Spanish election: PM Rajoy's party 'leads, no majority'

Spain's governing conservative party has won the most seats in the general election but will fall short of an overall majority, exit polls suggest.

The opposition Socialists are predicted to come in second place followed by the anti-austerity Podemos.

The liberal Ciudadanos party is in fourth place, according to the polls.

Podemos and Ciudadanos fielded national candidates for the first time, boosted by disillusion among the electorate for the two main parties.

The PP and the Socialists have alternated running the government for more than three decades.

As voting ended on Sunday evening, the exit polls predicted Mr Rajoy's Popular Party (PP) would win 114-118 seats - well below the 176 seats it would need for a majority in parliament. It had 186 seats in the outgoing parliament....
 BBC
20/12/15
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• Les conservateurs espagnols remportent les législatives sans majorité absolue ...