Podemos won 71 seats, effectively unchanged from December, after forming an election alliance with United Left, another radical party, which won two seats six months ago. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAnother emerging party, Ciudadanos, got 32 seats, down from 40 seats, according to the preliminary results. Instead, Mr. Rajoy and the leaders of Spain’s other parties face another tricky round of coalition negotiations. With 99.8 percent of the vote counted, Mr. Rajoy’s Popular Party had won 137 of 350 parliamentary seats, up from 123 seats in the December elections. Addressing flag-waving supporters outside his party’s headquarters just after midnight, Mr. Rajoy celebrated his victory, but did not shed light on how it might allow him to form a new government.

Source: New York Times June 27, 2016 00:31 UTC