“Catalexit” supporters win majority in local elections in Catalonia, Spain
Results of the vote count in the evening of 21 December (Spanish time) revealed that Catalexit supporting Catalonia pro-independence parties Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Junts per Catalunya (JuntsXCat), and Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) won 47.6% of the votes and gained 70 out of 135 seats in the regional parliament. The anti-independence parties Ciudadanos (Citizens, Cs), Socialists’ Party of Catalonia (PSC), and People’s Party of Catalonia (PP) received 49.3% total votes but only took 57 seats. The fact that Catalexit supporting parties won more than half of the seats means that are likely to form a regional government that maintain support for the policy on Catalonia’s separation from Spain.
Author: Pimnipa Booasang
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