Polls suggest Spain’s Vox could enter government after snap election

Spain is holding a snap election on November 29, and polls point to major gains for Vox, a far-right party that opposes immigration.

The conservative People’s Party, or PP, and Vox are projected to win 198 seats together, above the 176 needed for a parliamentary majority.

In the 2023 election, the PP won the most votes but could not govern alone and did not form a coalition with Vox.

Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez instead formed a government with support from a Catalan nationalist party.

Since then, the PP and Vox have shared power in several regional governments and about 100 local councils.

A national coalition would bring the far right back into Spain’s government for the first time since Franco’s death in 1975.

Vox’s support is forecast to rise, while polls project losses for Sanchez’s Socialists and other left-wing parties.

The election will show whether the PP and Vox can win enough seats to govern together and what roles Vox would hold.