Spanish election: turnout falls from April vote

Participation in Catalonia at 72.17%, down by 2.3% from the previous snap election

Ballot box in Tarragona in the November 10 Spanish general election (by Mar Rovira)
Ballot box in Tarragona in the November 10 Spanish general election (by Mar Rovira) / ACN

ACN | Barcelona

November 10, 2019 03:44 PM

Voter turnout in the November Spanish election for Catalonia was at 72.17%, a fall of 2.3% compared to the numbers seen in April's election. 

For all of Spain, participation was 69.88%, which was a fall of almost six points compared to the last general election in Spain (75.75%.)

Pedro Sánchez and the Socialists won the most seats in the election, but lost three compared to April's results, leaving the political deadlock in place. 

Elsewhere, the pro-independence bloc celebrated their best ever results in a Spanish election, winning a combined 23 seats.

Turnout in Catalonia hit 40,6% by 2 pm, down by 3% from the previous election in April for the same time in the afternoon. In Spain as a whole, participation has decreased by 3.6% to 37.9%.

Figures at 6 pm confirmed the negative tendency, with voter turnout falling by 4% both in Catalonia (59.8%) and in Spain (56.8%) from the previous April election.