Spain’s Left-Wing Groups Probably Won Majority: Exit Poll

Spain’s two main leftist parties, the anti-establishment group Podemos and the 137-year-old Socialists, probably won a majority of seats in parliament in Sunday’s election, an exit poll showed.

Podemos won about 93 seats compared with 71 at the last vote in December while the Socialists slipped to about 83 seats from 90, according to the poll by Sigma Dos published by the state broadcaster. While 176 lawmakers combined would, in theory, give the two groups a majority in the 350-seat chamber, Podemos’s surge will complicate negotiations because many Socialist activists may recoil at the thought of helping their rivals take power.