Far-right Vox is projected to become the third-largest party in Spain's par...
MADRID - Far-right Vox is projected to become the third-largest party in Spain’s parliament after Sunday’s national election.
A GAD3 opinion poll published shortly after mainland voting ended at 8 p.m. pegged Vox at 56-59 seats in the 350-seat house, up from 24 in the previous election in April. The actual results could still be different as such early surveys are not always accurate, though most other recent ones had projected a similar outcome.
Positioning itself as vehemently anti-secessionist, it has berated the caretaker Socialist government for making deals with separatists to win their backing in parliament over the past year, and for failing to maintain order in Catalonia.Vox has also capitalized on its opposition to the recent exhumation of Fascist leader Francisco Franco - whose legacy still divides opinion in the country 44 years after his death.
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