Weeks after the Spanish General Election in December it is still not clear who will pact with whom in order to be able to form a government, or whether there will be new elections called.
The Partido Popular (PP) currently the outgoing Government, won 28.72% of the vote; the Socialist Party (PSOE) came in second with a 22.01%, their worst ever result; roughly as predicted. The predictions for the two new parties, Podemos on the left and Ciudadanos on the right, turned out to be wrong. Podemos came in third with 20.66% and Ciudadanos fourth with 13.93%, the reverse of the poll predictions. The IU/UP, the modern version of the old communist party also did far worse than expected picking up 3.67%. Turnout was just over 73%, slightly higher than in the 2011 elections.
