The People’s Party would win the Spanish General Elections, according to the exit polls

Barcelona (CNA).- The People’s Party (PP) looks set to win the Spanish elections again but will lose its absolute majority, according to the exit polls released by Catalan Television TV3 at 20.00 CET. The Conservatives would obtain between 114 and 118 representatives in the 350-seat Spanish Parliament and be the leading force in all the Autonomous Communities except for Catalonia, the Basque Country, Andalusia and Extremadura. However, they are facing a huge decline in terms of number of representatives, as they obtained 186 seats in the 2011 Spanish Elections. The exit polls suggest that the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) would be the second force in the Spanish Parliament, with 81-85 seats. The two new parties running in the Spanish Elections for the first time, alternative left Podemos and anti-Catalan nationalism Ciutadans, would be the third and fourth biggest forces respectively. In Catalonia, the majoritarian force would be alternative left coalition En Comú Podem with 12-13 seats, followed by left wing pro-independence ERC (9-11 seats) and Ciutadans (7-8 seats). 

According to TV3’s data, En Comú Podem is likely to be the winning force in the Barcelona and Tarragona regions, while pro-independence ERC would be the first force in Girona and Lleida. According to the polls, pro-independence coalition Democràcia i Llibertat, which is composed mainly by members of liberal CDC, the party currently in charge of the Catalan government, would become the fourth force in Catalonia and obtain 6 or 7 representatives. PPC, the Catalan branch of the People’s Party, would obtain one of its worst results ever and attain 5 or 6 seats. Christian Democrat Unió, former partner in coalition CiU, is unlikely to obtain any seats in the Spanish Parliament.