Spanish Exit Poll Shows No Clear Winner as Rajoy's Vote Slumps
- Socialists in second place with virtually all votes counted
- Vote is `watershed moment,' uncertainty `total': Open Europe
Mariano Rajoy, Spain's prime minister.
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Spain was left with no clear governing majority after Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s People’s Party lost more than a third of its support in Sunday’s election, as voters deserted the two main parties for new political groups.
The PP is on course to take the most seats, with 121 lawmakers in Spain’s 350-strong parliament, the Interior Ministry said with 97 percent of votes counted. The PP won 28.7 percent of the vote, while the Socialists were second with 22 percent and 92 seats. Anti-austerity party Podemos won 69 seats and 20.6 percent. The liberal Ciudadanos party had 40 seats and 13.9 percent.