Elections
Spanish Conservatives Win Third Regional Poll in Three Months
Pedro Sanchez speaks during the closing of the PSOE campaign in Valladolid, Castilla y Leon, Spain, on March, 13.
Photographer: Claudia Alba/Europa Press News/Getty ImagesSpain’s conservative People’s Party won its third regional election in as many months, while Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party posted a strong showing.
The People’s Party, or PP, won 33 seats in Castile and León’s 82-strong legislature on Sunday, up from 31 in 2022, according to local government data with 96% of votes counted. The Socialists took 30 seats, up from 28 four years ago, while third place went to the nationalists of Vox with 14, an increase of one seat.