Clear victory for the socialists in Catalonia, who with the candidate for governor Salvador Illa, are the leading political force ahead of the independence party Junts for Catalonia , but uncertainty remains about possible alliances to govern.

For the first time in thirteen years, pro-independence parties have lost their majority in the Catalan Parliament.

With the vote practically concluded, Junts with Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya of the outgoing governor Pere Aragones, and the anti-capitalist Cup obtained a total of 59 seats out of the 135 in the Catalan chamber, far from the absolute majority of 68 seats .

And for an independent majority, not even the 2 seats obtained by the anti-Islamist and secessionist party Aliança Catalana, making its debut in the Generalitat, are sufficient.

Salvador Illa's PSC obtained 42 seats, ahead of Juntx with 35 seats, while ERC stopped at 20, the Cup more than halved its presence, with 4 seats . The three pro-independence parties had obtained 74 seats in the previous 2021 elections.

The People's Party is the fourth political force with 14 seats, ahead of the ultra-right Vox, with 11, and the Comuns of the former mayor of Barcelona Ada Colau, with 6 seats.

In the scenarios of possible alliances, the most probable one is between the socialists and the other left-wing parties, which would leave out the independence bloc , also strengthening the agreement with the national socialists of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, which would thus see the executive strengthened and rewarded his policy of "reconciliation" and "concord", carried forward since 2018 and culminating with the pardons for the independence leaders and the amnesty law.

« The Catalans have decided that it is up to the Party of Socialists of Catalonia to lead a new stage . I assume this responsibility and as soon as Parliament is constituted I will express my availability to preside over the government", announced Salvador Illa . Who noted, among the decisive factors for the victory, "the policies applied by the Spanish government and by President Pedro Sánchez".