Pro-independence parties win over 50% of votes for first time
New landmark reached for bloc including ERC, JxCat, CUP and parties outside parliament
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Parties react: Presidential bids expected from Socialists and Esquerra
Illa says "Catalonia loves Spain" while Aragonès says "time has come to negotiate a referendum"
Election result: Both Socialists and Esquerra win 33 seats as pro-indy bloc retains majority
JxCat win 32 seats, far-right enter parliament for first time and anti-capitalists CUP could be kingmakers
Catalan election marked by Covid sees record low turnout of 53%
Dramatic drop of 27 percentage points from all-time high of almost 80% in 2017 election
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68 seats needed for absolute majority not expected to be achieved by any one party
Vote counting underway for Catalan elections - live updates
Pro-independence parties to lead in seats according to exit polls
ERC would win election and pro-independence would surpass 50% of votes – exit poll
Socialists would come second in seats but would prevail in number of ballots, as far-right would make its breakthrough fighting for fourth place
Significant turnout drop in Catalan election – preliminary figures
45.6% voters cast ballot by 6pm, but morning voting was for those at-risk of Covid and mail-in vote is higher this year
Far-right Vox is the dark horse of the Catalan elections
First time party is expected to enter the Catalan parliament
CUP: pro-independence kingmaker with anti-capitalist agenda
Far-left party is expected to make big gains on February 14 and could again tip the scales in favor of the independence bloc
Parties make final plea to voters on final day of campaign
Sunday’s Catalan election will take place in the middle of a global pandemic
MEPs to vote on Puigdemont's parliamentary immunity in early March
Case report to be presented on February 22 with vote by Committee on Legal Affairs the following day
Only a fraction of Catalans living abroad will vote on February 14
Voter registration, delays in receiving ballots and pandemic cited as reasons for low turnout
CatECP: Betting on a left-wing coalition to bring social and economic change
Jéssica Albiach’s party are not strictly aligned with either side of the independence question but are in favour of an agreed referendum
PDeCAT: heirs of old hegemonic party struggling to survive
Led by former minister Àngels Chacon, they could either not make it into Parliament or obtain just enough seats to be key to governing
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