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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's party wins the most seats but short of a majority in Sundays polls as leftist newcomer Podemos celebrates a surge. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy wins a confidence vote to secure a second term in office and to cement his return to power, ending a 10-month political deadlock that had left the country without a fully-functioning government. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Spain's wealthy northeastern region of Catalonia votes for 135 deputies to the Catalan parliament, as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialists hope for a victory to show the region has turned away from its independence fixation. IMAGES
Election officials begin counting votes in Madrid after polls closed in an election where the right was expected to make a comeback. The vote took place just three weeks after Spain took over the rotating presidency of the European Union, and the expected shift to the right would deal a fresh blow to the European left. Polls closed at 1800 GMT and although Spain does not publish exit polls, figures from a last-minute Sigma Dos poll taken in the days before the vote, suggested Alberto Nunez Feijoo's PP would win 145-150 seats, falling short of the 176-seat absolute majority required to govern alone. IMAGES
Estonians began voting to elect a new parliament on Sunday in a poll that could bolster far-right nationalists, who have campaigned on opposing further arms deliveries to Ukraine. IMAGES
The first official budget figures since Britain voted to leave the EU show a smaller-than-expected budget surplus. As post-referendum data continues to trickle in, attention is turning to what sort of access Britain will seek with its main trading partners in the EU. Kirsty Basset reports.
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