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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Alasdair Fotheringham

After Spain’s right fell short of outright victory, what next?

Spain's PSOE socialists lost the July 23 election by relatively little, bringing a fresh sense of optimism to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's party [Vincent West/Reuters]

Madrid, Spain – The lack of a clear winner in Sunday’s snap elections in Spain leaves the country teetering on the brink of a fresh spell of major political turbulence, with both of its main parties struggling to find a clear path towards forming a new government.

Most pre-election polls had suggested the conservative Partido Popular (PP) would secure a large enough share of the vote to oust the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), albeit needing the hard-right Vox formation as its junior partner in government.

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