Spain’s conservatives forced to rely on far-right Vox party after losing majority in Andalucía

Juanma Moreno (right) at a press conference on Sunday. He said before the vote that he had ‘no interest in governing with Vox’. Photograph: Raúl Caro Cadenas/EPA

Spain’s conservative People’s party (PP) won Sunday’s Andalucían regional election, but lost its absolute majority, leaving it dependent on the support or abstention of the far-right Vox party to form a new government.

After the poll in Spain’s most populous region – which will serve as a barometer of wider electoral opinion before next year’s general election – the socialists slumped to an all-time low and Vox picked up one additional seat.