- The Catalan branch of Spain’s ruling Socialist Party shared first place with the separatist Republican Left in regional elections on Sunday.
- Pro-independence parties won 74 out of 135 seats, up four. The parties have governed since 2012.
- The Republican Left and Socialists would also have a majority with the left-wing Catalonia in Common-Podem.
- The far-right Vox entered Catalonia’s parliament for the first time, but the right as a whole lost twenty seats.
- Turnout was 54 percent, the lowest since the restoration of democracy.