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Madrid, May 4 (EFE).- Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), which has governed the Community of Madrid since 1995, strengthened its grip on power in regional elections on Tuesday, winning 65 seats, more than double the number it secured in the 2019 elections and just four fewer than an absolute majority of 69.
Meanwhile, with 99 percent of the ballots counted, the Socialist Party (PSOE), the winner of the 2019 elections, lost 13 seats and will now have 24, tied with another leftist group, Mas Madrid, which exceeded the PSOE in numbers of actual votes.
The voting was held after a tough election campaign in which significant polarization was seen between the right and the left political blocs.
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Resounding win for Spain s conservative PP in regional elections
Madrid regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso and Popular Party leader Pablo Casado in Madrid, Spain on 4 May 2021. EFE/Mariscal
A handout photo made available by the People s Party (PP s) shows Madrid s regional president and candidate to reelection Isabel Diaz Ayuso (R) and PP Part Leader Pablo Casado as they wait for Madrid s regional elections first results at the party s headquarters in Madrid, central Spain, 04 May 2021. EFE/EPA/PEOPLE PARTY / HANDOUT
Supporters of Spain s Popular Party in Madrid, Spain on 4 May 2021. EFE/Mariscal.