Madrid (EFE).- Spain celebrates general elections this Sunday, July 23. The majority of polls point to a victory for the right-wing bloc against a left that governed in coalition during the last legislature.
The PSOE of Pedro Sánchez faces the challenge of retaining power against an Alberto Núñez Feijóo who reached the national leadership of the PP in March 2022 and now intends to achieve an electoral turnaround.
In addition, Vox with Santiago Abascal at the head and Sumar with Yolanda Díaz as a candidate are competing to be the third force in number of seats.
summer and participation
At stake are the 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies, so the absolute majority stands at 176.
One of the great unknowns of the day is how the fact that the elections take place in the middle of summer will affect participation, since there are no precedents in the history of Spanish democracy.
At the moment it is known that the date has contributed to triggering the vote by mail, since about 2.5 million voters exercised their right by this means, around double the usual rate.
The entry LIVE | The result of the elections, minute by minute, was first published in EFE Noticias.