Acting Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was expected to end four months of political deadlock in Spain on Thursday by securing backing in a parliamentary vote for another term. Sanchez, who has governed since 2018, believes he has 179 votes in the 350-seat assembly to win the vote after weeks of negotiations with a handful of regional parties from Catalonia, the Basque Country, Galicia and the Canary Islands, to whom he has granted concessions in exchange for their support. Sanchez's confirmation as premier would end four months of uncertainty since an election in July produced no outright winner.