Spain Election: Conservatives Fall Short of All-out Victory in Polls - BBC News

Jul 24, 2023 | Spain's opposition conservative party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has claimed victory in a snap election, but without the result he needed. Even with the support of the far right, his Popular Party has fallen short of a majority in parliament. The cheers at the rival Socialist camp were just as loud as Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declared: "The reactionary bloc has failed." While both can claim success, Spain is left with an inconclusive result.

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Sweden Elections End in Hung Parliament, Rise of Far-Right
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Swedish elections on Sunday night ended in a hung parliament after the rise of a far-Right group narrowly prevented the conservative-liberal coalition government from winning an outright majority in Sweden’s parliament.

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and his wife Filippa. Reinfeldt appears to be heading for an historic second term. Photo: The Telegraph
The result, which gave Frederik Reinfeldt's Moderate-led alliance the largest share of seats in the Riksdag, was the worst result since 1914 for the Social Democrats, effectively ending the party's 80 year domination of Swedish politics.

Official preliminary results showed Mr Reinfeldt’s centre-Right coalition winning 173 seats in the 349-seat parliament and the Social Democrat led Left-Green coalition with 156 seats.

However, the big news of the night for a country which has long prided itself as being one of the most tolerant in Europe was that the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats (SD) looked set to win 20 seats, their first entry to the national parliament.

Despite winning the largest share of the vote, Mr Reinfeldt’s coalition could face weeks of horse-trading after both his conservative-liberal alliance and the opposition left-Green bloc ruled out working with the far-Right.

“If this result stands we will have an uncertain situation,” said a government spokesman.

Before polling opened, Mr Reinfeldt had pleaded for a clear majority amid fears that in the event of a hung vote far-Right MPs from the SD party could play a “kingmaker” role in forming a new government.

“Don’t expose Sweden to this experiment. Make sure they don’t get any power,” he said of the far-Right. >>> Bruno Waterfield and Matthew Day | Sunday, September 19, 2010

Sweden's PM Re-elected But Fails to Win Majority
THE GUARDIAN: Sweden's ruling centre-right coalition led by prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt beat the Social Democrat opposition in Sunday's election but failed to win an outright majority. The far right Sweden Democrats have won seats in parliament for the first time

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Read article: Sweden's ruling coalition heads for minority government: Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt becomes first non-socialist to win re-election since 1930s >>> Julian Borger | Monday, September 20, 2010

Twin Brother of Dead Polish President Concedes Defeat in Election
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: The identical twin of the Polish president killed in an April plane crash has accepted that his bid to succeed his brother as president has ended in failure after exit polls showed he had lost Poland's presidential elections.

Polish President Lech Kaczynski, left, and his twin brother and Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski in 2006. Photo: The Telegraph
Addressing supporters at his campaign headquarters, Jaroslaw Kaczynski congratulated Bronislaw Komorowski, a pro-business and liberal ally of the Polish government, after two exit polls gave his rival 53.1 and 51 per cent.

"I congratulate the winner. I congratulate Bronislaw Komorowski," said Mr Kaczynski, adding that "there will be other elections to fight" and that "we have to mobilise" for them.

A jubilant Mr Komorowski appeared confident that the results, due on Monday, will confirm him as president of Poland.

"This is a victory for Polish democracy," Mr Komorowski told cheering supporters at his headquarters. "The ballots are being counted. We're opening a small bottle of champagne today, and we'll open a big one tomorrow." >>> Matthew Day in Warsaw | Sunday, July 04, 2010

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Komorowski Wins Polish Presidency: WARSAW—The candidate of Poland's business-friendly ruling party, which wants to shrink the state's role in the economy and deepen ties with the rest of the European Union, won Sunday's presidential election, defeating a rival with a more traditionalist agenda. >>> Gordon Fairclough and Marcin Sobczyk | Monday, July 05, 2010

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General Election 2010: Hung Parliament Is a Certainty as Final Results Trickle In
THE TELEGRAPH: A hung parliament is now a certainty as the final votes across the country are counted up.



It could be days before the final make-up of government is decided. Nick Clegg has offered few hints as to whether he would participate in a Labour or Conservative alliance. David Cameron is "happy to talk" with other parties, including the Liberal Democrat leader, according to Michael Gove the shadow education secretary.

He said: "It is certainly the case that David Cameron is happy to talk to people in other parties in order to ensure that we can have a strong, stable, Conservative-led government to provide the country with the change it needs."

He added: "I stress it is for David Cameron to decide with whom we should work. We do not yet know the basis on which the new Parliament will be constructed entirely, we don't know the precise arithmetic."

Meanwhile senior Labour ministers have begun making overtures to Gordon Brown themselves.

Asked if Labour would do a deal to stay in power, Lord Mandelson said: “The constitutional conventions are very clear. The rules are that if it’s a hung parliament, it’s not the party with the largest number of seats that has first go - it’s the sitting government.”

Pressed again on whether he would do a deal with the Lib Dems to hold on to power, he said: “I have no problem in principle in trying to supply this country with a strong and stable government.”

David Cameron called on Gordon Brown to stand aside today after the Tories made significant gains across England and Wales in the closest general election for a generation. >>> Andrew Porter and Robert Winnett | Friday, May 07, 2010

Britain Wakes Up to a Hung Parliament
Gordon Brown arrives back at Downing Street. Photo: Times Online
TIMES ONLINE: Gordon Brown was back in Downing Street today as Britain woke to the uncertainties of its first hung Parliament for 36 years.

As counting wrapped up in the few dozen seats yet to declare, David Cameron's Tories were on course to become the largest party in the Commons but about 20 seats short of the 326 needed for a majority.

Mr Brown made clear that he had no intention of giving up power easily – his passage through Britain's most famous front door at 7am was a symbolic reminder that he remains Prime Minister and has the constitutional right to form a government.

Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, admitted that his party had had a disappointing night, losing seats to both the Tories and Labour despite the excitement it had generated during the campaign.

He may yet emerge as a kingmaker, however, from a wildly unpredictable night in which the biggest dramas were in seats held against the odds rather than trophy scalps. >>> Philippe Naughton and Roland Watson | Friday, May 07, 2010

TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: Victoire sans majorité pour les conservateurs de David Cameron : Les conservateurs sont bien arrivés en tête, mais sans majorité absolue selon des résultats provisoires, rien n’indique que ce sera leur leader David Cameron qui occupera le 10 Downing street. >>> AP | Vendredi 07 Mai 2010

NZZ ONLINE: Die Briten haben gewählt – aber nicht entschieden: Cameron in Führung ohne absolute Mehrheit – Brown will bleiben >>> spi. | Freitag, 07. Mai 2010

Khamenei Vows No Retreat on Iran Election Result
REUTERS: TEHRAN - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared on Wednesday that a disputed election result would stand, despite street protests that Iranian officials say Britain and the United States have incited.

(EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.)

The opposition refused to be bowed. Reformist cleric Mehdi Karoubi, who came last in the June 12 presidential election, called the new government "illegitimate" and around 200 protesters braved the security crackdown near parliament.
Riot police later used teargas to break up the protest.

Police and militia have largely succeeded in taking back control of the streets this week after the biggest anti-government protests since the 1979 Islamic revolution. The hardline leadership is refusing to give ground.

"I had insisted and will insist on implementing the law on the election issue," said Khamenei, the most powerful figure in Iran. "Neither the establishment nor the nation will yield to pressure at any cost."

Iran is blaming the discontent on foreign powers.

"Britain, America and the Zionist regime (Israel) were behind the recent unrest in Tehran," Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli said, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. >>> © Thomson Reuters 2009 All rights reserved / Additional reporting by Parisa Hafezi, Fredrik Dahl and Hashem Kalantari; Editing by Jon Hemming | Wednesday, June 24, 2009