The new far-right Vox party made its national breakthrough by capturing about 10 per cent of the vote, which would give it 24 seats. Vox's success apparently came at the expense of the once-dominant conservative Popular Party, which fell to 66 seats, losing half of its support since the last election in 2016. Santiago Abascal, leader of far-right party Vox, is seen at a polling station in Madrid. Spanish Prime Minister and Socialist Party candidate Pedro Sanchez casts his vote inside a polling station in Pozuelo de Alarcon, near Madrid. (Bernat Armangue/Associated Press)At the Palacio Valdes school in Madrid, voter Alicia Sanchez, a 38-year-old administrator, worried about the influence of the nationalist Vox party.

Source: CBC News April 28, 2019 20:37 UTC