Madrid, Jun 9 (EFE). – The conservative Popular Party (PP) won Sunday’s European elections in Spain with 34.18% of the vote, which gives it 22 seats, two more than the Socialist Party (PSOE), which came in second with 30.19%.
In third place was the far-right Vox with 9.62% (six seats), followed by the left-wing platform Sumar with 4.65% (three seats), and the left-wing Podemos with 3.27% (two seats).
The new far-right platform Electores Se acabó la fiesta (Voters, the party is over) got 4.58% of the vote, which gives it three representatives in the European Parliament.
The founder Luis Pérez, is best known for his activity on social media under the name Alvise. He is often associated with controversial publications, fake news, and the spreading of hoaxes about politicians, journalists, and other public figures.
The liberal Ciudadanos party lost its eight MEPs and won only 0.69% of the vote.
Ahora Repúblicas (Now Republics), made of the pro-independence Catalan ERC and Basque EH Bildu parties, the Galician nationalists BNG, and the pro-sovereignty Balearic Ara Més, got three representatives.
The Catalan Junts, also pro-independence, lost two and were left with only one MEP, as was the CEUS, which includes the Basque Nationalist Party and the Canary Islands Coalition.
The turnout in Spain, 49.2%, was 11.5 points lower than in the 2019 elections, when the European elections coincided with the municipal and autonomous ones, but 5.4 points higher than in 2014.
Between June 6 and Sunday, over 370 million Europeans were called to vote to renew the 720 seats in the European Parliament, of which 61 correspond to Spain. EFE
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