Voters in Spain have one more hour to vote in a general election that could see the country be the latest in the EU to swing to the political right.
Follow all our latest updates here on this hot July election.
Turnout was at 53.12% compared to 56.85% during the last elections in 2019. Many are thought to have voted early due to the heatwve that Spain is currently experiencing.
Most opinion polls for today’s vote have put the right-wing Popular Party, which won the May vote, ahead of the Socialists but they will most likely need the support of the extreme right Vox party if they want to form a government.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called the early election after his Spanish Socialist Workers Party and its far-left partner, Unidas Podemos, took a severe beating in local and regional elections in May. Sánchez has been premier since 2018.
There is now less than an hour before polls close and an exit poll will give us a good indication of which of the parties have performed the best.
Polling began Sunday in Spain in a general election that could make the country the latest European Union member to swing to the political right.
Spaniards vote in election that may see another EU country swing right
euronews Voters in Spain withstood soaring summer temperatures to vote Sunday in a general election that could make the country the latest European Union member to swing to the political right.
