Spanish prime minister calls early general election after battering in regional vote

Spain’s PM calls snap election after defeat in regional polls

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez has called a snap election after his coalition government suffered a heavy defeat in regional polls.

The regional and municipal elections this Sunday gave a very broad victory to the People's Party. With the far-right group Vox, he is snatching six regions and two major cities from the left. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, national president of the PP, takes a step towards Moncloa.

Pedro Sanchez made the decision to dissolve Parliament after his party lost to the Conservatives in regional elections.

Spanish PM calls snap general election for July after regional election debacle

The move follows the success of the conservatives in Sunday's key local and regional elections, which represented a clear change in the political map of Spain.

Spanish prime minister calls early general election after battering in regional vote

MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday called an early general election for July 23 in a surprise move after his Socialist party took a serious battering in local and regional elections. Prior to Sunday’s debacle, Sánchez had insisted that he would ride out his four-year term with leftist government coalition partner United We Can, indicating that a election would be held in December. But the outcome of the local and regio…

Spain PM calls snap election after local poll drubbing

In a surprise move, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election for July 23 on Monday, a day after his Socialists suffered a drubbing in local and regional polls.