Despite Feijóo’s party winning July’s snap poll, his rival Pedro Sánchez remains best placed to form a government
Explainer: what happened in Spain’s snap general election?
Two months after winning July’s general election but failing to secure an absolute majority, the leader of Spain’s conservative People’s party (PP) is launching an almost certainly doomed bid to become the country’s next prime minister.
Although the PP, led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo, finished first in the snap election, it failed to win enough votes to form a government, taking 137 seats in Spain’s 350-seat congress. Despite the arithmetical challenge, King Felipe has asked the party to try to form a government during this week’s investiture session, which begins with a day of debate on Tuesday.
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