Description
Added on the 18/12/2015 19:45:01 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Images of the Spanish Congress of Deputies in Madrid after an inconclusive snap election results in a hung parliament. With all the votes counted, Alberto Nunez Feijoo's Popular Party (PP) and far-right Vox -- its potential ally -- have won a total 169 seats, seven seats short of the 176 needed for a governing majority. IMAGES
Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the candidate from Spain's conservative People's Party, votes in the general election. The right-wing opposition is the clear favourite according to polls, with the far right -- by allying itself with the PP -- possibly returning to power for the first time since the end of the Franco dictatorship almost half a century ago. IMAGES
The leader of the Spanish far-right Vox party, Santiago Abascal, casts his vote in Madrid on Sunday, in a snap general election that -- as polls predict -- could bring the right back into power. IMAGES
Spanish Prime minister and socialist candidate, Pedro Sánchez, votes at a polling station in Madrid's city centre, alongside his wife, in a snap general election. Voters across Spain head to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to hand Sanchez a fresh four-year mandate or bring the right back into power with its far-right coalition ally. Polls suggest a shift to the right and victory for Alberto Nunez Feijoo's conservative Popular Party. IMAGES
Theresa Greenfield is challenging GOP Sen. Joni Ernst for US Senate in Iowa. Polls in Iowa closed at 9 p.m. local time and the results are rolling in, says Business Insider. Ernst is an Iowa Army National Guard veteran and was first elected to the US Senate in 2014. Theresa Greenfield is an urban planner, real estate developer, and first-time political candidate. Ernst serves on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Armed Services, and Environment and Public Works. Currently, the US Senate is made up of 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats, and two independents.