Spain General Election Archives

Sánchez rejects Feijóo’s request to back his premiership bid and two-year term proposal

News Desk30th August 20236th September 2023

30th August 20236th September 2023750

Spain’s socialist acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has rejected a proposal made by Alberto Núñez Feijóo to support his right-wing People’s Party (PP) for a two-year government

King Felipe instructs Feijóo to try and form government, yet without guaranteed support

News Desk25th August 20232nd September 2023

25th August 20232nd September 20231657

King Felipe VI has instructed the leader of the right-wing People’s Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, to try and form a government, despite not having

Socialist candidate Armengol elected as parliament speaker – seen as step to Sánchez securing re-election

News Desk17th August 202325th August 2023

17th August 202325th August 2023812

Francina Armengol, the candidate proposed by Spain’s PSOE socialist party, was elected by MPs as the parliament’s new speaker on Thursday morning, which has been

Spain’s Aragón becomes 4th region to be jointly governed by PP & far-right Vox

News Desk5th August 202316th August 2023

5th August 202316th August 2023761

Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) and the far-right Vox group agreed on Friday to form a coalition in the region of Aragón, following the 28

PP’s ties with far-right hamper Feijóo’s attempts to form a government

News Desk25th July 20233rd August 2023

25th July 20233rd August 2023983

Report updated to include votes from Spaniards living abroad. The options to form a government have diminished considerably for Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) despite

Spain’s right-wing PP win the election, but not a majority, even with far-right Vox

News Desk23rd July 202328th July 2023

23rd July 202328th July 20232244

With over 98% of the votes counted, Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo won the biggest share of votes and seats

Right-wing fuels ‘Trumpist’ accusations of electoral fraud as Spain hits postal vote record

News Desk20th July 202324th July 2023

20th July 202324th July 20231031

Just three days before Spain’s snap election, some 2.6 million voters have opted to vote by post, fuelling ‘Trumpist’-style conspiracy theories about possible fraud which

Outcome of 23 July election could raise Catalan independence tensions again

News Desk14th July 202327th July 2023

14th July 202327th July 20231105

Spain’s right wing, in power under former pemier Mariano Rajoy during Catalonia’s failed 2017 independence bid, is trying to regain ground in the vote-rich region

Sánchez and Feijóo clash in unruly and chaotic TV election debate

News Desk11th July 202324th July 2023

11th July 202324th July 20231156

Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the main opposition party, the right-wing People’s Party (PP), took part in a

Latest polls show PP and Vox have lost some ground ahead of general election

News Desk6th July 202318th July 2023

6th July 202318th July 20231313

Latest polls ahead of the general election in Spain due to be held on 23 July show that the country’s right-wing and far-right parties have

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