The Spanish People’s Party (PP) was the big favorite in the Spanish general elections on July 23. The right-wing party came out on top, but its short lead will not allow it to form a government. The PP has certainly gained around fifty seats compared to the last elections, in 2019, but the 136 seats won (out of 350) will not be enough to govern the country. This is fourteen less than the objective of 150 deputies what was the aim its leader, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo. An alliance with the far-right Vox party, which won only 33 seats (compared to 52 in 2019), will not be enough either.
The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), led by outgoing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, is limiting the damage. He even won a few deputies compared to 2019. On his left, the Sumar movement, which brings together many progressive parties, won 31 seats: this is slightly less than what its predecessor, Unidas Podemos, obtained four years ago.
In number of votes, the PP improves its 2019 score by fifteen points. It obtains 14 more seats than the PSOE; however, the two parties remain close in number of votes with respectively 33% and 31.7% of the votes cast. Vox lost 500,000 votes from the 2019 general election.
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