catalan election

Who will lead the next government? And will this be a turning point for the independence movement?

February 14 has been confirmed as the date but the big question remains: who is going to win? 

Vaccine rollout, Catalan election and dealing with the pandemic

Past twelve months marked by pandemic, but Catalan election, riots, and Leo Messi's departure also highlights of year

Sánchez doesn’t see Illa leading next administration, while Endavant group rejects CUP entering power with ERC and JxCat

Nine Catalan politicians and activists were allowed to participate in election campaigning while serving sentence for sedition

New landmark reached for bloc including ERC, JxCat, CUP and parties outside parliament   

Illa says "Catalonia loves Spain" while Aragonès says "time has come to negotiate a referendum"  

JxCat win 32 seats, far-right enter parliament for first time and anti-capitalists CUP could be kingmakers

Dramatic drop of 27 percentage points from all-time high of almost 80% in 2017 election

Socialists would come second in seats but would prevail in number of ballots, as far-right would make its breakthrough fighting for fourth place

45.6% voters cast ballot by 6pm, but morning voting was for those at-risk of Covid and mail-in vote is higher this year

Polling stations open from 9am to 8pm with specific times for those at risk and in quarantine