Spain's election yields no clear winner, coalition negotiations loom


FILE PHOTO: Spanish People's Party candidate Alberto Nunez Feijoo arrives to attend a televised debate ahead of snap election in Madrid, Spain, July 10, 2023. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) -No clear winner emerged in a nailbiting finish to Spain's election on Sunday as the right failed to fulfill predictions of a victory big enough to push Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez from power.

The two leading parties will seek to negotiate coalition deals in pursuit of a governing majority but analysts warned the process could end in a hung parliament and another election.

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