Spain's far-right Vox doubles its seats in Aragon regional vote

Spain's far-right party Vox leader Santiago Abascal addresses Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (not pictured) after Sanchez, leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), spoke about alleged corruption involving PSOE, at Parliament in Madrid, Spain, July 9, 2025. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura/File Photo

MADRID, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Spain's ‌far-right Vox party doubled its seats in Sunday's regional election ‌in Aragon region, as a gamble by the governing conservative ‌People's Party to call a snap election backfired.

The People's Party - which called the vote in December following failed budget negotiations, hoping to consolidate its power and dilute Vox's ‍representation - remains the biggest party in the Aragon ‍regional government, but will ‌now have to rely even more on the anti-immigration movement to govern.