The country's socialist PSOE party is projected to win the most seats in Spanish parliament, but the advancement of the far-right Vox party is historic in nature.
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The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is projected to win the most seats in Spain's snap election, according to exit polls. But PSOE won't have enough seats to form a government and will have to join forces with another party.This will be the first time a far-right party will be represented in Spain's parliament since the end of military rule in the 1970s, according to the BBC.Nearly 75% of eligible Spaniards turned out to vote Sunday, with exit poll's projecting a large victory for Spanish Socialist Workers' Party against the far-right party Vox and the conservative People's Party.
It's projected that PSOE, the party of the country's current Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, will secure the most parliamentary seats, between 116 and 120, but ultimately split the majority with the People's Party, according toPSOE will have to join with another party to form a government. If they don't, it's possible that another election could be called.
The much-watched far-right party Vox is projected to only win between 36 and 38 seats. The low numbers may seem like a loss on their face, but in fact, the number of seats won mark a significant victory for the party. A far-right party has not been represented in Spanish parliament since the end of military rule in the country in the 1970s,
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