Socialists win in Catalonia, the independence motion retreats, with 57% counted - 2024-05-17 04:29:26

BARCELONA, 05/12/2024.- The primary secretary of the PSC and candidate for the presidency of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, votes on the La Roca del Vallès Cultural Heart in Barcelona, this Sunday. Greater than 5 million residents are referred to as to the polls this Sunday within the Catalan elections, wherein the socialist Salvador Illa is the favourite and wherein it’s determined whether or not governability continues based mostly on the sum of the pro-independence events. EFE/Alberto Estévez

He Socialist Occasion of Catalonia (PSC) consolidates its victory within the Catalan regional elections, wherein the independence motion doesn’t have an absolute majoritywith 57% of the votes counted.

The previous minister’s Catalan socialists Salvador Illa they receive 41 deputies, adopted by the independence celebration of Junts (of the previous president Carles Puigdemont), with 35, which snatches second place from the additionally separatist ERC (present ruler), which stays with 20.

The conservatives of the Common Occasion receive 14 seats and surpass the far-right of Vox, which obtains 12.

The left-wing platform Comuns Sumar obtains 6, whereas the left-wing independence celebration CUP obtains 4 deputies.

Aliança Catalana, a far-right pro-independence celebration, emerges with 3 representatives within the Catalan parliament, the place the liberal Ciudadanos celebration is unnoticed. EFE