Journalists work as they await the election results, outside the party PSOE headquarters, on the day of the general election, in Madrid, Spain, July 23, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
MADRID (Reuters) - No one party or bloc would win an outright majority in Spain's snap general election, according to a late tally with around 95% of votes counted on Sunday, despite the conservative People's Party (PP) being on course to beat the ruling Socialists.
The PP was poised to win 136 parliamentary seats in the 350-seat lower house, 47 more than in the previous election in 2019, the preliminary tally released by the Interior Ministry showed.
Far-right Vox was on 33 seats, still the third-largest force in parliament if 19 below its 2019 result, and their hypothetical tie-up with the PP falling short of an outright majority of 176 seats.
The Socialist Party of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez trailed at 122 seats, and its ally, far-left Sumar, was on 31.
The results are pointing to a hung parliament although voter surveys earlier showed the PP and Vox likely achieving a majority.
(Reporting by David Latona and Emma Pinedo; writing by Andrei Khalip)
