 percent of the ballots counted, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez had won 29 percent of the vote and captured 123 seats in the 350-member Congress of Deputies. At the other end of the political spectrum, the far-right Vox party was poised to enter the lower house of Parliament for the first time with about 10 percent of the vote, giving it 24 seats,” Fox News reported.

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"The Socialists have won the general election and with it, the future has won and the past has lost," Sánchez told his supporters during the victory speech.

He also added that his party would fight inequality, advance co-existence and halt corruption.The prime minister also announced that he would open talks with the other political parties.

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Vox’s Success in the Parliament

On the other hand, Vox’s success represents a turning point for the far-right, which has never played a significant role in parliament since the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in 1975.

The party, which was formed five years ago, won seats for the first time in local elections in the southern Andalusia region.

" We told you that we were starting a reconquest of Spain and that is exactly what we have done... and we can clearly say to all of Spain that Vox is here to stay," Vox leader Santiago Abascal said during his speech after the results.