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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. (Camera: TATO PÉREZ / ENRIQUE DEL VISO) SHOT LIST: ISABEL DÍAZ AYUSO, ACCOMPANIED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PP, PABLO CASADO, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY CELEBRATING AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE PP, IN GÉNOVA STREET, MADRID.
Madrid residents vote during the last hour of voting in regional elections, which was also open to people either quarantining or who have tested positive for Covid-19. The election is expected to deliver a comfortable victory to the city's hardline leader of the right-wing Popular Party (PP), Isabel Diaz Ayuso, who has soared in prominence for stubbornly resisting virus restrictions. IMAGES
Madrid, May 4 (EFE) .- (Camera: Lucía Fonseca) .- The 1,084 polling stations of the Community of Madrid have opened their doors at nine in the morning to receive the voters who participate in the regional elections, with a Time slot for the elderly and another for people with coronavirus or suspected of having it.A total of 5,112,658 people are called to vote, of which 4,783,528 reside in the Community of Madrid and are those who could do so in person in the region, although 259,411 have requested to vote by mail, a figure that represents an increase of 41% compared to the 2019 regional and municipal elections. FOOTAGE OF ANGEL GABILONDO, PSOE, AND PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY OF MADRID, ISABEL AYUSO, VOTING.
Madrid, May 4 (EFE).- (Camera: EFE) Polling stations opened their doors in Madrid on Tuesday for a regional election that is seen as something of litmus test for political sentiment beyond the capital.FOOTAGE OF PEDRO SANCHEZ, SPANISH PRIME MINISTER, VOTING IN POZUELO DE ALARCON, MADRID, SPAIN.
Spain's socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez casts his vote in the regional elections of Madrid Community. IMAGES
Voters head to the polls in Madrid as Spain's central region, an established bastion of the right, holds an early election that could have significant consequences for national politics. IMAGES