ERC will consult party members over any potential presidential investiture deal

Catalan pro-independence political party Esquerra Republicana (ERC) will consult its rank-and-file over any potential presidential investiture deal. 

ERC suffered heavy losses during last Sunday's vote, losing nine parliamentary seats and a significant portion of their popular vote share. 

Junts+ replaced them as the most popular pro-independence party, while the Socialists, in favor of maintaining Spanish unity, also took some of their votes on their way to winning the election. 

One potential government that could come out of the election is a broad left-wing coalition of the Socialists, Esquerra, and Comuns-Sumar, as the tripartite are the only viable combination that make up a majority of 68 seats in the chamber. However, this alliance could be complicated by the Socialists' and Esquerra's opposing views on the question over Catalan independence. 

At the same time, the pro-independence bloc lost their parliamentary majority, complicating any way forward in support of Carles Puigdemont's Junt+, although the former Catalan president still intends to win the presidency. 

After the results came in, ERC maintained that they would go to the opposition, acknowledging that voters chose other options ahead of them. 

Party general secretary Marta Rovira, who said should would soon resign from her role among the party leadership, will coordinate post-electoral talks, including the naming of a new parliament speaker. 

The session to name the new speaker and chamber bureau will take place no later than June 10. 

Party president Oriol Junqueras has also already announced that after the European elections on May 9, he will resign from his position and prepare for re-election at the party summit congress at the end of November.

Esquerra Republicana considers that Catalonia is at a "difficult political crossroads" after the "complex" election results.

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