Spanish PM announces snap general election on July 23
Pedro Sánchez's Socialists suffered bruising results in local and regional elections across Spain on Sunday
May 29, 2023 11:18 AM
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Politics news from Catalonia and Barcelona
Socialists win most votes in local elections across Catalonia
Pro-independence Esquerra Republicana surpasses Junts in number of councilors
May 28, 2023 11:03 PM
Albiol retakes Badalona as People's Party sweeps across Spain
Political comeback of former mayor comes amid conservative wave in Spanish regions and cities
May 29, 2023 03:00 AM
Center-right former mayor Trias takes Barcelona in tight three-horse race
Trias per Barcelona win 11 seats, Socialists 10 and Ada Colau's Barcelona En Comú 9
May 28, 2023 10:41 PM
Far-right makes gains across Catalonia
Vox win two council seats in Barcelona and 124 across territory in 54 different municipalities
May 28, 2023 11:22 PM
Counting underway in local elections across Catalonia
Results expected by 10.30 pm
May 28, 2023 08:32 PM
Exit poll forecasts narrow victory for mayor Colau over Socialists and Trias in Barcelona
Barcelona En Comú predicted to win 10 councilors, Socialists 9-10, Trias 8-9, and ERC 6
May 28, 2023 08:03 PM
Local elections participation down by 6.47 points until 6pm across Catalonia
Turnout at 44.54%, lower than in 2019, which coincided with European elections
May 28, 2023 02:20 PM
Local elections underway: 5,489,793 called to vote in 947 municipalities
Over 9,000 councilors across Catalonia are to be elected, with results published by 11 pm
May 28, 2023 09:05 AM
Election campaign draws to a close with tight races in Catalan capitals
Polls will open on Sunday, with more than five million people eligible to vote
May 27, 2023 10:53 AM
Vox: expected growth of the far-right in Catalonia
After having just a handful of councilors elected in 2019, ultra-conservative party likely to grow in this vote
May 26, 2023 09:54 PM
En Comú battles to keep Barcelona mayorship and advance on Socialist 'red belt' in local elections
Ada Colau, incumbent mayor in Catalan capital, targeting third consecutive mandate
May 26, 2023 03:32 PM
ERC aiming to consolidate growth across Catalonia
Pro-independence party won more votes than anybody else in 2019 after making significant progress in rural areas
May 25, 2023 02:43 PM
250 international figures back Barcelona mayor for reelection
Jeremy Corbyn, Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler, Pepe Mujica, Owen Jones among names to give their support
May 25, 2023 12:08 PM
Ciudadanos: fighting for political survival after recent collapses
Polls forecast poor results for liberal party who positioned themselves as strongest unionist voice during independence push
May 25, 2023 10:11 AM
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