On Sunday, Spanish voters went to the polls for the fourth time in four years. Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s PSOE won a plurality of the vote, but fell significantly short of an outright  majority. The election results and their expected consequences for the Spanish iGaming sector will be important topics at the upcoming Gaming in Spain Conference on November 21-22. Register today.

A difficult road to a new government

“Pedro Sánchez gambled and lost,” says political analyst María Rosa Rotondo, Managing Partner Spain & Portugal at Political Intelligence.

“The PSOE, led by Pedro Sánchez, won the elections, but failed to strengthen its position, losing three seats in Congress and its majority in the Senate. While Sanchez is, for the time being, the only viable candidate to become prime minister and form a new government, he will need to reach agreements with the far-left Unidas Podemos (down from 42 to 35 seats), with the newcomers Mas País and with the Catalan pro-independence parties, as well as with the Basques and all the other regionalist forces.”