Spain holds open election for decades

Spaniards are voting in a landmark election that will see more than two parties compete for power for the first time in decades. Newcomers Podemos, an anti-austerity party, and Citizens, a liberal party, are challenging the ruling Popular Party (PP) and the Socialists. Opinion polls have suggested that PM Mariano Rajoy’s PP is narrowly ahead. […]

Spaniards are voting in a landmark election that will see more than two parties compete for power for the first time in decades.
Newcomers Podemos, an anti-austerity party, and Citizens, a liberal party, are challenging the ruling Popular Party (PP) and the Socialists.
Opinion polls have suggested that PM Mariano Rajoy’s PP is narrowly ahead.
While he has been in power, Spain has emerged from a financial crisis into a period of economic growth. The conservative PP currently has a majority in Spain’s lower House of Parliament.